Show Openers Indicate Attendance Gain Wide Open n Pennan Pennant Fight in American Seen for First Time in Years Dr By JACK CUDDY United Press Pres Sports Writer NEW YORK April Granting 18 that portents ot of opening day games are about as reliable as a barometer in a vacuum returns from the first days das play of the thc 1934 major league in reason which the 16 clubs took or off i flight seem flight eem to indicate indi indi- cate 1 That Tha t the season will see a robust ro- ro bust increase in attendance in both circuits 2 That sluggers rather than pitchers pitch pitch- ers will take command 3 That the AmerIcan league will have a wide o open n pennant fight for forthe forthe the first tIme in years ears 4 That National circuit batsmen have found the live ball to their liking Although most or of the managers mana-gers trotted out their best pitchers ba batsmen bats bats- men were mighty active registering 65 hits in the National and 66 in the American circuit This was an average aver aver- age ot of about eight safeties per club per game game-a smart average Moreover such upper strata hurlers as Gomez Whitehill Brandt SI Johnson John John- son Blaeholder and Hildebrand were battered oU off the mound |