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Show ROOSEVELT OPENS . BASEBALL SEASON WASHINGTON, April 19 (UP) Franklin Delano Roosevelt heaved a high, short right hand pitch Into ths midst of a bunch of scrambling ball players today as hs formally opened the 1817 baseball Mason. While more than SO.OOO first day fans shouted and the army band blared, the president let fly with a brand new baseball straight Into the ranks of nine Washington Senators and nina Philadelphia Athletics. Buddy Lewis, youthful third sacker for the Senators, caught the ball and promptly pocketed It. The umpires produced another, bellowed "Play ball!" and the baseball season was officislly started. |