Show FEDERALS PRY LID UD AND SHOW REA REAL I LIVE CORPSE Twenty Thousand Watch Chicago Take Opener From Prom St. St Louis By JAMES ODEA OCEA Written for foi the th United Pre Frew II CHICAGO April ID Those 10 Those alleged dead Federals pried the tho lid off the tho baseball teapot with a rather show of ot pep ginger and VIm vim for a corpse It was the circuit third opening the opening the as the the Federal 4 league Reports to headquarters ra t to tonight tonight to- to night 1 gave officials much satisfaction Twenty thousand dye dyed in dyed th wool fans saw mw the Whales open with Ith a S I to tit toI 1 I victory over St. St Louts Louis at the north northside northside side p park rk Ten thousand witnessed the tha walloping Pittsburg gave av Kansas City on the lot score lot score 8 S' t to 0 o. Twelve thousand d sat Mt through ush what was we described as u a n rather horrendous affair at a place called caned Brooklyn where th the smote mote the 1 11 to 9 Over were present a good time time being had hl by all nU at Baltimore whore where tho locals were were- beaten 7 1 to 8 I Iby by the tho Newark newcomers Here In Chicago as elsewhere the th Federal officials pulled oft off a lot of ot stunts to make the populace forget forlet war There was ws a parade with Ith much bane band music along the line of march and atthe atthe at atthe the park Chicago's mayor elect grad grad- el hurled the first ball nt at the pitcher and nearly hit the umpire umpires Same old stuff stutt that's been pulled for tor some time back But somehow today there f wan nan such a n lot of things thing to forget that thai an affair which crowded war news nev ot off the tha front pa pages es actually did kick up con con- furore v J President sent set Cm cn cago o tonight from Kansas City 1 that the several sundry openings surpass I his fondest expectations expectation f 1 We got rot th the jump lump on the so call ball ban In IcY our opening G more declared and we ar are going keep that much and more ahead of ot f 1 folder older leagues the tite rest rut of ot the Theoretically we WO have been bun dead som months As As' a mater ot t ft fi though Id I'd like to say hav to the world night that we wo B arc t-e c rather Mark Twi TV L night that w we are rather Mark Tw t- t like Theres There's he been en gross grass cr m. m somewhere I dont don't want l to th inoko any bIt big boast about the b baseball seban s season son which w tre h had d the pleasure lIre of ot starting today but YOU vou can enn put U it down town that rain or a a. heavy snow will be the only thing t to toY stop any ori one of or the IS' IS games each club has scheduled The game at tile tUe north park tva we MIl us I a a. pitching pitching- duel between Claude Hendrix a and d famous Eddie Plank as' as A has beon seen peen h b bre rc to In m many seasons Chicago got of three In the eighth on a a. double by Hanford's bunt Manna Manno single e. e Wilsons Wilson's single and Zel de dor's dors Boor or R. R HV H H t t St Rt Louis Lous 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 t l Chicago 0 O 0 Og 6 g 0 k 5 0 Q 0 3 3 S 7 7 v Ba Batteries Plank Batteries nn 5 Hartley Men Hen Hell I dris and anti W Wilson Umpires Umpire Finneran and Howell Mowell 4 |