Show Fine mane Performances In Initial Games Washington Gains Close in 15 Frames Over Philadelphia a aBy D By Th The Associated Press MAJOn MAJOR league baseball ran th the 1 gamut at Its Hs two opening opening extraordinary pitching perform perform- performances performances ances a 8 remarkable slugfest er errorless er- er errorless games and contests with several errors errors and and the weather was much more suitable to football Each league sent forth Corth a pitch pitch- pitcher pitcher pitcher er to establish n II around pace that opening day seldom has Jess seen Been Petty Brooklyn left lett hander bander from Los Angeles AngelIs and Walter Johnson ot of Humboldt Kan starting hIs hIst t twentieth season with the Wash Wash- Washington Washington ington Senators Petty touch touching In n II his pitching fingers to the tho newly permitted resin bag time and again granted the powerful Giants a lone safety That was a double by Frisch a Q freakish sort ot of o pop fly that just eluded the grasp of ot Dick Cox In right field Clever fielding by the veteran Rabbit Maranville nt at shortstop held back the enemy at two stages of at the tho tussle and Brooklyn won 3 to 0 O Johnson hurled l through 16 Inv In- Innings In Innings rings Ilg against the Philadelphia Athletics and downed Eddie Horn Itom- Rom In a seething duel duet 1 to 0 O only six hits were made oft the Big Train and only nine oft oCt nom Roin DI ell FIve home runs were registered all In lA the National league by Dig Big Bigbee Big bee bee of ot Pittsburg Bottomley of ot St StLouis Louis Johnston of ot Boston l Freigau of Chicago and of ot Cincin CIncIn- Cincinnati CIncInnati nati Three National leaguers halt bad perfect days at bat Wheat bat Wheat of at Brooklyn Hornsby of oC o St Louis and Wilson of ot Boston The National league made 38 runs 68 hits hils and 15 errors against 33 runs 81 hits and eight errors for the tho American Ame can Bo Boston ton witnessed a battle royal and a parade of ot pitchers with the bats of ot the New York Tork Yankees swung mercilessly against the re- re remodeled remodeled re remodeled modeled Red fled Sox only to have the return the onslaught until un- un until un until til the Yankees barely eked out a 0 victory 12 to 11 Bunched hitting by the White Sox Sex with Harriss and Falk leading the attack carried Ted Lyons Lons to a conquest of ot the Browns 5 to 1 de despite do- do despite spite th three ree hits shot forth by Man Man- Manager Manager a ager er Uhle was In good form torm for tor or Cleve Cleve- Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland land and registered a 2 to 1 decisIon decision ion over Detroit Ty Cobbs Cobb's Only appearance In the lire game was as a pinch hItter hitler and he Je l lined ned to Uhle The TJ worlds world's champion Plus Plus- Pitts-l Pitts burg JurS Pirates went dawn n bet before ore Rogers Hornsby's Cardinals CardinalI 7 to 6 the tho principal factor being Jim Bot Dot I who clouted a home run with two on the bases Max Carey Pirate captain had not recovered I from his recent Illness to participate participate pate In the game Donohue Luque and Ma May struggled struggled struggled to a 0 victory over the Chicago Cubs 7 to 6 Luque pitched to only two men after relieving Donohue in the eighth The Cubs Cube made mada live five misplays The Phil Phillies lies hit opportunely be- be behind be behind hind Carlson's good t pitching to toI trample the Braves 6 G to 3 I r |