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Show NATIOIMLEAGUE YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. At New York New York. 6; Brooklyn. Brook-lyn. I At Philadelphia Philadelphia. 5; Boston, 2. At Cincinnati Cincinnati. 2; Pitts burgh, 0. At St. Louis St. Louis, 4; Chicago, I GIANTS WIN OPENER. NEW YORK, April 16. Tlx- New York (,ianu. champions of the Nation- I al league, opened the season in an aus-plclous aus-plclous manner here today, defeating Brooklyn, ti to . The game w:s proceeded pro-ceeded by a parade of regulars from Fort Slocum and naval reserves from the Pelham Bay station. Major cen-eral cen-eral William A. Minn, commander of the depart nun t of the east, threw out I the Brst ball. Ideal weather conditions i brought out a row l of 2.'i(Mi. New York made a strong start, knocking Maronard out of the box in one-third of an Inning, when they, scored three rune. Brooklyn also knocked out Tesreau, New York's first pitche r, but And. rson held the Brooklyn Brook-lyn batters In check, permitting only two hits. Score by innings-Brooklyn innings-Brooklyn 011 100 0104 New York 301 200 00 5 Bummarj Errors Olson 2, Myers 2, Miller. Kauff, Zimmerman. Doyle. Two-hase hit Danbert. Stolen bases Burns Sacrifice hit Anderson. Sacrifice Sac-rifice flies Doyle. Kauff. Johnston Double plays Doyle to Holke; Myers to Miller. Left on bases New York 5, Brooklyn 6. First base on crrors--Ne-York Brooklyn 2. Bases on bails Off Crimes 2. Hit s Off Marquard I in Inning; off Cheney. 1 in 2 2-:i innlnps; off Crimes. 3 in 6 innings; off Tesreau, 7 in 3 innings, none out in fourth; oft Anderson. 2 in 6 innincs. Struck out By Tesreau 1, by Anderson Ander-son 1, by Cheney 2. Wild pitches-Cheney, pitches-Cheney, Crimes. Passed balls Mccarty, Mc-carty, Miller. Winning pitcher Tesreau. Tes-reau. Losing pitcher Marquard. CARDS BUMP ALEX. ST LOUI8, Mo.. April 16. A severe bombardment of Alexander shattered tho defense of the Cubs and the Cardinals Car-dinals won the opening game of the season. 4 to 2. Alex was bumped for ; two doubles and a triple in the first in - 'ning. Two more three-baggers were' made In the )fth and sixth, each following fol-lowing defensive slips and resulting in1 la tally apiece Of the nine safeties ( made off the National league's premier , hurler only four were singles. Mead- j Jows, the bespectabled Card pitcher, I held the Cubs to five in as many inn - lings. It required a single, two errors, j a pass and a sacrifice for them to, , score in the ninth. The usual flag raising ceremonies preceded the game, added to which were a parade and a concert by the tire.it i..,;., naval irairun,' station band. Col. Oeorce K Hunter, commanding com-manding officer at Jefferson barracks, threw out the first ball. Manager Jack Hendricks, who appeared ap-peared today as a major league pilot I for the first time, was given an ova- tion. Charles Hollocher. a St. Louis! boy. now with the Cubs, was ptesented with a watch as a gift from local I friends. Score by innings ! Chicago 000 000 0022 !St. Louis 200 Oil 00 4 j Summary: Errors Hollocher. Mer- ! I kle, Balrd, Hornsby. Meadows. Two-I Two-I base hits Smyth. Cruise Three-base I hits Hornsby, Smith Pauletle Stolen bases Baird. Sacrifice hits Smith. I Meadows. Sacrifice fly Merkle. Dou-I I ble plays Hornsby to Paulette; Hornsby to Betzel to Paulette; Deal to Merkle to Kilduff; Hollocher to Kil-i duff to Merkle. Left on bases Chlca- ! go 5. S Louis 3. First base on errors Chicago 3. St. Louis 1 Bases on! balls Ofl Alexander 1. off Meadows ,2. Hit by pitcher Baird by Alexander. 'Struck out By Alexander 2, by Mead - 1 ows l 1 PHILLIES 5. BRAVES 2 PHILADELPHIA. April 1 1 Mayer was Philadelphia's Btar performer to-I day in the season's opening game, which the home team won from Bos - ! ton, 5 to 2 He allowed two singles.: one of them an infield scratch, in the first seven innings, and in the seventh' he startedlhe batting onslaught which clinched victory for his team. He trip- i led to deep center with one out. BCOr-Ing BCOr-Ing on Bancroft's slncle. McGalhgan followed with a single, and S t . I. drove both horn, w ith a double to cen- I tor. Conway threw wild try ing to catch Stock goinu to third, and tho latter ! scored the fourth Philadelphia run Of 1 the Inning .Mayer had Boston shut out until! the eighth, when two consecutive fumbles fum-bles by McGafllgan allowed Pinch Hit ter Bail, y who had hit safely to score. I Konetchy's double. Smith's sincle, and I Conway's sacrifice fly scored a run for1 ! Boston in the ninth Mayer was pres. nted with a floral horseshoe during the flap raising cere-monies cere-monies Mavor Smith threw out the! Oral ball. Score by innings Boston nun 000 011 2 Philadelphia ooi ooo 4o a Summary: Errors Conway , McGaf-tisan McGaf-tisan ". Two-base hits Konctch , ! Stock. Three-base hit Mayer. Stolen ' base Whitted. Sacrifice fly Conway. ' Double play Bancroft to McGaflican iLefl on bases Boston 6. Philadelphia 1 6 First on errors Boston 2. Bases on balls Off Ragon 2. off Mayer 2. Hits I Off Ragon 10 in 7 innings, off Hearne 0 In 1 inning Struck out By Ragon 3, by Mayer 6. Losing pitcher Ragon. REDS TAKE FIRST. CINCINNATI, April 1G Schneider's superb pitching combined with costly errors bv the visitors enabled Cincinnati Cincin-nati to win the opening game of the season here today from the Pittsburgh by a score of 2 to 0. One hit was all that Pittsburgh obtained off Schneider and there was neer a time during the I game when they senouslv threatened to score. Cooper also pitched good ball allowing onlv three bits. He stumbled at first base in the seventh inning while covering a throw, fell and wrenched his ankle so severely that he had to be carried off the field. Cincinnati's two runs were scored when Croh reached first on Caton's wild throw, went to second on L. Ma gee's sacrifice and scored uu lioush's. single Roush took second on the throw-In, went to third when McKech-Bie McKech-Bie dropped a throw and scored on I Chase s out. Score by innings Pittsburgh iioo ii)00 Cincinnati ooO 2oo 00 '' Summary: Errors Caton, McKech-nie, McKech-nie, Roush Two-base hits Stengel. Sacrifice hit L Magee. Double plays Croh to L. Magee to Chase; Mc-Kechnie Mc-Kechnie to Mollwitz; Caton to Cut-shaw Cut-shaw to Mollwitz. Left on bases Pittsburgh ,r, Cincinnati 1 First on er I rors Pittsburgh 1, Cincinnati 1. Bases! on balls Off Cooper 1, off Sehncider 5 Hits Off Cooper i in 7 Innings; ofl Harmon 0 in 1 Innlne. Struck out By Schneider 1 Wlnnirc pitcher Schnei-d- r. Losing pitcher Cooper I |