Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-23 | Page 9 | Yanks Open Home Season, Big Crowd

' p Faults Open Home . i Season, Bis? Crowd m&- ' NEW YORK, April 22. The New flHj York Americans opened their season , H today by defeating Philadelphia S to ' ;' J 6. in a loosely played game. General -J Robert Bullard, commander of the Eastern department, threw out the ball. The opening game here was mar- j T . . red by an accident to George Ruth, . ' New York's $125,000 batsman who was making his first local appearance with lftc Yankees. Ruth injured himself in ' batting practice before the game, pull-Hy- I ing a cartilage out of place. He struck . j out in tho first inning, but was in great ' nain nnd na(1 t0 De assisted off the . f'f 1 field. Score: ! Philadelphia ....000 101 400 6 11 3 V ; ' New York ..411 000 02x 8.14 4 : "i Batteries: Perry, Naylor, Hastey, ' " ' S- . and PerkinB; Quinn, Thormahlen and 'Ruel.