Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1914 — Big League Ball Season Opened—How’s Tour Grandma? [ARTICLE]

Big League Ball Season Opened—How’s Tour Grandma?

Tuesday the major leagues opened their bseball season. It was the day when the office boys in the cities came in with a tale of woe about their grandmother’s death and begged off and then hustled to the ball park to witness the thrills of opening day. The Chicago Sox, with Scott on the slab, defeated Cleveland, 5 to 2. So tar as we have learned Charley Moody was the only Jasper county fan to witness the game. The Cubs lost to Cincinnati, 10 to 2, indicating that Murphy almost ruined the once fine team before he was deposed as president Walter Johnson pitched in midseason form for Washington, shutting Boston out 3 to 0. The New York Giants, with Marquard pitching, received a terrible trouncing by Philadelphia, the score being 10 to 1. The Yankees jumped on to the champion Athletics and won by the score of 8 to 1 The Detroit Tigers and St Louis Browns had a great hitch, the game going 13 innings, 3 to 2. St Louis made 2 scores in their half of the 13th and Ty Cobb secured a 3-bagger with two on bases and Crawford brought Ty across with a single. Are you getting the fever?