IN THE NEWS: In the final match of a 3-game series against the Memphis Turtles (Southern Association), the Red Sox win 10–5 to sweep. Babe Ruth pitches the final five innings in relief. The Sox are traveling north from their spring training camp in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
IN THE NEWS: In the final of the city series in Philadelphia, the Phillies beat the A's, 5–3, when Gavvy Cravath belts a 3-run homer off Bob Shawkey in the 8th. The series, which began in Jacksonville, ends at three wins apiece, and a tie.
In Cincinnati, the Reds beat Babe Ruth and the Red Sox, 3–1. Boston will prevail tomorrow, 2–1.
IN THE NEWS: The A's young Herb Pennock comes within one out of pitching the first Opening Day no-hitter. A scratch single by Harry Hooper with two out in the 9th is the Red Sox' only hit in a 2–0 loss to Philley. Ernie Shore is the loser. The Sox like what they see in Pennock: on June 13th they will claim him on waivers.
With government offices closed to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's death, many government workers, including President Woodrow Wilson, are among the 15,556 fans on hand for the Washington opener against the Yankees. Wilson throws out the first ball and the rest is all Walter Johnson, who allows just two singles and issues three walks, all to Andy High. High added two steals. The Senators score seven runs against the Yankees starter Jack Warhop to coast to a 7–0 win.
The Giants open the season with a trouncing of Wilbert Robinson's Dodgers, 16–3.
In Boston, Pete Alexander stops the world champion Braves, 3–0, as the Phillies beat Dick Rudolph. Bill James, the Braves' other star from the World Series, is in California recovering from an illness incurred in Hawaii during the all-star world trip. James' career is virtually over.
In the White Sox-Browns opener, St. Louis reserve outfielder Ernie Walker swipes home in the 11th inning.
IN THE NEWS: Rube Marquard, who lost 22 games for the Giants in 1914, pitches a 2–0 no-hitter over Brooklyn in the Giants' 2nd game of the season. The loser is Nap Rucker, who pitched a no-hitter in 1908. Rube faces just 30 batters, walking Casey Stengel and Zack Wheat, while George Cutshaw reaches on an error.
With Red Faber on the mound, the White Sox roll over the Browns, 16–0.
IN THE NEWS: Behind their ace Pete Alexander, the Phils drill the Giants, 7–1. Christy Mathewson lasts just four innings in taking the loss, as Gavvy Cravath deep sixes Big Six with a double and homer.
In his first game with the Browns, Hank Severeid hits his first ML home run, a 3-run blast off Hi Jasper, who had given up just one hit, to propel the Browns to a 4–3 win over the White Sox. Severeid played for the Reds from 1911-13.
In a 9–1 Yankee win over Philadelphia, Fritz Maisel steals 2B, 3B, and home, though not in the same frame.
Dallas owner/president Joseph W. Gardner announces the arrival of the Texas League's first infield tarp (as noted by David O. Barker). The new covering reportedly contains 2,300 square yards of canvas.
IN THE NEWS: St. Louis Cardinals righthander Lee Meadows makes his NL debut and becomes the first player to wear glasses regularly on the field since P Will White in 1886. Later in the season, Carmen Hill will become the 2nd pitcher to do so.
IN THE NEWS: A's newly acquired 2B Nap Lajoie makes five errors in a 7–6 loss to the Boston Red Sox. He is the last of six second baseman to boot that many in one game.
The Phillies win their 8th in a row, beating the Braves, 8–4 with a five-run 8th inning. Pete Alexander picks up his 3rd victory.
Massachusetts governor Walsh is on hand for the Red Sox home opener and watches as Mayor James Curley tosses out the first ball. Ralph Comstock, in relief of Ernie Shore, is the winner, 7–6, for Boston over the A's.
IN THE NEWS: Frank Allen, Pittsburgh (FL) lefty, pitches a 2–0 no-hitter against the St. Louis Terriers. Allen will win 23 for Pittsburgh, who will finish 3rd just a half game back of the first-place Chicago Whales and the 2nd-place Terriers. The Terriers, in the race all the way, will outdraw the Cardinals and Browns.
IN THE NEWS: Federal League star Benny Kauff jumps from the Brookfeds to the New York Giants. When Boston refuses to play if Kauff is in the Giants' lineup, ump Ernie Quigley forfeits the game to New York. The two teams agree to play an exhibition game. The other ump, Mal Eason, telephones NL president John Tener, who declares Kauff ineligible until reinstated and orders Eason to forfeit the game to Boston. Meanwhile, the Braves win the exhibition game, 13–8. The next day Tener rules this to be an official game, and both forfeits are canceled. Kauff goes back to Brooklyn where he leads the FL at .342, and John McGraw has to wait until next year to sign him.
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