IN THE NEWS: At Griffith Stadium, Vice-President James Garner makes the march to the flagpole for the President. Then to a standing ovation from 31,000 Franklin Roosevelt tosses out the first ball in the Senators opener against New York. Nats starter Bobo Newsom pitches a masterful game, surviving a 5th inning beaning when he is hit by a throw to first by 3B Ossie Bluege, to shut out the Yankees, 10, on four hits. Lefty Gomez loses his second straight 10 Opener.
In a 12-7 loss to Cubs, Cardinals rookie Eddie Morgan pinch-hits and drives the first pitch he sees from Lon Warneke for a home run, the only one he'll hit in a 39-game career. He is the first to hit a pinch home run in his first at bat. Billy Herman leads the Cubs with three doubles and a homer.
IN THE NEWS: The Giants Harry Gumbert defeats the Dodgers Van Lingle Mungo, 53, in a game the features a fine brawl between Mungo and Dick Bartell. On an unassisted ground out to 1B Buddy Hassett, Mungo comes over to cover the bag and gives a hard block to the batter Bartell, Rowdy Richard goes flying and comes up swinging. Umpire Beans Reardon races over and pries the two combatants apart, then tosses them. Tomorrow they get a fine from Frick.
IN THE NEWS: In a 104 win over the visiting A's, Red Sox player-manager Joe Cronin breaks his right thumb on a force play at 2B. He will miss almost half the season.
With two runners on and two outs in the 9th inning, the Dodgers lead the Giants 65 when New York's Hank Lieber hits an easy fly to LF Freddie Lindstrom. But Dodger SS Jimmy Jordan crashes into Lindstrom and the ball bounces out of Jordan's glove. Both players lie dazed as two Giants' runners score to win 76.
IN THE NEWS: Cleveland spoils the Browns home opener at Sportsman's Parkthe cold weather keeping the crowd short of 1500by winning the 10-inning contest, 1310.
Lefty Grove and the Red Sox take the Yankees home opener, 80, before a shivering crowd of 22,256. Grove pitches a masterful 2-hitter, with Lou Gehrig collecting two singles.
IN THE NEWS: Pittsburgh's Gus Suhr belts a two-out homer in the 9th with two on off Roy Henshaw to give the Bucs a dramatic win over the Cubs, 98. Bill Swift picks up the win.
IN THE NEWS: In the Dodgers 43, 10-inning win over the Giants, Dodgers OF Randy Moore breaks his right ankle sliding into 2B and will miss most of the season. He'll return to the active list on July 27 and play in just one more game on the field before August 27. He'll hit .103 next year, his last. A Mel Ott home run gives the Giants the lead in the 10th, but the Dodgers counter with two runs.
IN THE NEWS: In a ragged game featuring 11 errors, the Dodgers over seven errors to beat the Phils, 107. Adding to the miscues, Brooklyn SS Ben Geraghty reaches base twice on interference (tipped bat) by Philadelphia C Earl Grace for a ML record.
At Boston, the Red Sox score six runs in the bottom of the first inning, but the Yankees rebound with seven in the 2nd. New York holds on to win, 129. Foxx and Gehrig match homers while Frank Crosetti is 5-for-6 and Bill Dickey 4-for-6.
IN THE NEWS: In St. Louis, Roy Parmelee, former Giants pitcher, beats Carl Hubbell 21 in a 17-inning duel. The game is scoreless until the 12th when the Giants score a run, but the Cards match it in the bottom of the 12th. Parmelee allows just six hits in 17 innings, while King Carl gives up 11.
Tiger first sacker Hank Greenberg breaks his left wrist in a baseline collision with Washington's Jake Powell and is finished for the season. It will be suggested that Powell's anti-Semitism is behind the crash. This is the same wrist that Greenberg broke in the 2nd game of the 1935 World Series. The Tigers lose, 73 to Pete Appleton as they collect just two hits, one a 9th inning home run by Al Simmons.
Career minor leaguer Cecil Dunn, playing for Alexandria (Evangeline League) clouts five home runs, a single and drives in 12 runs as the visiting Aces beat Lake Charles, 285.
The first professional baseball game in Japan is played. Nagoya defeats Daitokyo by a score of 85.
IN THE NEWS: The hits keep coming for Detroit. Tigers player/manager Mickey Cochrane is hit on the right instep by a foul tip. Like yesterday, it is Jake Powell doing the damage. Powell adds insult by driving in the winning run in the 9th of Washington's 87 victory over the Tigers.
The A's outslug the Browns, 128 behind George Puccinelli's four hits. Bill Dietrich chops down Sugar Cain for the win. Browns manager Hornsby announces that he is swapping 1B Jack Burns to the Tigers for lefty Chief Hogsett and cash. Burns will take over for the injured Greenberg and hit .283.