Washington, Apr. 18. CAPACITY crowd jammed its way into Griffiths Stadium today to see the Washington Senators defeat the Philadelphia Alhletics, 12-8, after President Roosevelt had thrown the first ball to open the 1938 Big League baseball season. Zeke Bonura and Buddy Lewis led the Senators to victory when each smacked onl a home run The world champion New York Yankees failed to make a conspicuous start, bowing before the heavy-cracking bats of the Boston Red Sox, 8-4.
"Iv was a picturesque crowd which locked to" see President Roosevelt wind-up in approved style and hurl the ball out to the field to fire the opening jun in the 1S-game race World Series.
'A tremendous roar went up from the stands when' President" Roose-volt threw the first ball of the ame and season out to the pitcher's mound, 'With' practically @ general mora~ torium declared on business trade, nieipaland national problems, Targe number of it political sporting th the game here.
"Zeke Bonus, with a homer two singles, Ted the Senators in hilt-3 although youthful Buddy Levis also was a hero, for he lashed out four-bagger with two men on bases to help settle the issue.
'The Athletics revealed plenty of Aght and although they held' the Senstors to even terms in hits, 16 ench, they committed we errors fagnhist one.
Neither Charley Rufing nor Joe Vanes, new addition to the Yankee mound star although a veteran player, could stem the powerful on slaughis of the Red Sox batters and the Beantown nine took the champions into camp, 8-4, afler outhitling them, 11-6, Bach team made (we errors, Benny Chapman put the game on fee for the Red Sox when he cracked Jout a homer in the sixth inning when the home team was already leading, with six runs to their credit, "Diny" Dean Trade Only 10500 spectators saw the Red Sox send Charley Ruffing from the mound to the showers in a sixth-inning rally.
Playing on a wet field, the men found it-difficult to field the greasy all and the poor handling resulted
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