Rain turned the red Georgia earth to clay. Manager Walter Johnson, drawn and underweight from influenza, sat on a bench in plain clothes and a raincoat and watched the Giants in the year's first game beat the Newark Bears, 8 to 0. Bill Terry, infielder, knocked a home run the first time at bat. "Gee, I wish I could get out and throw a few" Johnson said, shifting on the bench.
In the Yankee camp in St. Petersburg, Florida, Babe Ruth stopped running on third base. He was afraid if he went on his feet...
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