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YS 17 Tb 1 MIL Innings, 114 Win YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY. BABY By BUI Golo i i sw leas- 2 if en i i I illlf illlll- I tj)ivi wiuJ.jyjm'A Thrill Crowd of 52,613 By Phil Pepe Thomas Wolfe was wronjr because you can gx home ajrm a the Yankees-proved yesterday. They came home to Yankee Stadium a new and improved Yankee Stadium after a twe-year absence and were welcomed home bv an enthusiastic crowd of 52,613 FAMlLlAi? SteMT FACADE 5otrxT woe sconteofio. Al Standings WEOWESOAT Minnesota 4 Chicago 2 Cleveland 4. Boston 5 Texas A.

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PcL G.B. Texas 5 1 .833 i Chicago 3 1 .750 1 Oakland 3 3 .500 2 Kansas City 1 2 .333 2'i Minnesota 2 4 .333 3 California 1 4 .200 ZVx fOST ABOUT CMCHi; A GUUPSe OF THf 6At FWU 161 STATlU-THfi A Bib W4U "Mix AiOW. LIKE PAAlOO VlUA, WAB? FlBST APUU. 18 9Zi on Feet; ot Action don't take him out In thre rounds, come and get me because I wouldn't be able to go on." Joe DiMappo, who used to save the Yankees and now saves at the Bowery, has two vivid memories of the old gray fortress. "My first and last hit," he said.

"The first one came off a big lefthander from Detroit who i an Indian, Chief Elon Hog- cttf tl. i Kr Blifc. 1 IIC M3b VHC I. A I I1C Ull Larry Jansen of the Giants in the "51 World Series. "Everybody in the stands knew it was going to be the last hit I'd get in Yankee Stadium and they gave me a great ovation." The day Mrs.

Lou Gehrig remembers best was July 4, when her husband bid farewell to baseball, saying "I consider 1 myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth." "That was iiii uiiisb inruiuiauic iiiuuitriib, said Mrs. Gehrig. "When Lou said that, I burst into tears." 1:30 Fans in section 17 along right field line are debating relative merits of old and new stadium. "The old stadium was a 3 I TH Hfc VkAS AT TUC .46 CM Boy Bach (set Slice ISronx Ilonibers MINNESOTA NEW YORK bl ab at Terrell 2a 4 I 10 Rivers cl $13 Ford rf 5 12 1 White If 401 Cdrew lb 4 10 0 AAunson 5 0 0 H.sle 2 110 Chamois lb 0 2 2 KsKt dn 0 0 0 I Nettie 3D 4 2 10 B'aun on 3 0 11 Gamole rf 4 2 1 2 Wvneoar 4 0 0 RanooloA 2b 4 2 2 1 McKay 3b 4 0 0 0 Cwns on 10 0 Brye cf 4 1 Pinicil otl 2 2 11 Iiompson IS 4 0 7 0 Maun ss Ooiti lot Veiei on 1 1 11 Aibury 0 0 0 Stanley ss III Lueooer 0 0 0 May 0 0 Buromeier 0 0 0 Tidrow 0 0 0 0 Lvle 0 0 0 0 TWats 34404 Totals imi4ii Mmaeseta 301 00 MO 4 New Tr tl 4M Om -Randolph, Munson. Ford.

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excited for the kids," says big George. "It's the end of a two i year road trip." If 1 hinoi nJm tf fsna 4 And because it's so nice to be home again, the Yankees celebrated with a good, old-fashioned 11-4 victory that was worthy of the Ruths. Gehrigs, Di-Maggios and Mantles who came before them. No home runs were struck, but a variety of lesser hits, 14 of them in ail. and there were two big innings in typical Yankee fashion and a whole bunch of heroes.

Just for the record, that was victory No. 4 for the Yankees alumni, will say they belong. Tidrow and Lyle D'ck Tidrow was the winning pitcher in the reopening of Yankee Stadium, and perhaps they will brine him back to throw out the first ball after they have remodeled Yankee Stadium II into Yankee Stadium III in the Year 2026 at a cost of several billion. But if Tidrow comes i 0 i back, hell have to bring Sparky Lyle with him. It wa Sparky, the old Sparky, the Sparky of Pomp and Circumstance back in the old Yankee Stadium, who saved the ame.

While it may seem strange say a man saved an 11-4 victory, Lyle's big job came when it was a 5-4 game, before the Yankees scored six runs in the eighth to crack it open. Tidrwo, who had pitched well from the third to the eighth, ran into a spot ef trouble in the eighth. After retiring Rod Carew, he allowed successive singles to Larry Hisle (the tying run) and Steve Braun (the lead run). That's when Sparky made his a ppaa ranee-from the new Yankee bullpen behind the outfield fence in deepest left-center. He iromediately proceeded to nail rookie Butch Wynegar on a foul and Dave McKay on -a bouncer to short and the threat was over So was the ballgame.

In their next turn at bat, the Yan Twin Larr, iuje i i VUiiECU5- H4. SCUTS KAICTE5X Shoeshine Pizza Pies By Dave Hirshey Sights and sounds In and around Yankee Stadium on opening' day 10 a.m. IRT rumbles over head as Mark Davis. 13. applies mine iirst aao oi ponsn io a customer's shoe in two year.

The Yankee schedule is taped to his shoebox and a wide grin creases his face. He is thinking of the 108.000 scuffed feet that will pass his stand todav on their way to the Stadium. "I was out of cusiness for n-o years," he says. "Glad to see people are still wearine shoes." 10:15 Four college students are standing at the counter of the bleacher site, a pizza stand across from the Stadium. "It's been dead here for two years," said Rickey, -the pizza slinger, "But today business is booming.

Hey, a guy came in here at 9:45 and ordered a slice, with anchovies, at 9:45." 10:30 a.m.: The grows at Manny's Baseball Land is three deep, ogling some of the souver-nirs on display. For 50 cents, you can buy an exio glossy of Roger Maris with all his hair. An official Frank Howard batting glove goes for $4 while $1.25 will get you a Yankee button with a miniature hunting knife. "Can I get the fcnife without the button," asked Joel Sobelson, a longtime Giant fan. 11 a.m.: Tate Preston, a management consultant from Mountain Lakes.

NJ-, pulls into the new- reserved parking garage. "I don't mind paying $2.25." says Preston. "At least. I can be reason Wy certain I'U have my hubcaps and when I get out. 11:30: John Drebinger who covered the first game in the Stadi Jm in 1923 is standing in the Yankee dressinsr room, shielding his eyes from the purple carpet and hair dryers.

"The Babe would have liked this place," said Drebinger, a baseball writer at The Times for 41 years. "He loved beauty parlors." 11:40: George Steinbrenner. 4n ipins tripes and smiles arrives. i TONIGHT Cleveland. Peterson (14-3) at Kansas viit, dii tni jwimw tLwoqm 1 1 -1 a) Texas (Umoarger Detroit (Roberts 0-14) at California Kirk wood 4-5).

winy games scneouieoj kees put away with a six-run Like Old Times That was the best part for most Yankee fans, the most memorable part. The hitting. Yr.nkee teams always have been known for their hitting and so what if there wire no balls sailing out of the park, doubles end triples are so much more exciting especisllyhif they're hit by your side. The Twins had jumped out to a three-run lead the first, which is kind of like being invited to a friend's brand-nesv $100,000 home and spitting on the living-room rug. Two of those runs came on two-run home run, Dan Ford of the Twins having the distinction of hitting the first homer in the new Yankee Stadium.

He hit it deep into left-center, in the area (Continued on pog' 79) -2! Tanlc Ulic ml steal. ballpark." said Richie Ca-a- cordwood. A Yankee spokesman nas Manhattan. This place announces that the ticket Ukers hnght and airy and you can see are on strike. He is greeted with everybody's face.

Plus it got the first official Bronx cheer in I that dynamite new scoreboard, two years. I with the instant replay." 12:15: Hundreds Mass in 145: Edwin N. Partikian ap-McCombs Dam Park to protest Pars in the pressbox to explain the use of taxpayer's money to why that "dynamite new score-renovate "the stadium. "They hoard with the instant, replay," built this Tower of Babel for checked out 90 and we didn't 100 million and spend nothing want to take any chances of a on the South Bronx where peo- foulup," said Partikian. general -pie are starving and dying," manager cf the firm that built suys Reverend Mario Barbel of the scoreboard.

"We hope to St. Peter's Lutheran Church. have ready by Saturday but if 12:30: Agreement with ticket not. by next week." takers is reached and gates' to 2:15: Three minutes after the Stadium are opened. Fans game was scheduled to begin, an stream in and offer first reviews attractive couple breezes into a of the ballpark they built.

box along third base. "The rea- "Enthralhng," Carol McAlister son we're late is because we had of Manhattan. a hard time getting a cab," said "A sure winner," Paul Ral- actor Robert DeNiro. His corn-sides of Fairfield, Conn. panion, Faye Dunaway, just "A Grand Slam Hit," But smiled.

Wormstitch of Wayne, J. 2:25: To grab a hotdog at tha "Four stars," Ron Dvorkin of overcrowded concession stands The Bronx. requires a wait that makes 1: Up im the posh Stadium standing in line for "All the i i Club, the memories are flowing as fast as the whiskey. "1 remember driving to the Stadi- mm: or the second Schmelina President's -Men," seem short, "The hot dogs aren't that great," said Hank Clay of Man- hitan. "But at least thevV mit.

4 id-this place." ,12 4 Yaaee-iUAause to shae aifrw fwaW 1c; n.tuiuicer.