President Calvin Coolidge threw the ceremonial first pitch at Griffith Stadium before Washington's home opener.
“If you heard the rattle of drumfire yesterday afternoon while you were wishing that you had been fortunate enough to get a seat for the opening of the Washington baseball season, that was the music of the world champions’ base hits bouncing off the fences of the ball park,” The Washington Post’s sports editor, N.W. Baxter, wrote.
First lady Grace Coolidge, a bigger baseball fan than her husband, kept score during the game. She “tugged vigorously” at the president’s coat when he committed a faux pas by standing up before the visitors’ half of the seventh inning instead of Washington’s half.
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