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In Inaugural Game, Brooklyn Tops Chicago 6-1
CHICAGO, IL. April 7, 1912 - The United Baseball Association's first regular season game was yesterday, a lopsided contest between the Tip-Tops of Brooklyn and the Whales of Chicago at Weeghman Park.
The sun was shining, but it was a rather cold day which might have caused a lower attendance than expected. Still, 5,507 fans arrived to witness the historic game.
Eric Beaton, third baseman for the Brooklyn club, made history by getting the first hit in league history. Interestingly enough, it was a triple! Beaton scored the first run when Job Bruggerman drove him in with a single later in the inning.
Brooklyn put three runs on the board that inning, and Chicago didn't come close to threatening until the 8th, when they scored a run on a 2-out triple. The Tip-Tops added two more in the 9th, making it 6-1, and that's how it would end.
The player of this historic game has to go to Bill Gable, who pitched a complete game and gave up just one run on six hits.
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