(Originally published by the Daily News on Thursday, April 19, 1923; written by James Crusinberry)
Up on the banks of the Harlem River yesterday afternoon "Babe" Ruth opened a new baseball park known as the Yankee Stadium. With something like 65,000 fans - the greatest crowd that ever saw a big league game of ball - looking on, "Babe" in the third inning dedicated the new Yankee home with a four-base drive into the right field bleachers with two mates on.
That decisive blow settled the first ball game of the year beyond a doubt.