Show Ac CARDS WIN AS SEE INAUGURAL DIAMOND CONTEST CONTESTI Ih t I L it 4 4 4 4 4 4 AS A'S DOWN CARDINALS SUBDUE CINCINNATI OUTFIT Bambino Hits Homer as Y Wallop Red Sox Before Fans By Hugh Fullerton Jr 1 Associated Press Sports Writer With all tho the fanfare that usually accompanies the start of oC a new baseball baseball baseball base base- ball year ear the major leagues have bave launched w what h hat a t y promises to be a 0 F highly successful se season on v The size of at the 0 op opening p e n I n g d da day y 4 crowds w h hie i c h hh filled eight baU r v t parks with near l ill S O fans and and i Hl t ait Sor aJi he the quality of thet rf I fIrst per f S game same per pcr c co o m- m t m-t If Ii to proms promse- promse 1 great things fon fort or future days be be- p tw tween n now and and- and S September A All 1 l 1 I I around the tw two o.- o. ri circuits the teams Ruth Kuth that hat have been picked to finish in inthe inthe inthe the first division performed well enough to Justify tho the predictions while the others showed that they may become contenders f A number of oC the recruits particularly on tho the weaker t teams ams shone in the opening games In no case was the margin of victory more than four runs while one game which brought together two of or the prospective pennant contenders contenders contenders con con- tenders was carried into extra in in- in The Philadelphia Athletics I the world champions defeated the Washington Senators who finished I second to the As A's In the American league last year 5 to 3 3 in an ln 11 in inning ning fling battle The As A's tied the count countin in the ninth Just about the time President Hoover left the scene then bunched hits off oft Al Crowder in the eleventh to win For the most part the game was a mound duel Rube Walberg of oC Philadelphia and Lloyd Brown of Washington Three other good pitching performances performances performances per per- turned up In the American Ameri Amen can league Before a crowd of 70 Charley Chancy Ruffing Buffing of the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Yankees held the Boston Red Sox Sex in check cheek to gain a 6 to 3 vicI vic vic- vic vic- I tory Babe Ruth added to the fes lea by hitting his first home run of or the new season ason while WInsett Winsett Win- Win sett sctt made a a. pinch homer for Bos Boa ton on Wesley Ferrell started out to seat beat last years year's mark of 25 victories for Cleveland as his mates hit well behind him to beat the Chicago White Sox 5 to 4 Walter Vatter Stewart of oC St. St Louis limited the rebuilt Detroit Dc- Dc troit Tigers to six hits while the Browns Drowns doubled that number to win 7 Charley Chancy Root ace nee or the Chicago Cubs turned in the National leagues league's best hurl hurling inS performance as he al allowed allowed allowed al- al lowed the Pittsburgh Prates only four blows while gaining a 6 to 2 2 triumph A homer by Gabby Hartnett Hartnett Hartnett Hart- Hart nett also helped entertain rl in the 45 1 fans of oC the Ule National leagues league's biggest crowd The champion St. St Louis Cardinals now just one of the teams battling for the flag found trouble with Larry Bentons Benton's pitching In the early innings tunings but came with a rush at the theand finish and defeated Cincinnati 7 to 3 The New York Giants and Philadelphia Phil Phil- adelphia quickly found the range of the right field wall at Baker bowl Philadelphia and slammed out four homers three in that direction Chuck Klein walloped two In succession sue suc suc-I suc cession but could not keep his team ahead as a big seventh inning gave the Giants a 9 to 5 victory John Quinn started his twenty ninth year as a professional pitcher on the mound for Brooklyn but failed to foil the Boston Braves Braves' batters after the first few innings He was v.-as removed in the seventh but the damage wa was done and Boston won by a 7 1 count 7 count Boston's starter Tom Zachary was driven to cover in the first inning |