Show CARDS TRIM CHICAGO IN HOME DOME BATTLE BATTLEy y In III Sweet Contest Wee V co III Form FormBy C By The Associated Press WO big league teams are arc TWO I happy tod today y In the realization that they celebrated two highly Important occasions to the home hom hometown town tans fans by turning In resound resound- resoundIng Ing victories When hen the world champIon Car Car- Cardinals took the field 1 yesterday In St. St Louis for theIr first game g-ame thIs year ear on the home lot the National league pennant that th they y son on laS la'S last season after 38 years ears of oC hungering for It was spread out for all to vIew On the strength of oC that the Cardinals went out and beat the Cubs 4 to 3 with the competent Wee ee WillIe Sherdel In the tho box The fhe Giants were celebrating the twenty fifth anniversary anni of oC John McGraw as manager of theIr team and their own return to the Polo grounds for their first home game of the year Led by Hornsby and Lindstrom who did most of oC the hitting they scored a 5 to 1 vic vic- victory victory tory over oyer the tho Still another teens that hall had n a happy home coming was the band of veterans vet rans led by Connie Mack Not only did they beat their red hot r rivals the Yankees s 8 to 5 5 but they them too which Is something few lew clubs are able to accomplish The home run hIt hIt- hItting hitting ting this time was done not by byRuth Ruth but by Mickey lIckey Cochrane Philadelphia catcher who knock knock- knocked ell ed the tho circuit clout In the sixth to help drive Urban Shocker er from tho hill hili 0 the Detroit's 7 to victory over 1 St. St Louis Drowns Browns also was seas the first ot oL the season In Inthe Inthe the hone park lark Before BeCore a big crowd that turned out to greet the Tigers they came through with a a. shut out triumph marked b by the pitching of WhItehill stead steady southpaw and tho hitting of Fothergill The return of the White While ox was not attended b by such UC suc- success cess although It looked In the first few innings as though they had the Indians beaten Then the Redskins fell on Lyons Lons In the sixth and collected enough to wIn Without anything particular to celebrate the tho Brooklyn Robins celebrated it by beating the bat bat- battling Braves Draves In a hard fought game g 4 to 3 Bob Dob Darrett Barrett late of Memphis was the hero of the day with a homer that won the game and snapped a a. seven game losing streak |