- This Week’s Schedule Favors the Giants Above All the Flag Contenders
- Braves and St. Louis Will Be Cutting Down Each Other’s Chances
September 14, 1914 Age 23
By W. J. O’Connor St Louis Post Dispatch
THIS week’s schedule in the National is favorable to the Giants, now two games out of first place. Starting with a double-header today, the Giants have three games with Philadelphia, four with Cincinnati and one with Chicago. Boston’s program calls for two with Brooklyn, three with St. Louis and one with Pittsburg. The Cards have two days off, then three with Boston and one with Philadelphia.
While the Cardinals are traveling East today and resting tomorrow, the Braves must battle with the only team in the National League which has proved troublesome for Stallings’ tribe this campaign. That’s Brooklyn. The Superbas have won 12 out of 16 from the Braves, by far the best record of any team against the League leaders.
Should Brooklyn be able to win only one game from Boston in their series of two. the Cardinals will be able to enter Boston Wednesday just four games out of first place. Then will begin the most important series of the week between Hug’s impulsive serfs and the hard-ridden hirelings of Stallings.
In their recent collisions, the Braves have won seven out of eight games from the Cardinals. A continuation of this pace will put the Cardinals forever out of the pennant hunt, as Hug’s men can afford to lose only a few more games this season.
Cards’ Prospect Good.
However, Huggins now has the prospect of good pitching, backed up by timely hitting from Miller, Wilson, Magee and Wingo. Then, too, we believe that the promotion of Cozy Dolan to the top of the batting order has immeasurably strengthened the Cards. All-in-all, the local team presents a better front for this important series than it has at any time this season.
Last week the Braves won six out of nine games, while the Giants were bagging five and losing four. Included in Boston’s string of victories was the no-hit performance of Collegian Davis, a feat that many persons persist in viewing as a “flash.”
In the New York camp, on the other hand, a second-rater, Fromme, who has been buffeted about the National League for six seasons, uncorked a two-hit shut-out against the Phils and saved the New York bacon after Marquard had dropped his tenth straight game.
Fromme’s work cannot be taken seriously. He’s not a championship pitcher, but his work Saturday served to rest up McGraw’s regulars and give the New York club a chance to work its star flingers in rotation.
It would not be surprising if McGraw used Tesreau, his only sure bet, in three games this week – Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. That will give Matty a chance to work in two and leave only three games to be handled by O’Toole, Marquard, et al.
Busy Finish for Tesreau.
Tesreau Is a bear from the Ozarks and physically equipped to carry the pennant burden. He has not worked as often as Big Bill James of Boston, even though he’s a huskier man. From now on, though, we look for Tesreau to be in there every third game. McGRAW NEEDS HIM.
If the Cards can take the odd game from Boston there’s a royal good chance that New York will be at or near the top by the week end. And once those front-runners of McGraw acquire the lead at this advance date, watch out!
Pittsburg may be the team which will sway the balance of power in the final stretch drive. The Pirates have been breezing along at a championship gait of late and their double-barreled conquest over the Cubs all but finished Chicago’s pennant chances. Anyhow, the Eastern clubs are going to find tough picking in St. Louis, Pittsburg and Chicago, while everybody should feast off the retrograding Reds.
Sal Rescues Perdue and Cards Win Two Games From Cincinnati
CINCINNATI. Sept 14. THE Cardinals leaped and danced like happy loons or Mexican beetles in a skillet as they left the field Sunday. They had won two of the toughest, hardest fighting games of the season and their pennant dream seems almost a real one now. Both battles were of the fiercest character, full of war and riot all the way with Buck Herzog on the outside through all but a few innings, and the scrapping was as good as seem at either Liege or Marne.
The Cardinals, who like to score early, because then they know they’ve got ’em, annexed one in round two of the first game. Miller, who is playing a terrific all-round game, launched a half-circuit whack. Wilson’s futile but Wingo’s dynamic drive was enough to bring Miller over.
The fourth St. Louis inning was replete with strange incidents and wild warfare. Magee and Miller bingled successive safeties. When Wilson bounded one at Groh, Heine tried to stab Miller, then started to throw to first, but, discovering Magee trekking for the plate, sent it home in time to get him. Gonzales drove it back to second, crushing Miller, who never dreamed of such a trick, and completing a freak double play. Wingo’s sharp shot took Wilson to third. A double steal was risked. Wilson seemed blocked a mile at the plate, but the umpire waved him safe.
Near-Riot Follows.
The riot that followed was a gorgeous thing and the uproar of C. Herzog was so much like nearby shrapnel fire that he was run off the field. A moment later, Berghammer, subbing for Herzog, heaved one madly past first, letting Wingo in, and the public boiled, bubbled and execrated till the front of the stand was one long row of flannel-lined caves.
Cruise began the seventh with a young bunt and beat it out. Beck grounded out. Doak’s patience was rewarded with a pass and Dolan’s short cracker scored Cruise. Finally it drifted along until Miller was up with the bases full. He fanned.
Then game No. 2 was started, and one inning passed peaceful as a summer dream. The second frame was marked by one of the maddest, most impossible plays ever seen on any field. Perdue, hurling for the Cards, passed Groh and then chucked one which Von Kolnitz returned much faster than it started.
The flying peril knocked any sense Perdue ever had right out of him and he stood dazed like a statue of Ajax defying a bill collector. Wingo separated the galloping squash from the ball, which was sticking on his heel, and hurled wildly after the fugacious Von Kolnitz, so that Groh scored, Von Kolnitz reaching third. A healthy belt by Yingling scored Von. Clark pasted one and the manuscript read “exit Perdue R. L. E.” Sallee went on and stopped the slugging.
The Cards tied it up in the fourth. Huggins strolled. Magee beat a pretty bunt and two runs were batted in while a close decision that shut off another resulted in wild queries from the Cardinal bench of “Are youah skairt of Herzog, youah lobster.” for which sundry athletes headed for the gate with Snyder as officer of the day.
In the eighth Daniels rapped a righteous triple with none out. Of course a typical exhibition of Red batting was immediately given – three men in order, went out and didn’t even make Sallee feel worried. Ninth inning – Miller lofted to Daniels, Wilson drove a fly far over right, now garrisoned by Dr. Roy Miller, vice Killifer, chased for telling hideous truths to the umpire. A cry of horror and despair was heard as Miller tripped, fell and rolled away. Then uproar, bellowing, wild upheaval. Miller, as he rose, spied the ball descending full upon him and with one frantic clutch snared it and held it fast. Wingo cracked one while the crowd still roared. Cruise’s short fly arose, looped back between right and second and fell unhindered while Wingo tore all the way from first with the run that won. And so it ended and Umpire Eason went away from there, closely followed by Charles L. Herzog, with a rock in each hand.