- Doak Had the “Nothing Doing” Sign Out After the Third Inning
- Dodgers Opener Was 2-1 Thriller With Rickeymen Winning Out
- Great Pitching by a Great Pitcher
Game Date: August 4, 1919 Age: 28
BY JAMES M. GOULD, The St Louis Star and Times
Seeking the silver lining, we have the honor to report that the Cardinals, by virtue of taking half of the Sunday double-bill with Brooklyn, gained a bit on both the Phillies and Braves and are but eight points removed from sixth place. The opening game yesterday was real baseball, Doak and Mamaux pitching good ball. It was won in the seventh by the Cardinals, whose hitting was timely though not heavy, by a 2-1 score. Doak was a regular Gibraltar for steadiness except in the third inning, when the enemy got its first, last and only run.
The First Game.
Doak and Al Mamaux had a pretty battle in the first scrap. Each was hit safely six times, but Doak faltered only once, while the Cards got to Mamaux for a tally each in two Innings. Each team got a hit, but no run, in the opening inning and neither got either in the second. In the Brooklyn third, Ward started auspiciously enough with a strike-out. Otto Miller singled to left and went to third when Mamaux carried through the hit and run with a safety to right. Olson forced Mamaux, but Miller tallied on the out. So far as the Dodgers were concerned, Doak had the “Nothing Doing” sign out for the rest of the game. The visitors got one hit in the fourth and one in the seventh, but never even approached a second tally.
Doak got out of a bad hole in the sixth inning of the opener. Griffith walked and Wheat was safe on Jack Miller’s error. Blond Bill fanned Hy Myers, made Koney fly to McHenry and forced Ward to force Wheat. It was great pitching by a great pitcher.
Other Baseball News of the Day: Carl Mays is most remembered for hitting Ray Chapman in the head with a high fastball, killing Chapman. Mays was also accused of helping throw the 1921 World Series, although there was no proof. In the picture below, he jumped from Boston to the Yankees after being suspended for throwing a ball at a spectator. Despite Hall of Fame numbers, he was never elected.
