Cardinals Play Final Battle With Cincinnati, Then Move to Chicago for Cubs’ Series
Doak had no strikeouts
April 29, 1914 Age 23 Cards at Cincinnati
Career Game 19 of 454 ; 6-1 Loss; 1914 Record 1-1; IP 7; Hits 7; ER 4; BB 6; HBP 1
By Dent M’Skimming The St Louis Star and Times Article id 7197
There still remains another chance for the Cards to grab one of the four games of the Cincinnati series, for they meet the Red Men again today. When Willie Doak fails to deliver the goods, Miller Huggins is somewhat ‘”up a tree,” for now he has only “Slim Sal” in whom he can place his confidence. Sal seems to be the only twirler on the staff who can trim his opponents in spite of errors. The tall, slim one will probably be given a chance at Herzog’s sluggers in this afternoon’s contest.
The Cards, as usual, hit the ball, but were unable to drop their swat in safe territory. Douglas’ “spitter” only retired two of Hugglns’ men by way of the strike-out route. Doak, who made such a wonderful appearance against the Cubs last week, by striking out ten of O’Day’s men, was unable to fool any of the Red batters. He did not have a strikeout to his credit.
Tuesday’s 6-1 defeat put a considerable crimp in the Cards’ first division hopes and incidentally increased their chances of being overhauled by the lowly Boston aggregation. Still, if Evers’ squad insists on losing, there is a chance that St. Louis may not hit the cellar berth for several days.
To get away from a disagreeable city, a city which refuses to give us a game, the Cards will visit the Cubs on Friday, when they will inaugurate a four-game series. There may be some chance of winning from “Chi.” as they have only a few games’ lead on the Cards, but the chances are very slim. It seems that if we wish to back a winner, we will have to turn our attention to Miner Brown’s squad.
The Cards’ box score without an error is as scarce as Hyde Park in the Sahara Desert. ‘Cozy” Dolan is the most regular offender, but he generally redeems himself by delivering a hit when it is most needed. He was responsible for the scoring of Wilson in the second, when he drove out a long sacrifice fly after the “Chief” had tripled.
Huggins himself played the great game of the St. Louis outfit. He strolled twice and played a perfect fielding game in addition. His only mistake was in allowing Doak to remain in the box a trifle -just a trifle-too long. Had he been jerked in the beginning of the fifth, the tale might have been slightly different.
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