Doak Pitches 6 Innings, No Decision, Ending Cards’ Winning Streak

With Huggins on Bench, Cards Are Beaten by Phils Locals’ Winning Streak Smashed in Tenth Inning by Sherwood Magee. Doak Pitches 6 Innings, No Decision, 2 ER, 5 Hits, 2 BB, 1 SO.  ERA 2.27 June 18, 1914           Age 23 St Louis Post Dispatch PHILADELPHIA, June I8.  After winning six straight […]

Grover Cleveland Alexander Yields To Willie Doak In Hurling Duel

Each Pitcher Allows Four Hits, but Enemy’s Errors Give Cardinals Their One Run. May 17, 1914         Age 23 By W. J. O’Connor    St Louis Post Dispatch EXHIBITING the choicest wizardry of his young baseball career, Willie Doak, the Akronite blond, yesterday afternoon at Robison Field rocked the Phillies to sleep, 1-0. […]