Doak Released, Not Ripe Enough For Fast Company
September 6, 1912 Age 21 The Cincinnati Enquirer Doak. the Akron pitcher, was given his release yesterday, not being considered ripe enough for fast company. Kniseley and Kyle, the other two Akron players, have been signed to regular contracts and will be taken East with the team The Times […]
Bill Doak Gets Early Start for His Bonus by Beating Crosstown Browns
‘Spittin’ Willyam’ Is to Be Paid for Number of Games He Wins This Season, So He Piled In and Trounced the Browns New Sand on Cards’ Robison Field Bad for Spitballers April 4, 1917 Age 26 By Clarence F. Lloyd The St Louis Star and […]
Huggins Confident Doak Will Be Thoroughly Satisfied With Offer
Doak Holding Out For Salary Increase of $850 Huggins Is Assured Cards Will Not Be Detained by Rail Strike March 17, 1917 Age 26 By Harry Pierce The St Louis Star and Times San Antonio, Tex., March 17, 1917. Confidential advices received by Manager Huggins and Secretary Seekamp […]
Doak Returns To Pittsburgh as Cards Run Six-Mile Daily Jaunts
“Hug” Plans to Use Two Parks Widely Separated, for Morning and Afternoon Work. According to Huggins, negotiations are at an end with Doak, as far as the club is concerned. March 5, 1917 Age 26 St Louis Post Dispatch SAN ANTONIO. Tex., March 5. This somnolent city of the South, already […]
Doak, Hornsby Remain Unsigned As Cards Head South
Team Heading South Cardinals to Leave for Texas on Same Train With Browns Four Cards and Three Brownies Still Unsigned March 3, 1917 Age 26 BY HARRY P. PIERCE. The St Louis Star and Times St. Louis’ two major league ball clubs, the Browns and Cardinals, depart tonight at […]
Hot Wells Squad Will Be Picked By Huggins This Week – Doak Offered Contract
Mike Keller (minor league manager) Coming for First Choice of Nine Cardinal Discards. Pitchers To Include Ames, Meadows, Watson, Doak, Niehaus, Steele, North, Horstman and Gardenier January 7, 1917 Age 26 By Harry F. Pierce The St Louis Star and Times St. Louis. This will be a busy week for Miller James […]
Doak One Model Player; St. Louis Proud Of Him
Were There More Of His Character, Baseball Would Continue To Be The World’s Great Sport. February 14, 1915 Age 24 By James Jerpe Pittsburgh Post Gazette “St. Louis Is proud that Bill Doak Is a member of the St. Louis club, writes Sid Keener In the St. Louis Sporting […]
True Story of Discovery of Willie Doak, Cardinals’ Sensational Young Boxman
Doak Obtained By Scout Eddie Herr For A Mere $500 The Giants, or any other major league club, would willingly pay $25,000 for Doak today. August 22, 1914 Age 23 By Harry F. Pierce The St Louis Star and Times Perseverance wins. Don’t think […]
President Britton Expects Great Things From Perritt, Doak and Robinson
All Ex-Pirates Now Secure in Cardinal Coral February 1, 1914 Age 23 By W. J. O’Connor, St Louis Post Dispatch When the signed contract of Rube Robinson, the wrong-handed hurler, was salted in a safe at Robison Field yesterday afternoon, President Schuyler Britton of the Cardinals sank into his swivel chair and gasped […]
President S. P. Britton Very Much Pleased to Get Doak and Hagerman To Sign
President S. P. Britton Very Much Pleased to Get Doak and Hagerman To Sign January 17, 1914 Age 22 By Willis E. Johnson St Louis Globe Democrat Sun President S. P. Britton of the Cardinals arrived home again after making a hurried trip to Pittsburgh. He seemed to be very […]
Doak Signed in Pirates Office for Good Luck
January 16, 1914 Age 22 Sporting Chat Pittsburgh Daily Post Another organized baseball representative to come to Pittsburgh for the purpose of saving players was President Schuyler Britton of the St. Louis Nationals. He succeeded in signing Pitcher Bill Doak, […]
Baseball “Slaves” Using Federal League to Boost Pay Checks
Doak Signs Contract, Unclear if Approached By Feds Players Reluctant to Leave Organized Baseball, Recent Events Show January 15, 1914 Age 22 By W. J. O’Connor St Louis Post Dispatch Doak, Hauser, Hagerman Signed Ballplayers are working two ends against the middle, in this war which the Federal League has […]
President Schuyler Britton Departed Hastily For Pittsburgh To Sign Doak And Hagerman
January 14, 1914 Age 22 The St Louis Star and Times President Schuyler Britton of the Cardinals has departed for Pittsburgh, where he expects to induce Pitchers Casey Hagerman and Pitcher Willie Doak to sign St. Louis National League contracts for the season of 1914.
Not One Cardinal Player Is Signed To 1914 Contract
St. Louis Has Made the Least Progress of All Clubs New Federal League Considering Buffalo, Kansas City, Baltimore, Toronto, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh January 13, 1914 Age 22 By W. J. O’Connor, St Louis Post Dispatch Manager Miller Huggins of the Cardinals is busier than a bird dog these days, trying, by desperate […]
How Cardinals Scout Eddie Herr Secured Willie Doak
Herr Saw Spitball Working Well on Skin Diamond and Figured It Would Work Even Better on Green McGraw Made Big Offer to Get Young Blond Hurler From Manager Huggins. October 23, 1913 Age 22 HARRY F. PIERCE The St Louis Star and Times DURING the sweltering hot of late […]
Reds Buy Bill Doak
August 20, 1912 Age 21 Pittsburgh Daily Post Cincinnati, Aug 19. President August Herrmann, of the local National league baseball club, announced here today that he had purchased three ball players from the Akron club, of the Central league. They are Kniseley, an infielder; Kyle, an outfielder, […]