Doak’s Thumb Knocked Out of Place by Line Drive, Spoiling His Control

Cards Must Buy New Pitchers at Once or Abandon Flag Chances. Investment in Pitchers Will Prevent Overworking of Doak and Meadows Knot Hole Gang Faces Strenuous Road Trip West   Game Date:  June 24, 1917 –  Age 26 By Harry F. Pierce, The St Louis Star and Times   The Cards have done enough experimenting […]

Cards’ Scouts Have Picked Up Many Good Men Including Doak And Hornsby

FOUR REAL STARS BROUGHT IN BY DRAGNET LAST YEAR Eight of Present Squad Were Discovered by Bob Connery, While Eddie Herr Is Credited With Unearthing Six. Roy Corhan, Jack Smith, Hi Jasper and Roger (sic) Hornsby Are Destined to Rank Among “Finds” of the Season. March 30, 1916                […]

Cards Are Set For Big Season, Declares Owner Britton

CARDS ARE SET FOR BIG SEASON, DECLARES BOSS Britton Believes That New Recruits Will Prove Big Help to Huggins and That Bescher, Doak and Meadows Will Star. PLANS TO START WORK ON NEW STANDS NEXT OCTOBER Concrete Grand Stands Will Be Built on Robison Field Site if Team Prospers This Year. Osteopathic treatment on Doak’s […]

With Giants and Cubs Also Losing, the Cards Have Maintained Position On Road Trip

Giants and Cubs Fail to Profit by Cards’ Defeats New York and Chicago Clubs Have Been Losing With the Cardinals and Relative Standings Are About the Same as When Trip East Began. Doak Treated for “Lumbago” JUST A FEW ALIBIS ADVANCED BY CARDS MILLER and Wilson have fallen down in hitting. The temperature fell from […]