Cards To Break Camp, Go North in Split Squads – Will Stop In Denison

Seekamp Will Pilot First Squad and Connery Second Team Homeward. March 18, 1915                Age 24 BY HARRY F. PIERCE.          The St Louis Star and Times SAN ANTONIO, TEX..   Bozeman Bulger, New York sport scribe and feature story writer extraordinary, breezed into the Hot Wells’ […]

Mrs. Doak and Cardinals Are En Route To Training Camp At Hot Wells, Tex.

Huggins: If we had won half our games during the first month of the season we would have galloped away with the pennant.  February 15, 1915          Age 24 BY BILLY MURPHY.          The St Louis Star and Times St. Louis.  The first harbinger of spring appeared at Union […]

Doak  Rated As Best Twirler in National League

Bill Doak’s Rise Was Rapid   December 11, 1914      Age 23   Altoona Tribune   Bill Doak, of Knoxville, is the greatest pitcher in the National league. So declares Manager Miller Huggins, of the Cardinals, and Manager John McGraw of the Giants strongly intimates that he is of the same opinion. A pretty […]

Doak Beats “Big Six” Mathewson on Five-Hitter

Rival Clubs Overlook Fine Chance to Trim the Giants Team’s Work Listless McGraw Handles His Men From the Bench While They Pull a Prime Brand of Bone Baseball – Outfit With a Punch Could Cinch Flag. Record Now 9-3 With 1.89 ERA July 9, 1914            Age 23      (Mathewson […]

Giants Play in World’s Series Form and Cardinals Easily Win

Doak Gets 4th Win, 8-4, on 2 Earned Runs, 4 Hits, 4 Walks, 1 Hit Batter, 2 Strikeouts In 6.1 Innings Earned Run Average: 1.68 Doak Out At Home On Controversial Call May 21, 1914           Age 23 St Louis Post Dispatch JOHN McGRAW’S three-time pennant winners played a regular world’s series […]

Braves Frolic at Doak’s Expense

McGraw Speaks Well of DoakHuggins is Back in Game August 27, 1913         Age 22 By J. B. GILLIGAN.   The St Louis Star and Times        BOSTON, MASS.      At least the Cards can be said to be playing with remarkable consistency.  They hardly ever win a game now, and from the […]