Beaten Giants Had Winning Run on the Bases When Brilliant Play Cut Them Down

PERRITT RESCUES SALLEE; MILLER’S FINE STOP HELPS Thrilling Finish To Win Over Giants August 9, 1914    Age 23 By W. J. O’Connor of the Post-Dispatch Sporting Staff. NEW Y0RK, Aug. 9. THE Cardinals today put their backs to the wall and beat down the Giants, after fierce hand-to hand fighting, 3-2. Field Leader Harry […]

Pop Bottle Shower Saves Matty, Beats Sallee 13-9

Matty Staggers Through Winner, As Sal Wobbles Giants At Last Break Losing Streak July 12, 1914          Age 23 W. J. O’Connor                    St Louis Post Dispatch BOTTLE throwers who infest the left field bleachers at Robison Field played an important part in yesterday’s […]

Cards’ Spurt Due To Sallee’s Work As Relief Hurler

Doak Doing His Share Slim Southpaw Has Officiated in Eight of 14 Games on Current Road Trip. TEAM’S RECORD IS 9-5 Winning Streak Has Boosted Huggins’ Team Into Third Place. June 23, 1914          Age 23 By W. J O’Connor    St Louis Post Dispatch The Cardinals are closing today in Philadelphia […]

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 […]

Doak Tops Cards Pitchers

June 5, 1914                Age 23 St Louis Post Dispatch Willie Doak, the Akronite blond, is the winning pitcher on the Cardinal staff.   Doak has won 4 and lost 2. Sallee, 6-5, is next.  Old Ironsides Mathewson leads the League with 8-2. The Cards beat him in one of […]

Willie Doak Starts Well in Opening Contest, but Blows in the Fifth

Sallee At Best, Cardinals Break Even With CubsDoak Pitches 1.4 Innings, 2 ER, 3 hits, 5 BB, 1 SORecord Now 5-2, 1.95 ERA May 31, 1914         Age 23 By W. L. Veeck,    A Staff Correspondent of the Post Dispatch CHICAGO, Ill., May 30. The Cardinals didn’t do anything marvelous on this […]

Old Ironsides Mathewson, daddy of ’em all, yields To Cards, 4-3

MATTY OUTPITCHES SALLEE BUT LOSES TO “DOTS” MILLER! Timely Single and a Wonderful Fielding Play by Cards’ First Sacker Helps Locals Beat Giants. May 24, 1914        Age 23 By W. J. O’Connor.          St Louis Post Dispatch Old Ironsides Mathewson, daddy of ’em all, yielded after a bitter struggle, […]

Harry Sallee Back in Form – Hug Sees “First Division”

New Contract Tendered Cardinals’ Southpaw Star, Seems to Have Oiled the Machine Satisfactorily – ”Sheriff’ Pitches Brilliant Game. Friction Disappears May 19, 1914                         Age 23 By W. J. O’Connor                St Louis Post Dispatch WITH a new contract […]