The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-10-20
ACCUSE ST. LOUIS
OF LAYING DOWN
Nap LajOie's Remarkable Batting
Brings Forth Remarks That ii.
Louis Laid Down in Hopes of
Defeating Cobb.

ST. LOUIS Special.-Never before
in the history of baseball has the in
tegrity of the game been questioned
as 1t was by 5000 fans Sunday af
ternoon, when the Browns and Maps.
or Cleveland, split in a double-header
the locals taking the first to 4. and
losing the second to 0.
In this dOuble-header the St Louis
Browns allowed Larry Lajoie 10 make
elght hIts out OF as many times at
bat. LaJoie was credited with four
hits in as many tries in the first bat
tie, and the same number i'm the sec
ond contest out of five times at bat.
his one failure during the afternoon To
punch out safe hit came in the third
INNING OF the second game. when he
was credited with a sacrifice. and
none of the hits were the result of
bad scoring or favoritism.
1t was simply a ease of where La
Joie hunted the ball safely down to
Corriden at third no less than six
times and once to Wallace. and beat
every one of them out, while his 9TH
eT mt went for a triple to center
Even this drive was misjudged and
played badly by Northen.
Lajoie in the first inning OF the
opening game connected with one of
Red" Nelson's shoots for a long
drive straight TO center. The BAH
landed just out of his reach. and Want
bounding to the bleacher fence 1t
was clean and hard hit. but al thai
there were many in the stands who
were of the opinion that more ex-
perienced outfieider would have, can
tured the ball. This hit was the only
good. clean rap LajOie made during
the entire afternoon.
Makes Seven Bunts.
FROM then on he contented himself
base line. and Just seven times he
got away with the trick Lajoie. al
though great player. is by no means
considered lightning fast, at least not
speedy Enough to drop seven hunts
and beat every one of them out. Then
too, - must be taken into cOnsdera-
don that Corriden is, indeed. a very
fast man, and had he played his po-
sition as he should have played il
LaJoie now would be the owner Of but
one hit
Every time Lajoie stepped up to
the plate Corriden walked out to the
very edge of the grass almost. The
Browns third sacker was virtually
playing a short left field for Larry.
This always resulted in the same old
thing happening, that of Lajoie hunt
ing down the third base line. Corriden
rushing in to field the ball. and then
not throwing because a throw to first
would have been useless.
In the third inning of the second
battle a boy who carried bats for the
teams was sent all the way up TO the
second deck OF the grand-stand to
| find out whether or not Lajoie had
! been credited with a hit on his roller
! to Corriden, which the latter FUN
bled. man was on base at the
time, and as Lajoie hunted, he was
credited with a sacrifice.
Cobb Is Not Popular.
At this stage OF the game Lajoie
had piled up only five hits. In the
fifth Larry beat out a bunt to Corri-
den. In the seventh Maloy, after
passing two batters, struck out Ora
ney and Jackson. LajOie then laid
down mis- seventh hunt, little roller
! to Corridor. Easterly famed.
In the eighth inning Hornhorst
walked, Mcclure was hit by a pitch
ed bah. Peckinpaugh famed, Falk-
enberg forced Hornhorst, Birming-
ham was out This left just three
men To come mp in the ninth, and
Lajoie was the third man to step up
to the plate. Graney famed, Jack
son was out on a tap. Lajoie hunted
10 Corridor. and was safe getting his
eighth hit.
For some reason Cobb is not pop
ular III st. Louis, while Lajoie is held
| in high esteem. and has been able
to fatten his batting average beyond
the pale of discretion. 1t is figured
by local experts that he has won the
coveted prize.
Before leaving for Cincinnati
Lajoie refused to comment
on the situation, although he is cog
infant that the st. Louis baseball club
laid down in his behalf.