New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-29
Cardinals Score Shut-Out
in First Game of
Series.
BY FRANK O'NEILL.

St. Louis, Aug. 2S.-The rampant Car
dinals. playing a championship brand Of
ball, took the Brooklyn Robins into
camp at Robson Park this afternoon,
and in doing it won their eighth victory
in nine games played The score was
4 to 0.
There was nothing that smacked Of
clustering baseball in the methods pur-
sued by the Cardinals. No stirring bat
ting rallies thrilled the fans and
brought them to their feet cheering, but
when work was to be done the st. Louis
BOYS went about it in most efficient
style. and never ceased until the task
in hand was accomplished. Brooklyn
has now lost six games of thirteen
played.
No charge Of bad baseball may be
preferred against the Robins, for they
were outmatched by Lee Meadows, who
pitched a beautiful game of ball. Three
times this tall young man, who alone OF
all the major league players wears
glasses when on the diamond, found
himself confronted with situations
which demanded all his skill and cour-
age.
A hit would certainly have scored
runners, put MtduONS hulltu NY oAti y
after mystery at the batters and baiiied
them completely. In the first and eighth
innings Buck Wheat had a chance TO
turn the fortunes of the Robins with
one mighty slam, but in each instance
the brawny outfielder grounded out.
Again, Cutshaw might have done II,
but he ended the sixth inning when
Merkle was on third base with weak
roller. Yet Cutshaw gathered three
clean hits for himself in the afternoon.
The defeat was not due 70 the inability
of the Robins to hit the ball, for the box
score will show that they hammered out
eight hits.
In the eighth inning Stengel got q
clean single to right, and Merkle fol-
lowed with beautiful double to left
field. sending his Teutonic tesmmate to
third, but two hands were down.
Wheats most vicious swing only pro-
PEELED the leather TO Jocks Miller, and
Buck died the death at first.
Meadows gave two bases on balls and
Merkle drew both. All told, the former
Giant got on the line three times and
each time he stayed there. Cutshaw
had no trouble hitting when hits count
ed only in the averages. Two Of his
three drives started innings, another
came with only one out. but he simply
could not get beyond first base until
the ninth. Then he died on second.
jeff Pfeffer worked against Meadows,
but the Grand Rapids Giant missed his
former battery mate, Lew McCarty, and
missed hin badly. He worked with
less confidence, hurting them into the
nit of Chief Meyers, than we have seen
him work in long time. The Cardi-
nails clouted him freely, getting eight
hits and three runs of his delivery in
seven innings.
jeff stepped down TO allow ollie
O'Msra TO hit in his place in the
eighth frame. and Big Bill Dell finished
the game, allowing one earned run in
the last half of the eighth on Miller's
double TO left, and clean drive 10
centre by Mike Gonzales. The Cardi-
nails had knack Of getting their hits
in pairs, and it so happened that, with
one exception, the wsllops were pro
ductive.
That single exception was in the sew
enth, when Fred Merkle made a brilliant
play which resulted in a double killing
thanks TO Mike Mowrey's efficient work
on the other end. Meadows singled TO