New-York tribune., 1921-06-12
Douglas Driven
Out as Cards
Score Easily
McGraw Uses Three Pitch.
ers in a Vain Attempt
10 Stop Heavy Hitting
speeinl Dispatch to The Tribpne


ST. LOUIS, June 11.-The battering
Cardinals. handed the Giants a bad
beating to-day, winning the opening
game of the series by score of to g..
Phil Douglas, who was selected by
John McGraw to hold the Cardinal bat
ters in check, lasted less than four full
innings, He was succeeded by Bill
Ryan, who remained in the box until the
eighth, when he was taken out to let
Ross Young bat for him. and Rube Ben
started for the Cardinals, but lest his
grip in the second inning and was
derricked. Bill Doak stepped in and
pitched the remainder of the game.
Young was missing from right field
to-day because his right knee, injured
on numerous occasions this spring, is
in bad condition. The shift in the
Giant outfeld gave Ed Brown chance
in center field, :nd the big fellow made
four hits in five times al bat. Two
hits and an error by Lavan were
punched by the Giants for run in the
first inning.
A great catch by McHenry prevented
further scoring on the spot. Burns
was called out on strikes, but Ban
croft tapped the ball down the third
base line and beat it out when Stock
let it roll in the belief that it would
roll foul. Frisch cracked a single to
left. Brown expired on long Ty to
McHenry. Kelly hit sharply to Lavan,
but he booted the ball and Bancroft
scored. King laced the ball on a. line
to left field, but McHenry clutched it
Cards Get Three Runs
The slight advantage gained by the
Giants endured but a few minutes as
the Cardinals hoped on Douglas for
three runs in their half Of the first,
Jack Smith led off with double to
left and scored when Fournier got a
single on hard grounder that took a
bad hop past Frisch. A sacrifice by
Stock put Fcurnier on second and he
took third on Hornsby's out. Schultz
singled to center, scoring Fournier, and
McHenry doubled to right center, scor-
ing Schultz. McHenry tried to stretch
his blow, but was cut down.
The Giants got rid of Schupp in the
third. After Frisch had been retired
on a circus catch by McHenry Brown
singled to right, Kelly beat out a hit to
Stock and King walked, so that the
bases were filled Here Schupp stepped
down in favor of Doak. Rapp hit to
Stock and Brown was forced at the
plate, and Doak tossed out Earl Smith,
who was sent up to hit for Snyder.
Douglas failed to get anybody out
before he was removed in the fourth.
McHenry bounced a hit off Rapp's
glove and Lavan singled to left. With
hit-and-run rlay on Clemons doubled
to the fence in right center and Nc
Henry and Lavan scored. Ryan was
called in at this juncture and struck
out Doak, but he let go a wild pitch
and Clemons reached third. There he
remained when Frisch threw out Jack
Smith, but scored on Kelly's tumble of
Fournler's grounder. 80
Giants Score in Fifth
The Giants got run in the fifth.
Brown singled to right and stole
second. He clung to the middle bag
while Stock was throwing out Kelly,
but went to third when Walker, who
batted for King, was thrown out by
Hornsby and scored when Monroe, who
batted for Rapp, singled to left.
Two runs were snagged by the Car
dinals in the seventh, when Jack Smith
pasted one to right for three bases and
Fournier lost the ball in the right
field bleachers moment later.
In the ninth Bancroft singled to left
and made a clean steal of second.
Brown brought him in with a single
to left, his fourth hit of the game.
The score: