The New York herald., 1921-08-04
Cards Gain Cleancut Decision
New YOrks Two and a Half
Games Behind Pirates.
ny DANIEL.

ny DANIEL.
Special Despatch to THE New YORK HERALD.
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 3.-Two home runs.
by Jack Smith and Austin McHenry.
put the Giants on the rocks again here
this afternoon and brought about a sec
score was 3 to .. Slow work by Irish
Meusel was directly responsible for one
of the St Louis tallies. The Giants are
now two and a half games behind the
Pirates.
With the Cardinals outdoing them
selves behind the good pitching of Bill
Doak. and the Giants undoing them
selves with their failure to hit in the
pinches, the decision in favor of the
locals was clean cut. AS was the case
in Cincinnati, the home players worked
nearly everything they tried and played
far better ball than they had shown in
more than month. The slogan of the
Western clubs seems 10 be: Beat those
off" AS a result $1,000 players are
going like $4,000 stars and some $780,
900 experts are going like S3.S5, re-
duced from s4.
nail to-day. They were thoroughly
aroused to the critical aspect of the
situation and struggled with everything
they had. But Doak and his spitball. and
Hornsby, Lavan and Stock taking the
leading roles in cutting down New York
hitting efforts, put the Cardinals in a
supreme position for the day.
The game developed into a very close
and interesting duel between Doak and
Phil Douglas. The "Schuffier' did mighty
well indeed, and in spite Of the pair of
home runs Phil allowed only six hits
in seven innings and would have breezed
in with any kind of batting support.
Meusel and Rawlings were CONSPICUOUS
for their inability to come through
when hit would have turned the tide.
Sallee. who finished the game for the
Giants, gave another hit making the
local total seven.
The New Yorks also collected seven
hits. but used only three of them in
making their runs. There was a bit Of
a furry in the ninth when Young
reached second with one down. The ex-
citement was squelched by double play.
Home Reception for Douglas.
A st. Louis reception committee gave
to Douglas one of those rousing old home
week greetings In the first inning The
"Shuffler" was in tepid water from the
first pitch. for Jack Smith lifted that
noble offering out of the park. Young
stood in sorrowful contemplation of the
pellets flight while run number one was
chalked up for the Rickeys. Then up
spake Henie Mueller, a new importation
from Syracuse, who was developed on
the st. Louis sand lots. He raped a
single to right.
Two were on when Bancroft became
over ambitious, ran into left field for
Hornsbys fly. and dropped it. That
was after Stock had flied TO Burns. but
Douglas was right there. He pitched to
F'ournier and McHenry with everything
he had. and he retired both with ease.
The "Shuffler" showed his gameness in
that frame
There was no great interval before the
Giants got back that run, but there they
stopped. Young opened the second with
a three base hit to the centre field fence
and trotted home on a wild pitch. 1t
looked as If the New Yorks had Doak
on the run, but appearances proved de-
ceitful for neither Kelly. Meusel nor
Rawlings could drive the ball out Of the
infield.
In the third there was a most deplor-
able waste of New York hits. After
Earl Smith and Douglas had famed,
Burns, Bancroft and Frisch all drove
out singles. Burns attempted to score
from second on the Frisch slam, but
Jack Smith came through with superb
throw and three perfectly fine hits de-
veloped nothing more nutritious than a
nice fat zero.
st. Louis went to the front with a run
in the third, a gift from Meusel. who
did the wooden shoe act on a fly by
| Fournier and presented a double to him.
| There were two out at the time Me-
| Henry's single into centre scored the
| French Canuck. At the time Meusers
slow start did not look fatal, but as the
game dragged to it's demise the lapse
| loomed UP as one of the salient factors
In the defeat of the Broadway Boys
| Kelly's walk with one down in the
fourth made 1t look as IL New York
had a chance there. but-that same old,
apparently inevitable "but"-MeuseI hit
into double play. Young's circus
catch Of Hornsby's low liner in the
fifth perhaps prevented considerable
trouble.
McHenry Hits Hnmcr