The New York herald., 1922-05-18
DODGERS SHUT OUT
BY CARDS, II TO 0
Burleieh Grimes Suffers Third
Defeat in Four Starts; Home
Runs Plentiful.

Special Dispatch to THE New YORK HERALD.
ST. LOUIS. Mo-. May 17.-zBurleigh
Grimes to day suffered his third defeat
in four starts, when the st. Louis Car
dinals slammed him for nine hits and
seven runs in the first four innings and
eventually shut out the Dodgers by II
to o.
Pay Gordinier was sent to the rescue
of Grimes when the Cardinals came up
for the fifth inning and held them in the
fifth and sixth, but Jack Smith hit a
home run off the little right handler in
the seventh into the right field bleachers
head ir the eighth. George Toporcer
knocked a home run off Grimes in the
first inning.
The fielding of the Dodgers was as
bushy as their pitching and they rolled
up five errors. four Oh bad throws by
Grimes. Gordinier. Neis and Johnston,
and one a muff of foul by Johnston.
Sherlel, he sawed eff southpaw,
pitched a wonderful game for the Car
dinals The Dodgers made seven scat
tered hits off him. Tie crowd was estf-
mated at $500.
Jack Smith opened the first inning
for the Cardinals with a double TO left
center off Grimes, and the Cardinals
had two runs when Toporcer knocked a
four base hit into the right field
bleachers. scoring Smith ahead Of him.
Cliff Heathcote started the second for
a 1o xxtf.h cd ole e. 1af@
reached third ON Ainsmith's single to
center. Sherdel singled over first. Heath
cote scoring and Ainsmith progressing to
third. Jack Smith bounced to Johnston
and Sherdel was forced at second, while
Ainsmith clung to third Toporcer fouled
to Miller. Grimes made wild throw TO
catch Smith off first and before the
ball was returned Ainsmith had scored
and Smith had taken third.
Hornsby made lucky hit in the third.
He was pulling away from a wild pitch
when the ball struck his bat and bounced
over Bert Griffth's head for q Texas
league single Fournier laid down a
sacrifice bunt to Johnston and was safe
on Johnston's bad throw to first,
Hornsby taking second McHenry sin
gled between Johnston and High,
Hornsby counting and Fournier going
to second. Heathcote tried to sacrifice,
but forced Fournier at third Ainsmith
flied to Neis and McHenry started for
third. Neis's throw to third was bad
and Ainsmith kept on to the plate.
Heathcote reaching third. Sherdel hit a
Texas .eague single to center. scoring
Heathcote
The disgusted Uncle Robbie began to
make changes in the middle of the game
but they did not help the situation.
Wheat retired after the fourth inning
because of his bad ankle and Bert Grif-
fifth shifted to left field. Ray Schmandt
third st. Louis boy. went to first
base for Griffith. After the sixth in
ming Chuck Ward took Andy Highs
place at short. Chuck is still another
st. Louis boy, making four Brooklyn
had in it's lineup.
A scratch single by Hornsby with two
out in the fourth round was the last
hit. off Grimes, who then quit in favor
OF Ray Gordinier. Ray was wild. but
held the Cardinals without hits in the
fifth and sixth. He was battered for
three runs in the seventh Cliff Heath
cote. first Cardinal up In the seventh.
singled to center after Johnston got an
error for muffing a foul from Cliff
Ainsmith flied to Myers Sherdel trip
led over third, scoring Heathcote, and
ombled i'm on Jack Smiths home run
hit into the right field bleachers.
Hornsby Joined the home run hitters
in the eighth. He knocked a fly clear
over the head of Hi Myers in center,
the batter beating the throw to the
plate by fifty feet
The score: