The New York herald., 1922-07-07
RUETHER ROUTED AS
CARDINALS GO WILD.
st. Louis Sluggers Get Twenty
Hits and Beat Dodgers,
IA to 2.

Special Dispatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
ST. LOUIS. July 6.-Twenty bits were
collected by the swatting Cardinals to-
day when they started their series of
nve games in Ave days with the Dodg-
ers by whipping them by IA to .. Eight
Of the blows were doubles. ard one was
a triple by Fournier. who hatted for
Gainer in the sixth and made the three
hagger off Decatur. Jacques was struck
out by Hurray In the eighth and got the
gate from Bill KLEIN for kicking on a
third strike.
Dutch Ruether made his first 1922
start against the Cardinals. Wilbert
Robinson could not believe that the dis
tinguished southpaw. who had won IA
and lost of his combats with other
clubs, could actually lose to the Cardi-
nails. but seeing is believing. After
Robbie saw the Cardinals slam Ruether
for thirteen hits and ten runs in 1-3
innings he believed. and sent Decatur to
the rescue.
Decatur was a poor hand at rescuing,
for the Cardinals were indulsing In one
of their famous hitting frenzies. The
dinals eight runs in the one session,
six Of which were charged TO Ruether
and two to Decatur.
Collegian Is Spanked, Too.
Murray. the southpaw graduate of
Syracuse University. pitched the seventh
and eighth for Brooklyn because Bert
Griffith filed out for Decatur in the
seventh. Jim retired the Cardinals In
order in the seventh but In the eighth
they collected four hits for two runs off
him.
JEFF Pfeffer made It two odt Of three
from the Dodgers this season when he
held them to eight hits to-day. Johnston
got three Of the Brooklyn hits and car
ried home both of the runs. Schultz
made two doubles and two singles, stole
base and scored four runs for the
Cardinals in five times up Rogers
Hornsby singled to right Off Ruether In
the first inning and doubled off Deca-
tur in the ffth.s
Olson was again Ivan the Terrible for
the Dodgers. He was charger with one
error, but the hole at short let flock
of Cardinal hits escape.
Johnston made Brooklyn's first hit
when he scratched a single to Lavan In
the fourth. Wheat's single and Myers s
force of Wheat put Johnston over the
plate. Johnston tore single through
Stocks hands in the eighth and scored
on Tom Griffith's single and Wheat's
sacrifice fly.
Ruether Is Manhandled.
Gamer started the insurgent move
ment against Ruathers winning streak
when he opened tho second inning with
a double to center and scored on Stock s
sacrifice and a wild pitch. Four hits
for three runs was the toll from Ruether
in the third Maun doubled and scored
on Shultz's double. Shultz scored on
Stocks single. Ainsmith dropped d
Texas Lacquer behind Olson. who was so
slow in recovering the ball that Stock
scored all the way from first.
Schultz opened the big fifth with a
double to left that presaged eight runs.
Gainer was safe on a tumble by Olson.
High threw out Stock. Smith was
purposely walked. filling the bases.
Lavan. walked. forcing Schultz. Pfeffer
Gamer. Ainsmith and Lavan Flack
doubled to right. scoring Pfeffer.
Ruether had more than enough, and De-
catur relieved him.
Jack Smith ba.ted In place Of Mann
and popped to Schmandt. Hornsby
doubled to center. scoring Flack with the
sixth run off Ruether In that inning.
Schultz came up for the second time
and singled. scoring Hornsby with run
off Decatur. Fournier triplcd over
Myers's head. scoring Schultz. StocN
put an end to the agony with foul to
DeBerry.
Schultz singled off Murray In the
eighth, stole and scored on Stocks s
single Harry McCurdy. University
of Illinois catcher and first baseman.
doubled off Olson's glove. scoring
scoring Schultz. Lavan, the only
Cardinal who had not hit safely, made
1t unanimous by singing to center.
sending Stock home. The score:
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