Rain Halts Cardinals as Howard Ehmke Silences Sisler’s Browns in Boston

Collection of articles from the St. Louis Star - Tuesday, May 18 1926

Table of Contents

• Sisler’s Hurlers Hit Freely by Fohlmen
• Shower at Game Time Halts Birds
• Parade to Be One of “Hornsby Day” Events Saturday
• Benched by McGraw
• “Bucky” Harris, Former Miner, to Marry Aristocratic Miss Sutherland
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Sisler’s Hurlers Hit Freely by Fohlmen

EHMKE IN RARE FORM

Boston Hurling Ace Holds St. Louisans to Five Scattered Hits—Jacobson Slugs a Homer.

BY BERT WHITMAN, Special Correspondent of The Star.

FENWAY PARK, BOSTON, May 18.—Howard Ehmke's pitching proved too much for George Sisler and his tail-end Browns this afternoon and the Red Sox were victorious, 6 to 3, in the only game to be played by the St. Louisans here on their presene trip. Bill Jacobson's homer in the eighth inning with two men on was the only high light in the Missourians' offensive lpay. Phil Todt and Ira Flagstead hit the ball hard for the locals and were largely responsible for the routing of Charley Robertson and Claude Jonnard, St. Louis pitchers.
Umpires—Silk O'Loughlin and Bill McGowan.
Attendance—3,000.

FIRST INNING.

BROWNS—Harry Rice walked. Sisler popped to Joe Rigney. Ken Williams walked. Marty McManus struck out. Bobby Veach went into center field for Jacobson's fly. No runs.

RED SOX — Flagstead walked. Rigney sacrificed, C. Robertson to Sisler. Earl Combs Carlyle fouled to Elam Robertson. Todt doubled along the right field line, scoring Flagstead. Johnny Bratton flied to McManus. One run.

SECOND INNING.

BROWNS — Carlyle made a nice runnig catch of E. Robertson's line drive. Bing Miller Dixon struck out. Wally Gerber popped to Rigney. No runs.

RED SOX — Bert Haney fouled to Dixon. Veach walked. Doc Gaston walked. Ehmke struck out. Flagstead doubled to left, scoring Veach and Gaston. Rigney flied to Jacobson. Two runs.

THIRD INNING.

BROWNS—C. Robertson walked. H. Rice also walked. Sister popped to Rigney. Both runners advanced on Williams' sacrifice fly to Carlyle. McManus struck out. No runs.

RED SOX—Carlye hit a home run into the right field standds. Todt singled to right. Bratche singled to center, Todt stopping at second. Jonnard relieved Robertson on the mound. Haney sent a sacrifice fly to Jacobson, Todt going to third. Veach flied to McManus in center field. Gaston lifted to Jacobson. One run.

FOURTH INNING.

BROWNS — Jacobson doubled off the left field wall. E. Robertson sent a sacrifice fly to Flagstead, Jacobson going to third. Veach went into center field for Dixon's short fly. Gerber out, Ehmke to Todt. No runs.

RED SOX—Ehmke rolled to Gerber. Flagstead fouled to Sisler. Rigney was called out on strikes. No runs.

FIFTH INNING.

BROWNS—Jonnard was called out on strikes. Veach threw out H. Rice. Sisler lined to Carlyle. No runs.

RED SOX—Carlyle out, Jonnard to Sisler. Todt walked. Bratche singled to left, Todt going to second. Haney sent a sacrifice fly to McManus in right field, Todt going to third. Bratche taking second after the catch, when McManus fell with the ball. Veach doubled to left, scoring Todt and Bratche. Jonnard threw out Gaston. Two runs.

SIXTH INNING.

BROWNS—Williams got to second when Bratche dropped his fly. Haney threw out McManus, holding Williams on second. Rigney threw out Jacobson, Williams going to third. Rigney tossed out E. Robertson. No runs.

RED SOX — Gerber threw out Ehmke. Flagstead sent a short fly to E. Robertson. Jonnard deflected Rigney's smash to McManus, who threw out Rigney. No runs.

SEVENTH INNING.

BROWNS—Dixon was hit by a pitched ball. Gerber forced Dixon, Haney to Veach. Wally Schang batted for Jonnard and hit into a double play, Todt to Rigney to Todt. No runs.

RED SOX—Red Falk went into the box for St. Louis. Carlyle singled to center. Todt was hit by a pitched ball. Bratche hit into a double play, Gerber to McManus to Sisler, Carlyle going to third. Haney flied to H. Rice. No runs.

EIGHTH INNING.

BROWNS—H. Rice singled to left. Sislers flied to Carlyle. Williams tripled to right, H. Rice scoring. McManus grounded to Rigney, Williams scoring. Jacobson hit a home run over the left field fence. E. Robertson flied to Bratche. Three runs.

RED SOX—Veach singled over second base. Gaston singled through E. Robertson, Veach going to second. Ehmke attempted to sacrifice, but it resulted in a double play, E. Robertson to Gerber to McManus, who covered first. Gerber threw out Flagstead. No runs.

NINTH INNING.

BROWNS—Cedric Durst batted for Dixon and flied to Flagstead. Bubbles Hargrave batted for Gerber and singled to right. Falk struck out. H. Rice flied to Rigney. No runs.

SHOWER AT GAME TIME HALTS BIRDS

SERIES TO OPEN TOMORROW WITH FLETCHER'S PHILS

BY JAMES M. GOULD. Sports Editor of The Star.

SPORTSMAN'S PARK, May 18.—Prepared to clash with the Braves in the fourth and final game of the series, the Cardinals were sorely disappointed shortly after 3 o'clock this afternoon when a heavy downpour of rain caused the postponement of the contest.

First Postponement Here.

The field was a sea of mud and only a handful of players turned out. It was the first time this year that a Cardinal home game was called off on account of rain.

The players remained in the rival dugouts and it appeared for a time that play might get under way after some delay, but after a long series of deliberations, it was decided to postpone the game, which means a double-header will be played later.

Tomorrow the Cards will open a five-game series with Art Fletcher's Philadelphia Quakers.

PARADE TO BE ONE OF ‘HORNSBY DAY’ EVENTS SATURDAY

A parade in which St. Louis fans and various local civic organizations will participate, has been arranged by the Chamber of Commerce for Saturday afternoon, when Rogers Hornsby, manager of the Cardinals, will be presented with his most valuable player trophy and $1,000 in gold by the National League, for his work of last year.

The parade will form at the Fairground, near the old bear pits at the southeast corner of the park, Grand and Natural Bridge, at 2 o'clock.

BENCHED BY MCGRAW

Considered, until recently, one of the main parts of the attack of the New York Giants, "Irish" Meusel, shown here, has been replaced by Johnny Moore, a minor-league recruit. Meusel, however, still retains his title as one of the handsomest ball players in the business.

"Bucky" Harris, Former Miner, to Marry Aristocratic Miss Sutherland

NOT SO many years ago, Stanley Harris was a "breaker boy" in the Pennsylvania coal fields. But he was a better second baseman than he was a miner. In time he came to Washington as a member of the Senators, a second-division team. His courage and determination won him the berth of manager and he piloted his team to a championship.

IN WASHINGTON, the boy manager met Miss Elizabeth Sutherland, daughter of Howard Sutherland, former United States senator from West Virginia, who is now alien property custodian. It is now announced that the couple will be married at the end of the present baseball season. The photo above shows Harris and his bride-to-be photographed in the Sutherland home where Bucky is a frequent visitor.

THE SUTHERLANDS are an aristocratic old Southern family. Howard Sutherland, the present head of the family, has won a succession of high honors in public service. He was formerly a justice of the supreme court. Mrs. Sutherland, shown in the inset, is one of the leaders of Washington society and her other daughter, Virginia, is the wife of the wealthy Marshall Lyon.

BUT Bucky Harris isn't the only baseball man to make a double play in high society. Joe Tinker, star of the famous Cubs infield of Evers to Tinker to Chance, was married recently to Mrs. Mary Edinger of Orlando, Fla. They are now in Europe on an extended honeymoon. Tinker quit the diamond in 1923 after one season as manager of the Cincinnati Reds.

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