The St. Louis Republic., 1900-05-04

naGly broken up when Cooley went TO PittS>
burg. To that upright journalist and fear
less advocate of truth ard fair play. Frank
Hough. Cooley and the rights Of man owe
abrspeh spe9, de deal; ;,s. /; was MI h9qgh who.
Inquirer. forced the Philadelphia club 10
| take its fangs OF CooIey's throat ana give
him chance to make a living.
With hnlt team HaniOn Is winning
games against Boston, New York and Phil
second and third basemen. his left and
riShr felders. yet keeps on winning. What
man. but Hanlon, could lose Kelly Keeie-,
Demont. DAILY and Hughes ard stii lead
the race?
Nichols. Collins and Lowe out Of the game.
Just row they have Duffy and Nichols out
See where they are. How would st. Louis
and Keister gore? Where would Pittsbure
oe with Clarke. Wagner. Williams. Ritchey
q and ISnnehill out Of ~ They ssy there
luck. Luck Is not Always q loyal slave. and
good players are often out Of the game.
II must be that the fellow knows soTne:
thing about the game Of baseball
Joe Campbell charges that the octre ca.
nine. the common yellow dog Of the cities IA
to he found in T. beau's troupe One thing
about Tebeau: He is quite a dog catcher
IN such CAGES. and he hates q saffron stripe
In man or beast
W tSs Nllu6 Joyce, trS CfnUlSCfenr Sd2a
OF sixth street. Is about with a chip on
the shoulder where his good wire once
hung. ana girthy roll IN MS pocket. which
he yearns to bee upon his partner Tebeau'S
ability to land his band In premier position.
The wisdomful William wants 4 to i for HIS
..cush." Considering that poor Charley
checks, that Hughes will not Join Brook
lyn: that Pittsburg looks like a very bogus
band. and that none OF the other clubs have
got much 10 show. It does not look IKE n
bad wager for Bill, though one week ago
well to land in the first four. With Mctiraw
doing the stunt around third Joyce would
have very fine chance 10 land his s4eOe.
With Clarke. Cooley and Beaumont TO
lead of. Pittsburg has troublesome bunch
ef fast left-handers 10 get past. Cooley,
thus sowed the seeds OF gout In his ninbis
toes. was a very speedy fellow TO the tn
In his belt. adjured lush and The asinias
good-fellow ship which soon writes fin
ish' at the end of a baseball career. may
regain his speed. He was comparatively
loggy and slow IN recent years. but IL Is
no. natural that he should become leaden
OF foot at -.
New York is looking for third basemau-
What is the matter with Joe Quinn? VIII
not Robinson sell him2 Joseph Is just the
man New York wants.
When the League insisted that the um.
pires De scheduled the Idea was that each
umpire should oti!ciate in an equal number
of games for each team in each city. Pres..
dent Young, the Jeames Yellowplush OF
baseball. must needs obliSe. He refused
to schedule Hurst IN New York or Cincin-
natl. Swartwood in Boston or Philadelphia
These men had to put In extra days else-
where, thus keeping Emslie and O'Day out
OF towns which wanted TO see them IN their
turns. Hurst umpres tEirty-six bames iu
ST. Louis, EnS,ie some seven or eight Ems
lie Is popular here. but Hurst. being barred
from New YORK. must take extra days in
ST. Louis and Ems;ie must I'll what should
De HurStS dates IN New YORK
Hurst ~ kept out OF Cincinnau because
ne refused to aIolcsize to Treasurer Lloyd
OF the cincinnati club for an alleged insult
of which the umpire soleIuniy AYERS he vas
not guilty Not being guilty. he would noe
apologize. Mr.. Lloyd is too much OF a man
70 ask that he De dsbarred from umpriaS