The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-22

Taught = lesson. and II orr patrons will
again restore MIN into Their E"oi era
he will work harder and play better IMAM
ever before.
Dineen has averaged three bases on balls
10 a game this season
The Chicaco club Will give It's players
$50, q: they win the pennant this ;saS"n.
That j. another Of tho-s oinch games inat
tr,gvates have. been INDUCING in for many
years. with never win for the players
Mcscer Is ambii Ntrous. Every 'hy b.
for. the game he practices throwing win
his south, paw. Re is becoming "a very pro-
nCicut lvft-harder.
cross If philadelphia has made six or
NOR assists To game nine times UP I"
GATE, while Long has turned IN SIX or mo-
six times; both have gone as high a. eight
assists to a game
Freeman has gone Twenty-Five gam :
without a hit. out Of sixty-onc Played.
Noted for his heavy hitting. he has made
only four home runs this season. and rot
on since the middle OF May.
What a lucky thing it was that the Pitts
burg club held on to Leach and OBrien IN
stead Of diSposing 81 them to high bidders
at the start out OF the season. The team
would he in an awful hole At present. II II
did no: have that sterling pair OF players to
fall back upon
Watcher Il H. because Of the reconstructed
batting order or not. there has been de
ciied change Snr the better il the Stickwork
of the Boston team the last two games. in
which thirty-.wo hits we-- made. or just
eleven more than during all last week
Cupid Ch;Ids of the Chicago National
League club has accepted *Si chances az
second base. and. with a Percentage Of ~;
leads all Of the second hasemen who have
played steadily through the season.
Charles thinner Of the Pittsbu-g team IS
u b..N rn..l., of baseball.
He owns n cigar factory in Cleveland that
yields him a handsome income.
Saws Elmer Flick: THE Chicago team is
putting up the fastest game IN the League
at present. Brooklyn not excepted. Trey
beat us four straight. playing ali around
Us They may he playing beyond their
gait. but to my way Of figuring they are
going to De IN it at the end. Thei: pitch
ing can't he beaten. and that's the biggest
edge in baseball
There have been more bases stolen ,'his
season. on the average. than have been
placed to the credit Of players for some
seasons. Managers appear TO be paying
more attention TO base running this year
tran ever before.
\ baseball dream is on in Chicago. Some
sunsiruCk fellow in that town " arranging
n series 81 games to be played between ;he
Chicago White Stockings and the Chicago
National League team to decide the cour-
try's championship. provided that each
team wins the championship in its respec-
tive ieacue IT.. a good idea. Buffalo AMI
New York. being in the same State. should
arrange series of games on the same
basis Minneapolis Tribune.
Sliding to bases seems TO have become a
more dangerous undertaking this season
than ever II was Scores of PLAYERS have
been laid H., since the opening Of the sea-
son because of their efforts to reach base
in a manner that would allow them tn
escape from the touch of the basamar. over
in 81, Louis Heiirick and Dnnlin have their
legs in splints-Heidrick two legs and Don,
lin onc-as result of slides that wrcnch"d
or otherwise injured their nethe~ cytreTt-
ties. Cincinnati has Steinfeldt laid up from
IN. same cause: Chicago has Met 'orrnick,
WolveTtor. Brooklyn has Tom Daily. and
80 through the list. The reason for these
many injuries from sliding lies i'm the fact
that haserunners are COMPLIED To study
new tricks I'll the time TO avoid hasemcn.
who. through The vigilance Of the pitcher
and the improved throwing Of the ratChcrs.
get a ball quicker on an attempted steal
now than they formerly din. thus placing
decided handicap on the baserunner, no
matter how fast he may be. u Is In the
effort to- overcome this hanG,cap that 81
many rlaycrs are injured ON the bases
ExchGnge.
Neither R.trhcy ror Williams will he
able to join the Pittsbur:s team I'm the
East Ritchey Is suffering with a bad knee
and sprained ankle. Williams is nursing
a turned ankle.
George t'tIFk11EN. the ptu ltntlisr, mas
hecn on the Western League Circuit as an
agent for Ned Hanlon. The ''Superbas' -
manager rarely is satisfied to stand pat"
did You hear Clingman call me rowly -"
saws Jack O'Cornor. THAT was real unkind
of Rili. Fifteen years I've played profess
ei0ral rail- ard everybody knows that |
never I'm I'll that time failed to bow To- the
umpire when coming on the field or when
called ont on Il close decision. When did I
ever tell an umpire that he WAS pig-faCed
son Of a fried gorilla? Not me. I'm Ches-
terrified always.
Just how tina, man Taylor Of Chicago
wins - a mystery. He does not have ex-
.ranrdirary speed. his curves do not hop
or wiggIe ard his control is just about as
good as the average. Apparently he is
another Nd GUmhert in the pitching line.
Al pitched year in and year out. always
winning :a'i Per cent Of his games, and
had nothing that is, as far as any one
Say" said Hans Wagner. eff we get the
worst OF ii on the trip I'll go in and save
won't see such 4 game in ten years as 1
pitched against the Phillies / had a new
trick. I'd throw the ball very slow and
they would strike three times and out be-
fore il got to the rubber"
The American League. who now has a
circuit nearly. if not quite. as good as the
very successful American Association l. a
harbor Of refuge for the has beens'' of the
National League. and also for the young
siers who are not ripe enough for the ma ior
organization. glance at the scores of the
championship games now being played in
the American League. whose circuit com
priseS Minneapolis. Chicago. Milwaukee
Cleveland. Detroit. indianapolis Buffalo
and Kansas City. brings UP recolleciiors of
the baseball past. In the Minneapolis team
~ Waller Nilmot. who. a member of
that minor league team in 1857 made his
first hid for fame by bs angling five hits off
the saucrkraut curves of PretZeI GetZaiu.
then the star pitcher of the great Detroit
team. The Wolverines were on a spying sx-
hibition tour. and Wilmot found Ce.zcin' 5
delivery Just TO his liking. His feat came
TO Anson'S ears. and Wimot was soon IL
member of the Chicagos.
Ely is a grand fielder" declares CAPTAIN
Kelley OF the Brooklyn. ut takes him a