The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-02
BASEBALL. GOSSIP.
There should he some Good baseball
at League Park This Week.

| at League Park This Week.
| 81. Louis has Just finished beating New
| York three straight games Of baseball. Very
good Sharp critics might urge. with some
| appearance of truth and wisdom, that
beating "A team which has neither past.
present nor future. neither faith, hope.
| charity nor men. ~ not much Of "A feat.
| cut that out Three games from New
York count az much In percentage as three
| games from Brooklyn. They are there and
1 look good.
| Now comes Brooklyn Best team that
ever stood upon the ball fisld-exeept. per
| haps, that of ~. Louis 81. Louis's team IL,
| rr ought 10 be. In fair shape. Hei,irick + the
only man out of the game; ponlin Is by
no means an Ineffective substitute for Sir
Galahad. the millionaire of h-mlock and
| yellow pine. Were Duulin let 20 by st.
Louis to-day be would he playing bali for
| Brooklyn tomorrow. that H.. uniess-well.
! Eever mind. Mike Is going t. be- good. ~
good. just az good "a good. like Hen Mora $
| Perfect Peter.
II seems that st. I.ouis's chance TO
| do BROOKLYN is excellent. Hanlon comes
| this way after getting some sound lickinss
| In Chicago. He is not in winning mood.
Get up, Johnnie. and &c, at them.
St Louis pitchers are all good. Powell.
Young and Hughey have just gotten
through breaking records In the pitching
| line. Jones is ali right. Nothing the matter
| with Thomas. Sudhofr and weighing.
McGann and keister are up to The notch.
| Wallace is moving as II he was as sound
as the Inchcape Bell. McGr8w's work yes
ter,iay may have been a biz trying ON his
| in the sport plenty. He will be there az
long as he lasts. anyhow.
Hence. there should be some baseball this
week. The teams are the two best tn the
league NJ doubt about that. St Louis
| may belle the dope. but II is 1T. all right.
all right. Brooklyn Is sure to play ball. st.
Louis had better IL Brooklyn cops two Of
three here il Is all of. Hanlon will win
that flag sure. 1t will be but question
of hAts far lie l,.... M
chance on earth to do anything but play
tine string. She will be out of the race for
true II BROOKLYN hands her dual beating
In this approaching series.
III looks like there should be some baseball
az League Park tomorrow and July 4
game as he diI In baltimore last year when
he Was the whole thing. the entire works.
the main guy. the proper meg. the chief
his dear Old pals. Hanlon. Kelly. Keller aud
Jennings on; of IL. Mack might let out
few links and play some Baltimore ball
1t Will not be forgotten to him II he does.
He has the people with him. What he does
will be right. II he should do wrong, which
Is not likely. he is So good" that II will be
DAVIS game a taste Of VIVA, he can 10 when
b. Is feeling right He can get the team
doing the same. too, If he tries; There Is
no kick earth coming on Mack for what
he has done or what he has not done tn 81.
Louis. He has always done a fair days
toll for n fair days wage. But he might
just step In and do an extra stunt for this
one Brooklyn series. For II Brooklyn wins
a majority Brooklyn wins the pennant. II
ST. Louis loses a majority st. Louis gets
soup. 50 there you are.
That prince of pine ;umbermen, Heitirick.
Is having nice time these ,lays fisneuriny
around town with a semi game prop En-
metts right st.l, is black and blue from
the effects of the wrenching and twisting
rick is paying the penalty every fast man
liquidates sooner or later After some years
of play they all go bad below.
Il have been hearkening to a deal OF
balt-play.rs resentment toward what they
denom'nate knockers said an ex sporting
such things as knockers. But let me tell
you this never have known a knocker
how hard man may try. no matter how
clever he may be. no matter how strong
a critic or how powerful HIS medium may
be. it Is simply impossible to knock or
queer a good player; The people Will not
stand for II. Let 81. Louis critic try to
knock Wallace McGraw or Heidrick. and
chance on earth, Let the ST. Louis team
win oo per cent Of Its games. Then let
MAKE his knocks count. WhT liz have b a,.n
there. and I honestly own that the position
of knocking winner is the poorest In
thu world. I'd rather pick offal with the
chickens.
"Bu, when team loses or man plays
bad ball It is different. The team or the
poet anything but harsh criticism when he
is playing lily. The right TO boost carries
with Il the right to knock II a man has
the right to do one he has the right TO do
the other.
II have been told that certain parties
connected with the st. Louis team were
very much irritated by hostile criticism,
and that IL was within the range Of posi-
bility that a critic or SO might be going
around with his head In his fist That is
terrible. Yet I have known certain al
legged ball players with whom 1 would take
a cnance In my day. though they were
sturdy athletes abed before l, and burned
the midnight carbon until the rosy dawn
of morn found me hard at work II would
be an awful thing II some ball player broke
his arm across a critics mouth. wouldn't
#? Which would you rather take? A kick
from horse or half-arm upper cut from
Jack Powelfs fist? The horse To be
sure; So world / No, tina, honest; blum
] am. l was just only thinking what
would happen If Johnnie took swift rap
at me. Give me Rubin or give me Jeffries.
but save me from Powell. But all PLAYERS
are not giants like Young, McGann and
Thomas
I. or keep the gridiron OF the fire The best
way to stall OF roasts Is to play good bali
II you cannot do that you are up against
IT, anyhow. toasted or not"
Apropos Of whippings and lickings and
"sich dcosidly unpleasant stuff. deah boy."
guy with the grass" the ''cull with the
curtains" the sucker with the spinach"
l. e.. the gentleman with the red whiskers
who was mixed up in the cutting OF Mike
Donlin. had his whiskers driven back into
his face and the barber shayes them now
every time he scrapes the back of Whisker-
andes neck. Il seems that the guy with
the galwsys' started the rurnpus BY be-
slowing upon Doniin's companion a swift
Kick In the groin. which made said COM
panion sea sick. That was-the stan Of the