The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-06

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| break right and Jesse gets his step he viii
| give the batting leaders a run yst. Tor
per day.
| ,hs fnat r, Barookiyn team is the luckiest in
IN. .hs World said Jere Hunt yesterday.
strike Is called of. He wins two of three
| games by pure luck He gets a bigger
vi Sird 81 9, mnoney than any man that has
horseshoe Ned belongs to him for true"
PITCHER Thomas and Catcher Buelow have
been missed from the bench marionettes at
league Park these few days II was said
gssterday mat the young men had been
SIAH!eu leave Of absence 20 take a trip
among the haymow leagues and tall grass
leans OF Oklahoma and Arkansas Accord
ing ING 20 report. they are doing battery work
Ior Stferil ambitious amateur teams In that
secuOm Of the United States. II Is stated
,nai Ihunas was jolly good and terribly
nnyer % ms nis warming up" duties and Oh
i.cNtF sNtunS chance to pitch In "a
got 4.
There may have been time or a game
when Powell was Il shade better than he
III, III Yesterday. II 80. no one remembers IT,
Inc gent Ofsthe huge torso ami boiier-beEt
sains had dazzling assortment Of things
Itat puIz!et and beat batters. Deehantys
auet OF singles were rank scratches. CrUss's
pile catches with AN experienced man
PlaEihs center McGann might have col
To- "nt pan driven at HIM % fiich.
DeIA single ia the tenth through Wallace
WI, W. lucky. Though il was hard-rammed
bail and 10 erUrr, Wallace has gotten many
harder ones. In ali, about nve real good
hits were made OFF John, and two of these
Mere bnnts. Had not Sudhoff mufsed Dill
isfd 5 me assist TO get Thomas running TO
third In the FIRST inning that run never
wonIj nave scored Cross triple In the
fifth should have been fly catch, and even
then CriGer should have caught Monte at
the plate on billiards. lovely return of Piat;s
ny; ross was out ten feet when LOUIS
m ii;ur'.d , ne easy boundsr Had Dillari
wof1h triple would have hit him on the
head s billiard Is a good fielder: but ne Is
league. and II seems no one takes trouble
enough 10 post him.
Billy Kane. the St. Louis athlete. who
has be,n doing shortt!eid stunts Tor To-
iedo In the Interstate League his season.
Is sick with malaria Kane has been play
Was "A ieft-hand hitter he would be in the
big League very shortly. He is one of the
fastest runners and shortest shoppers the
game ever saw.
McC;ann played good bail a, bat and on
bases yesterday Twice he was hit 10y
pitcher. when such an occurrence was OF
in,stiInH BILE value TO his team. He also
played good ball when he Travelled high to
high TO Delehanty.
La Joie Was in the game, his first since
I he fatefui day when he swung his right
or was /; hi- left. where he thought Flick's
head was, and busted an iron locker, put
In at great expense in Colonel Rogers
Philadelphia clubhouse Lawrence WAS
there" in the field .. X. but his eye ut
bet Mas worse than when he was making
Wild leads and untamed swings at Flicks
jaw ami walloping lockers instead. Look
IN.
where Flick has the licking of Larry in
him. Elmer is a sturdy lad. thick Of chest
height, reach or weight of Larry the Lam
meT about him. Why. Flick must have
taken thirty pounds the worst of the catch
weights articles which he signed with the
big second bagman. They explain I by
saying that Flick hits straight, like Terry
McGoyern. while Lajoie hooks and swings
foo much. Hooking and swinging IL al |
right when going with gaun,lets. but with |
the bare knuckles the straight fore face |
punch his Is 5he goods. Wi,h the swing 49, san
for . wise fighter Will give his nut, / p.
turn his hard head crown TO hands when !
he fees the swipe coming. That Is no. |
Flick got the decision over Lajoie. punch |
"ph!s.''
II Is stated that the little finger of Nc |
Graw's left hand is broken and that It will |
be Il week or more ere Mack goes to bat |
Johnnie was at the races yesterday after |
noon, catching them going and coming. II |
Is whispered that he cannot lose a bet and |
that his wagers are big enough 10 bar him |
makes about $500 as a ball player this sea- |
son. and will cop as much more from the |
races. His Baltimore oyster parlors are |
Ing about s25.0oo this year is not bad for a |
lad OF 2. He is a good fellow. IT Is said; a |
good bail player, which is certain. and de-
serving OF all the luck real 6ood fellow |
should have.
Willie sudhor did we'll enough a, third
yesterday. He can grab the grounder and |
throw well. but OF course the fine points |
have no close acquaintance with William, |
"ho is good deal Of a ball player witha!.
Wallace rubbed his shins and stamped a |
BIT after Delehanty tore that amputator |
n he was hurt. for Delehanty was laughing
II him. The first hits Del made In 4 week /
, same 10, 10 him I'm yesterday When he got the
he ran to first like a rough-coated ST. Be-- |
nard In the dog days. |
when Umpire Hurst called Wallace out on
slide to second. Robert slid head first |
The writer sat in the stand back OF first
,ase. From that position 4; did seem that
Wallace had both arms around the bag and
vas conyulsiveiy pressing II to his bosom
ike Reuben Launcelot greeting his very
best lady. when Latoie laid Douglas slow |
Z was the writer's personal opinion that
.fr. Hurst had accomplished a very rotten
'cclsfnn lHdeec However. two gentlemen,
Who are excellent judges. saw the play from
ne back or third base. much better po-
,ition to judge the play from than hack OF
irst. one OF these. a noted baseball au-
horfty and stanch supporter Of the ct |
.ouis team. stated that Wallace was out |
te also said that an excellent fudge an
Ittache of the St Louis club agreed with |
lifIi. lie explained the Cessation Of motion
which afflicted Wallace before Lajoie
ouched him-and which deceived Spectators
'ack of first base and behind the play-hv |
aging that when Wallace hit the ground
ie dti not slide but stonpej dead vbara |
10 went down. He tried to reach the base"
aid the gentleman in question hut was !
90 FAR away To even get his hand on II. II !
vas y correct decision and the cerslra of |
he spectators did Hurst very great in
ustice. IL must he said that as n rule |
hurst is a very good umpire J. II,
EWING WILL, NOT ourr