The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-09
Secretary Pulliam of the Pittsburg club

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licking from his dear. old PAL Tebeau. Is
something more than Jack could stand for
Secretary Pulliam of the Pittsburc club
said yesterday that O'Counur had caught
great ball in PittsbUrg and was high in
favor In that town. one of our best pa
irons, a man who fills IL Six-seat box every
uay OF the year" remarked Mr.. Puliidm
yesterday. said TO me that Pittsburg never
mad 4 man who could get runners round
tn" bags as Oconnor could. Dcwn there
they look upon him as the best coacher IN
the League. They are funny people those
flttshurstans, and cotton to a few players
nor.
In thinner and O'Connor. both of the
~. Louis club. we have the two best CATCH
cfs In the League. They never were so
good as they are now and they never got
so much money in the League as they are
receiving this minute
George Cuppy. late of St. Louis. who has
done such good work for Boston this sea-
son. came on ahead of his team yester-
day 10 spend the day with his wife who
has resided here since her husband left 81.
Louis to join Boston. Cuppy 1. looking a
winner and naturally feels spIendidly over
his success
My arm is very good" said the boy
with the heart. Il have everything I ever
had: To tell the truth did not want to
fence would initiate against me me- there g,
Then. you know. IL IL not so warm there as
il is in St Louis, and like warm weather.
L
of injurins me fairly helped me. You see,
i have always depended a lot on my field
and often grew a bit careless when pitch
ing on big ground; as l thought the field
Boston. / know. they are over the fence
IL they are long, so | work hard. never
letting up a bit. ] have not found the
II was sorry to leave st. Louis. think
] could have won many games for this team.
But they thought otherwise. and am sat
islied.
zone thing i want TO speak about. 1 was
accused OF being slow In the box and all
that. 1t is true ! am bit slow in deliv.
cry. Yet watch the time of my games: IL
they do not average as well as those of any
other pitcher In the League ] will buy a
new hat 70: the man wn9 proves It to me.
into the box quickly. hustle from bench TO
plat after innings and back again, pick up
the . hall IL, and get on the slab slab n hurry
a century plant and the human snail; told
how slow l was. how many motions took
In delivering the ball. etc. Next day I
looked at the paper. and my game was the
fastest in the Lesgue-two hours and five
minutes. while twelve runs We're made BY
both teams. Cy Young IL a fast pitcher
yet his game on the same day took two
hours and thirty minutes. I let the people
get home just as soon as any of them.
81 am astonishef to see my old club down
so low, also to see my present team with n
Both are bound to climb. We are just hav-
ing bad streak and are bound to get over
out /, locks as n ST. Louis was going
along now and would soon be where 1t be-
longs"
The diamond given Jack OConnor by his
St. Louis friends when the Pirates were
here last is the envy of the League They
say that II is the finest stone worn by any
man playing bali. There are few good
Cecil Rhodes" in the profession at that
Mr.. J. NJ Hunt is delighted by the vic
tories of the local team over Philadelphia
Louis team had been going first TO bat and
losing games. On Saturday the local club