The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-08
SAME OLD HARD-LUCK STORY
TOLD OF ST. LOUIS BALL TEAM.
Injuries and Misfortune Alone Can Explain the
Many Defeats Of the Very Greatest lndivid-
ual Baseball Team in the World.

That's rlght. put in Griffith. Its best
10 turn 'em loose without any strings and
1T Them find their own locations Ii strikes
me the reserve should be cut 10 three years,
though"
men do not &c; good Til they have been
three years on ? team Look at chance.
Five years M'uld De about right So Tar
as the Chicago club is concerned, We could
get along without any reserve rule at all.
I never knew Of Chicago player having a
justifiahle kick. did y"u2"
NO" responded griffith. as he reached for
bunch Of complimentary tickcis.--Chicago
News.
Tsnney is not an easy loser. Saturdays
defeat was particularly hard on the hus-
thing coli'Gian. We'll, the Reds have now
Won two games from US this season, ana
guess that is the limit said he. They only
won that many last year. ana duE't think
that they Will win any more from Us. They
that bet of a hat on the question would be
apropos. but Mr. Tenney declined. with a
smile saying that he was not 4 betting man.
1t is said that Charley Irwin, the Reds
third baseman, is stilt in bed and under
physic;ar's care. He is suffering with
bIood-p poisoning and it may be weeks before
he vii! he able TO play.
eff McGraw can get his heart into the
work lie IS the rightful manager OF the ST.
Louis team" says Boston player. ''Tebeau
and his methods are not conducive 10 prog
ress in the sport. He is out Of date and the
sooner he and the Robisous realize this the
better it will be for the St Louis team and
the clubs finances With McCiraw in full
power and no Interference from Tebeal the
Cardinals would play 80 per cent better ball
than they are playing now.'-Iittsburg
ChronicleTelegraph.
THAT fellow who spiked Chance" says
Chids. ''is the freshest ball player that ever
broke into the League. | mean that Barrett.
He went up TO bat in Cincinnati when a hit
was needed: he takes off his cap. smooths
back his hair. bows 10 the stand; throws
In, .ha hat and -+rgi ga= inn II
head"
Manager Allen Of Cincinnati will have
rather delicate question TO decide when
Charlie Irwin gets ready to report TO him
and resumes his place on the team OF
the team best fitted for the place. 10 say
runner The matter OF selecting a regular
second baseman between Steinfeldt and
Allen great deal OF thought.
In Qunn's favor is his experience at
playing the bag. his reputation as a hitter
he has not Yet succeeded in getting going
properly on the local feld-and the fact
that he has been In with the winning COM
bInstion on the team since 1t struck its
present gait. The arguments in favor OF
Steinfeldt are his youth, his activity. strong
throwing arm and his timely hitting. Man
ager Allen as yet is undecided what he VIII
feldt is covering third base in manner
that stamps him one OF the best third base
men in the business. even IL he is only
looked upon as a substitute. He has re-
ceived the proper encourag ement from MS
manager this year. and the benefit OF 1t is
shown in his excellent work.
The constant improvement Of Crawford
and Barrett. the young Cincinnati outhetd-
ers. is attracting the attention along mo
League line Frank Selee was very much
impressed with the work Of these young
sters and after the last defeat of the BoS-
eos bea ANA, I'd dom I
heard Of a club picking up two greater play
ers out OF a minor league than Barrett and
Crawford. They are TWO stars. They hit
WELL field well, can throw and are fast men
on the bases. They have improved WONDER
fully since saw them last. and should be 20
per cent better next season Bob Allen has
proved the right man to handle the Reds"
continued Selee. II feared for a time that lie
would become discouraged because the Reds
were doing poorly but he has stuck TO his
task and he is now reaping the harvest. 1t
would not surprise me In the least If tcey
finished well up in the race. No team could
beat them the way they played against US.
What in the name of common sense is
the matter with St. Louis? Tebeau's men 90
rot seem 10 be able TO get started at ali.
Though Heidrick is not In the game the
poor work OF the team cannot be attributed
turned and the infeld is intact. OF course.
the Cardinals played good enough to win
from the Giants. but II is no credit 10 any
team 20 win from them at present.-Cincin-
natl Commercial.
After Lave Cross had played a while with
US he met Gleason OF the New Yorks." said
President Ebbits Gross told Gleason that
he thought he knew all about baseball until
he had played short time under Ed Han
lon. He said he soon changed his mind, and
expressed the opinion that when he does
know all about the game ne will be TOO cid
TO play. unless the Dotage League is organ
lied That was quite a tribute to Hanlon,
who. to my mind. is the greatest manager
that the game ever knew."-Cincinnau En-
quirer.
Lave must be knocking In his old age
He was with Mr.. Tebeau a year and might
have learned something from him.
The gravest accusation that could he
lodged against a ball player has been made
by Manager Barrow of the Toronto team.
who alleges that ''Waiiy'' Taylor. the erst-
ately threw away the TWO games played at
Springfield on Wednesday, He charged
Taylor point-blank with throwing the
games. although. Of course. the latter de-
lor for some reason or other was of the
opinion that his services were not apprec;-
ated by the officials of the club and that
he purposely played for his release. Some
color is lent to this belief by the fact that
Taylor from being the best batter In n
pinch the team deter:oratcd into the
most unreliable hitter Of the regular squad
and that on several occasions he missed
score was close, giving victory to the
clubs opponents. On Thursday of this
week Toronto turns the tables on Spring.
field with a second haseman in the
game and Taylor, who is Immediately
signed by Montreal. comes TO the front
with three hits and n great number OF ac-
cepted chances. The case looks black
against Taylor. and Trough there NAV not
be anything in the charges still his posi-
ton Is not an enyiable one.-Toront0 Globe.