The St. Louis Republic., 1900-08-08

St Louis showed startling reversal or
form yesterday and was beaten by the
juvenile Giants in an urinteresting game
Had It been across the stree Judge MUIR
ply would have called Man 5sar TeS@au
and his band into the sta~d ard they would
have been lucky TO escape severe punish
rnent Umpire Bob Ems!ie would have been
with the bunch as he showed poor form.
It was not near his standard.
To say that Emslie was decidedly off is
letting him down light His de .:snns On
balls and strikes and on the bases we're
decidedly off-co!or. St. Louis mas played
very bad baseball this year, away below
its form. Critics about the county have
written about poor managemcnt. individual
playing and such things ana one is forced
10 think twice before saying that the TN
pire robbed a team with s'iah Il reputation.
That Emslie meant to be fair there IS ro
question. However. he was not S ve:al
times during the game he gave questionable
decisions, and at times when ST. Louis ap-
peared to have q chanc 10 score me or more
runs. Spectators, many of wnon are hot
enthusiasts since St. Louis has shown such
poor form. stood up thsir chans and
jeered Emslie, who. until his year, was re-
garded as the best official on Nick Youngs
staff.
Heidrick suffered most at Emsie's hands.
In the third inning he was called out when
il appeared that he was safe ts ten feet
or more. Emmett was on second, when
Donovan hit to Doyle. 1t was a line drive.
Jack handed the sphere to Davis, who tried
to cover second He!drick beat him to the
bag by at least two strides, but both men
were retired by Emslie's decision. Emslie
made his decision on the second-base play
5from behind the bat, when he should have
been right at the bag. However, the sun
was exceedingly hot. and as the members
OF Nick's staff are not overpaid, it is no
Honder that the umpire cid not chase him
self to second and take chances with the
sun. "Tis far better to be accused of being
rotten than to be incased in ice as the re-
suit Of oyereSertion under the suns hot
rays.
While the spectators were unanimous in
the verdict tnat ST. Louis was not treated
fairly by the umpire, they failed to take
into consideration the errors nIaae ny The
oca.=.)iayers. Bert Jones. VINO WAS on the
rubber, pitched in good form, but his twiri-
ing was not good enough 10 win IN the face
of the miserable support accorded him. Nc
Graw fell down on Two easy chances. keis-
ter erred a line hit that he should have
gotten with his teeth. At another time dur
ing the game he had Il chance to make
double play and retire the side on a line
nit directly in mis- hands lie mGffed the
ball. but nabbed the batter at first. ~ run
!, he would have retired the side without a
run in the sixth inning. But he failed, and
three runs crossed the Sid.e.
Donlin failed twice. One of his errors was
excusabte. as he ran a long way alter
foul fly. The other was due to careleSSIless
alone. He was three feet off the bag when
Wallace handed him the bail in the ninth
Mike was dreaming about pretty girls ana
was satisfied to catch the ball, never think
ing for minute that it was necessary 10
. touch the sack. JcneS's error was an eX-
cusable one, il was on an exceedingly
hard chance. Ii bunt by Seioacn, ana
it required a perfect play to eaten me
runner. Bert scooped the ball in time, but
his throw was u trife wild.
Carrick. who did the rubber stunts iof
New York. had nothing out OF the way 70
boast of. He had good change OF pace
and fairish speed. but his delivery was lain-
basted hard enough to win. He was luchy'
as his support was none too goGu. Hica,
man erred on an easy chance that proVeo
costly. The beIlboy failed 10 can Grady:
He had on his suit and mask, but was SOUND
asleep. He caught several St Louisans
when they tried to steal. That is. he threw
the ball In the vicinity of second base. The
leather came 10 George Davis nigh ana low
I and wide on both sides, but by miraculous
somersaults he managed to get the sphere
and tag his men, Between the umpire ana
the errors 1t was a dopey exhibition and the
spectators were glad when 1t was over. 1he
official