The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-29

Club is individually weak and that II VIII
be strengthened. Impossible,
The, St Louis baseball team IS not inai-
yidrally weak Il is the best individual
team in the National League. taken man
for man. Il does not need 70 b. strength
eucd: that IS. no new players are wanted
. or needed 10 take the place of the old men
at present serving the club. 1t is plenty
strong enough to win the peunant If II would
only play 10 win. And II IS rot likely that
. f. can lie strengthened; that IS, # the own
ers desire TO strengthen IL
There are two positions on the team that
are not strong beyond criticism. They are
. first and second base. NcGarn IS a good
mark to throw at and takes chances at the
- plate Kelster carnot take a throw. Com
pared with Childs, who Was driven out OF
81 Louis. he is no second baseman at all.
At the same time it is not easy TO ind
men who would Ill the positions much bet
- Ter than KeiSter and MctiInn. keistar
was chosen = better man than Quinn.
Yet Quinn IS good enough for a club that
IS leading 81. Louis In the race. 50 II does
not seem that first and second base can
be strengthened. Really. the bags are We'll
covered enough for the team 10 win.
Third base ana short stop are played by
the best men in the League in those posi-
tons II is not easy to secure men 10 i'm
Donlin. aH5 billiard. Powell. Jones and
Young are good enough for leaders OF the
pitching force. and S,idhoff. weighing and
Huehey were chosen by Mr. Tebeau bet
ter than CUppy, who Is doing such fine
work for Boston. (Tiger IS the best catcher
in the League. bar OCounor and thinner,
both of whom ST. Louis released. Robinson
IS not the worst catcher in the world
Of course. !: l.. Joie and Hughey Jennings
could be secured for second and first base
ffr,sh hot
ZION is not probable. And IS II any c.nch
that II these stars joined McCiraw they
would assist the club any more than No
When MIR. Robson IN New York wrel
Mr.. Tebeau. then at Memphis. ;haJ he had
secured McCiraw. h.ister. Donovan. Rob
iinson ANA Metiann. he wound up his wire
by saying: Penuant or hust"' Mr. TebeaG
wired back. No bust. P-unant surc,''
Yet NcGraw ct al. did not bring the per-
nant, The best they can 10 is to keep out
If La .oie and Jennings come to ST Louis
J. might be- another case rt ''ponnaEt or
bust no bust in hope We trust, etc
The team iS good enough II needs no
strengthening " hat it needs is To get l.
gerhcr. to play bali. 10 take an Interest in
lIs work ara Win games. Il can do these
things if ii will.
BY the way. are not the Jay sporting
writers OF jay New York hard on Mr.
Robson When he is payin. the 49,
eos he spent To- strengthen the St Lnui,;
club. they yell: The -, Louis club is
WeHk. IL must he straightforward They at
tempt 70 show Mr.. Robson up as Il man
who paid tremendous prices Tor valu-IeSs
mon. Well, buying Dan NcGann FOR $50l0
AMI selling Lave cross, VINO would make ii
better first baseman than McGann. for
500 cefteS. seems desperate policy Mr..
Robson admits that Mctiarn was not
worth the money He saws h. bought him
Just because he was the best man available
for that position That the National League
"a stirEy ana jIngrateful League, at that
saw that Mr.. Robson had been generous
fl f4E al Is Fr..Fr off nF
Sl,~0 to Harry Pulli3m. who aUctisued off
McCiann and skiliiu!ly worked a contest
between Philadelphia and s.. Louis for
him
5000 and pay s2,;9V for keister. But that
can he explained by the fact :hat the
people Of 81. Louis made it impossible for
Chi!ds 10 play here. would not give him a
chance to redeem his bad work. while
Then when Nj Robson got ready to
trade Cuppy, Quinn and O'Cornor, he
might have secured L good deal FOR them.
Pittshurs wanted o'Conn0r bad and would
have traded Leach for him. Leach would
keister. or Boston would have male Il
nice trade for O'Conner, ruppy and another
man who could be spared. In fact. Mr.;
Robson 5ouSht his players ar Hoodttde and
sold them At loN-wat"r mark lie paid
five prices for the men he bought and aC-
cepted fire-sale offers for those he sold. II
be sure. his disIain Of petty cash IL his
desire 10 gather a winning team IS ad-
mirable AMI commeuGahle but his judg-
4ii~ht VI litNti1 L. 'i'ii ~ SiNE'' 7'''.t-
certainly did not use The players he had L"
dispose OF 20 best advantage.
Inc strongest catchlng department IN IN"
league was wrecked EhGf - trnA9f vas
nttu 10 mix Wy J Y f''o!ti4''.l -'it " h~i,
an alleged bad arm. Robinson draws al
most as much as - t|nnNr anu trimmer ltut
tngSiher 1et Young, Powell atld Jones re
klckiHg the daEil<htS gu, 81 ROBINSON
Baltimore reputation ny refusing 10 an"
the eX-Oflole 70 eaten them when tTig-F
Is tit 10 play. wonder That trigger tanks
about the eternal htneSS or Things EE''.il ~
Is catching nine q: ten samrS Tor @l9o =
month and Robinson catches one Of ten
Tor S'tV month Inc cheap man Is d5inI
an the work, while The higl-rTic'i man J.;
Dlanked under III" awning SriNrnS IN" man
bger. All Of which Is calculated - max
Criger happy.
are the pitchers putting win VI cav
Whel they Kick on Robinson catching tl"rl.
Robbie Il MackS alter ESQ. his other s".'.
part OF him. Wonder how MACK mixes 70 see
the tWirlersS turn his 5000 Iai down Tor
the >, 100 trigerE Does he Ike NJ n" E't
catchers wer" working for " trdw, with
Robbie doing the bench. in baltimore lust
year Does II look as if the team WAS pull
ing together"
If Robinson is worth 500 foT five months,
how much Is Criggr worth. VINO dos tn
times as much work: Then. i: M-traw
like II when TabeHu sees that IL" stays
out of the game? All together. nOn. boys.
q strong pull and Ions pull and a pull alt
together. Law there the rope, You Jesse