The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-26
CLUB STANDING.
To-Days Schedule.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

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Boston, Mass. July 1.-Two kinds of
| thunder and lightning appeared on tn
| South End grounds this afternoon. The first
| came from the heavens ana caused 2V'
people to run for shelter. The second came
| from She Boston club. and it s;rucls ST
Louis full and fair. incidentally the score
| was Il 20 3. although when the game end
| ei it was actually IS to .. but people got
| tired of counting runs after the first irriug
| was half over A. the sixth inning wIs hot
] finished when darkness compelled Umpire
| Hurst 10 call the game. the score had 10
| revert to the fifth inning. This robbed Me
| Graw Of a home run. I;urll,tL Of three
Dagger and Clements OF Boston home
yum. But it made little difference. The black
clouds merely put an end 10 q very dire
some exhibition.
Manager TeEcau had three twirleTs avail
aide. Powell HUgney and weighing. A.
fuwcl's wrist has been rather sore for
day or two IL was decided 10 saw. him for
the brooklyn game Tomorrow. and HUsli,y
was rlcct.; 10 occupy the slab Hughey has
pitched some good games against Boston.
but as rule the locals hit him hari, and
the way they bumped him this afternoon
was really something cruel The hits were
going To all corners of the lat. and !;
looked as though Boston was H5ycr going
10 let up. After Hushcy had received L
substantial cose from the first seven men
who faced him. Weighing was sent out. and
for the Remainder Of the inning it appeared
that two pitchers might be- knocked out q
thu box. iiu; weighing finished ,h- inning
alter u while and stayed in the remainder
OF the Inflated contest.
In that single inning Boston made ten
hits. with total OF sixteen bases. inclUG-
iS TWO tHrc@-bdE--rs by Freeman, both
OF which were clean. and doubles BY Long
ana stahl. Bostous heavy hitting streak
Was materially aided 10 some rank fielding
CA St Louis = part, ilu-hcy, AlCtiftW Wal
lace and Robinson al committing offerS,s
IL this line. Thirteen runs were mad. be
lore the iHEilt; was over, and more might
nave been made mad not Boston wanted tn
II was one OF the most peculiar exhibitions
ever seen here. St Louis had started out
hit.lE on ITS own account Mctiraw getting
a pretty double and scoring on single by
BGrkett. The second WAS uncy-ntfui.
In the third. with one man out and one
on base. the storm burst Ia fun inry AMI
there- was iet-up for twenty minutes.
w hen the teams again took the field tho
bases We're filled for 81. Louis, but Nichols
pulled himself together ana retired the
side When Boston came 10 bat there w,r,
more hits and more errors Of Judgment fy
this visiting players. The result was that
the Boston total was sAcllcd to sixteen.
II looked like a free Culga Sc gam until tha
Last OF the fourth, when Long tapped out a
iIfte,bds6eT anu scored Oh lily ~ the
In the fifth NcGraw led of with n base
on balls. Burkett singled and Mrtiraw Went
To second. ke.Ster HE'D out to Freeman
ard Donovan forced Burkett at second
" Hil1Cc drew a tr,&. pass and the bases
were full Hamilton mUffri MctianD's nv
and McLraw and DraoLsu both scored with
what proved 70 be- ~. I.rusS's final runs
Blston's half Of the tifiH WAS passed with
out incident. ana then came the sixth when
- Louis TOOK another LattiEg squirt, which
counted for nothing Had il not been for
tho easy pitching Uf UUgh,y, Boston might
not nave won 50 easily. IL il won AT all
Nichnls was not in the best of form and
was hit hard enough To win any ordinary
Saine, hut luck WAS again against the Wis
ltuFs. something has gone wrong with
them In each Of the three games, PLAYED
hero on this series. The battin.; was ;ue
feature o: the contest; that uf Burkeir
ar! frceInan being especially heavy while
AicCiiaw, kc!s:cr. Long and Stahl an ali
fine work with the stick.
The ne!Ging features were all contributed |
by Boston. Long played a great game nj
short and Nichols tiuilel his position finely
l}oth sides played Tor rain or darkness AMI
this made the ouc-Idei contest douhly
wearisone. Considering the day and The
weather. the crowd was an exceptionally !
good one. Had II been Il fine dsy th.ra
would have undoubtedly been a big crowd |
Tor the two previous games between fh.sa !
clubs have been interesting in the extreme
81. Louis is generally prime favarit,. hara
but the low standing Of both clubs has: !
tended 10 keep the attendance down As |
q matter of fact. the games. with the eX-
ieption Of to-day's have been the most 90
citing played on the local grounds this wear
Including three extra inning contests Tho |
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