The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-24
NOTES OF THE GAME.
Itrmor Has Ii Tbat Cuppy Has Been
Sold tn nOsInn.

! II was rumored yesterday that Pitcher
| Cuppy has been sold 20 Boston The report
| was not verified by the club owners. The
| cluo that gets CuTpy Will ma him useful
| Cy Young has not won a game in a
| month. Technically the New York game.
in which Thomas succeeded hin, goes as
4 win for Cy. but practically il was a de-
feat. The Old boy is in rare hard luck.
until Juiy 20. Cy has won three games and
lost tiye. counting his game against New
York. While the loss Of the games is 10 be
had to he lost Young was the man to lose
them. H. can AFFORD il best. In this regard
AR. =. Lincoln Booze has this 10 say:
Young rs he was last year, winning
every game. was "a knock to the other
pitchers. just as Harry Blake was to the
fielders. His great work w,s showing the
Others up. He is just as Soud as ever. but
he is having "A bit OF hard luck. It IL much
better that Cy should lose than Jones. or
Powell. or sEdhoff. Eeihs as it is old
'Rute' they will say. Tough luck. Break
IL bad. OH sport But If "a were Jones or
some Of the youngsters, il would be: can
him. Atfix the tomato box - his tan. To
HaldTirk's lumber camp with him etc.
Cy's lickings teach that he, great as he is.
can be beaten down the line"
Robinson should have Red the bat boy.
paddle hi7 mite TO the Tagricker. Robbie.
10 use the chaste language Of Hans Wag-
usr. cant hold roth.n' H. It, no how" He
has been cropping strikes as hungry dogs
drop hot potatoes If BuelOw or some KID
was catching Young as Robinson has been
doing It, they would say that he could not
hold him. But Robinson can catch.
Wallace gave DIneeu an awful lanbasting
yesterday. La Joie could not have hit them
farther and harder. Rcderick almost
knocked Stahl and Hamilton down with
line shots a mile out in the field. Nc
Cams home run was hard driven, hut not
near 50 hard ~ WsilaCc's outs. But n no
keeps on meeting them that way some OF
them VIII so safe some time,
In the. eighth inning Mc5iraw went down
with Diiiard at bat. Two We're out. II NAV
clean and then hit. hut billiard nigh, -
well hav" taken q crack at IT,. for 1, vas
called a strike anyhow. Even If he wa. told
not TO hit. he might have looked M tho
hid catcher. eXpec;orated on his hands or
battei his eye. He JUST gave Sullivan ali
the room he wanted, and NcCiraw was
thrown out. sun. there are older and high
or paid bah players than billiard that do
not help a runner.
In spite Of the strict news censorship
which Mr.. feheaU has placed upon tha ST.
Louis team. tales Of what have been known
In ST. Louis as 'dripples in der Club" will
ocze. as II were. through the park fences. !
'E1rkctt gave young BuclOw an unmercf-
ful call for not stopping Donlin one day az
third base" saws n fan. las II Buelow could
stop Donliu. Then they say that Captain
word for bad plays. McGraw cannot do
too uuch calling. l. IS his business. His
men reed ii badly. Then arg man that
cannot take Il cell when he plumbers should !
not b" with 4 club. In the old DAYS of the |
Orioles McCiraw played no fayorites when
he started out to leave his cards. All tha. |
is asked Of him Is that he does the same
thing here. Let Young. Wallace and Burkcft
nave IL just as hard as tho newest recruit. |
Can en-. Johnny, call en- often. If ncceS- |
Sary have a telephone put In and call 'crn
up through the night; that Is, if You can
catch them in"