The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-24
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Boston. Mass, July "a home-run hit
by Sullivan over the left-feld fence in the
tenth inning won to-day's game for Bos-
ton. the score being 5 10 4. II was n very
close decision by Umpire Hurst that al
| lowed the ball TO be called fair instead of
foul. bat fair he called II and his decision
will stand in League circles.
II was game than contained both good
and bad playing and there was an element
of excitemen; TO II greatly enjoyed by the
100 spectators. Long. Stahl. Burkett and
Freeman fielded their positions in the most
approved style, an unassisted double play
by Long being a wonder In it's way. lie
caught a low liner from Youns's bat that
caused him to spin around like top. but
he chung 10 the ball and touched second
base before Robinson could reach it. COM
pleting the double play. stahi. Burkett
Freeman and Donovan all made fine
catches in the outfield.
In the pitching department both teams
were represented by their most effective
men. Young hit hard at times, but he
also pitched in hard luck. In his failure TO
steal third, McGraw contributed largely to
the defeat Of his team, for II he had been
content TO remain on second in that ninth
inning he would have scored beyond any
doubt.
As for Dineen. he, too, pitched in hard
luck, for errors behind him, either CT play
or Judgment. aided the visitors 10 score
three Of their runs. on the whole. Dineen
was fairly effective. and when emergencies
were in evidence both men did remarkably
well
In the second inning both teams scored
McJiann led off with u base on balls ana
reached second base or billiards. our. Col
lns to Clarke. Robinson brought him IN
with cracking single to left. For Boston,
Barry and Freeman singled In succession,
Barry taking third on Freeman's hit and
scoring on Suliivan's grouHder to keister.
Neither side scored in the third, but in
the fourth 81. Louis forged ahead. A wild
throw by Barry allowed AicGann TO stay
on his base, and a double by Robinson
brought him in. Robinson scored on a sin
gle by Burhett. and McGraw. who had sim
sled, scored on keister's hit This gave ST.
Louis lead Of TO l, and ST.. Louis vic
In the sixth Boston struck a mild batting
streak. which was aided by wild throw Of
Rohinson's. When 1T ended BOSTON mad
added a couple of runs TO its score and was
one behind the visitors. In the seventh end
eighth there was little excitement save
Freeman's three-bagger. which counted for
nothing as the two Boston batsmen to fol-
low him were unab!e 10 accomplish any
thing.
The ninth saw St. Louis make a bold hi!
to cIinch the game. With one out. McCiraw
drew a base on balls and stole second. lie
tried to steal third. but was thrown OUT,
and the untimelncss OF the attempt was
shown when BurketS singled, as that hit
would have scored him. Burkett was
thrown out at the plate by Stahl on Keis-
teT's hit.
In Bostons half Of the ninth Hamilton
drew base on balls and reached second on
Longs sacrifice. He scored on Sta MI pref
ty single to right and the score was tied
Stahl got to second on an out and Clarke
tried hard to bring him in. but could 40
nothing better than a long fly TO left field.
St. Louis went out In one-two-three order in
their half of the tenth. Barry and Free
man both flied TO the outteld in Boston's
haif, and sullivan did not seem likely TO do
anything. but he connected with one bali
that sailed over the short left field fence very
luckily. Hurst ran over TO the line 10 watch
IL go and indicated by motion OF his hand
that ii was fair and sullivan trotted around
the asea with the winning run.
Thus IL is seen that one piece OF bad
Judgment on St. Louis part and bit OF
good luck for Boston determined the game
81. Louis's fielding was far better than BOs-
toms and the effective hitting was about
evenly divided. In speaking Of the brilliant
work on both sides, heister must not De
forgotten Cor the little second baseman
covered ground splendidly and accepted ali
his chances without ere Collins vas I'm
lucky In mis- fielding. owing TO the nature of
the ground. but the errors Boston made
were chiefly Barry's. The score: