The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-27
EXCUSE AND APOLOGY MISPLACED.
st. Louis Ciub Is Not Entitled tn Much
COnsiie ra tiOn or Leniency.

When Heiirick. ronlin. NcGraw aud
Wallace We're injured and unable TO play
baseball for the 81. Louis team IL was as
serted that the loss OF numerous games in
the interregnum Of the very efficient sub
stiiutes who took the places Of these men.
was entirely due to the absence of the
stars.
At tina; time Tho Republic took issue
with this most fuliaciOus assertion, point
Ell out ITS error and said that, with the
stars out of the game. tn. substitutes We're
50 good that the team should play cred
Now, with Wallace and McGraw in the
game ana billiard playing an efficient sub
stitute for HeidTick. the team cannot win.
ifeidrick !s the only regular man not play
Burkett. McGrsw. billiard, Wallace and
Keistcr are h:itings well. Donovan and
McGann must no, be rated as weIlSinss.
As IA rule, the club GENES within measure
able EQUALITY of the other team In the hit
ting line even in games where the score
is Tremendously 0ne-sided against IT,. FOR
instance, Boston made seventeen runs on
iiilesn hits and s.. Louis made three runs
team has largely and deci=iveiy uut-hit the
opposing club, only TO suffer defeat.
SO the weakness cannot be laid ~ The
battered portals Of the pitching stan In
deed IN The series played in 81. Louis. the
pitching force displayed excellent form
and reassuring strength. Certainly Is II true
that tho fielding of the club has been afro
ciugs. There are people who afcrt 10 be
leVe that fielding is very tertiary mat
ter coming after batting and base running.
Yet there must be som" attempt 10 field. "
u club would win. An error IL Just effec
tive liz making runs for the other side as
a base hit. Four or 1--WE errors To a game
means four or five hits for the other team.
The fielding 81 Wallace, McGEaw. keis,er
and Burkett has been very shlky. great
many games went up the flue through eT-
rors made by these players.
Still. upon the face OF affairs. regarding
such things as batting, fielding. base-run-
tFgs vf,H--N "a NfAF0
The main point To be regarded and held in
view is that the club has not at any time
since the opening Of the season played any
thing that even remotely looked like clever
baseball.
All the good fielding batting. pitching and
running In the world could not win games
operating under such SystemleSs method
OF play as mas distinguished the st. Louis
Cl,Ib this season.
In the absence of any coherent plan of
campaign, the valor. effectiveness and a5il-
ity % tie individual! players becomes very
secondary matter Of consideration indie. d.
Hence until Mr.. Tebeau brings order ani
system out of disorder and chaos II Is use
less and unnecessary to discuss the merits
Of the team as individuals or a. whole
ball games that there should b. nine men
in the field. Hence. IL cannot be that the
absence of Heidrick has made team. that
WAS deemed a champion. taileraer. n
this Is so, then Heidrick is worth more than
MeGraw. He gets about one-third as much.
whom appear 10 be young women, 10 whom
Mike DOnion, Emmet He,drirS Roder.ck
Wallace, John McGraw and Pat Donovan.
are men of heroic mold. have favored the
sporting editor OF The Republic with let
tiers. explanatory. IL rot cOmmendatory. OF
the clubs PLAYING. The injuries which came
to McGraw. Wallace and Heidrick still
brought forth every day as good and
efficient reasons for the teams inferior
showing and low position. The sporting
editor Is sometimes soundy scored for not
slavering the team with praise, swcetening
defeat with explanations encoura ging losses
with praise and melting the team to deeds
OF daring with boosts :"
To the pretty dears who write with the in
tsrest Of the gallus and guy Mr.. Donlin.
th, debOnair and impressive MIR. Rei1r!ch.
the ''splendifercus" Mr.. Donovan. the hot
stun baby MT. McGraw. and the rsspess;t!a-
has not a thing TO say. To the worthy and
earnest gentlemen who are Interested IN
baseball so much as 20 be Interested In
his always poor and Indifferent efforts TO
INFORM. a'nuse and entertain them, the sport