The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-16
They Melted FIVE runs. There must have
been some bad work aifeid

81. Louis has made pacr start on her
trip abroad. Two out Of three 10 Cincin-
nan Is not at all encouraging Although
Aliens team Is badly crippled. il played
better ball in the three contests than did
81. Louis. According TO the reports. Te-
, neau : men wrre outLiayed AT every point IN
yesterdays game. Three times there were
,afdinais as far as second with none out
anu thte@ times with but one cut. still they
were BANKED.
Teb.au has almost his fun team on the
leid now and he can offer no excuse IL he
i El, TO Iand his share Of the games in the
team absent. billiard. while not in En-
netts class. Is a first-ratc sub. The pitch
srs are all iwirling better bali than they
Powell and Young. pitching as they are al
present; form great trio TO draw from.
,, zen ih.T, Is Hughey, sudhofr and Wey-
II Tebeau expects to- finish in the first
division he will have TO make spurt right
now Inc material Is there. Better han
any manager IN TIE country has at present.
Those defeats in Cincinnati don't dis
cSuraSe me said Jerry Hunf last nighi.
ST. Louis had some mighty stiff p:t,hiay
To contend with. Phillips had had a long
ret before Tebeau tackled him and he WAS
fresh Tor the fray. His arm was never
M5 shcn good game. J think the team
old mishty well again.t Iiahn Noodles is
on ecse lust now. That nO-hit game he
fwirled aainst Philadel phi. occurred less
Than week ago. Even though the best
LETT handed pitcher in the world who Is
pitching the game Of his life just now. was
on the rubber Rctiraw and Burkett did not
have much trouble with him. IL was the
right handed batterS that failed This is
strange II the nOrth-siiers had done their
snare Of the work the result would pfUp-
ably have been different. IL was "A Dad
start, hut am still confident that the ma
Jority nf the gaines played on the trip VIII
go in 81. louis win column. With NcCiraw
back in the game and Burkett batting as
he has in the past week or 50 IL VIII he
next tn impossible to keep the team dosn.
! am not in the habit Cf making wild prog
nostications or shooting al the moon. "a
they say on the turf. but have just made
"A nice wager that ST. Louis will finish
ahead Of Pittsburg. Right now II looks like
throwing money away. but remember that
they don't pay OF until October l5,''
Donovan's brilliant playing has won him
self place in the hearts of the fans who
occupy the right-ieid bleachers Pat re-
ceives all sorts ut advice from them in the
TO play for the dirreren, batte nii" II he
refuses to accept their advice and a ball
goes safe that he woul have gotten had he
done so. he is roasted good turediy dur
ing the rest OF the afternoon.
No right fielder In the country is play
ing the game as well as Donovan just now
Wagner is hitting better. but Honus is not
in Pats class when II comes to playing the
points of In. game. But one error is
CHARGED CHI 3. against Donovan on the season;
that he should have gotten. He has stolen
nineteen bases. is hitting a good Bit over
the 3s3 mark, and is hustling 10 bes, the
band al all times.
on the field Dan McGann is probably
the quietest player in the League. Once he
leaves the diamond he has not a word 10
say 10 anybody
Making nine hits without scoring 2 run
viii not DO for a team that has remnant
aspirations. Cincinnati made but one more
hit. end Tailed nine runs. The nine hits
made by ST Louis were not scattered,
either. In two innings McGraw and Bur
kstt led OF with clean singles. On the
first occasion, which was in tine first in
ming. keisteF hit into double play when
he should have sacrificed. ST. Louis play
ers are noted for their ability 10 hit into
double plays.