The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-29

Wasirburn and now Weldon and Campbell.
| IL struck me those men did more 10 popu-
lariZe baseball! than ever did Spah!ins or
| Arson.
| The deEeneracy of the game is best
| shown by the newspaper accounts in th,
| daily publications. In New York baseball
gets half a stick and a muddled. haphazart
! score. In Boston. where nothing EVER
| changes MUrnane and Morse are writing
as they wrote years ago. ana In the back
woods out West the papers stiil boom The
game, hut IL H. dead, almost. :" far rs tn.
literature q; baseball is concerned Would
the H-bh" of fifteen years ago hay" 5t@"i
| UP in a Sporting Extra:
'chiids bingIrI. M,rtes ou., Cross To
| Del Grren hi"d To- Tho!n'. "a" runs.
| You ali know the styi". People VII"
| read C;tmubpll's humor or ..ly Tors C,lustic
| critic SINS. or WashhUrns weird cornrart-
| sons. enjoyed them as much Is lid IN" old
| time fans seeing hriStl'ng game, and they
| take as litti,. interest in the thids hnSl"1'
| stNi" OF literature as they d" in seeing a
! crowd TT htif-h,artei hired men walk ont
! GA the diamond m"ekiy and J.! lay hall h"-
| ranS' II y Their business. aud as though
| VINO wins - OF secondary imImrtGir'-
There i a deal in what Mr. FHliert"n
| says.
More lament is being rnaG- in 81 Louis
tha, Nh. team Is not Iujn- bitter. Al thu
| gentlemen who delight in ROASTING IN" play
| ofs have got Their pocket stoves ont ana are
DOING them IL 4 turn.
The -. Louis nine. frankly. Is disap-
no,n'mgn' iy%ryA"dy snG%% mat. I'm r,
| will crop out in time
| That there : amy ,.isaff..-tiou he'y:e,n Me
Graw ard T,byau is probably out rf the
ga stj"n. Roth ar smart players and hoih
know thai u j. ts"idc,!iy IL tnrir interest 1"
| have gUui baseball in 81. Louis and plenty
Of #
There seems Ia hs tagging in the team.
The players do not appear To get an ont 81
| the gam Ell which Ihcy are capable. Il i
not the fault much uf lack OF phySlrdi
ability as the tendency To make dumb PLAYS
| K'istor and MCtiaun q" not hold up tii'ir
-. 4. t-.TTl Z. If
| Wallace. kcSt.r plays with more irdin"r-
eucr than he did last year. He Is not bat
| ting hard. and that max have a tendency Ia
/ affect his work to some extent. SHat!N narH
| h.itters y !n have = poor year with the stick
| are inclined tn fan of in other departments
| If the game because Of their worry.
| Ii appears a. If III" 81. Louis nine were
| doing little bunting this year. ana relying on
| the hit and run game u win fer them II Is
| bad policy TO give ur the sacrihcihS 10 make
/ Players would rather have their little base
! hits than To be credited with SACRIFICE. ami
| yet it the ability tu sacrifice. and 10 in
| it we'll. that made such a good team nui OF
! Cleveland when TsbraE was Al the head ~
1 the orSanizatiGH-New York Telegram
| Swartwooi TO Rem milford. blame ihe
umpires for not taking extreme steps q
stop the kicking. They are Tho ONES wh"
| il An umpire who does his duty f";:-
lessly is pursued by 4 p4T"ie .: S'mf
| The one man who permitted 10 kicks.
| 'kickI,ss balr Is The iIrai game. ii Is
| absurd TO say that baseball Will lose any
of its exciting features il HrauCling ia cut
out. Coaching would not he eliminated
| George Davis evidently deserves a great
| deal of credit for the manner in which he
| has rejUyenated, invigorated or inspired tho
| New York team Fortunately. the position
| of manager has no; turned his head. and
| lac probably will be found playing at short
| To the end % the season. That he Is need
/ IL at that position and at the bat II l. not
| necessary Ia say. but his chief value any
| whore in uniform lies i'll the Influence that
! he has over the men
| If train robbers eyer hold mp The sncclaI
| car in which the members OF the Iincin-
natl team usually travel they VIII make
| quite Ticl. haul on diamonds. The" :1rr
several members OF the team who make the
| purchasing of diamonds a hobby. Jake
| iSechl"s has become an expert. Jdk,
, by THE way has the finest diamond owned
on the Cincinnati team. IT is a beautiful
blue stone weighing almost Two kara;s.
Sill BrI' Hill Is one of the few former
big leagGers who missed out in the Amer
lean. With Foreman. Bowling. Cronln.
Fillen, Ehret. Harley. Parker. NcKenna,
Sparks, Am9ie. and host Of Others win
cation. ''Sti! Biz finds the company too
swift. and was released by the Detroit |
management.
Frank Genins IS another 81. I.o1llsnn who
is an American Association star. The CieV"-
lander is one of thu best all-roUnd members
of his profession. lie mas given a good at |
count Of himself this season not only In the |
"rtfi,id but in every position on the iniieid |
except first base. He Is covering SECOND at |
this writing. Frank is 4 quiet. Unassuming !
fellow and off the field and he Is always |
| in condition. when not the victim Of an ac- !
cideut. Ard 1t takes more than ordinary |
batting over .ss1 this season and Is earning |
every cent the Cleveland Club is paying |
him. 1t would be difficult for Manager Me
Aieer TO replace Frank.
Perry Werdsn is with the tailenfers OF the |
American League but the Minneapolis Mill |
ers ara last through no fault OF the big |
fellow. WeTrien is wonder. He Is batting |
as we'll as he EVER did. and gets over the |
ground surprisingly fast for a man Of his |
age and size. who two years ago shattered |
his knee cap. He is the idol of the Min |
neapoliS fans and card all around the cir- |
cult Perry has been playing bah since |
1850 and there Is lots OF it yet IN the vet |
eran.
There are FIVE ST. I.ouisans in the New |
York state League and all 81 them ar. DO |
Neville are with Lew Whister's Schenec- |
tady team. Mike Woodlock is shortst"pping |
for Utica and Bob Talh2t Is one ne @" In, the
5 5Sna care OF '''''SF'' anu p''''''S ''
fight p popular-rriced bail 1t should win |
ut. T.rre IS no legitimate expense con.
h Iii" yba m'f ns sih hghar u central ad-
mission rate than - cents.
The Leaene political pot is boiling.
There's not the slightest doubt about that: |
TIL Taleyrand of the League 'oIonel
PoserS used to call him the Narplut be
for. the two kissed and made up-JChn T.
Brush. has been swinging around the
League circuit and It's good betting that
he is not making the "trip for the hen"'1t
of his health. 1t Is not unlikely that the
"fnfy- Diuk." with new and powerful /
east will he revived for the benefit of some
one Of the League members II il WASH
for that ten-year agreement things Would
have been made decidedly pleasant for
AieH of Brooklyn 1T the last meeting OF
th. League. In Wow of tn poor business
all around thu League circuit. ana at
Brooklyn especially. il wouldn't be surrris-
ing if the kihush wa administered 10
Brooklyn this year. anyhow, agreement or
no agreement. For what Is a nth" matter
Ike an agreement between Leasre mag
rates?
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