The St. Louis Republic., 1900-08-03

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Philadelphia, Pa, Aug. 2.-NIcGraw and
MS 81. Louis men started out to-day as II
they meant to make trouble for the Phil
Les. Evidently they were out for the game,
ueterhihed TO win If they possibly could.
pul lhe fhlilles were equally anxious for
victory. Up to the third inning the visitors
hao tnlnss all their own way, leading by
'he score or 3 to 0. Then the PhilIies de-
'eioped one OF those batting streaks for
"hlch they are famous and for which op-
posing pitchers are constantly on the look
our. Before the Mound City team could re-
ei.e l'le sue they had rolled up seven runs
-ihoie than enough to win, as subsequent
events proved. Two bases on balls. four
singles and three two-baggers, all punched
'osetner, accomplished this result.
,ru Aue ri ING game abounded in pretty field
nasort ing pays an and nice clean hitting, it was,
II dragged too much. 1t required three
hours to play it. There was little or no
H;G M;ia.s!ing ! with the umpire. and the players
dlc not move around any slower than usual
o, put somehow or other It was an exceeding,
~ long drawn-out contest just the same.
rsoi,i Ui,9 reasoh LOT this was the unsteady, ir-
bility Of the batsmen to connect properIv
win win the ball until after they had first
An4cksd TSIs on lot Of fouls.
ihus' II look st. Louis forty minutes TO
dispose of the Phillies In the third innine
~ IS no exaggeration 10 say that Thomas
jeast aaa siasie. D @ fer instance. each knocked at
Tnai,;, uozen fous in this inning before they
was no trickery in this, either. for hotb
sried sIis IN their hardest to line it out but Pow
safe assertion ssrury i0oIed to- them 1t is pretty
Nv tteu .. more balls to the plate in one in
'''Sg St than did Powell in this third inning.
whiie i LHuls bis, also knocked off fouls galore,
t,l1. %hiie. besides, both pitchers wasted an aw
iul lot of balls, it being three balls and q ONE
ot I.a Two strikes on nearly every man thar
The h way Plat started out 1t did not look
as II ne would last very long, but after the
second inning, though very erratic. he was
three hiss h effective twitha yielding only
VIII Win ilve bases on balls, so that st. f,oiis
, ,iau one or more men ON the bases in ever,
,nt in.ihg excepting two. AT that Piatt could
support given him by his infielders G,rous
played grand game at short, some of bis
Dea % hanfav nma thrpWs being really marvellous.
sulshea themselves in fielding waV. and
II, La Joie =, did good work at second. Dai.I
n2dni;, lantX. Thomas. Slagie, Flick and DOUGLASS
me base running. SAi1
a,oi for the e, visitors the fielding honors vera
carried off by Wallace. Burkett and Criser eae
solve Piatt's delivery Powell ntnbed ThJ Gouin aii
Tignt Tor two innings. but in the third tJa
And a bagsd fb d to &C connect with his curves
henchad IL u,,ta eno or this inning he was
Cross was first batter m in ,h. +1;u,
POWELL permitted him to walk to first 'iia,u and ID
e ne promptly stole second. After Piatt had had
Slagle singled, Delehanty, La ,joie anna E1ia1 an1
doubled. Wolverton accepted gift in itbs tbs
shape Of OF base on balls. and Patt hit safe. fee
~ to left, the result being seven runs nm satG In
the, sixth Thomas scored on hasa III IN
pals: Slagle's out and Delehantv's singie I'
ane TWO d runs IN the eighth were made on a
a base on balls to sIagle. Delehanty's ina sinais
st. Louis tailed two in the first on b,sa
Burkett's double and Kester's sineIe. 10 a,,. =,
IN the second on Wallaces two-bagger ant; and
h11giers ba1ia IS MT ] one in the fifth on base % on
throw by Douglas and Burkett's fiv fo sI1u siaI
gle and one in the seventh on bases on baiis
gle. '>e's'eE SIN
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