The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-16


National League. American League.
Boston at Chicago. Boston at Cleveland
Phiia at PittsburE. !
Christopher Matthewson was In inyinci-
BILE form at League Park yesterday after
noon, and the Donovanites were not only
unable to score a run or his twirling, but
rot single hit did they make. Nothing
was sent to the infeld or outfieid by any
ST. Louis player that could possibly oe
scored as a safety by the most liberal Of
scorers--not even the Pittsburg variety
Matthewson gave four bases on balls. and
Jack Ryan reached second safely on . long
hy. which was dropped by Van Haltren In
some iuexplfcable manner. Padden touched
second base for moment after he had
drawn four wide ones. and Wallace was
retired on ground ball. Jesse Eurkett
landed the ball fair on the nose three times.
Dun luck was against him. and fine catches
resulted In putouts. where he would have
nad hit as rule. In the third inning he
grove grove the ball to the right-neld bleachers,
Matthewson's great record.
10 the sixth Burkett cut the bah along
inc Sntrd.base foul line for what IN seldom
enyehmg but single for him. George Da-
VIZ sevee innsider. indeed. played for the
MT nsns vhers Il landed. It was a hot
u, throw
vas In fims 70 mako the out-at least Frank
Bwyee said Il waA In the ninth inning
hurkete gave 6elhach q chance TO reneat
me GOOD catch Of the day before. selbach
ny % make Q wonderful sprint, for him.
s ~ ~ eiutcned the leather az 1t was
WITHIN stx inches OF the ground.
Hahn DID - Well Last Year.
burkett certainly nailed the ball hard but
ne did not land II safely. and more Is the
ereoIt tnat ID due Mr.. Matthewson. His
per1osmancs Ii the only one Of its character
.nis season. In 1900 ''Noodles'' Hahn was
out Ii. or run % s, d dow :. team with.
sluesing Phiiadeiphia club % mesme mel seS
that =. he vas able to perform this feat
sssa he s. Louis '. olSb f 1his . aa.
49, ~ SteheMson must have been as sur
p "a ~ g any one else at the conclusion
to shut out st. Louis. both on hits and
rms. Nas appaTent in the closing stage Of
he worked as though his life were r at stak lIs
JACK Powell complained Of feeling badly,
and Willie sudhon was substi. uted to en-.
Gus young pitcher was determined not TO
leave St Louis without a victory this trip,
however. He has bsen here twice and lost
one series was very satisfactory to him. 1t
goes to show the kind Of stun he is made
OF; There Is certainly no white feather
Sudhof was as an open book to the
Giants in the first two Innings. The first
Tour men who faced him sin sled. tut SUI
hon managed to catch Davis mapping on
first. while Jack Ryan Interrupted Nc
Brides snoo1e at second with a perfect
rude .sskenins e the late 'i Red stocR1 1s.
ny ball hit by Camel ended the ini ial
period Of the contest. but two runs had
crossed the pan.
s.dhoR steadied Nicely.
In the second inning Hickman singled and
strang hunted safely. though expect ng %
sacrifice. Warner was not as foltur ate in
s ns sa0se PVT
sons out scored Hickman, and q single by
Van Haitren sent Strang over. the ruoter.
cradle Van Haltren stole second. The pair
Of outfelders were left on the bases, aa
Mcbride pop-fied to Wallace. The score
look Of hopeiessness overspread the TEA
lures of the 5000 fans. who rep, es snted
about the largest Monday crowd that ever
sudhoff steadied nicely and shut out. the
until ~ The eighth inning when en-
stranx singled. but warner retired the
side; i was q case Of one-two-three in the
Trojan ever did in the last two minutes OF
the game. Burkett was first up tn the ninth
and mad: line drive to se hssf Which sbad,
faster. But II was not hit. thanks to the
clever catch OF the left fielder.
Patsy Donovan followed Burkett, but his
best was long ny TO Van Haltren. and
the latter managed to hang to It. Bill
schriver was able to manipulate his wires
when Dick Padden faced the New Yorker
the remembrances OF Dummy Taylor's
ascension on Sunday caused Pickering
hopeless "rooting" Padden drove hot
one to Hickman ut short, but that clumsy
looking Individual was fully equal to 1t.
Perhaps the nearest st. Louis came te
making hit was In the sixth inning. when
Arthur Nichols drove liner at Matthew
son which the latter stopped with his right
leg and was lucky enough to have 1t roll
straight 70 Davis with sufficient speed tt
allow Of the put-out 1T FIRST. To Judg.
which was hit, he would rather have hat
the smash 70 % hit than the way it did
The score: ~ ,o,ns