The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-07
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
To-Dsy's schedule.

Harper. SudhofY, Fisher and Burns were
unable to stop streak of heavy hitting
on the part of the Philadelphia players at
League Park yesterday afternoon and the
game resulted in a victory for the Quakers
with a final score of IA to Q. Aside from the
ninth inning the game was more or less of
q farce comedy. The 10000 fans in attend
ance took the smuggling systematically and
wanted 10 see each of the local twirlers
worked out, especially the new men. Fish
er- and Burns.
Why There Is No Came To-Day.
The victory of the visitors gave them
another even break with the st. LOuisans.
The PhiIiies seem to be the hardest club
in the League for the Donovanites to down.
IL ended the first series at home of the long
list of games to be played at League Park
Owing to the poor schedule made out by
Nick Young early in the spring. the ST:
Louis club will be Idle to-day. This will
She the. second Sunday that local fans have
been cheated ont OF a game this season.
Mr.. Young cannot tell what clubs are going
TO be the greatest drawing cards when he
sets his seal on the seasons programme.
II he could St. Louis would have all the
Sundays and holidays at home with some
of the good clubs as opponents, Brooklyn
viii play In Chicago and New York in
Cincinnati this afternoon. As the Philadel-
phia and Boston clubs Will not play Sunday
games. there is no Chance In those quar-
tiers to stir up d contest. Pittsbure refuses
to make tho long jump to ST. Louis for a
single gams. The Pirates are wary OF the
st. Louis club. now that the League race
has become SO warm. The Dreyfusites were
offered q goodly sum to make the trip for
the first Sunday ST. Louis was without
game, hut they admitted that the hard
travelling would injure. their pennant
chances especially with the st. Louis club
to beat between trains.
Manaser Hanlon and his Brooklyn cham
pions Will open a series of three games at
I &c arfIss Do III to-
The feature of the batting fest was the
work OF the Donovanites In the ninth In
ming, when the store stood IA to 3 In favor
unable TO land with any degree Of safety
on the slants of Southpaw White. the
Georgetown College .youngster. Three sin
errors Melted the home club seven runs In
the last period of the contest, IL Il might
be called such.
Desperate, but Fraitless, Rally.
Then Donovan. Burkett & Co. figured
they would make the greatest grandstand
finish In the history Of baseball and over
come the burdensome advantage Of the
Quakers. Jimmy Burns, who opened pro-
ceedings In that inning by patiently wait
ing for four wide ones. stealing second and
coming home on bingle, was not allowed
time. Childs was sent UP to turn a trick in
the emersency. but he failed entirely. Bur-
ken ended the inning with a strike-ont. II
the early innings on Harper's delivery the
last inning would have carried the day for
the St Louis Club and placed It in second
position In the pennant race. It was great
rally, but was started too late
Harper was taken out in the fifth In
ming. after six runs had been scored on the
heavy work of Delehanty and the other top
notch hitters of the Quaker aggregation.
Sudhof played the part OF target for the
balance Of the fifth inning. and two more
Phillies trottet over the pan.
Chauncey Fisher attempted to check the
terrible slaughter of horsehides. and I'm his
two innings on the slab the Quakers added
four more talltes to their already large
score-one In the sixth and three in the
seventh:
BURNS Made Good Impression.
Jimmy Burns the AshtabuIa midget man
aged to last through the ninth inning. The
record for the inning follows: Thomas was
passed on balls: Mailman flew out to Held
rick; Delehanty singled and was caught try
Ing to stretch the hit into a double: Elmer
Flick tripled to left, scoring Thomas VOL
verton was hit by a pitched ball. There was
80 much speed to the shoot that the Quaker
game, Barry taking his place.
Jennings was retired on a pop fly to Wall
lace. In face Of the fact that three pitchers
| had been knocked out of the box by the
Quakers and that II WAS Buns's initial ef-
| fort In fast company, the performance was
by no means a bad one. Burns appears to
be good one.
st. Louis scored two runs in the fourth
inning on a pass TO Mcdann. via the short
ribs route, singles by Padden and Wallace
and a wild pitch by White.
A review OF the runs scored by the
douSIes and triples. interspersed With
passes and one Wild pitch. that by Sud
The story of the entire game in a few
were ali on color for the day and the
Quakers we're hitting like flends. The
l score: