The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-04
VICTORIOUS TEAM
At HOME TO-DAY.
Donovanites Will Play Two Games
Against Philadelphia at
League Park.
HARPER AND POWELL TO PITCH.
Blond Youngster, Who Leads the
League Pitchers, Will Twill
This MISUNDERSTANDING
Is With the Quakers.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Yesterday's Games.
Manager Donovan and his victorious oall

Manager Donovan and his victorious paIl
tossers will step off train this morning
after hot and tiresome ride of thirty
hours to play two games against the Phila-
deiphia club. plus Hughey Jennings. Tho
DohoVanites have played the best baseball
OK any club In the League during the last
three weeks. and the holiday crowd at
League Park to-day is expected to sufpass
the attendance at New York on Decoration
Day. when over 10000 fans went through the
turnstiles at the Polo Grounds.
1t cannot be said that any st. Louis team
ever did moro to earn the admiration of
the half-hearted fans at this stage of the
season. A travelling club could hardly i'm
prove on the showing Of the tribe of Dono-
van IN the East during the last invasion.
Patsy Donovan, unfortunately. has been
out OF the last six games. He Is expected
to return to right field this morning, and
order. '
The two Jacks, Harper and Powell. will
be on the slab in the games to-day. Harper
VIII ofhciate this morning and Powell this
afternoon.
The Philadelphia club has shown a deal
q Improvement since the first series the
2uakers played In St. Louis this season. At
Jennings's release was purchased after con-
siderable dickering with Brooklyn. and len
nf mn =. as well: The latter is now on first
is in left field. This enforces the temporary
retirement Of Jimmy slagle. The latter
seems to be dead weight now, but he was
counted one Of the Corners Of the country
last year.
With Harper and Powell to twiri to-day
the fans will look for double victory. but
out to the locals by the Quakers on their
for any team. and St. Louis has found
Just when Burns and Fisher will be given
their try-outs Will not be known until Man
Donovan is not taking any chances right
now. He will hardly let Burns or Fisher
pitch while the steady quartet continues 10
carry the club to the top Of the pennant
The team will be given warm reception
at League Park this morning. and again
for his share. and the FIRST batter viii get
| good measure. indeed. Jesse Burkett de-
serves a deal Of credit for the manner in
which he handled the team during the All
sence Of Manager Donovan. The illness Of
outfield. but 1t took brains to make up for
Ing, apparently.
Burkett stepped into the breach and, with
commendable pluck. carried the team to
victory in four Of the six games played
under his leadership. The men played ball
under him. and those who were forced to
jump from the chest protector and mask to
catch high hys out Of clear skies worked
as though they had never played ball ex-
cept in the outfleld. Jack Ryan and Arthur
Nichols have given evidence Of an ability
and willingness to work overtime while
with the st. Louis club that insures them
more than their positions on the team.
The morning game will commence At 10
o'clock and the second contest at o'clock.
Sammy Strang's batting and fielding av-
erages have fallen of terribly in tho last
three weeks. Some critics claim that he
was going far beyond his speed. Maybe he
was. but no man ever held the honors with
| the bat or in the field when called upon to
| play every position on the team within a
month. strang is a wonder to stay up al
well as he has.
Kittredge continues to excite wonder by
his good catching and batting for the Bos-
tons He is one Of the few examples Of
ball after his Punishment and return than
he did before he was sent to the minors.