The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-04
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won the pennant while I handled It, We
got there with a crippled team.
Arthur Irwin broke his finger one day,
and II looked as IL everything was OF with
us. but he had the fractured dici; put up
in splints and STAYED In the game. In Those
days there was no such thing "a a bench
full OF substitutes. and the one or two ex-
ira men carried had Il hard time to break
reincarnation OF that old fighting. fire-eat-
Ing spirit"
Sam DUNCAN. the heavy hitter OF the
Washington American League team. says
he will bring suit against the Chicag so Ma
uonal League team for one months Ia
never released when sent 10 Kansas City.
There was Il months difference in the
schedules of the two leagues.
The number os lett-hand pitchers work
ing in the National League this season is
smaller than 1t has been for years. The
oli-time manager made concessions 10 left
hand twirlers that he would never have
thought Of offering 10 Il iich.-haii man.
Several years ago every National League
team carried AT least one ~southpaw. but at
the present time st. Louis is the only one
On the circuit To De without II left-hand
man. Theodore Brsiienstein, who was -e-
leased early in the season. was tire las.
southpaw Of the Cardinals. Such lsft-haEd
stars as klohedarz. Hahn. DOh.ny, NopS,
Thornton. Killen. Plat. Bowling. Dam
mann and m were looked on as
but now they take their places among the
ordinary run OF pitchers. Noodles" Hahn
OF Cincinnati easily. leads the lett-hand
men Ia the National League this year. with
Tannehil of Pittsburs a close second.
Harry White OF the Quakers has been bril-
liant. but cratic ut times, az has WaIdell
OF st. Louis and Wiltse are among the
southpaws who hunted new beIths :his sea
son. Brooklyn, by acquiring Newton, plnced
a single ieft-hand man OF the pitching san.
while Pit,sburg. with the recent acquisition
Of Dcheny. has two.
Sore and disgruntled because OF thsir
failure to more than break even with the
Cardinals on the recent series. the Pirates
returned TO P~ittsburg Wednesday. and in
interviews published I'm the Pittsburg news
papers gave lamentable excuses ior their
showing here. IL these publicly-expre"ssd
Intentions are To be taken seriously. the
D~onovani;es win get the worst Of 1t at
Pittsburg tomorrow. Needless 10 say. tne
locals are not scared to death nor do
they believe they will fare as eadly as mas
been predicted. Appended are some OF the
statements attributed TO the Pirates On
their return home:
From the PIttsburg Commercial Gazette:
When Patsy Donovan ard his team az
hall PLAYERS arrive here next @eek 10
pla- a series Of games with tha I1fates
they had better come prepared to DO
t.llltf III lIbNF NEso lhaA
because the Pirates are after them good
and hard TO get even for the rough treat
ment accorded the PittsburS players over
In the Mound City.
..Mnnagcr Clarke and n number Of his
PLAYERS arrived home yesterday afternoon
from 81. Louis. tired and weary AFTER a
iory. hot Journey. and filled with indisna-
don over the manner in which tEeE were
treated BY the ST. Louis players IN inc
series which closed on MONDAY Ihere y.
not A member OF the local team. Tho Is not
go II Donovan's men, and they giyo II
out openly that they will go after them good
and hard during the games here next WEEK:
and claim that they are Justified In their
! acton. because they are lucky TO get back
from ST. Louis alive ,
In all my experience on the diar,cId.
said Manager Clarke. 1 never went Up
against such work as We experiment. at -.
Louis. Donovan's men were out AFTER Inc
, series and weuld stop at nothiIs 70 s.in =
| point. They intimidated Umpire Brown ana
threatened to eject hin from me PARK II
the Cardinals were net given the close De
cisions, Jesse Bu.keit was me c, .Sa 2im
| mer and put him out Of the game Tor u
| week or more. and he went into Bi"Tsieid
| with both fists aud tried TO put hirn out;
They called our players some OF ths most
| abusive names I ever heard in order TO Set
! them in the air. On Monday they came
around and tried 70 square ;nas,e.s .nJ
! warned that they would be paid back with
interest. ,rs Don-
v Otdn mas Ietu CA1e- -
not try to hit Donovan. but merIy pesheo
| him away from the umpire
From the Pittsburg Post: - ,ra
"An the boys were IN good hufnor. anu
all were glad 10 have escaped with tneir
lives from ST. Louis. Manager clarke saI1
they were up against the torghess hiIo or q,
, PLAYERS were bound to win. whether py taH
| means or foul did not much bo.her them.
| They played the dirtiest kind OF ps.. as :
result of which several of tho Pi;;sorrs
I players. especially Bransheld. carried pam
| ful bruises away with them. BurSett paI-
| ticalarly DISTINGUISHED himself oy ms ulIts
| rlay. at one time deliberately running INTO
| Bransfeli. and then bringing down pom
| his fists on the first haseman's breast. nc
and the rest OF the ST. Louis PLAYERS ~,
Continually in DANGER Of being mobhed'
They had Umpire Tom Brown intimi9ats9;
and got from him all they asked: Wen.
4 ers that a day OF reckoning would come.
They will play here next week. ana i an
afraid. viii get the same dose they gave
to us at the hotel after Mondays game
but we turned our backs to them. Evsr
Rurkett cane along to smooth matters
over, but ! warned him to look out Tor mex
week. We've got them scared to death =
From the Pittsburg Dispatch:
Pat Donovan and his crew can expsc'
they come to Exposition Park. Tn treat
ment that the local team received at ~
Louis was shameful. Clarke said: TIT
playing 1 ever saw. Their whole ain
seemed to be to cause some injury o gu
players that would put us out OF the game
The attack OF Murphy on OConnor wa
unwarranted. jack did nothing to caus'
the assault on himself. II was a very cow
ardly trick. Burkett tried to put out Brnns
field. who Is ono of the most geltlemanl,
players in the League. by spikins him
Then McGann went after o'Connor and at
tempted to do the same thing to him. TIL
ST. Louis gang will be In Pittshurg sool
and they will have to look out"
Eccentric "Rube' WadGell. who twirle
a winning game against the Cardinal
Thursday, Is still in the fray, although b
caused to be noised abroad the news TIA
he would be cut OF baseball by August l.
According TO reports from Chicago "iiute
IS a disciple OF Izaak Walton. II Will y
recalled that Rube was SUSPENDED by VI
Chicago club some three weeks ago becaus
his conduct was not up 10 par. He stout!
protested his innocence. and finally cam
to President Hart with the story that i
had found that there was a man rnasquei
adirg under the name OF Rube Nadd
who was doing all the carousing for whic
5 he. the real Rube. had been suspended.
In order 10 make his case and carry col
! yictioa TO the Chicago magnate that I
had turned over n new leaf. Rube sVoi
, that he would be in bed every night Dy
{ O'Clock. 1t developed afterwards that II
: eccentric southpew kept his promises.
: further developed that on the nights VINE
; Rube hiel himself to bed and peaocl'
slumbers at : y. m. he got up at . ocioc
the following morning and bet"Ok hiHiss
; 10 some quiet spot and speD. the time UNI
? sunrise fishing.
; King bid" McPhee Is stin hunting 4,