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

- TIE week Just closed will be a memorable
ion0 IA the baseball history Of st. Louis.
MTDonovan, Burkett & Co. returned 10
League Park after one Of the most glorious
ertr1ps ever made by any team. The firm
was given q welcome fully equal in warmth
ditto the merits Of the work In the East. On
ssthe morning OF the Fourth the St. Louis
club was greeted by the largest crowd that
lever attended q morning game. Fifteen
Thousand fans scorched on the bleachers
and ia the grand stand to see Harper down
the Quakers. In the afternoon Is.oO Wit
messed the best game OF the season on the
lmlocal diamond up to that time. The total
attendance Of 5000 surpasses the record OF
@the season. II not of all seasons. Those
eJfhns thought they would never again see
plnuch q game as was pitched by Jack Pow
ELL for st. Louis and Orth for Philadelphia
ann Thursday afternoon. Yet the very next
Hay Eddie Murphy and "Red" Dcnahue.
hem an exhibition in the twirling line
which discounted the work of the Powell
prth and Harper-Matthewson games. The
Club n tads Is os a p Tn the oy ene
None Of the Eastern aspirants nor fanat-
deal fans OF Pittsburg can deny 1t. The
It Is setting at present."
q Il seems that the team cannot only keep
:up the fast gait. but improve It.. Donovan
has been out of majority of the snappy
sE1mes played in the last two weeks. Leav-
ling the managerial problem out of the
bent Improvement over any of the utility
5nen who could be placed there. Arthur
Nichols work In the right suburb has
been all that could be asked Of him. Yet
Thufsday's loss came through his lack Of
experience on fly balls. It seems a shame
cthat Nichols should be a debtor for any
by the ST. Louis club to catch And he GER
tainly earns his salary in that position.
Al q batting and fielding catcher and base
!. runner he has few equals and no superiors.
Nichols was more disconsolate over the re-
knlt Of the afternoon game on the Fourth
4han any one else on the grounds. He real
41ed th1t he might have caught the fly. He
Gried hi0 best. He has won enough games
Tor the club with the bat and with his
6iever throwing to base. to make up for
more than one lost cor.est. 1t is Nichols
fnisfortune to be a great all-round PLAYER
Chat gave him case OF the blues Thursday.
81. Louis club would be in a bad way to All
Ehe vacancy In right field and the catching
Department would be weak one, indeed.
The regulars are playing the game for all
fhere is in It. Some OF them have had
dheir stumps during the winning streak.
Ryan II not hitting click on earth" The
ans have come to look upon his turn at the
pal as an out. For while this season Ry-
an DATED heavily, and he will proba bly,
ome again at an opportune period in the
remnant race.
Otto Kruger has been on IN his fielding
occasionally. but his timely hitting is rec
Empense Tor many errors. Any pitcher on
ne team VIII overlook Kruger's mechanical
tnisplays and thank him for the hits which
pave pulled them out of rut time and
Bobby Wallace and Dick Padden. along
IN McGann; have shown gingery ball for
me last month. Padden never overlooks
opportunity to put 1t on an opponent
kegitimately, and his success borders on the
fnarvelous va '"e
Jesse Burkett is the .ripe. red reac,- ~
1nem ALL Jesse's batting has caused many
p waSer that he win lead the League with
He stick this season. The fact that Billy
veu this year makes the fight for sticking
eoners doubly interesting. Each man led
ne Lesg1e two successive &c years. For four
he honors between them. Now il is a
ksht between them for 1901 figures Bur
~ - neiding faster than any other left
fefurn throws have held many doubles, and
Z e1 trigles: to singles in the last two
nd the way he fights for every point
game 10 good to see Burkett does not
tryus on points where there is no question
item the case with the old Cleveland
ku1cn. ne does not worry an umpire UNI
essSsesiSa s s any mo more When he makes a
tn0 the umpires have grown to respect his
kh5ections more of late. Burkett has shown
lnas ne has managerial ability. and his
Eot1 win the club has allowed of no criti-
tam during the absence OF Manager Dono-
The genial p. J. will return to the game
nie week. and everything will be in run
ING :. Sr1er again. with the possible excep-
e are doing good work. and the club has
nmned to third place with only four. Muir
asS e earned e hsra regular turn and nd, will
ed Ssainst those clubs against which he
q always been peculiarly successful It
oubts that may arise about the St Louis s
"a e, wil retain seven pitchers and Burns
% EFFORT to suppiant one q the regulars iSns.
ye1ther may be successful. II both should
m out some one will have to go. Just
m only be solved through the work OF
11her and Burns.
n&ttng for three weeks. has fallen OF
hnet lamentably with the stick. His work
TIE neld has not been good by any
knsatonal eleven-inning game for Eddie
k1fphy with his three errors. On the East
m trip he made misplays with remarkable
hgular1ty. That Heidrick is about the best
Inter delder In the business has never been
estloned even hy pessimist Heidrick
!py Gut 2. f nf,no ana 70 that ih gives St
With Heidrfck on color, Donovan out of
10 game. and the team continuing to climb
6npen when Donovan dons the " spans M
nd Heldrick regains his batting orbs and
2Hblo fielding legs and fingers.
EThe prospects are bright, yet there is but
ne man connected with the st. Louis club
no has Sufficient confidence IN the team to
Iedlct that the pennant will be flying at
kandeventer avenue and Natural Bridge
"a next season. B. g. Muckenfuss says
- Louis win win the pennant He has
= acquired his supreme confidence on the
renkth Of the whining streak OF the last
kr1e weeks. Mr.. Muckenfuss made the
ketement just after the fire which de-
1Uyed the grand stand at League Park
Nay { It Is good to see some one who
- the courage OF his convictions. The
st that the players do not say they will