The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-02

Matthewson will probably he turned loose
In an endeavor to take possession OF every
thing in sish; at League. Park. and he viii
have to fight hard To reverse the result he
obtained in his one attempt on the ST.
Louis diamond last year. when he WIS
properly hided by the team that WIS sup
posed 20 be In the hands Of one John j.
Mc,;raw.
As At will be the first chance the local
fans have had to see an Eastern team this
season, and the fact that IA new grand
stand will be ready for them. nothing Is
needed 10 draw "A record breaking week
day crowd, hut the statement from Man.
ager Davis that Chris MatthewSon Will do
the twIrlinE for the Giants. This would BE
too good II combination. as the fans are
anxious TO welcome Donovan's team after
that hard uphill victory OF an even break
in the East, Matthewson or no Matthew
son.
way through. not only for the team as a
combination OF ball players, but the
Messrs. Robson. who finance the "rGaniZa-
ton in the hopes 81 giving 81. Louis a win
ming team. The New York series seemed
TO break the ill-fortune in its every branch.
as the club took two out of three from the
League leaders. and also drew the largest
crowd that has attended "A baseball game
this season. Manager IIeIlbronner il au-
thority for the statement that over 5000
people paid admission at the Polo grounds
on Decoration Day. As IL Is "A Jtcent gate
at the American metropolis. the 81. Louis
team did not draw down "a cent less than
Sl5.0eo. and the sum was probably a full
$2..J over this amount. owing 10 the extra
charge for the grand stand. in which
standing room was at Il premium. Al any
time 1t is a pleasure TO see the local man.
agement successful. hut It IS especially
gratifying after the fire on May 4 and the
peculiar results obtained last year.
Heidrick had one of his batting fits
Thursday morning. and Manager Donovan
thinks these spasms are contagious. as he
himself contracted a case Of them In the
afternoon. The premier center fielder land
ed on Phyie's shoots for four safe hits IT.
five times at bat In the morning. and his
manager made the same figures in the art
.rnoon On the puzzlers Of Denzer and
Matthewson. This is tall batting. and. with
McGann going ar a faster pace than he has
yet shown In a St. Loui uniform. the local
squad should smash out many winning
games on the home grounds. With four good
hitters leading Off. and closely followed by
Wallace and Paddcn, the prospects are
CHEEKY. They are even more so. when II Is
known that the ST. Louis catchers have
been winding up the batting list with the
TuOSt tlIIlfi Nus VI AHt 'itfhN b''Ae.
Nichols and Ryan have both shown a ten
dency to get in a bingie when It meant a
run. and such batting is a scarce. but
mighty precious. variety.
Sandow Mertes gave Dave FultZ a turn in
the Athletics first game In Chicago. that
was the limit for low-down cruelty. Dave
was on first. and the next man hunted.
Isbel taking the play. Naturally. the batter
-. T~h,l anlA1 sha
ball. Dave had reached second. and Sandcw
told him that the hi; was foul. Dave looked
round. saw the other fellow walking back
from first. and toddled down the line. only
to be stabbed by the ball.
tn claim made by Max Ffeischmaun when
he recommended Barney McFadden to the
Cincinnati club. that he would make a COED
first baseman in case anything happened to
Beckley. is corrobcrated by Dick Harley.
who had a great deal 10 do with developing
the big pitcher: when I went to Villa Nova
College in 1895 to take charge OF the team
there" said Harley. "McF'adden was one
Of the candidates for the Hrst-base position.
and he played the bag as well as I ever had
seen 1t played. The other man trying for the
position was the man that had been elected
captain of the team. and he could not play
anywhere else. What struck me particularly
about McFadden's playing was the fact
tnat ne WIS " kduty dSt tHI'"ti, anu
one day ] induced him to try his hand at
pitching. He showed remarkable speed. had
a good curve ball and almost perfect ron
troll. That settled the frst-base question. 1
Immediately started Mac into pitching 10
one OF the catchers. and by the time the
team was ready to take the field he had
graduated TO be one OF the best college
pitchers in the East. That season ne was
invincfble. and he has been improving ever
since"
For wears certain teams IN the League
have been characterized by the peciliari-
ties Of some Of their players. The Bald
mores, for instance. were for some years
the most noted kickers that ever trod the
field. The old st. Louis Browns had the
reputation OF being the best consumers of
malt and spirituous liquors In the Amerl-
can Association. The New Yorks derived
their name of Giants from the fact that
for some years the team was made up
principally of unusually tall men. and so
on down the line. This season the team
managed by McGraw in the American
League has set the pace IN n new direction.
According to the reputation OF some OF the +,
persons on the team the Orioles have more
eccentric players among them this season /
than were ever gathered outside an insane
asylum team. First and foremost on the
list IL Crazy Schmidt. who for years has
Ipttu ItfpHii<Cu No Nnp nt' f"'>''s
in the business. Others who have almos.
equally good regulations in that direction.
and who are with the Baltimores. ARE Wal
ter Brodie. Mike Donlin, Cy Seymour and
one or two others of less fame. McGraw
also had ''Tacks" Lattimer. but he has gone
to the Western Association.
It is believed that the rule which allows
only the president Of the club to release
players+or rather, which makes releases
by the president only valid-was enacted
solely on the strength OF the action OF
Billy Barney. when he was manage of the
LouIsvilles some seven or eight years ago.
At that time the Colonies had. among
others on the team. a red-headed. freckle-
faced chap by the name of Jennings. who |
tried hard to play short field. but usually
made q mess OF IL. A scholarly chap by the
name OF Taylor also was with the team.
playing first base. Barney. who had Sc
lected both men. did not fancy either after
he had eeen both play for a while. and so
when the opportunity offered for n trade
with Baltimore of the two mel for N third
baseman by the name of Tim O'Rourke,
Barney Jumped at the chance. Jennings |
the renowned Highland Taylor. now at
torney for the Players Protective Associ-
alton. turned out to be stars OF the first
water. O'Rourke was a frost The rule
curtailing the power Of managers followed.
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