The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-15

baseball with any club member Of the
League. and that under no circumstances
snadI any club member nIass, OF H., this s.. N is5t ths
League as herein Indicated" Mr.. Brush
explains that this means that II a man was
wish him back. and that the expression
that recreant players would be black
listed - mislea ding.
Another player who deserted the National
League for the rival organization has been
given his tan days notice of release. This
into prominence two years ago on account
OF HIS work with Indianapolis. Scott was
and performed i1 creditsbly With iet the OH oSic ana.
Then he gave the Cincinnati fans a rude
Jolt 6y jumping over and signing with
which persists In staying sore. is the cause
for Scotts release. Unless the National
League maenates change their minds as
for a job elsewhere than in the big League.
Jack Powell is scheduled to go ON the
nrtng line to-day for the locals, while Chi
caeo may give the elongated Hughes a
chance to redeem himself. The Chicagos
were troublesome on the last visit here
ara this time come much strengthened by
the presence OF Chance in the outer works
and Jack Doyle. who alternates with Dex-
ter. at the first pillow.
From Chicago the native heath of the
PIPE artist. stories are emanating daily
A Amen sSe s posssi Sstfor OF Peace between N1s the
reviewed. the magnates OF the rival
leagues express the highest respect for
d dhfr Ttner: t ana discuss a settlement of
sioon- Then they retire into their offices
to instruct trusted lieutenants to keep up
has been placed In the Dreamer pipe. and
through the hazy smoke he sees a ten-club
League. q combination Of the American and
the National. As far as is known. there
Is no Stable foundation for Sfrpb a pra-
oiction, In case the rival organizations
reached amicah}e terms of settlement, the
all probability. include twelve clubs. All
OF the clubs on the National League circuit
with the exception Of Brooklyn probably
would be included in such a continuation.
Cleveland seems to have revived interest in
the game. and Detroit IS known as one of
me best fan towns In the West. On the
other hand, a twelve-club league circuit. in
Guiding Baltimore and Boston. might he the
outcome. All forecasting at this time is
mere guesswork and the airing of theories.
IL Is said that prophets do not live long,
ana II this is SO there should be a large
death list among baseball prognosticators
before next spring.
The race for the peunants in the two big
leagues has assumed several points of simi-
,aIi.y. In the American League. Boston
holds second place with a percentage of
.Stt; having won 81 and lost 40 games. Ex-
actly the same state OF affairs prevails in
the National. Philadelphia has won and
cans. st. Louis. however, is two points
closer to Philadelphia than is Baltimore to
Boston have been running nec~k-and-neck,
Boston leading by an extremely narrow
margin. Yesterday the Orioles lost to their
old enemies. the Senator's. and dropped be-
hind. At the head of the second division
clubs I'm the American League standing,
Philadelphia reposes with an aver
ond division clubs of the National League,
mas the same average. Boston has won
but q games and has dropped a. The Ath-
ietics have won 4S and lost IS. In the mat
Ter OF games won. the American topliner,
Chicago. leads Pittsburg of the parent
league by fourteen points.
Pitcher Bob Wicker. who has kept the
Dencn warm constantly since joining the
Sard,nals' something more than a month
Of that article of twirling which induced
the hobisons to pay a fancy price for him.
has been given a good long rest. is reputed
strong again. Wicker is certainly due. The
Donovanites have four catchers. but in the
last two games with Cincinnati only Schrf-
yer was available. Ryan was laid up tenn
porarily with a sore side: Nichols stopped
a hard thrown ball on the tip of a finger
game. Then he was switched to center
field when Heidrick's injuries compelled
that uniucky individual to retire. Heydon
was not feeling In prime condition, and thus
the work fell on Schriver. The local fol-
lowers OF the game would like to see Wick
er make Rood from the start. as the Cardi-
nails are in no position to experiment at
this time. Heidrick will be back in the CEN
ter garden to-day. Either Ryan or Nichols
will do the receiving for Powell.
The Brooklyn and Philadelphia teams
VIII lay OF to-day and viii have a chance
to witness the Cresceus-Abbot race. On
this account the gam scheduled for to-day
was played yesterday. Philadelphia opens
against Boston Friday. Donovan came near
throwing away the game for Brooklyn In
the first go yesterday. but, although he
was wild. he had all kinds Of speed. and
when he did get them over the Quakers
could not connect safely. In the second,
the youngster Townsend received q drub-
bing at the hands Of DOC" Newton, the
erSeW1d1o Cincinnati twfrier. II The ca.