The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-18

Tho vsek inst passed has brought but
little change in the baseball situation. both
.s regards the standing of the clubs ana
next years plans. Pittsburg is ihueeo
lucky. While the Pirates were resting up,
and later when they played at Atiahuc
CITY. Philadelphia and ST. Louis won anu
lost alternately. and at present occupy the
same positions and have nearly the same
averages as when they started the week,
ST. Louis has mad several bruising uits
during the week. The Reds. like the pro-
verbal worm, turned still farther Tuesday,
md administered an aggravating defeat 10
the Cardinals after the game had gone
twelve innings. And perhaps the most ag-
srayatinc feature was the fact that SUM
mel. who. since Joining the Brushites, had
failed to make good. won the game Dy d
combination Of good twirling and heaoy
work in the final innings OF play. IL was
confidently expected that the Donovanites
would pocket three, II not all, Of the games
of the series. but instead they had 10 play
strenuous ball to capture even two. IL was
figured that with Hahn's game disposed OF
the Ohioans would be easy marks. Conn
dence overreached itself and pride went be
fore a fall. Manager Donovan says tnat
Cincinnati is playing a first DIVISION article
of ball. The Reds took occasion 10 puhcn
the horsehide early and often, and what
their hits failed to earn was presented 10
them by errors.
sl.rap taken by the Cardinals. All save
Kruger wers more or less ir-pctent with
the stick The unassuming little third base
var : Ii was badly needed and brought
in 6eveTai needed runs After Ielting oue
q home run one day. Dick Facd,n failed 20
ccrnsct at all with the bail on the lo,.ew-
irg day. when any sort of q hit vc-.d have
passe. r winning run in IL always o"ines
hari wit. ST. Louis crowds 10 lose q .soJe.
AZ. il is almost ago1,.;1g when IL Is lost
ba.iLsn Ct the lack % i stinGy r.tle bit.
h..,- &, days rest the frayed remnanis Ct
the oi.ce proud Colts" Jolrneyei Gown tne
perisriner. took the DonovcniteS intc CanT.
Ner.i-. consistency is n jtwei, but coiis,s-
tent lcs':k is dimminy the iusttr OF TIE
Cardinals previous brilliant performances.
Before another week shall have passed in
to history, the resident aggregation Will
have met the mighty Pirates. who enjoy
lifting ST. Louis scalps above all other
varieties of torture. III past performances
against weak second division teams can be
figured as a reversal of the form of the
locals, the rule might work both ways and
Pittsburg would then be due to fall by the
wayside. The husky athletes from Western
Pennsylvania will no doubt fatten their
average on the series of two games with
Cincinnati. but the Cardinals have only to
row TO subject the Messrs. Robinsons to a
period of four days of large gate receipts.
Fans who have followed the game closely
for the past decade say that the Pirates
travel the downhill trail at a fast gait:
In other words. II the Pittsburg team
III u DSlIt thc iAdICc Z
good for them finishing well down in the
first division. 1t is said. and there is moro
than a grain OF truth In the assertion. that
Fred Clarke and his band ascend quickly
when the balloon cuts loose. A few con-
secutive defeats would be welcomed by
local fandom IL 1t would send Pittsburg
down the line.
Although Clark. lets no point go un-
argued that contains a theme for objec-
tons. it must be said in justice to him that
cha es,rg.. a., tk1 Df%tah.tr1 ponoro n,yafinO
Clarke as saying St. Louis was the worst
town on the circuit. that he had been glad
to escape with his life. etc: were largely a
result of the fervid imagination OF the
Pittsburg scribes. Clarke suffered as a re-
suit both in ST. Louis and Pittsburg. When
f Sar9in ,Ssv p hay = a,m tine recent rec man series frispa as
in the crowd as the Pirates. After that
first thorough beating administered the
f ponTvsh, tSa; tns d hat.sD.t of t the Pirates io1H if In
St. Louis were due to poor work on the
part Of the Pittsharg team, instead OF a re,
suit Of rowdy playing by the Cardinals and
browbeating Of vrnpires.
The knocking grew SO annoying that the
Pittsburg MANAGEMENT put detectives In the
bleacherS TO ferret out the offending ones
and to remove them from the grounds II
they did not heed warnings to desist.
,,n mne f presente wW IN re their last appearsnce
here. Wagner still remains at short and
covers his territory wonderfully well for a
man OF his bulk. Tommy Leach at third and
Claude Ritchey at second constitute a
strong pair. but Bransfeld could be i'm
proved on at first.
Mike Donlin. the Gstwhile Cardinal, has
a younger brother named Joe. who bids
fair :Iana r bs SssS%e' j Z :s sssl9sa i sss pr IN pfo ses-
son with the St. Paul team Of the West
ern League. q rather notable collection Of
.'sons Of veterans" including the younger
Eobinsons. and Walter Brodie's heir. he
Gently young Donlin has transferred his
affections to the Oxfordst on which team he