The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-14

Willie Mills. slight young man who
halls from Schenectady. N. Y. made his
debut in fast company at League Park
yesterday afternoon as the slab artist for
the Giants.
He was opposed by Eddie Murphy and
1900 fans left the grounds saying: "I told
you so.' when the final score of to 2 had
been hung up In favor of the Donovanites.
Three home-run drives of the cleanest
type were made in the game. which devel-
oped the character Of smuggling bee for
st. Louis in the sixth inning. when Bobby
Wallace led off by driving the ball under
the bulletin board. Eddie Murphy put a
rev leather in the same place. while Patsy
Donovan was satisfied with triple and
Kruger and Burkett with singles. All these
hits Melted four runs.
George Davis dropped the first ball pitched
to MIN into the tight-tield bieachers for the
circuit in the second inning.
The Giants played really yellow ball, and
must have made Pitcher Mills wonder how
they had managed to stay SO near the top
for the last three months. Mills received
rank support for the tlrst few innings, both
in the rield and on offensive WORK. He
seems to be clever twirier who may have
made his record of sixteen consecutive VIC
tories IN schenectady on his merits. But
wnen van haitren ana McEriue gave Tue
opponents hits on easy outs, Mills lost his
nerve. he lined double into right center,
and Warner. who had replaced Bowerman
behind the bat, could only go from first to
thru on the hit. ALI in ali, Mills has rea-
son to complain against the work done be-
many games for the New York club.
Though Mills could not win his game
with the poor support. he would hardly
have Won 1t if the Giants had played per-
feet baseball all the way. Eddie Murphy
was in the rare form which has now won
him his last four games. Murphy held the
n Ia 4
of any description. He was backed up by
some very heavy hitting and fattened his
own sticking average. which has grown to
single and homer, which netted two runs.
Murphy was forced to pitch good ball.
McGann and Heidrick were out of the
ceived on Friday, and Mccain because of
sickness. Nichols held forth in the center
suburb. but did not have chance. Bill
ner in a creditable manner. When called
upon for a sacrifice in the first inning
Schriver laid the ball down so cleverly that
poor baseball on the part OF New York which
allowed him to be helped along some. Bob
by Wallace sent the ball to left field for
two bases. while Padden scored.
Davis's homer gave New York one in the
second.
Burkett certainly earned his way around
the bases in the third. Jesse hunted per-
He then stole second and followed up with
another steal to third. He came in on Schri-
ver's long fly to right
kruger's triple and Ryan's long fly gave
the locals another in the fourth. Added to
the four runs made in the sixth, St. Louis
had grand total Of eight.
New York tailed once in the sixth on
Warmers single. Mills's double and a drive
Of Van Haltren's to right field, which
looked like another homer. Patsy Dono-
van made nice catch of it and held Mills
at third. though Warner had gone in.
New York was crippled up some yester-
day. Bowerman was injured in the first In
ming. while Burkett slid to the plate and
stayed in the game until the fifth inning,
as Warner complained of the heat CAMEL
was out and Hickman was continued at
first.
Eurkett's record in the game was: Three
times at bat, three runs two hits and two
stolen bases The score: