The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-20
BASEBALL NEWS AND GOSSIP.
All Games Resulted in Favor of tn
st. Louis Club Yesterday.

st. Louis Club Yesterday.
.-An games played by National League
the Donovanites. The third straight defeat
of Pittsburg by Brooklyn hauled the Pr
rates down few points, while st. Louis
climbed ever Philadelphia and within TWEEN
ty-nipe points of the leaGers by virtue OF
the success against the Beaneaters and the
downfall Of the Quakers at Cincinnati. The
Lot have much bearing on the league race,
but 1t IL Just as well that the Giants should
be beaten right along by the tail-enders.
They have habit Of returning to Gotham
and cleaning up visitors in appalling FASH
ION.
Jack Harper will be called upon to win the
odd game from the Boston club to-day. He
will have to bitch his best and do II for
nine full innings kid" Nichols will be on
the slab. and what that means was evil
cenced in the first game OF the double
header. Seeley's men are playing good ball
and are always troublesome behind pitchers
like Dineen and Nichols.
Big, good-natured Dineen objects strenu-
ously to the statement sent out from Pitts
burg to the effect that he had vept after
In which he had allowed them but four hits
and then lost on his own Wild throw to
base.
Christy Matthewson failed to follow up his
great game and was most numerically
pounded at Chicago yesterday. The LOTUS
made OF the marvellous Giant. They held
the high figures at ten safeties up to yes
teiday and then added two more to tho
mark. Pete Chi,ds secured nice two
Dagger In tie game.
cy Young got the worst of pitchers
Of the contract Jumpers pitched fine bali. =
Paddy Moran Was hit on the nose in q
mGst peculiar manner yesterday. The young
ROs tnnfan rhO IN ntayIN0 Fred Tsnnnv'Q
position. had taken a throw from Pittinger.
who wanted to catch Burkett mapping at
only to have the sphere thrown back by
the twirler. 1t touched the edge OF Mo-
rams. glove and glanced to his nose. which
bled from the force Of the blow.
Powell was given q couple Of busy In
nings In fielding. The second gave Powell
total nni Ss t%S ass and an
Long.
Bobby Wallace made another of his sen-
sational stops yesterday. and Il was over
second instead Of back Of third. He stopped
1 Dement'S graes-cutter fully eight feet 10
the right Of second. base and made the throw
on time.
Emmett Heidrick does not know just when
he viii be able to don the spansles. Held:
yesterdays playing wiped out the memory
Of Thursdays poor fielding. base running
and hitting. 49,
Cincinnati will do one-dAy STUNT at
League Park tomorrow afternoon ana the
fans fear the result: The Reds are not play.
. of coming to St. Louis and winning games
that the enthusiasts have become supersti-
tioue
To-day's game, will be ..for blood" In
deed. The tribe Of Donovan has not lost .
4 series to any club since New York took two
l n nm frfn Tn II a.,
and Manager Donovan does not propose &
let Frank Seiee leave town with the odd
game. Tho douhle-header played the mis-.
i real snap yesterday. and there e no rea,
con 70 believe that Il win not be continued
Pittsburg yesterday. lf tie st LcsiiD s6af
lost three straight what would fans say,
j But the Pirates have done worse: they have
4 dropped the last four games played. Thsy