The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-21


One Heydon. a young Hoosier recently re-
cruited from the minors for the receiving
end Of the new battery of the Donovanites
made good with 5000 fans at League Park
yesterday. and incidentally saved the Car
dinals from a kalsomining in the deciding
game with Boston.
The young backstop. who has done little
work with the locals as yet. went to bat
in the seventh inning, and to the surprise
and delight Of the rooters, landed on the ball
fair and square. Before Hamilton picked
the leather from under the bulletin board
the young man from indianapolis had COM
pleted the circuit, driving Nichols in before
him. nus scoring the only runs that were
hung up TO the credit of the locals yester-
day.
Although disheartened by the runs the
Bostonians had piled up in the first three
INNINGS Donovan's men worked hard for the
victory. After Harper had been forced to
retire from the slab, Willie Sudhon, the only
available twirler on hand. was thrown in
under the same circumstances which put
him in the game Thursday. Before Sudhctf
get the proper kinksfn his wirls. the Beam
caters slammed out more runs. IN the last
three innings, however, Sudhoff dished out
ciphers to the men from the East.
HeydOn's Terrific Punch.
When heydon gave the bali that terrific
punch the Cardinals braced up and played
erroriess ball. and for time 1t seemed
as If the locals would at least tie with the
Bostonese htters, even though the handi-
cap was great. Hope sank in the fans
breasts when Slagel gathered in three high
ones in the eighth. but rose again when
HeydoD walked to the pan, amid the cheers
OF the rooters and placed a clean single
out to center. Then 1t died with groan
when Sudhoff flied to Moran and Heydon
died on Second.
kid Nichols. the erstwhile Kansas City
ball tosser. showed up well in the box for
the Bostons. The nonovaMtes touched him
up Tor seven hits. but were unable to bunch
the same. The Locals Popped up many easy
ones, which were gathered in with little
trouble.
Bobby Wallace again drew his full share
OF the applause from the fans The BoS-
ton,ans made him work hard by slammins
about every other bail somewhere between
over Wallace into Jesse Burketts territory
and just out of that heavy hitter's reach.
At At that. Bobby put stopper. on several
Hamilton's vicious liner In the eighth
evoked mighty and prolonged applause. The
pau was good two feet over his head and
s aamlion lined 1t out for first only to stop
in Wallace's glove. after the latter had
MADE an accurate spring in the air. In the
a nd 10 PED up hot from
scorcher from Longs willow
In the ninth he participated in a double
pay. stopping FOUNDER from Kittredge and
passing the ball to Padden, who retired
Long, and by a quick throw caught kit.
redge at the initial sack. His fielding record
Tor the game was six put-outs and six as
sists. with no errors.
BeantOwn's Ball-Swattinr.
For the Bostons. Demont, Long, Hamil-
ION ana Lowe swatted the horsehide hard,
Demont and Moran put high ones where
sne neiders could not reach them and there
py scored home runs. Out OF nye times Mt
pat Hamilton registered three singles and
a triple, and brought in two of the runs.
Siagle was not quite up to his usual batting
form. but he did good work in the right
garden. In the eighth he registered TIRES
consecutive put-outs on long files from the
pats OF Padden, Mccain and Wallace
Inc Bostontans gathered nice bunch of
runs In the third. Harper was easy. and sent
up nothing that the Fasteners could not
solve After making wild throw to Pad
Den in the third. which allowed Hamilton
TO annex the third sack and left Lowe camp
ing In Padden's territory. Harper s,nt up
one one, which kittreage dropped out over Jesse
and Harper threw up his hands, Sudhoff
went to the slab. stopped an easy ane off
Moran's stick and duplicated Harper's wild
throw to Padden. Slagle lined the ball out
TO McGann and Moran was thrown out at
second, but kittredge scored These runs.
with Demonts homer rlie- in the inning,
Jumped Bostons score up to seven end he.
fore Sudhon got the proper twist to the
sphere the heavy-hitting Selseitcs registered
two more runs.
Otto Kruger and Jesse Burkett faced Nich-
OILS with thoughts Of home runs or three
thing sensational Although still dieting. Nc.
Gam and Donovan secured three i1its apiece
out of the curves which Nichols dished mn
The score: