The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-20
before delivering il. In the early part Of
Sundays game such a ball was called on
Taylor by Hank O'Day

before delivering it. In the early part of
Sundays game such a ball was called on
Taylor by Hank O'Day.
| The fans expressed genuine regret over
the accident which befell Tommy Leach, as
the little infielGer Is a prime fsvorite mere.
Still. as hackers of the Cardinals. they re-
joicde inwardly over the loss OF Leach TO
the Pirates. Leach's throwing arm was
put out of business temporarily by the IAN.
and his sprained tendon probably VIII not
alolw him 10 get in any more OF The games
OF the present series. Leachs relirenent
will leave a big gap in the ifttsourg IN
field. and there Is no one to replace ~ sA-
cept the extra battery men here with the
Pirates. 1t is more than likely that tho
Donovanites will find many a ~crevice
through which to send hits around the third
| sack. 1t certainly looks as if the Pirates
were in tough luck.
Donovar's catch of Ritchey's fly in the
fifth was a great piece of work. The pan
rcll well in toward the diamond. ana fats!
had TO do some tall sprinting. Just as re
reached for the IAN he stumbled. ne
clutched the ball in his bare hand. not more
than five inches from The ground. theh
rolled over, but came up with his grip do
firm as ever
Fred Clarke made one of the best throws
ever sent in from the ouTlcld IN the elSnth
inning. when HeidTiCk raped the ball. wei
over 20 the foul line fo- W. bases. Clarke
:pIinted ana made the STOP, and shot the
ball back u second. Ritchey stood on the
bag ana did not have To move an men. inc
ball setting IN MS lInl> as pSIItSlN as -
ii mad been tossed only two Ieei. Heidiich
had to Slide To get the base.
Hard luck in the sixth cut of a possible
run tor the Cardinals. Wallace had scored
Donovan on a clean single over Leach 5
mead. Kruger was expected TO make some
sort Of a hit. bat fOUled to thinner instead.
Fadden got a hard rap at the ball. put
beaumont glued llis bread hooks to IL. Nc
Gam popped up 10 Eitchey and Wallace
died.
Still another run of hard luck caused the
demise Of a man on third when a run
seemed imminent. Otto Kruger VINO slugged
the Lsil consistently. drove a liner through
fhlilipi in the eighth. when two men were
out. y wild pitch by Phillip got by I!m-
mer. Padden was at bat. Both Kruger and
Phillip seemed not to comprehend the sit
uation. and both stood stock still until Pad
den yelled to Kruger To streak IL. This OF
10 did and gained third while thinner was
rescuing the ball from in front OF the
grand stand. Then Padden dropped a foul
far over behind third and Leach killed kru-
gers chances for a score by smothering IL.
The catch by Leach was a beauty. and
Tommy well earned tire applause which he
received. The nimble little third baseman
fairly few back and just did get under the
ball. making the catch while running. with
his back TO the field.
There were several close plays and Hank
O'Day gave Pittsburg the best or II In
nearly every case. When Davis stole sec
Win 80 80 ~ aN> 49,
out on Heydon's throw to Padden, but
O'Day ruled otherwise. In the sixth Hey
don dropped a hunt in front OF the plate
Mike is no SLOUGH of a Splinter. and there
seemed no doubt that he was safe, but
O'Day called 1t an out
Manage Donovan announces that the
toss for to-day's slab work lies between
Powell and Murphy. In case the ~latter's
sore shoulder has rounded into shape. he
probably Will be chosen. Schriver may don
the big mitt. Schriver has been doing big
stunts with the willow. and his hitting Will
not he at ell amiss in the present series.
Fer Pittsburg Chesbro probably will do the
twiriing. The choice that Clarke makes in
regard 10 filing Leach's place at the third
corner likely will work. some changes in
the pitching order Of the Pirates.
Leach's home run was scarcely earned,
ard. had Burkett and Wallace played their
part rs they should. Ii would have Melted
Tommy no more than three cushions. The
drive was 4 low one. about ten feet over
Wa,Iace's head. and brought up near the
bleaChers. Burkett made two or three
grabs for IL. but fumb!ed. When he finally
did get II. his throw to Wallace was a poor
effort. ard the latters relay in TO the plate
was fifteen feet wide. Bobby IL not to be
blamed. as he had hut little time TO gather
himself for the throw.