The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-21
CARDINALS AGAIN DEFEATED BY HTTSBURG DROP BACK O FOURTH PLACE IN PENNANT RACE.

prime favorite. In the first four rounds
Murphy delivered blanks to the Smoky
ave to swallow a dose of their own medi-
cine. But Murphy is human. and his shout
der would not stand for tie continuance
turned the tide of hattie. and did it with a
vengeance. They hunted and flied. ground
ed and lined. and the crack of the bat beat
a sad tattoo on the expectations or the
crowd of $500 rooters. The Pirates them
selves forgot 10 look ferocious and chased
around the bases with smiles and derisiVe
laughter. Every man Jack OF them Scot.
hitting
The locals did not secure a hit between
the first and seventh innings. Burkett's rep
TO Wagner in the second would have been
an out had not Hans Wagner let the ball
slip through him. II WAS cont-nled that
the grounde should have gone as a hit. but.
although Jesse landed pretty heavily on
the hall. he knocked il well down ard II
lost much OF its force on bounds before II
reached Wagner. who succeeded in getting
his hands on the ball. but misiLdsed the
last bound just far enough 10 m - getting
a god grip on IL.
In the second there vas something dcirg.
Padden WAS grazcd by a pitched .iall @l.d
took his base. lie was forced ON second by
AicCiann's Rrounder To Wagner. leageT was
shown up at the third corner by a double
error. in which Bransfield played a part.
Murphy drove a grounder TO Irager. The
latter accepted his first chance nicely. hut
threw high TO Bransfield. Bransfield jumped
and caught the bali. but dropped IL. allow
ing Murphy to go safe. McSann. mean
time. was streaking IT down to third, and
Bransfeld returned the ball quickly TO
ieaser. ieager is not so handy with the
the throw go through him. McCiann scor-
ing Burkett then handed a grounder to
wagner. which "Honus' failed to gIue his
hooks 10. Heidrick ended the inning by a
fly to Beaumont Schriver having famed. In
the succeeding innings the Pirates made
the Cardinals walk the plank. and their
record for sha remainder of the m xxaS
q row of seven ciphers.
Pirates Jumped to Front.
The tale OF the fifth inning is almost too
sad to be narrated. In brief. it was Murphy
against the whole Pirate mob. Chief I'm
mer began the bombardment with a savags
crack to center. Heidrick let it fall IN
front of him, and then il nearly got away
on a high bound. Fred Clarke sacrificed
after another single by Chesbro. Beaumont
den; but that gentleman failed to connect
with the ball and thinner scored. Davis
gained third on a hit which, through
lowed him to gallop around to third. Ches-
bro scoring. Wagner poked the bail out TO
right, but Donovan felded it quickly: Davis
kruger. and Hans Wagner thought he had
a chance to purloin second. and according
y made the bluff. Kruger quickly tossed
down toward first. Bobbie tossed tine
ball to Mccain. and Wagner hastily
retraced his steps Mccain returned the
taking a good lead OF third. The cunning
Wallace beheld this out of the corner OF
his eye, and. while he pretended to be alb
sorbed in the prospective pinch Of Wagner.
turned suddenly and shot the bali to Eru-
ger. who nippsd Davis on the slide back
20 10 me me pase, II ,n Was the only bright spo,
gained second on the deal.
Even with two men out. the Pirates were
hide. Bransfeld poked out a hin 10 left
scoring Wagner. .Ritchey raped smartly
to the infeld and slow work allowed Brans-
Ritchey annexing the initial sack. Yeager
s seafkg sra 0ss 2 ss sT;nS to center. which
plate by Zimmer's rap. which was stopped
by Murphy for a third put-out at first.
Sixth q Repetition.
Chesbro had the locals guessing in the
NTH. A ~grounder to Wagner and flies to
Clarke and Beaumont tell the story. The
iittsburg. twirler came up afresh In the
sixth inning and went to first on a single
to left. Clarke placed one in the same
spot. and Beaumont singled, filling the
bases Davis followed suit with a rap to
right; which put Chesbro and Clarke across
mont home. and Wagner to first. With
three runs in. two men on bases and no.
Donovan He%s 9Gl' and ssfh pasis. s who hRd a sa aGns ~ third 1S
on Murphy,s bad throw to Mccain scooted
home ahead Of the throw. Wagner had done
some base encircling Of his own and was
able to cross the pan on Ritchey's single
to right. Wallace played with Yeagers
| grounder long enough for the latter to
entire circuit. On Zimmer's aerial rap TO
Heidrick. Ritchey crossed the pan and
Cnesoro, weary OF SO much work with the
STICK. rolled a grounder to Wallace for the
The locals were retired in the sixth like
an actor before a shower of bad eggs, and
Inc Pirates took another bunch in the sew
entn: Murphy was flying a signal of dis
tress and Fred Clarke, the first. man up
e caeuhea Of 'f isre oal rs on the Md PROPOSES = fnrI roT d ,ns
shot a questioning glance toward Donovan
The latter motioned him of the diamond
and gave Wicker the high sign. Bob DOTTED
his coat and after a few trial shoots went
to work. The Pirates felt the change and
! were retired on three little high raps. In
Otto Kruger lamhasted the ball out to center
for two bases. The toke might have been
good for more, but Lefty Davis made d
great one-hand stop of the hard drive. When
/ Padden raised a fly to deep right near the
foul line. a score was expected. but again
| Davis interviewed and. after doing a fancy
(, sprint which would have put a Spring ave-
nue. car to shame. jumped and with his out
stretched hand just did get his grip on the
| ball.
The last score of the Pirates in the ninth
was the result OF amateurish work. Two
men were out when Bransfield hit to left
When BSrket, finally recovered the ball
/ Burkett threw to Schriver, expecting Brans-
i field to make a try for home. Schriver
cldppe0 his mana on MS init, but the ball
was not there and when he picked II ur
| from under the shadow Of the grand stand
Bransfeld had completed the round. The
| score:
| PITTSBURG.
Alb. r. II. o. A. f.
4 SAdrkt. L y
| beaumont. CT. .-..------e Q 0
Davis. II -----. Y
| Ritchey, hb. .........s 2
] ieager. -. .............4 o /
thinner. c. .......-.---2 9