The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-02

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y. ]. Donovan and his tribe continued TO
break records last week with n vim when
gives more promise Of great victories 10
come than anything the St Louis team mas
done this season. not excepting the success
full record made against the Pirates Of the
Smoky City at the start Of the campaign
Jack Powell was jollied into his best efforts
in Gotham. and the way he proceeded 10
put "A kink IN the victorious career ~ one
Christopher Matthewson was a deii+ht 10
the hearts of the local fans. who. ny the
wav. are still legion. despite the tenacious
grip the D~onovanites have had On seventh
position for the last month
Powell pitched a great game in his trst
trip up against New York. and the same
must. in justice. he said for Matthe"son.
but the latter did not come back on Thurs
DAY as Powell did. Powell pitched all The
way and Phyle. who opposed him. was
taken ont with the score a tie. Manager
Davis felt that 81. Louis could not score
or his 'phenom.' late Of Bucknell College.
while the Giants would bring IN the WIN
ming run TO send the 2S.oCp fans who wit
ressed the game. home rejoicing. AS Pow
ell won the second game he twir!ed AGAINST
the Gothamites. ne really took the series
and gave the man with a record of eight
straight victories. another setback.
All the League cracks have had a chance
TO tie up with Mat;hewson. and that Powell
NGS Nv '41N tAt ~ Abo-n' mana aN@hE 1NNtA-
honors shows how the clever s.. Louis
twirler can go when he feels SO disposed
POWELL can always pitch that kind OF a
game in hot weather. II he Is joihed into
it. With Burkett and Donovan to do the
iollying and the team 90 play fast ball be-
hind him. Powell Is almost certain TO make
a deal better than $40 in his pitching this
Season.
lie could not. or rather did not. win half
of his games last season and the impression
gained hold on the enthusiastic that the
cX-boilermaker was addicted to the "one-
bad-innine" vice beyond recall. There was
too much pulling AGAINST the middle on the
team last season for Il man Of PowelTs dis
position. He must have every man OF the
irfield and outheld working for success In
every play or ne VIII have "one bad inning.
and possibly nine OF them.
With keister half-tryfng. as his playing
this spring would indicate, and McGraw on
the doubtful list. Powell was not there with
his best, and he could hardly be blamed.
1t is a strong pull. a long pull and a pcll
all together this year. and that lie the kind
of work that will make Jack Powell the
hardest man in the League to beat. He
never was a sensational pitcher. nor will
he ever be. but he is there with steady
work. and when the games he has oficiat-
ed in this spring are looked up. IL Will be
found that he has pitched winning bali in
every one of them He had more than his
share of ill-fortune in a few OF them, but
that element in baseball is usually pretty
well distributed on a seasons work. and
Powell will not suffer from it in the grand
total.
With Powell going right. Harper to he de-
pended upon for a gooily share of his
games. and Sudhof pitching fair ball. the
outlook is not so dark after all. Murphy
has pitched n couple of good games and
anyone who has seen him perform will be
convinced that ne has the making Of a
crack. He is a bit wild. but 1t is said that
Matthewson has let in most Of the runs
scored against him. with Wild pitches. II
was his base on balls which gave st. Louis
the winning run in the first game he lost
this season. A man who uses such terrific