The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-05-14

Just as the complexion of yesterdays
game at League Park had assumed a de-
cided Cardinal hue in the ninth inning a
yellow mist settled over third base when
Umpire Joe Cantillion knocked an impend-
ing score in the head with his official mall
let and gave the Giants an opening to forge
ahead once more. Though they counted
once in the opener. the Gothamites had VIC
tory wrested from their grasp just as they
were about to strew posies on the grave of
the rooters' hope, and it required an extra
inning and the safTron-colored decision of
Cantillion for them to lift their second
Cardinal scalp. Big Frank Bowerman threw
clods on the coffin in the tenth with his
timely three-bagger at the expense of Bob
Wicker. who pitched the last inning with
out a preliminary workout. The score was
3 to 1.
Cantillion's work has been decidedly Off
color for the last few days, and yesterday
he capped all previous efforts of his bur-
lesquo urnpiring by a decision that created
a stencil in the nostrils of lovers Of fair
pay: Had the proper verdict been given it
would have left a runner on third, with
Patsy Donovan up, and a score might have
resulted that would have won for the Car
dirals. Perhaps Donovan might not have
hit in the pinch, but he surely was enti-
tied to a try. The play to which the crowd
objected SO ~strenuously occurred in a SEN
sational ninth-inning squirt by the Cardi-
mas and just after the score had been tied.
Wicker Hits I'm the Pinch.
Roy Evans, who once wore a st. Louis
uniform. was in the box for New York, n
the Giants had doled out horse collars to
the locals for eight innings. The two first
men up in the ninth inning died easily, and
1t seemed that the end was the matter Of
only a moment or two, when Bob Wicker
went to bat for Yerkes after Nichols had
drawn a walk. Roberto slammed Fout q
pretty pr single oyer second that pushed Mich,
pegan TO rise ,'like the mercury in a st.
Louis Thermometer In midsummer. Johnny
Farrell was the man on whom. everything
depended, and after fouling OF a. couple he
hand and diverted the course Of the bau. Il
T The + iat iasky yDE glag fo so Tsrr ss,, and IN Nichols s,h
ing down to third. =
The Decision That Hurt. =,
Bean shot the ball in to .Bowerman, but
Niehois slid safely in with the run that
tied the score. Bowerman, as usual. got
mixed with himself. while, trying to put the
eau on Nichols. and he shot the leather
! WICKER plowed up the dust in a headlong
slide. and had the bag fully two seconds
before the ball was put on him. The throw
Wicker had made connection with the sack,
The crowd cheered frantically. and Dono-
van came walking up for & chance to win
for his braves by a single. but the cheers
Just then turned to roars Of disgust when
Cantillion ordered Wicker off the sack and
called the Giants in from the field. OF
Donovan was hiked back to the green
sward along with the rest of the bunch.
IT didn't take a double barreled field
glass to see that Cantillion had committed
a serious mistake. for the ~rooters, one and
all. and there were quite q few New York
adherents in the stands. declared them
selves In no unmistakable terms. Right
there was where the Cardinals lost their
grasp on the game.
The Tenth Inning.
As Wicker had batted for Yerkes in tho
Bob went to the rubber without any pre-
iminary warm-up. OF course. he had poor
control. and Jackson received four wide
Snes, Then came Frank Bowerman, who
mad been clouting the ball all day. Bower
man met the ball fairly, and it sailed far
out to right center beyond Smoot., jackson
easily scored and Bowerrnan chased him
struck out, but George Van Haltren, the
most reliable pinch hitter on the New
York team. scored Rowerman on a puny
ny. just far enough back Of third, SO that
neither Kruger nor Barclay could capture
II; Smith hit Into a felder's choice, and
Wicker's slow. work in handling the ball
allowed Van Haltren to go to second in
safety. and no one was out on the play.
Lauder flied to Farrell and Jones hit to
Kruger. who retired Smith at second.
That yellow decision of the ninth inning
apparently took all the starch out Of the
Donovanites. Donovan was an easy out and
Smoot and Barclay were retired in short
order.
The Giants scored in the first inning. Van
Haltren hit to center and stole second.
coming in on LADDERS tw%o-bagger to left
After that, until the ninth inning, neither
side warmed the plate. The Cardinals had
many chances to score. and twice looked
to have a sure thing, being retired on
double plays in both instances. Yerkes had
the best of it on the hit question up to the
time of his retirement. and pitched all the
way. through in splendid form. In fact, the
Cardinals went the whole route in good
style, the work. of the infield being almost
flawless. Blu though they apparently had
their opponents in a tight hole in tina last
inning. the combination they faced was too
much for them. The Giants. perhaps, they
could defeat. but not the Giants and the
umpire.