The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20
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While Jove was frescoinC n murky sky
with Jagged patches Of lightning. n Faith
full band OF weu-sheltcrad rooters At League
Park yesterday afternoon turned their eyes
to the east. cut Of which. visible between
flashes. marched 4 small but determined
band q bedra=GleI fans armed with life
preservers and umbrellas. Across the soS-
Ky field. led by a s.x-f1oter in. shirt sleeves.
advanced the little army. unmi-tful OF the
soaking rain. and while some threw life
preservers 20 the Cardinals. a small de-
tachmen surrounded Umpire Tom Brown
and effected his capture with the aid Of
Jupiter PIuvius, who at tia moment pulled
his rain valve open 10 the last notch.
over on the visiting bench a small flock
Of Redbirds percheI high and dry or the
topmost rung OF their roost. "a from un-
der the awning tho stentorian voices Of ST.
Jacob Beckley and Heinie PETIT made loud
protest against a cessation OF hostilities.
Between the rain and the rooters. Brown
was hard pressed. and he ClpitUlaJei At
the beginning OF the seventh inning, when
the score stood . TO l in favor OF the
Cardinals.
Graduates Of the Aquatic League would
have been in their element yesterday.
Starting in the second inning. the black
sky began 10 leak and kept it Up until the
spectacular climax. The Reds tried hard
TO have the game called after Blond BI.l
Phillips had ferr.ed four Donovanites over
70 first base for a net result Of two runs.
Then after the game had gone i've in
ninEs they insisted on It's ~caUIluuarce.
Fieldcrs Could Hardly BE seen.
There IS no telling what that seventh
inning would have t-C-Ehr form. Could
"Nank' GerEes have bored some thumb
and finger holes in the bail he might have
been able TO hit The grand stand with the
sphere, n outnelders We're barely visible
through a driving rain and had any bells
been lifted out TO their territory they
would have had to nave uss1 Held glasses
10 follow the flight q the leather.
over near first base . muddy current
Fwished about the feet of Arthur Nichols.
and while ~Groundkeeper Herman Fensky
was searching Tor a headlight to place on
that base. Nichols blew ms fO--ho-n long
and loud TO avoid the danger Of any Red
craft going % pieces on tie rocks.
Roy BTashear and Johnny Farrell lHCked
arms over second base and loatei with the
current while Dom Paul. Kruger. standing
on third base. looked like a maroonvG t-a.v-
eler on n ceSegs sland In the midst of the
sea The oltiClGers saved themselves by
tearing boards from the blsacher fence. up
on which they chung until the rOoter life
saving corps. came 10 their rescue.
Cyrus RuhhGrieg SzyuOGr wac At bat for
Ihs Reds when the "b}oT-ol' came. Cy.
celebrated his return % the National League
oy making three outs for the Reds: but the
1Ourth time ne came W the red lights were
shining behind the Something Doing
sign. the Reds probably wguil have been
at the bat Vet had il not been for the caDif-
Ulatiou Of Brown. Phillips opened M vi.S
a grounder to Farrell. johnny f-had il
out of the water and wiped IF th- mud
before tossing il TO first base. G:t PHILLIPS
proved a poor mUdder. and while he was
laboricUsly blowing his way down 10 first
10 his spiked shoes. Nichols picked the
soaked sphere out of the air and BIZ re-
tired.
Fine Sport in Aquatic~.
Billy BerEan got a hit in which the
weather was scored with m assist. Il
was a POD to right. which gathered "a few
drops of water on its journey AMI fell
SAFE IN front Of Donovan before the latter
could tack for a run upstream.
DopesS submarine torpedo was picked
out or the surf by Kruger. but Farrell
failed to hold the throw. Bergen could not
pun IN his sail and oyerrau second base. but
returned in safety before Farrell Giyed be-
meath the surface and came IN with the
ball. The Cy Seymour tucked W his trous-
ers and waded 70 the plate. While he was
second on a hit 20 the caimer waters he
yond the diamond the rain and rooters de-
scended On Brown and the game was halt
go. half an hour later, after the Reds AMI
Cardinals had nShel themselves ont of the
duck pond, the game was declared or.
Bill Phillips was the star performer In 4
farce entitled "Benevolence. and his III
crafty proved a milestone around the RaIs'
necks. Bill pulled out OF the first inning
all right. but in the second. when the damp
ness on the field became positively pro-
nounced. he was filled with pity for the
Cardinals. II really was Il shame to make
q man run TO a base, and Til let them
walk. He fer-iCd four of the Cardinal oil
Ernns over 10 BecklyEpont on the iour-ball
line. and that was his undoinS. His Eencros-
fly, coupled with a single hit. ca sed such
a congestion on the circuit that two II TIE
locals were compelled TO walk over the
plate.
There were no runs made. hut the two
watkins won for the Cardinals.
RraShear and Nichols were the pair that
benefited by the first two passes issued
during that inning. Farrell had previously
been embalmed on a ]Erounde TO Stein
feldt. Kruger fCuled out to the German
Baron and O'Neill singled. Yerkes drew
the third gift which forced Brashear in.
Phillips was badly ratified and when he
at last located the plate for a strike he
lifted his cap to Brown for calling it. But
Barclay proved a good waiter and when
he walked. Nichols tailed Smoot forced
Barclay at second.
The Reds Cancelled one run in the sixth
inning after having lost several good o9-