The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-27

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But for stupid inaction on the part OF
Jack O-Connor. the Pirates would have
seved up a bunch Of here collars for the
Cardinals yesterday. Complete and over
whclming was the revenge Of Schoolmaster
sam Lever for the snanking which his
curves were given by the Donovanites last
Wednesday. Pitching in splendid form and
backed by superb fielding. the Ohio peda-
gogue won his game by the score Of 3 to /
Base hits were as scarce as snowballs in
June when the Cardinals were at the bat.
and but for the single which George Bare
lay plucked in the fourth inning. Levers
performance would have ecualed that Of
Christy M~athewson's when he BANKED the
1901 Cardinals without a hit.
In nine innings Lever pitched 10 but
1wenty-eipht men. which means that the
Cardinals were retired as fast as they could
be put away in all but one inning. Lever
richly deserved the credit OF a shutout and
would have had il only for Barclays hit
and O'Connors sulky refusal TO chase q
ball that escaped him. However. the visit
ing twirler was more TO blame than O'Con-
nor. as he turned loose a pair Of wild
pitches just at the wrong time.
O'ConnOr on a Strike.
Digging the horsehide out Of the turf in
front of the plate vas too great a strain
on the temper OF the North Side Kin ana
after he had scratched gravel on one low
throw his feathers were rutfed- Both
pitching miscues came after Barclay had
poked out the only single Of the game.
Lever was watching first like a hawk. He
knew Barclays speed. and: fearing a stolen
base, he pitched a ball quickly and without
any particular aim.
II came in wide and after manicuring
OConnor's finger nails rolled of to one
side. allowing "DeerfOot' a clear passage
TO second. On the next pitch Lever again
offended, and the ball cTawled from under
OConnors pillow and bounded over TO the
Pittsburg bench. Barclay took advantage
OF that to go TO third. Chief thinner
jumped of the bench and lodged the hall
but O'ConnOr was wringing his smartinE
fingers and refused to bulge. Taking ad-
vantage Of the huke, Barclay cake-walked
afternoon.
Try as they would the Cardinals could
not work m any safe hits The Pirate in
Held covered every inch Of territory and not
q creVlce could the locals ind through
which to shoot bingles. Wonderful stops
and recoveries by Jimmy Burke and Claude
Ritchey chloroformed more than one we'll
directed poke Lever had two bases on
balls charged against him. but in neither
case did the Cardinals profit thereby. Bare
lays hit was the only break in the monot-
ony of the One-twO-th-ee show. The pair
OF passes were issued 10 Donovan and Far
Tell. out both were caught stealing and so
the Lever pitching eScutcheon was I'M
spotted except for those two wild heaves.
Some FAST Fielding.
44OIbh tie NDA lLAdA ltlllIg Wa NOT
free from errors, Stanley Yerkes was ac-
corded excellent support. Yerkes pitched
what would ordinarily have been a win
ming game, except for the ninth inning. but
the trouble lay in the lack of St. Louis
hits. HerkeS. himself. allowed one man Il
life by falling to capture an assist at first,
and Nichols dropped a thrown ball. Aside
from that the work Of both infield and out
neid was clean cut. Farrell and Kruger
handled their chances cleanly and the little
second baseman participated in three double
plays, starting a pair of them. His best
piece OF work was in the sixth. when ne
killed Burke's hot liner. which was travel
ing straight over second base, and turned il
into a double play.
Up to the ninth inning il was a battle
royal and the largest Saturday afternoon
of the season a~pplauded frequently.
\ bunch of three safe plunkS in the third
blossomed into a pair Of runs for the Wis
stors. With one down. Clarke spanked one
70 left. Beaumonts liner twisted free from
FrarrelHs glove and then Ritchey stung the
ball for a liner 10 left that scored Clarke
and Beaumont and paid for the OH Kings
transportation to second. Nichols snufsd
IannehilTs candle without any assistance,
snd Kruger threw Bransheld out.
The st. Louis run was registered In the
Fourth, as described above. That was the
one round in which the Cardinals thought
they had the schoolmaster groggy. Imme-
following his two breaks. Lever
passed Donovan. but the Cardinals chief
vas caught and pinched in the act of steal |
Several times after that it seemed that the |
Slrates would do business at the Plate. 5ut
"ALNhN1 AAAt chances uUIll /
the ninth. In the fourth the Pirates drew !
one hit and a pass from the Ierkes grab |
bag; but, between these was sandwiched a |
play and when Lever skied out to |
Smoot that chance was gone. The third |
play killed n good prospect I'm the
and in the sevnth Lever spanked Ihe 1
ball to right for two bases but was left. I
IN the eighth SmOot ran in on |
hard liner and just such plays kept both 1
down and brought the game to a
speedy conclusion
BrOwn's Gift TO Burke.
In the ninth inning the Pirates massed
and put a dent in the row of ciphers.
.urke's line drive was good for two bases
and scored Bransfield. who became a base
when Nichols dropped Hartman's I
assist. Wild Conroy drove a single to
eft and Burke was allowed to score through
The kindness Of one Thomas Brown, who
acted as master OF ceremonies. Barclays
throw came in on a nice bound for O'Nesil
and the Scranton boy fetched the bail i
around and gave Jimmy a punch in the
He was out by three feet and in trying
o escape ONeilFs solar pleSus detouTed
rom the path. and then didn't escape.
aoom Paul" kruger did not get a black
Smoot cut of O'Connor's punk fly. but it
vas an error of judgment just the same.
Homer could have glued his breadwinners
o the ball with the greatest OF ease. but
backed up so far that Smoot quit
nd the ball dropped safe. Lever popped !
o Nichols. but Clarke drove out his third
III to center. and Il put Conroy in the
Nichols retired unassist-
d and Donovan smothered Ritcheys drive,
CConnor and Clarke expiring en- the cir
uit.
The D~onovanites could do. nothing win
eeyer after that lucky fourth. While
levers record will stand as one OF the
Fanner pitching feats Of the year. the field
lg behind him left the Cardinals no
nance. Not a man WAS left on base. a
1ost extraordinary occurrence.
The score:
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