The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-17
CARDINALS open
WITH A VICTORY
Donovan and His Men Celebrate
Their Return by Another
Defeat of Brooklyn.
WIN BY DOUBLE FIGURE SCORE.
Five of the Ten st. Louis Runs
Scored in One Inning-Dono-
van Makes Great Catch
in the 0utfield.
STANDING OF THE CLUES.
YESTERDAYS GAMES.


The Brooklyn team is playing its fare
well engagement in St. Louis, and there
is sorrow in the Cardinal camp. Not be-
cause the visitors are feared. but because
Of the regret that the Supe-bas cannot play
the season out here, for in the National
League there is not another team that is
so willing to help the Cardinals to a high
berth.
The Superbas stay here only three days,
and about all they expect to 10 is to stay,
for long ago they gave up hope OF winning
any games here. rroodb.y the hApples.
moment Of their visit Will be when tney
board d train for another cline.
Yesterday at League Park the Cardinals
celebrated their h,me-ct ming by taxing
the Hanlonites into camp by u score of IL
TO 4.
A warm welcome was awaiting the Dono-
~vanites, ana as they took the field each man
was accorded hearty applause. linen they
proceeded 10 jump on the crippled visitors.
Not content with victory by a narrow mar
gin, they bound and gagged the opposition
and won the game as they pleased.
For two innings Brooklyn led, but after
the score was ued they didn't look good.
TIE sixth inning left no doubt of the re-
suit and the beIls again toiled for hanlon.
That victory wiped out in part the sting Of
three straight defeats at Brooklyn.
hughes in Poor Form.
Jay Hughes must have had a berth over
the wheeLS last night, Tor he was as IN
steady as a one-legged man on a tight rope.
Frequent applications of Il new broom to
the plate didn't seem to help him in locat-
thrown the ball, for his poor control kept
HuShey Ahearn bobbtng around behind the
bat like a cork in the surf. Whenever
Hughes accidentally put one over the Car
dinals generally smacked it and the hits
came at the right time-thirteen of them.
In the Cardinal intrenchments, the ONeill
battery kept up q STEADY fire under wnicn
the visitors melted like Ice cream before a
pretty giIl. Dnky pop flies seemed to be Il
RrOnGlVn CpppIaftU and tho fnialIare had n
merry time eating them up. A few drives
got out TO the suburbs, but those that staid
Smoot distinguished themselves by spec
tacular catches
The absence of Jimmy sheckard and
Charley Irwin from the Brooklyn outer
garden opened up a gap in the Superbas'
ranks that was responsible for several st.
Louis runs. Eddie Wheeler made a stab at
guarding the third sack, with poor success.
Tom McCreery tried as an outielder, and
Charley Farrell assumed initial-sack re-
and Flood, the visitors made a sorry show
ing.
Visitors Lead at the Start.
In the first inning Keeler's men went out
like a bunch of lights on a single circuit.
In that round the Cardinals looked as good
as government bonds. but after getting a
out and Kruger failed to hit safely. In the
second, hits by McCreery and Farrell. Bar
GAYS error on Farrell's hit. and two outs
Donovan ,sprang the most sensational
piece OF fielding seen in may a day, by a
oare-hand eaten of Hughes's long hit to
right. After two funerals in thar inning.
the Cardinals came back with a tally. Mike
Neil walked and Brashear Slammed the
Wheeler's low throw and O'Neill dashed
Tor home, while the Duke of Marlboro was
chasing the leather. He hit the dust lust
as Ahearn received FarrelPs belated throw.
and was safe.
\ suPerbas slowed away another tally
IN the third and would have made it two
Dut Tor 2mOnt'S sensational o.t,,a -
Ahearn's short fly. Keeler's liner was
knocked down by Kruger. but that was ali,
and a passed ball put Keller on third.
hruger's low throw on McCreery's hit
scored the Brooklyn captain.
Ine last half Of the third brought the
cardinals to life, or, rather, put The Su-
perpas to sleep. Dahlen cut loose with a
pao throw to first on Barclay. who stole
Flood; Jack FsrreI's hit scored him. kru-
ger lined at Flood, who fumbled but re-
covered IN time to give the Duke of MARI
throw. which paid for FarreiTe transporta-
Ion TO the plate with the tying run. loom
70 scored from third on Hartman's fly
Lovely bunch of Five.
doSrD tnerS Mike and John then settled
enth inning the Superbas collected goose
eggs; That bunch of three gave the car
SS L i a sllght edge; but IN the sixth they
Melsneo anchor on Hughcs's sirshiD. halted
around and then some, and out Of a buncS
OF SIN safe plunks and a Brooklyn misplay
pagged five runs and the game
Kruger led the assault with a line drive
~ iIsht ana hartman sacrificed. The SUI
perpaS Ialed TO embrace the opportunity.
u ratner hughes did, for after casting
his optics around the bases he sbfed as
leather over F%arrelIs head. and the Pm
gonaster got a life. Jack O'NejE .r.cIad
the leather to center for three bases snor-
iing the leutoH pair, and trotted home on
MS brotherS one-b1Ser to center.
Those three runs were over the nIa+a bo-
lore me nrst out was registered. Rrashear
GroVe out a save one and Smoot sacrifce,j
tBarclay 8 SLOW boundsr roamed AROUND in
the fnfeld and lodged Dahlen. while ME-
oNeiil scored. "Deerfoot'' advanced on
Donovan's single. but Farrell forced bIs
commander at second. the out scoring
Brashear. Kruger declined to start ON ths
rounds again and Dolan dragged down ~.
sky rap for the last out. ms
Grand Larceny on the Rases
That hiring practically settled the game
but in the eighth Barclay won a few ha,.''
quats by stealing his way around the cir
cult and scoring on the effort made To sion
him. Two obituaries had been Oosted
when Barclay man!cured Hughes finger
on the next ball pitched, annexed another
base
AherE's throw to Wheeler escaped and
Barclay made a break for home. He
looked like = subject for the coroner. b1t
McCreery's throw never reached Ahern
being stopped by contact with BARCLAYS
anatomy. Hughes scored the last run for
Brooklyn in the seventh when he opened
with = two-bagger and scored on Keller
clean hit into left field.
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