The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-07
W. A FOLEY,

W. A FOLEY.
Captain of the Christian Brothers baseball
team Foley plays center field on the ninc.
was opposed to Amos Rus.e. whose star
was then In the ascendency, and lost by
the score Of 3 to / In that game p9noyan
men will play three games here.
1t is not unlikely that Nichols will do
slab duty for the visitors to-day. He ex-
poets to work in one of the games, and IL
he doesn't pitch to-day Norwood Gibson
will likely do the twirling. Manager Dom
ply and Popp to-day. with Jack Ryan do
Ing the catching. Donovan expects Popp TO
give q better account Of himself to-day, as
he was hardly in fit shape TO pitch Satur-
day. when he was put in against st. Paul.
Wicker may also take his turn, as he Of
hciatsd in only two innings yesterday.
Vice President Stanley Robson of the To-
cal club says that he has no kick coming
on the dates assigned to ST. Louis IN the
National League schedule. The matter Of
was adjusted with less trouble than was
feared, and, on the whole, the Cardinals
appear to have been treated well.
President Frank DeHaas Robson is ex-
pected to visit St. Louis before the opening
OF the playing season. He will be detained
tant suit, and will probably arrive early
next week, Secretary Heilbronner will ac-
company him
BrasheaTs performance in left field thus
tar has been creditable and Donovan is
highly pleased with his showing. Brashear
VIII De retained. as he Is a clever infelder
as well as outfelder and his record of the
past W years shows that he ls fairly eff
fective as a punisher of the horsehide.
The wise Mr.. Donovan appears to have
known what hs was about when he picked
up the coiiegian Hazleton to do initial
SACK tusy' aazleton showed to splendid
came his way. His was no easy task. as the
inneidess have not yet got the range Of the
s slam rom ana sGme Emit Sf Their bs,t th ,Ss iby TsTs
to first base necessitated a pickup and the
colleg1an proved himself an adept at the
art
Kruger has improved and he played .
enappy game yesterday in the short field.
All OF his stops were clean ones and he APP
judging a bounding ball. His throwing was
asst and speedy, and with the prancing
Farrell he should be able to turn some neat
double plays at the second sack.
While he took good care Of all the throws
that came his way and flelded his position
Manager Donovan no doubt called his at
tention to after the game. In the fourth
inning shay was given a base on balls:
off a high one. which came down about
eight yards from first base. At the crack Of
the bat Shay was off to second. but mid
way between the bases he stopped. just as
the foul settled into Hazleton's mitt
TIT fact that Shay was in a tight posi-
ton was entirely overlooked by Hazleton,
who stood holding the ball without making
an effort to return to first base to complete
the double play. Shay took in the situation,
and Instead OF calling Hazleton's attention
to the error Of omission by making a dash
for the base. he edged in slowly. hoping to
regain. first base before Hazieton would
come back to earth. Kelley, who ran out
his foul. attempted to distract Hazleton's
attention. and the ruse would nave succeed
ed had not Bob Wicker ran quickly over to
the base and brought Hazleton to his
senses. Shay made a dash, but Hazleton
was quick to act when aroused, and tossed
the pail to Wicker Just in time to complete
the double play.
Charlie Sweeney, the once famous base
ball pitcher and the first man to a q
success OF the curved ball, died Thursday
OF consumption at San Francisco. In for
mer years he became prominent in Western
bail circles. and soon went East. where he
was an u~ndisputed star. One night after
his return to the coast he became involved
IN q row In a saloon and shot his opponent
He served a term In prison, and after his
release never enjoyed good health.
Frank De Haas Robson ms me e the