The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-14
BOSTON EASILY WINS
FROM THE CARDINALS
Beaneaters Land on Curves of
Charlie Mcfarland and Make
Fourteen Hits.
SCORE is NINE TO FIVE.
Wildness of Pitcher Piatt in Sew.
enth Inning Frightens Bucken-
berger's Players, but st. Louis
Was Too Far Behind.
SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Boston. Mass. May 13.-McFarland was
presented by Manager Donovan as the
Cardinals pitcher against the Bostons to-
day and got bumped hard. He did we'll for
three innings. and then his arm got tired.
for he sent up slow ones which looked as
big as balloons, and which were clouted
very hard by the Buckenberger braves.
The Bostons mad fourteen hits. For a
long time it looked as If the St. Louis team
would not have a look-in, but in the eighth
they got the Bostons up in the air and
made four runs. which. with one scored in
the preceding inning, made them respecta-
Bile opponents. The Bostons were badly
scared.
Piatt was in the box for the Bostons. He
did well for six innings and held Donovan's
men 10 three hits. There wasn't even the
semblance of a run. In the. seventh Wiley
went up in the air and could not locate the
plate. He was also wild In the eighth. In
all he gave seSen bases on balls. but had
some fun with Brain. who was famed three
times.
BARCLAY SENT TO BENCH.
Barclay objected too ~strenuously to the
method employed by Piatt in pitching. and
Umpire Moran sent him out of the game,
Murphy taking his place in the last inning.
Barclay is reported sick: His fielding was
not up to his usual brilliant standard.
Farrell. in center field, gave a beautiful
exhibition of ground-receiving and accepted
Louis team is weak. though. with Smoot
out of the game and Burket az second
makes a poor substitute for Farrell at the
Manager Buekenberger decided on a big
change after the defeat suffered Yesterday
and put Abbat.cch'o at second. his Tegu-
sending Stanley to the outfeld; Bonner was
change worked we'll. Batty fielded well on
ter. Donovan and Carney found it hard
work covering right field because of the
glaring sun.
wILLIAMS'S BAD ERROR.
The Bostons made three runs in the fourth
sacrifice. Barclays muff of cooley,s hit. Nc
FarlanG's gift 10 Carney and Greminger 9
hit. They made three more in the afth
double by Cooley and a bad error by VIII
liams of Carney's hot grounder.
In the seventh the Babes made one. Far
rell walked and reached second on Kilt
ridges passed ball. Nichols also walked.
Williams forced Nichols at second. and, on
weaver's out. Abbaticchio to Te1ney; Far
lowed Piatt's single and Dexter's fly out to
center gave the Bostons' nun in the sixth.
In the seventh, the Bostons increased their
total to nine. after two were out, with
Stanley and Kittridge.
In the eighth the cardinals gave the Bos-
tons a bad scare. Brain walked. Barclay
singled. Donovan gave Greminger an easy
foul, but Big Ed muffed Il. Donovan raped
out a fine single. With the bases filled,
Burke was given a free passage. which sent
Brain home.
Farrell forced Barclay at the plate. but
the bases were still filed when Nichols sin
gled out to right field. Carney Just failed
to reach the ball. Nichols tried to stretch
the hit into a two-bagger, then changed his
mind and ran back to frSt base. The infleld
tried to put him out, and while they were
running him down Burke and Farrell scored.
Donovan having crossed the plate on the
HIT.
In the last inning the Cardinals tried hard
to score more. Weaver was safe on Grem-
myers wild throw. Hackett. who went to
bat in place of Mcfarland. famed, as did
Brain. Murphy drew a passage and Dono-
van filed the bases with a single. but
Burke sent the ball straight into Stanley's
Mitt.
The ScOre.