The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-25

With an ease and grace quite becoming.
the st. Louis Browns won from the Boston
Americans yesterday by score of to L.
Not until the final inning did the Boston
team get a run. In that inning ice House
O'Brien who batted for Gibson. tore off a
pretty single This coupled with similar
raps by Pat Dougherty and Buck" Free
man gave Boston their sole tally in the
ninth.
| The paucity of hits and runs on the Bos-
| ton side of the score board was due in a
| large measure to the efforts of John
Powell, ex-boilermaker. Powell was cherry
ripe and shot the ball over the plate with
the ease and accuracy of well trained
gunner.
! Five hits. all of the singular number. were
all the beaneaters got. although they tried
| hard. Besides allowing them only five hits
| Mr.. Powell sent seven Of Collins's clans
\ men, the chief included, to the icehouse
over the three-strike route.
Young Mr.. Gibson. late Of Independence.
! Mo-. pitched for the visitors, but the
Browns were also from Missouri, and had
| to be shown a performance to which Mr..
| Gibson was not quite equal. Twelve hits,
| four of them doubles. attended the return
of the eagle eye" to the Browns camp.
| PLAYGROUND CHILDREN PRESENT.
| To add to the discontinue Of the visitors
some 100 vacation playgrounders, the guests
| and diligence for the Browns that must
have disheartened the brawny boys from
| the Hub
The ..playgrounders' seemed to act as a
mascot for the Browns and every time
| vim the Browns responded by scoring.
Among those in charge of the youngsters
was Mr.. Yu Kit Men. secretary to Mr..
I ts,ns al Cr,v,,v n1nr t0v1n
and liu Kif>Wen's son. Nike Tins The c..
| lestials enjoyed the Browns victory. AT
| that, 1t was a Celestial sight that the EARTH
ly Ian gets but Few chances to see in one
season. Two or three such occasions have
presented themselves this season. The rest
| Of the games weht to Boston.
| POWELL'S MASTERLY EXHIBITION.
| For the first eight innings Powell allowed
Collins's men but two hits. Their first hit
came in the fourth inning and their second
in the eighth. The first man facing Powell
walked. but as he was put out in a double
| play only three men faced him In the first
inning. Powell also bowled Boston down
fourth. sixth and seventh innings. and
would have made as short work of them
in the NTH inning, but for an error Of
In the field neither side played fiawless
game: but little Fred Parent put up very
For St, Louis Friel carried OF the fielding
honors. having six chances, which he nc
| cepted without the semblance OF an error.
The Browns began their scoring in the
fourth inning. Hin opened up with a single.
| Anderson and Wallace were both ambu-
and LaChance. Heidrick singled. scoring
Hill. Friel doubled, scoring Heidrick. In
the seventh age. singles by Burkett and
Martin and HiIls double gave the Browns
| two more runs. In the fifth the locals made
one on base on balls. Parents error and
| a single.
| ming on singles by O'Brien. Dougherty and
Freeman.
The Browns left for Cleveland last night.
| where they play the Blues three games. re-
| turning with them to Sportsman's Park
| next Saturday. The score: