The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-06
FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.


| be made.
! At the close OF the meeting the Robl-
song should have some interesting state
mcnts to make to the St Louis baseball
public.
| The question of q new manager for the
Cardinals Is bound to como up. At var
ious times F. De Hass Robson has an
nounced his intention OF retaining Dono-
van. 1t Is said now that he has expe-
| rienced a change Of heart, and may dis
place Patsy.
Three men have been mentioned for the
place. Charley Nichols. tho veteran
| pitcher. is one of the men talked Of to
| succeed Donovan. McCIoskey Of Salt Lake
and Bobby Lowe are also mentioned. Mo-
Cioskey has had charge OF ball clubs for
many years. and in the last five seasons
has landed four pennants. Twice he
| piloted the Butte team to first hoIors in
the Pacific National League.
Lowe has had comparatively little ex-
| perience In handling ball players. He has
had a long career as diamond star,
however, and might make good man
ager.
If Donovan is not retained, AlcCloskey
| looks, like the most available man. He
has great ability as n leader, and last
season was the practical head Of the Pa
| ciflc National League.
Ball players who have worked under
him claim he is idollzed by his players.
Speaking Of McClosley the other day,
BILLY" Kane, who has played under him
for two seasons, said: ITO my way of
looking at 1t, there is not better man
ager in the country than McCloskey. He
is an excellent Judge Of ball players. and
has a knack OF collecting about him
| hustling lot Of workers. Another thing
that makes his SO popular with the play
ers Is the fact that after the game he has
very little to say to the men.
IF man makes a bungle in the game
McCloskey is liable to call him good and
hard. but that ends it.. He never holds
grudge against any Of his men.
Il have seen him call man hard In
| a. game. and then chum with the Same
player that night. He will not stand for
any knocking in the team. and as soon as
an anviler starts the sparks in McClos-
Off by NcClosltey to put his hammer away
or else find another job.
POPULAR WITH PLAYERS
This has had the effect Of making the
players respect McCloskey and has had
much to do with his success.
EVERY man under McCloskey knows
that he Is being treated fairly by his
manager ma a Il. and they will all go the route
IOr MACK.
Charley Nichols, who has been mentioned
for the place, managed the Kansas City
Western League team last season. and
did well considering the talent he had
While the minor leaguers were here,
Nichols had several conferences with
Stanley Robson, but just what took place
at these meetings remains n secret.
have to let Burke and Barclay go, and
possibly Brain. This trio are I'm bad"
with Pat. Donovan has gone on record
Burke Will Ina have to to t depar9 IN d. LOUIS
As a ball player, Donovan is a credit to
his profession FEST He knows the game from
Pat remains in st. Louis. he will have to
have. at least three new men. Burke.
Barclay and Brain will have to be re-
game under Donovan, and It would be a
mistaken policy to have them hero II
Donovan is retained
To replace Brain. Burke and Barclay.
will be hard task. should the trio be
disposed Of.
Barclay may be traded to advantage. II
he Robisons could induce Garry Hermann
to let them have Seymour for "Deerfoot"
the trade would be a good one for both
clubs.
As a player Seymour has few superiors
player and good hitter. nut he certainly
did not exert himself much last season.
To let Burke go looks like an unwise
m psS iol unless Hess EstSlass ine eide can be
fielder on the team last season. He was
always in tho game and working for VIC
tory. He plays aggressively at all times
He was tho most reliable hitter and field
er in the Cardinals infield.
Just who could be had for Burke is a
puzzling question: There are none too
League. Perhaps there are two third
sackers in the league that have something
on Burke. Barring Leach and Wolverton.
Eurke can hold his own with any of them.
and 1t is needless to say that neither
player could be secured for the price of
Goose Hollow"
BRAIN CAN PLAY BASEBALL
up to his standard last season. He has
the makeup of a ball player. He has Il
splendid position at bat. plays the field
gracefully, and understands the inside
Last season ne did not do his hest. His
heart was not in his work. II Davy will
play. the game he is capable Of the Car
season he would not only hurt the clubs
standing. but inture his own reputation
beyond repair.
When he left ST. Louis after the close
Of the season he was downcast He
seemed to realize that he had made n
mistake in not playing his best game.
If Brain returns in 1904, the writer pre-
diets for him better season than he
had last year.
sEIlEE A sHREwD TRADER.
One of the shrewedst traders in the busd-
ness is Frank Selee. and the best trade he
ever made was when he got rid Of Billy"
''Billy" Hamilton instead. The Boston
club was badly in need of a good bats
man to lead off and an outfielder. Ham
ilton was the man wanted. How to get
selee made point OF giving Captain
Nash credit for the good work of the
have him on the field" se1ee would say.
until the Boston papers were continually
quoting Selee on this subject. and giving
fine string Of players, but no leader. selee
had discovered that Jimmie" Collins
could play third base and decided to play
him there the next season. so q hint was
dropped that the Quakers might make
deal for the great captain. This was what
Selee was playing for. and it didn't take
long. for him to consider a trade. and
This This Was the i Zine finest piece Of work on
Selee's part l ever heard of. as 1t devcl-
oped g Championship team. The following
year Hamilton proved success. leading
base runners. while Collins. who replaced
Nash at third. electrified the country with
his brilliant all-round playin: Philadel-
and several points shy ON managerial abil-
fly Nash, however. picked UP Lajoie on
a tip from his Boston friends, and thereby
we'll earned what money he received from
the Quakers.
BOSTON PLAYERS EAT BEANS.
This thing Of belonging to the Boston
club" says Charlie Dexter. has its adj
vantages and its drawbacks, but, on the
whole, It isn't SO bad. One of the funniest
incidents in connection with the Boston
team came of last spring. and I'm still
trying to figure out whether We were be-
ing joshed or treated with extra hospi-
tally.
while the Bostons were on their spring
training trip we CHANGED to stop one night
at little hotel in a small Southern city.
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