The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-17

A bad throw by Johnny Farrell to head
on Dahlen at the plate in the tenth inning
| of yesterdays struggle between the Car
| dinals and Brooklyns lost the game for the
| locals by a score of ) to 4.
In the early innings it looked as though
! the Cardinals would win. Donovan's men
| made two runs in the first inning and dupii-
Gated the feat in the fourth period. but at
'his stage the ginger seemed to give out
ana they went to pieces at critical stages.
| pu1lieaVy. who pitched forthe Cardinals
ald not seem TO be in his best form. Durina-
the game he passed six of the bridge
Jompers" to first base over the Big Four.
route He also hit Sheckard a hard soak
! ms generosity on the part of Dunleavv
aided by nine clean and timely hits. put
| the immortelles on the locals chances n
win.
! herr Won Sshmidt. a product of the
wilds of California. was on the firing line
for Hanlon's men. His control was alrnos-
perfect, allowing but one Cardinal free ar
cess TO first base. He also managed to fan
1our of tie overheated Cardinals. all or
which was great relief to Hanlon.
The fielding Of both teams was of tho
gilt edged variety. The only error charged
against the Cardinals was a WILD throw
by Farrell, and the Brooklyn's only mis-
play was an attempt of left fielder Sheck-
ARDS to kick the ball about the lot on
which Dunleavy reached second base.
Burke. DeNont. Smoot and Donovan all
played mastery ball. but some slow think
Ing by their companions offset their ef
forts. Sheckard and Tim Flood carried orr
the honors for the visitors.
JONES DOES ACROBATIC STUNTS
For several days the fans have been
treated to a series of sideshows NOT -e,-1,-
larly booked by the local management
Yesterday Oscar Jones' the Californi, VII
ard, introduced a new speciality in tho
coaching line. that for novelty has no+ boo-,
eaua!ed this season on a local diamond
When Oscar gets riled at the urnn,re,s do
cisions he does not jaw that official b,,.
proceeds to do an acrobatic turn. wbe,
ODay made decision that did NOT obi,,,
with the acrobat's ideas on baseball, he
turned back fiip-fop near first base
de repeated the trick several times over
IN right field for the edification of the s,,n
gods. The innovation in coaching methods
was nit with the fans. and they will prob
apiy recommend the adoption of new COACH
I,ls & rules mat Will allow of vaudeville turns.
Eor instance. the Cardinals might dress |
racket in the habiliments of a human SER
Peht, ana every time umpire made a
declSlon against the locals Donovan might \
work the string and have Sunny .JiTn''
throw contortion or two near the plate.
HOW THE RUNS WE'RE MADE.
The Cardinals got busy in the first IN
ming and scored two runs on some clean
hitting. Farrell bunted Donovan doubled.
Smoot walked. With the bases full, Barclay
tapped lightly into Flood. who tagged sec
ond ahead of Smoot and threw Barclay
out at first. Farrell counting on the put-out
Burke singled, scoring Donovan. Hackett
forced Burke at second.
In the second. Brooklyn scored one Dah- l
len walked but was forced at second on |
McCreerys grounder to Burke Flood
singled. scoring McCreery. Ritten famed |
Neither side scored in the third In the !
fourth the Brooklyns added tally to their I
total on McCreery's single and Floods |
double.
The Cardinals scored two IN their half
Of the fourth. Burke singled and stole
second. Hackett was out Strang to Doyle |
de Mont doubled. scoring Burke O'Ne,I1 !
famed. Duneavy singled and took second |
on Scheckard's error. Farrell singled bI1t |
threw Dunleavy out at the plate
on the hit.
In the fifth the Brooklyn team scored on
! base on balls to Strang. Sheckard's oI,. |
and single by Dobbs.
The Brooklyns tied matters in the sew
nth by scoring run on base on balls |
o Schmidt. Strang's sacrifice and Dobbs's
ly-out to Smoot.
The Brooklyn's cinched matters In the
'agger, McCreery's sacrifice hit and Far ]