The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-02

Us. Gilbert had been with McGraw in Bal
timore for while
This material was welded together ant
for which John McGraw is famous. The
baseball experts predicted that the team
would class in second division, for. com.
| pared man to man with rival clubs, the
Giants showed that form.
where the sharpers neglected to- dope
right was in considering McGraw's ad.
ewson, McGinnity and Taylor, who have
practically pitched all the games this year
Miller. who came from Detroit with a
His recent efforts show that he too, will
be a tower Of strength in the bitter fight
whilc Staten Island" Jack Cronin is in
| midsumme. heat "A reliable, hcady twirler
i and can take his regular turn when called
| on.
! Except to John T. Brush personally and
! few jealous retainers. the outcome of the
| deliberations Of the National League. at its
| special meeting. was highly gratifying. So
| far as MIR. Brush was concerned 1t was the
| case of the eleven obstinate jurymen over
again. He was voted down on every propo-
sition seven to one, but he died game, let
| me tell. The practically unanimous action
OF the National League magnates assures
q continuance of rational methods in base
pail There cahnot be the slightest excuse
f LOT M. brush to continue an agitation Just
Ior tne sake of agitating: His club Is doing
well. both artistlcally and financially-wouii
Iana be e. doing better Il It had the entire is
the slightest likelihood of an amalSamation
OF the two big leagues, and there Is not
me slightest reason why there should be-
with the two Organizations working in
harmony ;a under a national agreement, and
the management of the game restored to a
business basis; there, viii be a chance for
every one to live. There will doubtless be
some losers in both organizations but there
always have been losers. In the twelve
CLUB a.sssurdity there were generally four
the scandal inseparable from the fight be-
tween the American and the National, and
Win the assurance. that one-lengue mo-
general public will be stimulated as it has
Dot pesn at any time since the ill-starred
Scribe B. Stuart Muckenfuss has to say
Of the Cardinals triple victory over Gin
clnnat:
Wheat swell surprise those three
straights from Cincinnati were! Nobody
looked Tor anything so sweeping. but. as
have so often remarked, those Cardinal kids
are the most tantalizing bunch in the base
ball category. The high-priced aggregation
OF carry Herman came here heraldod as
TO make runaway race of It, but they de-
parted like 4 lot CT spawned farm nags.
They will do better on their next trip
because they will not be so ALTERED certain
and will come prepared to hump themselves
And they will have to dig good and hard
to get an even break. for the Cardinals have
the confidence which comes with success.
and that counts for a whole lot in baseball.
Let n team get away good. and It viii
make them look at least 20 per cent better
than they really are. Take that Chicago Ma
tional League club. for instance. They are
an ordinary outfit but they got away fly
ing had manager who was up to SNUFF,
and they have been imagining they are the
whole show, and come very near being 80.
by gum!
'.In my day I have seen many an exciting
finish to a ball game. but that third Cig
cinnati-St. Louis game at League Park on
July y beat everything up to date With
Cincinnati two runs to the good. and two
down on the Cardinal eide. 1t was million
dollars to peanut that the Cardinals r,ha s were
stepped TO the plate. and only home run
could do the business. That was time
when the right man was in the right pace.
for the hitting center fielder, with two
strikes on him. landed on an in-shoot. and
sent It whizzing past Beckley ana Dolan
and won the game"