The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-15

by his mastery handling of the sphere.
And as the game progressed Poweii
mighty whip grew stronger and his eye
In the fifteen innings only fifty hatsmen
went TO the rubber. or the nifty. one re-
reivcd free transportation TO tirst base. SIX
made hits ten famed the air and The
res. went out easy in or outteld taps
From the sound of the bell the duel waged
tlcrcely. In the first inning Wyntt Lee
forced the mighty Rurkett and silent Joe
Martin out on strikes and the best t,riel
could do was 10 pop UP an easy i'ii'eio
chance
WALLACE RATED WELL.
Although Wallaces tumble was costly, he
gave the Browns three chances to win the
game In the seventh inning the great lit
lie shortstop smashed one of Lees Blenders
up against the center-ield fence. but his
teammates left him to founder on second.
In the ninth inning Wallace singled with
only one, out. but Heidrick and Hill again
bringing him home. In the thirteenth in
ming Wallace again singled with only one
gone, but He!drick and Hin did no better
than on previous chances. and for the third
time Wallace was stranded after giving to
his teammates a chance to end matters;
From the time the umpire called pay
fifteenth inning. 1t was a pitchers fight.
Lee opened the first inning by tanning tho
mighty mis- Jesse B!rkett and Martin tina and fore nc
Senators down in one-two-three order. In
the second and third innings the Senator'S
found Powell for a hit in each period, while
Lee sent the Browns down consecutively.
PITCHERS RATTLE
In the fourth inning the Browns made two
hits .. but Martin: Friel and ~. Wallace went to
sued his only free transportation of the day,
hahoe doing the riding. In the sixth. sew
enth and eighth innings Powell was in his
rarest form and shot the ball over the plate
ike bullet. topping down the senile SEN
ators in order. In the sixth Lee worked the
lucky combination and II was three IN a row
Tor the Browns. In the eighth Wallace
doubled, but Lee steadied down and forced
the next two batters out on easy chances.
BROWNS LOSE CHANCE TO WIN.
The best chance the Browns had OF scor-
ing came in the eighth inning. After Kahoe
went out, Coughlin to Clarke. Powell sin
gled and Burkett followed suit but this lit
tie willow welding did not in the least dis
turb Lee. and he wes.t on minding his work
like a Trojan. sending the next two batterS
down with apparent ease.
In the ninth Lee worked out of another
tight hole by bowling down Heidrick and
Hin, after Wallace had singled In the
nings the Browns had men on bases but
weakness at bat left them marooned.
Powell gave his only pass of the game In
Ryan and Clarke: and forced Setback out
on an easy infeld tap. In the eleventh the
Senator'S made two singles. In the twelfth tth
in one. two. three order. In the thirteenth
Couglin's hit was all the damag e the SEN
ators could do. In the fourteenth Pos.el.
sent them down In order again. and went
back to the bench apparently as fresh as
he was in the first inning.
In the fifteenth Robnsons double. Wal
lEces muff and Carke's long fly to Held
rick gave to the Senators victory in the
greatest pitchers battle in the history of
baseball.
Score Of the first game: