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

ers. but John seems to be blind when a hi
| Is wanted.
SELF but that sh Iess the Browns In ned n oat
Anderson is a fair first sacker. but his play
ing has won as few games for the Browns
the ossid d'a The t0I ave
Heidrick and Hemphill have not done
enough work to set up sweat, Martin is
| n new man. and Just how he Will turn out
| iemains TO be seen,
The pitching department also seems to be
gone. Frank Donahue has jumped the
he win let Frank stay away as long as he
! wants. A trade In which a good pitcher
could be secured for ponshIe would wo1k not a be
leans MANAGEMENT. seems to be having
trouble with Tannehill and Chesbro. and
could trade Donahue for either pitcher the
\ writer does not see how they could get the
worst OF the deal,
| have lost all his effectiveness. Powell Is
! not pitching up to his mark. but the big
! boilermaker has both the heart and the
One thing, however, seems TO be assured.
; and that is that the local American League
nex season. M, De McHeer has Padden Scouting
the country for youngsters. while many a.
| lege that Hedges's recent trip around the
country was for the purpose OF scouting up
few new players.
CARDINALS PLAY IMPROVED GAME.
Had the Cardinals gotten a good start at
the beginning Of the season they would now
be occupying place in the first division in
stead of the low position they are now In:
For the last two months the "Ducklings
have played as fast a game az any Of Inc the
probable exception Of the Pittsburss
On their last Eastern trip prior to their
long stand at home the tribe Of Donovan
captured six out of ten games Their long
stand at homo then resulted In their WIN
ming ten out Of eighteen games played. ana
with little luck several Of the games t tina,
put down as victories instead Of defeats; Al
that. II they can maintain. the clip that they
sps nSw pr scs hsy b VI. Dc he Me Is
were considered good team Of fast young
s seTs s
Robison's wish IL certainly within the
bounds of realization for the Cardinals Y
they hold the pace and they look as tn. tno4 3Sn
OF the second division.
HARD PROBLEMS TO SOLVE.
At the beginning Of the season Donovan
the Cardinals manager. and Stanley Rohi-
son. who runs the playing end Of the team
lens. With fourteen pitchers. ali Welt rec
commended by the teams they came from.
Donovan had hard Job thinning down the
went at the job in businesslike manner
For a time he was advised by friends and
by letters from Cardinal well-wishers 70
heed to this wild demand for wholesale
releasing of players. As time showed him
the weakness Of his players. the ranks were were
thinned. The pitching department, which
was always top-heavy, was the first to feel
the release ak.
Then Weaver was turned loose. Not one
player. however, was let go until ne had q
thorough chance to make good. Williams Ia
an example of Donovans patience: In the
early stages, Of the campaign Donovan
natural ability. and in the hope that Otto
would make good. Donovan held on to
him. long after the hammer chorus could
last the fans grew so harsh on Donovan for
his keeping Williams against their wishes
that he was forced to let him go.
CAST-OFFs A FAILURE.
In only one instance has any CT the play
noteworthy. The exception is Bob Wicker,
who is pitching great ball for Selee: Wick
err, however. was dissatisfied as q Cardinal.
and with his heart out Of the work never
displayed any form here this season. Weav-
err has not done anything startling as .
backstop Williams II playing the bench In
the two Smiths have failed to even develop
as stars IN the minors.
In Donovan's team there are vet q few.
playing as good a game as was expected Of
them at the beginning Of the season. Dom
ovan has two or three pitchers that are.
not helping him any, but with Dunleavy,
Mcfarland and o'Neiil he has the material
with which to lay the foundation for
strong pitching corps for next season. At
that Brown and Currie look better than q
whole lot Of pitchers who are drawing sal
aries in the National League.
Barclay. Smoot and Donovan form q trio
of iy chasers and run getters that are hard
to beat Every fielder mentioned Ii a
natural hitter. runner and fieider, and
knows the inside points Of the game. Burke.
Brain, Hackett and Farrell look good 6
an infield. and their work Is Improving
right along.
with q little luck the Cardinals will finish
as good as fifth at the worst.
Haseball Notes. s.n