The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-13

ready Jimmy McAleer has secured a mum
Der OF youngsters who are t=yOrnbly
spoken of by those who have seen them
work. With the present tam 10 form a
| foundation on. MCAleer has the ground
work of Il winner in 1904. In more than
one position the Browns team Is weak,
but McAleer intends to bolster up the
weak spots. and. If he is successful, 81.
Louis should make q much better showing
next year than this
The Cardinal management. while It has
not added any new players, Will ~prCbahly
line UP with several new members in It's
ankS next season. 1Ee tsphiSOnS nave
never been behind q loser in baseball. and
# IS a fair bet TO assume that the
Cardinals Will be NJ improved aEgrega-
ton OF ball tosserS next season. What
the Cardinals need more than anything
else IS at least two seasoned pitchers, an
other seasoned intielder. and an Outilelder
of quality. With these players secured
the Robisons will again lead a winner,
something they have not had this season
NEW RACES IN GAME
Formerly Ireland and Germany produced
the material from which ball players
were made. but other nations are slowly
breaking into tho national game. Cosmo-
politan America. which assimllates the
foreigner and the shows him how to slide
to second. Is fast raising up star players
Of many races. and the score cards are
looking less and less like a combination
of a schuetzenfest and clan-na-gael pro
cession every day. The newcomers are
doing we'll too. and show that the game
can be picked up and mastered by others
besides the Irish and Dutch"
Napoleon IAjoie. OF course. IS the man
whose name first comes to mind when
others than "Teutons' and Turks. are
thought of. The wonderful Frenchman
has the beef and solidity of the sturdlest
German, the speed and grace OF the fast
est lrishrnan. and as good Il head as
either. He is a star without superior, ana
his success has made representatives Of
the German and Irish race sit up nights
and think II over.
With the Boston Nationals there IS an
Italian named AbbatiChio. who IS a very
rood ball player. Then there is Wallace
and Chick Fraser. both Scots. MCCreery
is also a Scot. Evers OF Chicago is Eng
lish. Carl LundEren of Chicago il a SWede.
Van Faltren Of the New YoTks is a HCl-
lander. Beaumont and Mertes are French.
Scotch OriEOn. Bender and Finance Of
the Athletics are Indians. Parent and La
Chance are French Canadians. while Sl6O-
pee is a bohemian, and Zulaski q Pole.
Barney Petty and Robinson Of the Wash
ingtoHS are Hebrews.
Joe McGinnity. the pitcher Of the New
York baseball team. who has made n rec
ord by winning doublc-hcadcr games, OK
planned recently the pitching of the slow
raise ball that so e~fectually fools pro-
fcssional batsmen.
1T took me six years to get control OF
the raise ball that is now so saving TO my
arm said MCGinnity. Il first saw fl
used by BIZ Rhines with the old Cincin-
I ah Reds. / watched his delivery closely
and praCticed It considerably. ] soon
found out that /. was a winner and when
I Joined the Baltimore club, in 1895, used
1t as my best bail. 1t was at that time.
too. that | saw speedy. high-swinging
pitchers dropping by the wayside year