The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-06

Corbett's challenges. should prove a les
son to managers, who have such PEN
rough. One more highcIass box performer
who can take his regular turn In the box
would be worth more to McAleer than two
score OF minor leaguers who can pitch one
brilliant game IN four.
PADDEN WILL RETURN.
Dick PaGden's injured thumb is coming
around all right, and while Dick viii no,
be back In the game this season. the fans
will see him cavorting around the middle
| cushion next year. at this point more
than any other on the infield. have the
Browns been weak all season. OF course,
Friel and Mccormick have each taken q
whack at Padden's cushion, but neither
ing the bag up to the Padden standard of
excellence. At that station many games
went by the wayside, as neither Freil nor
Mccormick ever played the position with
their heads.
Catching a ball or missing It ended a
play, as a rule, SO far as either player
was concerned, and at bat both shot their
bolt in en effort to murder the ball. Pad
den, On the contrary, always had his wits
about him, and no pitcher ever had
Brains" faded. The moment e pitcher
got IL through his wool that Padden was
easy, that moment the Same pitcher would
usually wake up to find Padden making
faces at him from first.
In the fine point Of rafting pitcher
and getting team up In the air. barring
Burlfett and Padden, the local teams have
no players that can do It
Paddens absence from the gamo hsd
very much TO do with the teams poor
shaving. With Dick out OF the fray, the
Browns had to play practically the whole
season without q field leader, and they
played as well as a team could be expect
ed 10 play under such circumstance. II
is peculiar fact that 30 long as Padden
was in the game cha Browns were NOT
lower in the percentage tables than the
when he was absent.
With Padden back IN the fray next sea-
son. the Browns should get in the game
something they have not done this season.
The Cardinals will also need to do Some
skirrnIsl1ing for promising material. II the
report is true that Robson had chance
team and failed TO take advantage of the
opportunity, then the local National
League boss missed an opportunity to
secure player OF can6er e ana pa, one tb ~re rsgo
dinals to berth In the first division next
season.
BASEBALL IN KLoNDIKR
The KIondike 10 mad Baseball is the
cause. The American national game has
30 captured the great Canadian camp un-
der the flag of Britain that gold is for the
time relegated to second place In the neart
-Four teams. composing the Dawson
League, the most northerly on the contl-
nent, have created great interest Dawson
has been in a delirium OF excitement the
last week over contests on the diamond
The teams OF the Dawson League have
battled with White Horse for the supre-
macy of the North. The capital of the
KIondiks has finished with the greatest
number Of games to its credit, but the
White Horse team has proved valiant op-
ponent. Dawson team wor five out or
six games, but the White Horse team was
defeated only after splendid efforts and
largely through luck.
Aside from the Dawson-White Horse
matches, the league games between the
Dawson teams attract great interest Dur
ing the matches last week 200 people saw
each contest The grand stand was crowd