The St. Louis Republic., 1903-11-22
NAR1oN-s1ys DENTAL co11EcE ELEVEN

man for McAleer'S team, but unless Car
ley does much better in 1904 than he did
| last season the job should not be diff
cult one.
/ RANKS WILL BE Trimmed.
Before June the American League team
| will more than likely have completed its
| makeup for the season. And the writer
is of the opinion that not more than sew
enteen players will be on the Hedges pay
roll after that date.
| Both McAleer and Hedges realize the
| futility of keeping players whose chief
| work is making regular appointments with
| the cashier on the 1st and 18th OF each
| and every summer month.
| The Cardinals will also be strengthened.
| Like the Browns. they will have Il new
first sacker, and If rumor is correct. none
other than the venerable st. Jacob Beck
| ley will cover that important post for
| the Cardinals in 1901.
If the st. Louis Nationals secure Beck
In some quarters they say old Eagle
| Eye" Is getting along pretty well in years,
but II the Robisons could kidnap a few
more yenerables" like BE, Beckley y, the b, St
In the race than they did last season.
President Robson also has two twirlers
corralled who he claims are the goods.
With another catcher and an extra in
fielder. the Cardinal team should finish
pretty well up in the race.
Several of the present Cardinal players
of another season. Just what players the
LEGAL National League management has
singled out to figure in trades remains to
be seen, but that some of last years
regulars are slated Is generally known.
Until after the National League meeting
in New York. early in December. the local
National League management will not
officially consider the Donovan Burke
Brain-Barclay tangle, but the chances are
that the tangle will be Strengthened short
ly after that time.
DONOVAN MAY DEPART.
Donovan may or may not be here next
season, but whether he Is or not the Car
dinal team will have several new faces
and several Of the old ones will be miss
ing.
Donovan made several mistakes as man
ager of the Cardinals, and he probably
will be reminded of them by the Messrs.
Robson ut the proper time;
ovan was at least loyal to their interests.
and they are men who will take Donovan's
loyalty into consideration.
the local owners will do all in their power
to place him where he will not be out
much by the transfer.
BASE RUNNING DECLINING.
Out of the smoke and confusion of the
baseball campaign just ended. says Will
Phelon, one specially bright and pleasing
feature looms up like a red-headed man
at an Italian dance. That feature was The
base running of Frank Chance and jim
my Sheckard, both National Leasuers,
each of whom captured Sixty-seven cush-
ions during the season.
Base running has become such rarity
of late years that Il was almost ,It iost
art. Hardly any of the star players could
navigate the sacks little bit. unless
pushed along by the next batsman, ana
one of the prettiest and most exciting tea-
lures of the game had become practical.
ly forgotten branch Of play. Chance and
Sheckard showed up lot Of gentlemen
who are too timid to take chances or are
that bases can be stolen just in the same
old way. and that daring runners can beat
the catchers and the basemen right along. |
who can beat Chance and Sheckard in a
sprint but none of these men came near
them when it was time to steal bases; ra
books rfteeh ssp aa b
tum. The American Association men were
particularly lively and an association |
game must have been gingery spectacle,
sack to sack at every turn of the battle |.
For ten years past the base running has |
been decaying, and the work of Cnancs9
to brace 1t up and show that wholesale !
plundering was still possibility. |
The American League. incidentally, was
Few of the Johnsonians did anything
worth noticing in this line. Dave Fultz: |
the best thief in the league, was out OF
it half the time. and none of the other
lads could do much on the pathways.
CHICAGO TO BE STRENGTHENED.
Figure 1t out any way you want" said
"Charlie" Comiskey, "and you can't fig
ure the White Sox any such seventh-rate
for 1904 as they were this sea-
son. Everv time I look over the list of
men engaged for next spring, and then
figure out the possibilities of trades and
deals that can be made during the winter,
feel better satisfied than was at any
time last summer.
I'm all the years have handled ball
teams never had anything like the run
had to fill the shoes of Griffith, Davis and
Mertes, Strang and Garvin. got togsth-
er the best minor leaguers In the market,
tory. tory I've heard Of two or three men on
a team proving hzzleS, but what manager
ever had such collection of ground and
lofty tumblers as worked for me?
"Hallman, one OF the finest hitters In
minor league company, fell down COM
pleteiy with the bat. Tannehill had stage
fright half the season oman and |. only y got @ gong
FIaherty could not win games, and neither
could Dunkle. Then the older men went
the ue 1ne wo ms paye6
ball for me the year before, came to the
end of his string and could do no more:
Mcfarland pegged out completely, and
I
Callahan was doing the best
he could on third, but leaving the pitch
ing STAN hopelessiy weakened by his go
ing"
Comiskey has not yet given out any au-
thentic details of any deal, but he has the
material for trades. DAVIS, Jones and Nc
unless all signs fail. will be made
the basis of trade with Clark Griffith.
.Grif'' can use catcher like Mcfarland,
and MAC has outlived his usefulness in
Chicago. Davis and Jones. as everybody
knows, are determined to play In New
York or nowhere. Jimmy" Williams
wants TO get away from Manhattan. One
player who will very likely be seen in
Chicago uniform is Jesse Tannehill, who
would like to leave the Highlander team.
The trade which the "Old Roman has on
tan includes Mcfarland, Jones and Davis
for Tannehil!, Williams and another man,
or coin.
NcGRAw's ESTIMATE OF McGINNITY.
.If McGinnity had carried out his
threat to desert the National League and
cast his fortunes with one of the Califor-
MIA teams the headiest pitcher in the busi-
ness would have gone to the Slope"
Such is the opinion of Manager Nc
Graw. expressed IN discussing the merits
Of the most famous twirlers of the day.
Few who have watched the Iron {
Man work ara able to see all he does to {
win games, in addition to the mere throw
nv NJ curves and shoots Wfthouf dOiiht | I