The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-20
CARDINALS ARE ON LOOKOUT
FOR TWO GOOD OUTFIELDERS
Local National League Team AT ter Man to Fill Shoots Place in
Center-Bedges of the Brow rs Is a Liberal Owner-Phiadel-
phia Athletics After Jesse B urkett-Padden May Be Traded
for Callahan.

! could no more tell how he did that thar
he could explain the failure OF the hard
drives to 20 safe. In the old hard-hittias
days the SatsInsu did not have the grea;
l can remember when Fred Odwell came
| into the association He couldn't nit into
left field. and time and again l have cut
him down on hits that 1 played for to the
spring he changed his style and broke W
the sure-thing defense I had worked 80
| long by cracking the ball down past third
base Intelligence plays the greatest part
in the baseball battle now. and with H.
telligent defense an ordinary pitcher can
win his share OF games
BEATEN BY DUBUQUE.
Tom Lotus, the weIl-known big league
manager. recalls the following:
I Dubuque. Ia. Is a town 1 never knew
much about before 1 went into baseball.
1 heard about 4. in a very impressive way.
however. in the fall OF 1881.
Il was in New York with the late Con-
gresham Jonn ]. O'Neill Of st. Louis
when | received a telegram at the Astor
House. saying:
Browns wer. beaten By Dubuque
Il was there in the interest Of the
American Association, which had Just
been organized. l was picking out players
for the first St. Louis Browns TO enter a
big league the following spring.
Il went straight back home to find out
! about that Dubuque team. II we had been
beaten by the Chicago Whites OF the Gin
me so much. but to be beaten by a team
from Dubuque. Ia. was something for
immediate Investigation. The result of
that inyesttsasion was that aaN l sisnsd the the
captain. Tom Lotus. and a young pitcher
named Charlie Comiskey- They started
out with US in 1882
"Comiskey was put In the box in an eI-
hihition game before the season opened.
His arm was no good Sull' n had no
first baseman. ard it was de ed TO try
the rest. He became q crackerjack. sue
ceeded to the captaincy and management
Of the team and now is a magnate.
But as a pitcher he didn't deliver the
goods.
Tip o'NefIl was another u man /
signed as a pitcher and who also proved
a false alarm in'the box. He showed that
he was such a good batter that I decided
to keep him anyhow.
There was a wooden hat on the left
field fence at old Sportsman's Park. bear
ing the inscription: Hit me for 81 O'Neili
was the only man who ever earned the V.
When l bounced Carroll the fellow VINO
caught the fly in his shirt pocket, I decided
to put o'Neill. in the field Comiskey
ed Comiskey that they said that about
him when he was transferred from the box
to first. Then Comiskey agreed.
"o'Neiil proved to be the greatest batter
4 Ol LAC w IGcA&A- tAN 60 1.1'- .O-@~
runs and long hits that counted The nick
name Tip was given to him because he
merely seemed to tip the ball when bat
ting. He stood at the plate straight as an
arrow. a giant in physique. and 1t seemed
that he would push out his bat and the
ball would shoot like lightning.
He seldom drew back and made a
'swipe' at the ball
RUINED NEW TROUSERS.
Miller Higgins. tanning with a party Of
| friends in New York the other day, told
the writer one about his brother Clar-
ence:
Why did your brother never enter the
Interesting little tale Of a funny happen
ing back in the POS
Clarence used TO play more ball than
in those days on the CINCINNATI sand
outfield and my brother played short on a
little team we had. One Sunday (and We
were never allowed to play on that day)
Clarence and I started out to play. He
had on a new suit of clothes.
"a slide to second was necessary during
the game and he ruined his new trousers
skimming the turf around second base.
Clarence got disguised after he reached
good. He was a good player, though. and
would have shone on the diamond any
day"
STORY ON KING" KELLY.
Sam Crane tells a good story on the
arnous King Kelly:
He was with the Chicago club al; the
time. playing In Boston. The game was
tied in the ninth and mad been carried
along until twilight. almost darkness. had
enveloped the field.
There was a hazy fog. too, brought in
by that penetrating east wind thai frsppes
visiting players in Boston occasionally,