The St. Louis Republic., 1904-09-17

The Pit;eaur- Pirates defeated rhe s..
Louis Cardinals IN the first game ~ -I.l-
series az League Park yest.rlay sy %.
score Of 70 10 !
Fifteen hits Were charged ara!-s; Jack
Taylor who displayed POOR form II. uas
opposed ty sam Lever. wao allowed rhe
Cardinals only six hits.
Loose playing on Tho part oS thc loe7's.
together VIII their inability 10 hit 80
the proper time. was the main caus. %
'helr defeat. while the Pirates hit the bal.
AZ viii and Eluc many of the wa!.ops
Tor more than single h1ses-
Srn"Ot. in .erfsr fieId. !niSju!g,I three
n.ts sent a-- Say- and one Melted III"
Pirates 4 run The other players also
were rot ds feet .: foot as they might
haN" been
Things we're even untiI the seventh In
ming. when Taylor let down and J.. IN
Ipgr runs He eas-d Ir IN the eighth.
but again in the ninth four Iuo-- -7.--
were placed opposite the Pirates name
on the bill board
s.. Louis ayeItsd n shut-out with a
single and a triple In th- fifth inning.
wa uu..e! by Lever. and Il triple jy
Grady. ba:Iry scoring on the catch..s
hit- .
MAKES \ HOME Run.
The visitors started the fireworks n
the first inning. and scored one run. Tom
my Leach. the first man VI. hit the ;irS;
bail for Z home rla. The ball went .J-
Smoot's territory and Homer went after
II lie came IN rather clos. and me Ia.
hit III foot and bounded OF, and by trs
tine that b. Ead II IN his hands Leach
Was rounding third base.
Sfnoot probably could have shut OF
LeacA's hit .or base or two had he b-J-
ter judged the ball. but. coming uu 10 q
lively clip. h missed and the sphere struck
his foot.
again in the sixth inning. Smoor mis-
judged fy and B-ausiiell took tEJ bases
on what seemed 10 hs an easy high one
In the eighth. mad Homer been e biz
faster IN throwing. he might have caught
Mccormick II first base.
Pi;tsburc srcrel another run IN the afJh
inning; hTnsSeT singled and seore- on
their rlIa IN this period with single and
triple by Shay and Grady
KRUEGFH: GETS HOMER.
In the seventh. Taylor Ie; down com
ple;ely. Krueger started the bunch arour:
tie circuit BY knocking q home -un- Phelps
was out 20 Shay. Lever and Leach sin
Sle1 and scored on B.sumonts' triple
Ritchey bounced a. easy grounder %
Shay. but the latter threw wide 10 .h!ri
and Beaumont scored on the throw.
Rltchey taking first Wagner single bu.
Brau~telt foUlsd TO Brain El,chey vas
caught at the plate. trying 70 steal hOm..
-Four more runs were scored IN th. last
inning By the Pirates. Lever doubled
leach flied 10 Brain. Beaumont dJub!. u
left and Ritch.ys fre. pass filed -ha
bass wagner t.en few 70 Brain and
EransfeId's double through F,ar-ell-s ..cs
scored the first TWO runners. Mccormick
singled and kitchey and E-a-sf..ll scored
OF the hit. KRUGER n.w out
Lack OF playing Tor few days uiay have
something 10 DO with the Card!uals-s loss
hut when Taylor seemed % quit IN th,.
seventh. il appeared as though his team
mates al the same
Divy Brain played a. third base. while
D1!nleayy tcCk SEanluu's position IN right
field Hil. the Kansas City younEstyr.
was IN tire left garden
Hans Wagner played left field for the
Pirates in Mana ger Tlarke-s place the lat-
ter being Ill. krIeGer played short
At hat. Mccormick led with three hits
out of five times W. Beaumont Eot a
double and triple. Both os B-anstisll's
hits We're doublss
The score: