The St. Louis Republic., 1904-07-17

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pla-ers As a tenn they should dutsd ID
the first division. and many good 4u19ss
OF raseban will rniss their Eoess 4 they
don't
one interesting feature Of the Broollyn
series the return TO form OF AikD
U'NeII.
O'NEILL BACK IN FORM
The once great southpav showed aplsn-
did form against Hanious men he icsa
his game. that's true but with anything
like luck he would have won easily
He allowed the Brooklyn hitte0 only
four hits. and but FOR the Wild ros1 OF
lake Reckley would have won. ,.s,a; A. tna'
Nichols :, frst-class Ieft-hander. some
thing he has needed badly ali season
uln.cavy and Sanders are good enough
pitchers. but they are bit too hghc for
shannon. in right field, has won his way
iato popularity with the local fans by his
genera! aH-aroUrd work.
Ills fielding hitting and baEe-runuinR
a2aius; Brooklyn were on the cyclonic O.
der and ne has made Pat Donovan's ab-
sen"e unfelt, great player as the hand
some New Englander undoubtedly was
Brain a: short is doing some excellent
work He Is covering ground in vouDer-
fl.l fashion and hitting at fair clip for
inhelder. And if I'ave happens to f1H
OF in his work. Shay IS ready to 80 In
AZ a moments notice.
SHAY IN SHAPE AGAIN
Danny has completely recovered from
his Illness and is eager TO get hack in ths
game.
Nichols's ou.feld IS an excellent nns
George Barclay, who was going poorly 10
the SurIug. Is back to his form. He Ii
hitting them out fairly we'll and his de6-
ing Is all that could be hoped for Be
si1es. George IS one OF the ieete., men IN
the business on the bases. and when hs V
fully timEeH Will be very valuable aid
to 81 Louis
smoot is the same handy man with ths
willow he has always heen. His hitting
in the Brooklyn series averaged better
than 800. and bis fielding was Of the hikh-
est quality.
The cardinals are now playing se q
good clip. and should be in the frst d.
vision before they end their games with
- BROWNS ROUGH GOING
The Browns have been experiencing
fheir disastrous showing at Washington
has done much 10 hurt them all around
the circuit. and will probably opoo Nc
Nleer's eyes 10 the fact that his team Is
not all he claims for IL
MeA!eer has evineed q desire to
Georgetown Moran. The college player
should be Of much aid to the Browns.
Moran is not the best hitter in the bvsi-
ness. hut he is finished fielder, IN se-
grcsSive player, and cinquestionably bet
ter man than Eil.
Since joining the Browns. Hill has not
! wonder is that McAleer carried him 20
/ long.
! for the speedy Moran. even If the Geor.s-
| town hoy is, troubled with that prevailing
ralady: Charley horse"
Senator's last Friday bears out NcAleefa
nom was was a conner Glade has all the
row now is easily the bes, man with The
| Browns.
GOOD PLAYERS SCARCE.
I Managing a tal-end team is about the
| hardest proposition that I can imsginA"
I remarked Hughey Duffy Of the PhiIHes
! recently. People seem to think that whom
/ you have loser all you have to do 10 b
i--,' RS by the Dozen. We have been t1yisS
/ have made all sorts of offers. but without
avail. The clubs which have good men,
I whether they be major or minor lea4oe
I clubs. want to keep them Just a. hadly
/ want them.
/ this season of the year. no matter wh4f
| You offer. So you are virtually compelled
| You may have and do the best you cAn.
| OF course. the patrons can't understand
| why YOU don't get a winner. but that -
or 6s es wod knew TO Setter
I isn't a scarcer article on the market to-
/ day than good ball players. and they seem
! YOUNGEST PLAYER IN GAME
At the game in Lowell. with Concord,
June .. Concord was caught in peculiar
! quandary when its ioQuacious first haSe-
! man. Win Clark. was put out OF the game.
Concord ,i had i'd. no man .a,- to put IN r.
| for not having nine men on the field, when
| IL occurred to the management to put IN
the the son ,5n Of the he catcher cat her" Of the team Tne
| little chap is but years old and went into
| right field. where he had neither put out.
assist nor error. He is undoubtedly the
| youngest chap who ever went into a reg
! uar professional game.
RRUSH IN a NEW LIGHT.
For years it has been the talk among
/ the people who think they know all the
inside workings baseball that John
/ T. Brush. during Q time he was preai-
| dent OF the Cincinnati team. paid smaller
| salaries than any man in the big leasue-
team, who evidentiy secured his informa-
tion from reliable sources. this reputa-
| tion was undeserved. for the reason that
| succeeded in getting players cheaper than
any manager or president in the League.
! and probably has the cheapest team IN
IS Sad this this piayer: HAD Hanlon never
| paid his men anything like the salaries
that any other club in either the National
given 3. nv them. en- he would not have lost q
many men as he did during the war. for
1 be II known that Hanlon was de0eften
! by more stars during the several ye4fe
| OF struggle between the National and
I American leagues than were any other
| two managers in the business.
/ THE year before the fight between these
| two organfza tions was opened there was
| not a man on the Brooklyn team who
| drew as much as 5000 year; nor would
I Hanlon inc1sase his figures when IL was
/ plain that the American was planning
raids
( THE result was that he lost such stafY
+ as Kelley. Jennings. Donovan, Cross and
! a number of others during the first year
I OF the tight The second year others d.
I serted him for the same reason-he WaS
too close with his money. This year he
has secured bunch OF youngsters VINO
/ will not eat up the greater portion Of his
! receipts and | am willing to wager, that.
| with the exception of Boston. Brooklyn
| has the cheapest team in either Of the big
| Iea piies this wear"