The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-19
RAIN PREVENTS
DOUBLE-HEADERS
Browns VIII Line Up Against
Blues i'll Games This Aft
cTnuun.
MANY FANS ARE DISAPPOINTED
NAPOLEON Laioir Not With the
Cleveland Team On Present
Trip. Having an Injured
hnrc To Nurse.

When g. rains 90 pour,- : an ax.or,
Is old as XII Gleason. AMI IL c.ri.iUI,
did hyth abauJ ID. .im- mat N.
d"uhi--hvad,rS w-rr scheduled Ia d,
played a. the local parks yesterday ait.
e.nouu.
A. o'clock botu parks Wei. e..,rr,a
Win sheet Of water tu4t would nav,
I Siaii"n'd The heart OF th- water UaIo!St
~ Nt!'h brought sadness L. tie dia-
boti. The Browns and Cardinal, manage
7 tltht held tl. players tu uniform until
'.islJ : clock D. tA- HOPE that II would
"ut J fluVl'ss aas obstinate and -ti,.k IN
out f"T nall an hour after tile baseball
. II. mates sLTI.-IueT.d
ne pusipoI-IEcn- 81 tn, doable-n-t,ieg
/ al Lag i,- ara means that Tie t,lritn',l.
viz lac iu lass " Iuat pair OF games
- "a, A. Ii.ly!ES them locally - con
Hedses's team i more fortunate in this
I I'sfv't' az to-day was an oyeu date in m.
I -. I.e SHi they vii play of yrSt,r-
W IoebIe-h header this afternoon
I me batteries announced for y.st-r.is :
Niil Work to-day. Aitie JOS. the fit!rria y
S-at; doing the tTir!.Is for the visitors
III ti.s oI''n'r. opposing 3. Petty. the Far
In m, second game MrAIser will ,rot
1st We lille SufhOn and .ithe:
H'st or llustIeSS' Ehott.s Will try their
1
The BrDSus nave been doing very We'll
AGAINST Cleveland this season. and Mana
ger McA!e-r .NIects the locals 10 at Least
"rSak wen WITH the heavy hitting brides.
! - h-h Inc st'd~aFt young giants Of III.
| cleveland Bluss cam. ogt on the field
l-sttFuay II developed that <apDieon Ia
! Joie. thrir leader. was not with them He
I remained in ciey.lard- yher. l.. ! nurs-
lns a badly injured knee
t-a,tS = sth"tins from an aalic;iun
which his ply STEFAN diagnose! as water
I-HHD -
IN" !eF"itnl team here was QUITE. A dis
appointment to The local fans "a, i q
/ iaNorite t"ra!iy- and the fans usually greet
city. ''''S
L.lr-y's abs,nce Is also felt by the clev.-
I5nd p'ayers- His Presence IN the game
always has a tonic effect IN TIN, sfev.-
opposition pitchers
Lhs local t~ir!ef. sent Up = vote Of
thhnkS when they found that Larry was
not with the team Not that Larry IS in
.ls least unpopular with the s. Louis
WRITERS. but he has a habit OF breaking
W t'tlr Dl-.nS winch CRATES on their feel
ms and makes their nerves CULVER every
TINE the husky F:enchman steps TO the
The intended lineup Yesterday for C-Iey.-
Iand included Flick at second. while Ross
man Holycke man. vas To 60 to right
Tor the Blues This order Will hold good
to-day koSsrlan IL a very likely looking
Gun sister and one that will probably max.
trouble for many pitchers before he has
SEn"l 1iI IN the League.
Incidentally yesterdays showers brought
hitter disappointment to a group OF 90 OK
SuTsIonists. who came all the way from
s.IIhsiie!d, I'll TO see Charley case work
!. '.se wss Formerly the crack pitcher for
". SpT!nSheld team and = an idol Of the
Springfield fans
When they learned that Dreyft.ss's team
would De ~ the city. IA committee OF them
ptttiOneu the Efttsb,!rg nageTnent Il,
pitch CASE They received Barn.y'S con-
S,ht ana got up an excursion that includ-
Cd over half the baseball fans Of Spring
Held They were on hand all rich. .. -.
for Case. but the rain INTERRUPTED rb.,r
plans and they left the city las; night as
dis onso!ste band Of baseball fans AS
al Union Station
Hi"s Nas.vr. the Pirates mighty
star. il IN very poor condition an! orIIv ms
faithfuiness and gam, ness k..rs 81, a.
N. game when half the players in m, Ma
uonal League would he in led v,r,. rbe,-
In the same condition. '
ne big fellow has severe cold across
MS BACK. and u pains him severely to
stoop- II Is pitiful 20 see him stoop Ter a
nat The rrSt time lie reached for his
favcrite hickory Saturday his face shovr.J
Ine severe STRAIN p. VAS working under
After that iellow-pIsyers assisted wagn.r
MS gaineness in remaining in the FRAY
while he j. suffering intense physical usif,
saS Won for hin hundreds of admirers lo-
s3ily- courage Is a quality that the fans
demand In hall player and the exhIbi-
tion OF pluck that Wagner diSpIay,d hoe
has dispelled any Doubt the FANS rs,y 49,
n'id heretofore as To- Hans'S ability TO
stand ihe saf; and whsr. he vas hootei
t py some fSns before last Saturday his OK
inhibition Of pluck forced even the mos:
reluctant To an sppreciatlEe acknowledg-
ment of The pTIi ., Esmeness.
ppSAHCE TELLS STORY
Frank i'oEahUc. on. of III. k..u.s. wits
in baseball. told a good story on IsbelI
1nf,Is u ianhinE o.. an Irvs.G-..,
forget a hot one Is5eiI sprung whi!e I
was visiting Chicago" said Frank
At that time George Davis was PLAYING
short and the veteran Tom Daily was cg
second lSbcl was doing some great
stunts at first and was presented with a
new glove. Walking over TO Izzy. I asked
Aw. Quit !er kidding. will yer Frank
said lshell- How do you think I can ever
break IN a new glove with Davis and Tom
Daily throwing them at meT-"
Tip - Neil. the young Senator also GO,
of a good one In Cleveland recently" CON
tinusd Donnie zone OF our twiriers hlr
HIM hun IN the had with a pitched bali, Tip
ly managed 10 grope his way To- first
When h. reached the initial sack / began
TO sympathizo with him on his hard luck
in getting hit on. that's all right. Donnie.
That's one tine less a; ba: for me- any
situation
The noticeable slump all along the line
in batting in both leagues was discussed
during a session OF the fans YESTERDAY
The spit-ball and the foul-strike rule We're
In hitting. and some new methods to over
come the spit hail Were discussed.
Some liquid form OF cayenne paper
poured over the cover Of the ball and al
lowed to soak In Is the only remedy for
this freak said D0nahue "A pitcher
would not care tn try III. spit ball more
LIQUID ] guess that would hold Chesbro
fOr awhile
preventive" suggested Sid Mercer. Yes
a- arsenic - Iffs. a1 g-
Levi
Well. your remedies may be all right"
said Donahue: but the Chicago boys
worked the red pepper gag on CHESHIRE and
his spit ball was no; on duty that day !
'Chesbro has the spit ball down pat"
continued Donnie. and he worked # once
ComHie's men were prepared. They had
fixed Up some kind OF a liquid mixture the
chief ingredient Of which was cayenne
pepper and they took good care 70 call
CheshrO's attention TO the fac; as they
carefully rubbed IL on each sphere
After cheese got = mugful Of that pep
per once he forgot all about the spi; ball
and Chicago sent him to the mourners
bench in a couple OF innings
Players OF the Coast League where the
spit ball was developed. II not invented.
prevents a pitcher from throwing the
curve. but major leagIie players claim they
have tried this method without any sue
cess.
Luullsy OF Brooklyn leads both leagues
in four baggers. He made his tenth homer
last TUESDAY.
Titus. left fielder of the Phillies and
Lachance. first sacker Of Boston. are the
only players in the big leagues who wear
Observation-Disclosures. Wonder what
they call that hirsute appendage Jake
Beckley wears under his beak?