The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-16

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HOLIDAY EXTOLS EWING.
Mr.. Ned HanIon knew his business when
he made a trip to Redland and tried to
persuade Garry Hermann to turn Bob
Ewing over to Brooklyn with his blessing.
So did Manager McGraw. who accepted
Claude Elliott when he couldn't get Ewing.
And Hugh Duffy also had an eye 10 the
main chance. Fortunately all these efforts
to secure the Wapakonetan failed. for he
finished ike a M"athewsOn or a McGinnity.
Bob Ewing declared Bug Holiday
! Yesterday. is a cork nG good pitcher. and
he ought to do well next season. The
trouble with the clubs to-day is that they
carry too many pitchers and don't give
their good ones enough work What a
thought nothing of pitching successive
games. 1 think Kid Baldwin was responst-
BILE for much cf the Counts success. The
Kid used to get Mgllane wild. ] can see
EN- running around now he would yell
at Tony. making circles about his own top
knot TO indicate that the monkeys were
coming out of Tony's head and playing
plying. Tony would shoot them across in
vain efforts 20 knock the Kid out. One OF
the greatest games Mullane eyer pitched
was against Baltimore. and Baldwin prod
dcd him into that fight: You've got no
speed today. Tony. sad the Kid. Must
be going back. I'll catch you without a
SIDNt, ana ne llu. ne tossed away MS
mitt. and Niullane shot them over with
all his power. Baldwin held on, and the
Orioles were beaten. l to o."
WHY GIANTS WON.
A careful review of the National League
campaign leads the unbiased observer to
but one conclusion-that New York won
the flag because the team was the best in
the circuit. No uck no favoritism, moth
ing but real baseball. Study the team.
man by man: look over the records, COM
pare them with the work of every other
club: and there is only one way to look at
t-New York won because Il had the class
and showed the speed.
The batting of New York was excellent.
both heavy and timely. Long hits were
made in ample quantities. and short sin
giles when required; Plenty of sacrifices
we're recorded. and the team easily led the
league in stolen bases. How could that
style of play be beaten? Records may not
them ali in hitting. fielding. long hits.
sacrifices and stolen bases, there is only
one way in which that team can be
thrown down. and that Is by inferior pitch
ing.
New York's pitching was superb. Ma
thewson and McGinnity each pitched for
ty-four games. leaving only sixty for the
rest of the staff. OF these eighty-eight
games si~xty-three were victories. VIM ng
those sixty-three games certainly counted
a lot. but the work of Taylor and Wiltse
helped immensely. too, Tor young Wiltse
won eleven games and lost but three, and
the dummy did reliable work all season.
With every department OF play at the
top of the procession, 1t was no wonder
that New York won out. 1t was the best
ball team. and there is the whole story.
PHILLIES MAY BE STRENGTHENED.
Had the Phillies done as good work In
the first two-thirds of the season as they
did during the last one-third. there would
be little necessity to grumble over the
seasons showing. The teams playing.
however. during August. September and
October was such as TO give their follow
ers cause to look forward more hopefully
than If the squirt had not been made.
The first season of Hughey Duffy's man
agement is over with the Phillies in last
place. but Mr.. Duffy deserves credit for
finally getting together a collection of
players who should give a good account of
themselves next year. This sounds like
the old story at the end of Il season. but
it IS borne out by the facts of the case.
The positions which have been strength
ened during the season Just closed are
first base. with Lush. and right field. with
MCGEE. both OF whom give promise of de-
ve!oping into "slugeers' as bats.nen. while
MCGEE is already spoken of as another Ed
Delehanty. The catching department is
DOOM and Roth. while the addition Of
Corridor and Sutthof should make the
PhilIies fairly strong in twirlers next year.
This is 4 pretty good showing for Mr..
Duffy this year. With six months in which
TO think over his mistakes. granting that
Hughev is alone responsible for those
made this year. and Will so many good
players to start with next year. it looks
as If there would be no repetition during
1905 of the disasters of 1904.
1t was not until 1883 that the Nationals
invaded New York. although. even then.
1t was looked upon as the best baseball
city in the country The famous Jim
Mutrie. backed by John Il. Day, collected
the following: johnny Troy. second
base: Buck" Ewing. catcher: johnny
Clapo. catcher and "Mickey'
WEIGH. johnny" Ward. and Tip O'Neil:
pitchers; Roger Conner, first base: Ed
Caskins. shortstop; Frank Hankinson,
third base: Gillespie. left 7e!d: NJ Ike" Dor
gan. right field; John Ward, center field.
Those men were the original Giants.
1t took five years of practice and team
work to make them champions. but under
Mutrie, Ewing and Ward, this was finally
accomplished. though the contest was not
decided until the very last game. The old
Boston Red Stockings. with king Kelly