The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07

The Cardinals put the Cincinnati Reds
to rout in both games at League Park
yesterday afternoon. The first game re-
suited in a 3-to-0 victory for the locals.
and they captured the second fray by a g.
to-3 score.
Jack Taylors invtncible work on the
slab was mainly responsible for the first
victory, while Nicholas effective pitching
and the Cardinals clever all-round playing
brought joy to the hearts of the local
fans in the second bout.
AT every stage Of the game the Cardi-
nails outplayed their rivals. In the first
game Taylor allowed "Kelley's Kids" only
three safe rap while the locals found
Jack HarpeI's curves for nine safe raps.
In the second game Cincinnati made
nine hits of Nichols. while the Cardinals
jumped into Kellum's midst for eleven safe
cracks.
st. Louis ais did better all-round work
than the visitors. Both teams lined UP with
new material in their makeup. Dave
zearfoss. the locals mountain man, caught
both games for st. Louis. while Odwell
took Donlin's place in left field. Mike is
acting a trifie naughty, according to re-
port and Mr.. Kelley has punished the
obstreperous Michael by s~uspending him
indefinitely.
Zearfoss caught two excellent games.
Dave made a single and double in the first
fray, and manufactured a one-base rap in
the second contest.
Odwell did nicely in Donlin's place. but
he is not as brilliant a performer as
Michael.
Augustus Aureiius Moran butted into the
first game with a decision that very much
displeased the local fans. and that made
Silk OLoughlin, who sat in the stand.
ashamed Of his fellow umpire.
In the third inning. Beckley singled and
turned into the running line for second.
Jake saw that he could not reach station
No. 2 in safety and retraced his steps to-
ward first base. Kelley stood directly in
n SeGKdeys way and an lake bounced his 40
The ball got away from Kelley on the
play and Beckley reached third in safety.
Moran called Beckley back to first. The
fans were much astonished at Moran's
decision and for the rest Of the day spoke
Of him in the most endearing terms.
THE FIRST GAME.
st. Louis got busy with Mr.. Harper in
and the locals took advantage of the I'm;
lucky number for Jack. After Farrell
went down on an inied tap. Shannon tore
of a i triple o to R LEFT fsia a ainaI scored q mo-
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Brains single, Barclays sacrifice and
Zearfoss's double brought another tally
over the plate for st. Louis in the second
inning. Farrell's single, %Shannon's sacri-
fee hit and Beckley's single ave to st.
Louis their third and last tally Of the first
game in the third inning.
Taylor opened the fifth inning for the
locals with a crashing rap to right center.
on which he was thrown out at third or
a clever relay by Dolan and Higgins to
Steinfcldt.
Odwell got as far as third in the open
ing inning on a free gift from Taylor
Jack soaking Odwell in the back with the
sphere). his steal of second and Zearfoss's
wide throw. For the next three innings
Taylor set the visitors down in one-two-
three order.
Harper reached second IN the sixth on
his single. the first hit of the anne off
Taylor. and his steal of second. In the
ninth inning, Taylor let down a bit. Cd
well reached third on his safe bunt. and
~Seymour's double. During the game only
two Red Legs reached third. A pretty
stop by Huggins of Barclays grounder
in the fourth inning and Taylor's one
hand capture of Corcoran's hot one IN
the sixth were the fielding features.
Score of first game: