The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-18

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( so much ae sroaI, "a w. -, ,,.r.
season
, Rut -,,a ,t.,.,, ,--.-.t.,. -Ao., .t,
| spring rolls sror,r4 ,r.....,sr ,.iu ~. ,.,,-s
| than willing t. return r. < INNS .,- m.
same sqlarv that he received is.- .aason
! Shannon. II : said r-.,, 70 ;n,., the "a
| loon business Milo vas f., st,,.,, 81 ven
/ ture once before and va. Willing, IN ,.c-
cspt q place in the ,7irc~s yyr.H .asrai
one in preference 70 remaining in the
| business
! Shay has legitimate excuse IN not he
! ing arX!ous 10 return to tho city. Ills
! health is not the bot. R1t Danny VII
! very Hkcir b= wiling to r.sl. good deal
/ o. his health when s. q" IS cfreIed To Alm
a. an inaaesuont.
! Al any rate. i ore or 1To =, the Car
d'uais should happen H. forget to come TO
st. Louis next spring. the local pop4Iace
would not IL the least he worried.
DISPOSAL. OF HAEOt..
The disposal Ct S,evsr ana Eazoe 20
| lndianaroi hy the Browns management
is tho first indication: that the Browns In
tend 20 e.; busy iu ssrtia, s..-.f. some OF
last years timier
KaEoe's reledg" was .orctoII I'm The Re
public many weeks ago. That ne would
n: bc h.-c tt.is season vas Z forecone
decision, fn many. of ,r.. .-rs 20 ...,. f,,cl
as last September.
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L sh"Gid NOT De S'"fF"i u'.-' some moe
OF me ee'es''a'S are numbered H''''''S ''''
MISSING.
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pau iuch' "isH' p"' ''ie io'."s N'-N S''
tire!y out or ihe l'eriia,'t a.
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rfes would ne necessary o'HE "i' '''e VI '-''
sectional trips Inc thFee-s"tHe
scheme could prohab'y De carried o'' III
most cases between ciuos IN 'ne s"'''e
ton as the distances ol tFa'el a' I't
decisive barrier, as the! aie III ''' ''~
Sectional contests
BATTERS PECI i-iAf'l les.
Where do al the bats tnat me man
ageIDeut and players OF "'is'pah '-.'''.
purchase every spring so to "d- dSNeH
OF Secretary Barnard the other day
You have got me- replied barnard
suppose that tho Cleveland ciun. manage
ment and players bought over "" pats our
ing the last season and ! doubt II there
are twcast- Of those left. y t'w are
broken, hut the most are either gwen or
thrown awav.
The truth of II is that baseball players
are. as n rLc. cxtrem"iv 'tin!cky as 10
their hats. Some players VIII have M as
sortmeut of tu o dozen bats ai the start OF
the season. every hat warranted to contain
a batting average OF over .Stn. One 10y
one. however. the bats are discarded. and
it is no uncommon sight to sec the fas
tidious player pay a visit to the visiting
clubs bench prior 10 a game and ask the
players of that club if they have any bats
that are good that they do not want. Dur
ing the last season BIZ Eradley and
Charley Hickman used tho same bat 4
great deal What suited Hickman genera
ly suited Bradley. but it took a long while
before Hickman got a pie.e Of ash to suit
him. he beginning the season with nearly
thirty sticks of various weights and sizes
Captain Larry uses one of the Ionges,
bats used by any player. thus enabling
him To reach for those wide outcurves that
50 many tufrIe-s like to give the champion
h,-srran who, r,,sn arc NJ, t.a<ee Another
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Nie'eiaiiu P'aSer a'S' usTSH LII. 'a'
This was Earl Moore the length OF the
sick allowing tho hiC pitcher to stand FUR
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ui'T "NaS ilpAi tiie 49, "tS'' '''t'-i5
tnan he wC-Id have mad 10 had ne used an
other hat
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az i''ts'Sl 'r'' ''-eu ~ '"' '!
the league, however. is that used by y
Young the BOSTON twir!ar. going nearly
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10 VN' HINT III TdN!iIS HIS "-it ui'''- 'u'.