The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-04

REfk BLIc SPECIAL
Phns dolphia. Sept ALMOST complete
iy surrounded by q human wall. the Ath-
letics and st. Louis to-day battled through,
eighteen Innings OF two games TO 4 draw.
The Browns threw cold water over the
persp;rinc popuiace at the halfway point
In the afternoons festivities when they
won the FIRST game in the ninth inning
The gloom. though. was soon sent 70 some
other, location. for Mack's men began the
second contest Nth such a rush that they
had no difficulty in carrying OF the vic
tory.
The largest crowd Of the season turned
out to witness the struggles. There were
is.oei present: ard the stands were unable
to accommodate all Of them. Wooden
benches held an overflow from the grand
stand. and a few others sat on the grass
;,ns the home plate and soaSsd foul SUl
the vision OF the batxmen. the outfield WAS
entirely surrounded by rooters. while 9TH
ers climbed 10 on the fence and hung on
II was a cheerful. noisy crowd. whose
one Thought vas TO see double triumph
5lr the bone team h. In ,. ssey made
such q vigorous rally In the final at.
tempt in the FIRST saTe that the e-ief Of
the fans cid not penetrate very deep.
GROUND RULES PREVAILED.
Ground rules undoubtedly helped sew
eral Of the batsmen. for the outfelders
could not get over the ropes after some
OF the drives. Nevertheless. some very
daring plays were Witnessed. Hartseil.
Pickering. Hemphili and Hypes backing
into the crowd and catching drives over
their heads. A hit into the left feId
crowd was good for three bases and one
among the right field spectators vas
good Tor two sacks
MURPHY was The only player he 70 . sSu, Sc
scatter. although seySold. with two
triples TO left In succession. gave TO Dan
ny a chase for time. Murphys batting
plate he drew one base on balle and made
two singles. two doubles and a triple.
DAMN, ws. :lso kept on tho move ys,s IN
chances offered TO him in the first game
and all ten shat went his way In the sec
ond game. Pickering. too. was kept on the
In the opening contest. Pickering pulled
down six flies All were taken on the run
and two of bats OF Jones end Psdden
~ sTshe and hyywe OF the Brown. dis
tinGuished themselves IN the neid. each
throwing out seven men Henley was
LARGELY Responsible sos me r., c sra IN IN sne
Wild. and his error gave ETC., 70 the s, visisrs
rally in the ninth inning. In the third
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Petty. out OF commission. The latter Was
hit on the arm and was compelled 10 eve
way to sudhoff. This was unfortunate
for the Athletics, as SudhoH pitched far
better ball than Petty and only one run
was secured OF him In seven Innings.
HARTsELL STARTS SCORING.
Hartsell scored In the first inning. He
opened with q single, took second on Pick
eriuE'e sacrifice and came home on Dav.s's
single Two bases on balls were wasted
In the second. for Murphy was caught
mapping OF first and NJ Cross was thrown
out trying to steal second.
The Browns tied the score in the third
Inning. Sugden opened with q hit and
Petty was hit on the pitching arm Bur-
kett's scratch single flled the bases Sug-
den scored when Hemphiil forced Burkett
ont At second. and but for wsilace's
Grounder. Davis threw Petty out OF the
plate. The visitors took the lead in the
nth inning. Burkett singled and Eas
forced out by Hemphiil. who stole second
and scored on Wallace's single.
The Athletics evened up matters In the
to left and scored on Davis's single.
With two men out In the ninth inning.
Henley fimbled Waflaces grouncer.
Hynes doubled to right. Jones drove 4
liner over n. Cross's head. Monte made n
great effort TO land the ball. but cou'd not
hold II. both Wallace and Hynes scoring.
L. Cross opened the Athletics half OF the
ninth with a single. and was forced at sec
ond by Seybold. while Murphy fouled out
singled. flling the bases Plank batted for
Henley and ended the game with a
groundeT to Padden.
The score: