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- w c"x-'ig- - 7U' .1 ' 5 i r in miiwm - m ' ns"arWSeB"ssssj ii Mk 1 TO-DAY- 'S Part Tr bPrfatcdin - 8 PAGES. j . THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC! EIGHT PARTS,J NINETY-SIXT- H YEAR. SUNDAY. MORNING,. MAY 8, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. --SFeCIAL SPORT SeCTION. 9 THREE STAR PLAYERS OF THE NEW YORK AMERICAN LEAGUE BALL CLUB, Of course It Is the ambition of seven or than any of the present catchers under "Billy" Keeler and Dave Fultz. and from the eight teams In the American League Manager Griffith's wing. what he has shown so far, Anderson Is There Is no comparison between the St. due to prove a better fielder than he was to lead tha Johnson organization. But McGulre, ki2ifJ i . .- -i , - Louis man and "Straw foot" or a first baseman. jos. only one can accomplish that Teat, and Bevllle. O'Connor has cither of them The New York management has spared m&h&i&t-- j - : one will not 'be Washington. Any beaten, but that docs not mean that no efforts nor money to give the metrop- -- 'V Sliiftrt.l.' V that .ii?r"s. r - McGulre not good back- '". $ - baseball critic could tell this by a glance and Bevllle arc olis a great ball nine. r;. .. stops. They are. They have .1!TJ ". ." , at tha pcrcentajsc tables. annexed star after star, until O'-i- Not to be as good a catcher as O'Connor It has been openly charged that there was i Ono team, however, that longs for the Is no disgrace, for thera Is only one O'Con- a conspiracy on foot In the American !W, honor, perhaps more than any other Is nor left, and that Is Jack, who is now League to maka New York the pennant tS'J- - catching for the Browns. winners. :.t 'j(l ' The outfield of the "Invaders" Is almost But wouldn't Griffith et al. be a bit dls-- tv a&'&i SI&F:? SI as strong as Its pitching department. vtv tmm Skilled every 'y--. &u :&lfrS&m. -rf53S ES at angle of the game are ifchaAMMj53fcXi fc&S&SYisSsSSrz '" J the New York "Invaders." They have many reasons to wish to land the bunting '& in the American League, but perhaps the rxzm Mi foremost is to sain In favor with the base-be- ll wemi&' public in Gay Gotham. J.. v?-'tTf.-:, . As a drawing card, "Muggsy" McGraw's .. a"- rUjT, V V Vr" "Giants" refetiS&i r VWVA&' have an edge on Griffith's men, . but If the latter can do better in the yrrf2 x-.y American League handicap than the New -- rrftUfi VS. mmml ,1,j X-'- Tork Giants do In the National League r'JVr'.1 l iWi-M- l y. as well race It will mean the switching of popu-larit- t ?tu on the rubber this year as over J" lie did. mm ' - -- VfM "I know of no reason why my arm the Is fickle , ri&aM For fan a personage. He e.r-Ls- ,.'...;a J should bo better than that of any other must have the best brand of ba;ball 53SJS pitcher." said Nichols., "except that I that his money can purchase. He rlays ri?sszi take better care of It than do some of Zi.'!.. fe&mmM&aom the boys no favorite. IUs standard is merit, and '. x who have tho reputation of hav- tvr ing Iron arms. While I have suf- he generally backs up his principles by "WTLL CONROY, fered with a soro pitching arm at time?. his patronage. Fsviin?. DAVY PITT 'V It Third baseman, a recruit from Pittsburir rr ;7.. uv One of the greatest college player?, has never been sufficiently out of con- and fast player In field u pupil of Connie Mack i, dition to Frank Farrell and the rest of the men un at bat. the and ncr.in Johnson's organizationY and bcst base--r lead me to beileve that the end the bases. of my pitching days was In command of the New York American SHESSi appointed at hand. is of undoubted Quality. tLLi" W;?Y!m if their team fails to land one. the greatest "Even to-d- I have no Idea how soon League team realize this fact and have Ganzel has two? And there Is a good attendance In the history of. shown Improvement, on flr?t. Williams chance that this the game when they I will be compelled to give up pitching, nut together the best at will happen. battled for the title talent they could second Is an flrst-da- as of world's for my arm feels as good strong excellent and galaxy champions." and as procure. hitter. That of stars undr Griffith may It did fen ycas ago. I have never taken shine no brighter than they did last year, This season they have landed two pitch- At short "Gamecock" Elbcrtlcld Is as MAXAGEIt .MCHOLS S.VYS anything but the simplest exercise In the when tha best they could do was to land WORK spring, ers, "Brave Jack" Powell, and "Long good as any of the great short stoos in IS RESlEnr FOR SORE AIUI. nevtr having the aid of a masseur tho fourth position In the race. to keep my arm from getting sore. When Tom" Hughes, whom they expect will American League. And he has more 2aE3 But with nerve than any their additional pitcher and There Is no doubt there was any soreness I would resort to have strength enough in their sturdy of them. Not much larger the acquisition of that Charlie Nich- right arms to swing than a wildcat, he Anderson to play the ols, manager tho method of giving .tha the pennant pendu- resemble that haiiti. outfield, the men from the City Sights and pitcher of the St. Louis lum toward New York. ful creature In fighting way. of arm lots of work under favorable weath- a should give Boston. Cleveland Phila- National League team, possesses Undoubtedly the "Invaders" have Conroy at third has and the er conditions to bring it back to Its form a shown himself to delphia a hard run for first honors. most wonderful pitching staff that should rank socond to bo a masterful ball player, and one pitching arm In profes- again. Of course, pitching Is a great that If they do they will certainly shake sional y. none In the country. Powell. Hughes, will help tha New York the baseball Nichols started in strain on the arm. At the same time. If Americans to foundation of McOraw's popularity, unless his career in Grtffln and Chesbro. Certainly this realize their ambitions. Conroy fast company fifteen years the muscles are kept in a good, healthy sounds Is fast that team wins the National League pen- ago, yet there Is like tha "Wg four" doesn't it? Of course on his feet, a great fleldor n not a tr.lrler In the big condition, and one is in other ways phys- and r.f. nant, and the chances for them doing so League to-d- Boston has mighty t for whom batsmen have ically sound, there Is no reason why tha its "Cy" Young and class sticker. Sit-- are no better than are the chances tho greater the Dlneen, ikttvM of respect .than they have for Nich- general run of pitchers should not but this pair can Now York was weakened hv ih. tn. PagPJ i Irxaders for landing the bunting In John- last hardly Mfa.w.x, ols. In the ganej he has pitched so longer they do. I hopes be said to outclass tho "big four" of "King" O'Connor, who Is now with h son's organization. far than have that In this spring ho has shown all his old-tim- e shall busi- New York. Browns. CHESBRO. New I be able to continue In the Whom O'Connor calls "Cheere Bro." one o pilches In Should both York teams land the strength and cunning, and there Is no ness some years come, see Tha infield of the New York Americans Tha "King" was easily a better man fthe test pennants leagues. for to and I the League. of their It would mean reason to believe that he will not perform no reason now why I should not." O'Connor and "Dutch Mike" Kahoe are a Hurst. "We were playing the Phillies." steadily Improved. His work on ground trio hard to beat. said Duffy, SIX.EABKmSLCATCHEB8 OF THE. "and Tim called me out at Jalls was his principal weakness.las(sum-me'- r. MAJOR LEAGUES. Chicago-tirthe - T-KutUvan' White Sox" first after I had beaten out, a bunt to Lave appreciated 'when best man. and comes close to being as Collins this he Cross. Of course. I made .the usual song pitched his training "camp at Macon, and good as the best man In tha American and dance, and tho music wasn't set to gave bajt-tlri- g- League. he explicit orders to the men ragtime, either. Tim threatened, to make to 'outfield to Strange to say. Drill and Klttrrdge are the keen Douihertr me contribute C3 to the Nick Young con- busy with ground balls. Colltnx's orders, .good catchers, but It docs not follow from science fund and offered to remove my tall-en- d aie BiwajrB Diicra, aiiu jcruunurr aiier this that. a team needs good back- block with "a Fitzslmmons hook. stops grounder went skimming out to left field. as well as the leaders. Had not the "When he foi-n- that the bluff wouldn't Senators Drill and Klttredge to backstop Improvement In Dougherty's handling of & work, he switched from tho vinegar num- them they would probably have fallen out them was noticed In a few days, and that ber on the 'con' menu to molasses, and he wCI not only lead In the American SI of the pennant race entirely.