The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-10-29
THE CHAMPIONS.

The st. Louis Browns Win the worlds
Championship ON the Base Bali Field
After an Exciting Series with the Chi
eago's, the League Championship Win
ming RUp-Scenes at the Close.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 24.-Sportsman's park
presented what foreigner would have
called most remarkable spectacle short.
ly before five O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
In the large covered stands facing the
field from the northeast corner and on
the open benches bordering the western
and northern sides were seated ten thou.
sand people, representing all ages from
gray-haired seventy to bright-cyed five,
and all were gazing with painful anxiety
at the actions OF few queerlv- dressed
men on the open field before them. The
field was marked of by long white lines.
In one corner there was large fag-pole
and small black bulletin board, on which
could be observed two lows of figures.
One OF them contained eight ciphers and
a figure 3. The other row was composed
of seven ciphers and three figure Is. In
the other extremity of the field a small
square was marked off by white lines,
and on each corner of the square
small bag. Several men in black suits
and white stockings were stationed in
this part OF the field. One of them,
standing at the corner or angle of the
square nearest the covered stand, seemed
to have his head encased in Il peculiar
looking cage, and just in front and little
to one side of him stood man in white
suit and cap and brown stockings. He
held bat and was closely watching the
actions OF man in a black suit and
white stockings who stood in the middle
of the square and was apparently about
to throw something at him. A second
glance would have discovered two other
men in white suits and brown stockings
one standing on the line near the corner
next to the man with the bat; and the
other near the next corner to the left.
Suddenly the man in the middle of the
square threw something toward the man
with the bat. 1t went past him, struck
the hands of the man with the Gagged head
and bounded off toward the stand. Then
the man on the left hand corner ran
toward the batsm1n and passed him.
That was all. To the stranger it might
have seemed very simple action, but it's
effect on the crowd was electrical. 1t
seemed to set the mass of spectators
wild. One fearful shout arose, and then
a portion of the crowd sprang out on the
field, seized the players in white uniform
and lore them away, while the rest gave
vent to their feelings in manner that in
dicated very remarkable degree of en-
air, others pulled off their coats and pum-
meled their friends with them, and al
most every one took some extraordinary
way of giving vent to his excessive Joy.
The cause of all this appears very
simple when explained. The men in
black suits and white stockings were the
Chicago base ball club. The man who
ran in and crossed the plate when the
ball was thrown was WEIGH, the great
centre fielder of the St. Louis Browns,
and the reason this action created such
an uproar was because he had Just scored
the winning run in the greatest contest
ever known TO the history of base ball,
and brought TO close one of the most
remarkable series of contests that have
ever taken place on the field of sport.
They have attracted marked interest mol
only in the two great cities, whose rep.
resentative clubs were arrayed against
each other, but in every State,
city and town in the Union.
The result will be watched by Americans
in Europe and by the American colonies
in all parts of the globe. 1t is no won
der, then, that the 10000 people who saw
the deciding play in yesterdays game,
which gave the great honor TO St. Louis,
vented their delight in a boisterous man.
ner. The twelve young men who have
represented St. Louis In the contests of
the great National game have brought a
decided honor to our city. They have
defeated the representatives of a city
which has always struggled TO make it.
self rival of st. Louis, and that, too,
after an amount of boasting upon the
part of their Windy City opponents
which promised much harder struggle
than actually was necessary.
After dropping two games on the
grounds of their opponents, and on days
so disagreeable that good ball playing
was out of the question, the Browns met
the big ChicagOans on the familiar
grounds at Sportsman's park and sent
them back home last night with three
straight defeats.
The result has brought to st. Louis foI
the second year the undisputed honor of
possessing the champion ball club of the
world. 1t has put into the pockets Of the
club officials aud players atleast fourteen
thousand dollars in money, has effectu-
ally silenced the boastings of the
Chicago club, has increased the con-
fidence OF st. Louis enthusiasts in the
superiority of the Browns as a bail-toss~
ing aggregation, and has made thousands
of dollars for those who were sufficiently
bold to back their opinions with money.
Mr.. Won der Abe received kilograms
from St. LOuiSans ali over the country
last night congratulating him on the re-
suit. Some were rejoiced at it merely
ed that they had more substantial rea-
sons for exultation. The feeling through
out this city was intense. Men who take
very little interest in base ball have
watched the result with the greatest anx
iety, and were last night shouting the
praise of the local club.
Yesterdays gam was the most brill
liant of the entire serie s. 1t was marked
by ex celIent fielding, moderately good
batting and great pitching. The local
team pulled out ahead by means of pull
ing together and displaying superior
nerve in critical situations. The big lead
obtained by the visitors and held by them /
until it seemed foolish TO hope longer for
victory in no wise discouraged them. On
the contrary it seemed to incite them TO
greater effort, and when they obtained a
slight start in the eighth inning they i'm
proved it to such advantage that they
were abreast of their big opponents
before the latter were fully aware of what
was going on. From that on victory was
assured. The Chicagos had weakened,
and the Browns were in to win, aud IL |
was only question of time when they |
did 1t.
A Dangerous COunterfeiter Taken In.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Oct. 25.-United |
States Deputy Marshal Faulkenburg ar