The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-30
The CHAMPIONS.


cago's, the League Championship Win.
ming Run-Scenes at the Close.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. Sportsman'5 park
presented what foreigner would have
called most remarkable spectacle short
" 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 brghtcyed I've,
and all were gazing with painful anxiety
at the actions OF a few Qucerly.dressed
men on the open field before them The
| field was marked off by long white lines.
/ In one corner there was a large flg-pOle
| and small black bulletin board, on which
| could be observed two lows Of figures.
| One of them contained eight ciphers and
a figure 8. The other roWwa composed
! OF seven ciphers and three figure Is. In
/ the other eX lrcmty OF the Held n small
/ square was marked off by white lines,
and on each corner Of the square a
/ small bag. Several men in black suits
and white stockings were stationed in
/ this part of the field Onc of them,
standing at the corner or angle of the
square nearest the covered stand seemed
TO have his head enCaSed in q 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 a man in black suit and
white stockings who stood in the middle
. g nd fr ..,l,7
to throw something at him. 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 eagcd head
and bounded off toward the stand Then
the man on the left hand corner ran
toward the batsman and passed him.
That was all. To the stranger it might
have seemed a very simple action, but its
effect on the crowd was electrical. II
seemed to set the mass of spectators
wild. One fearful shout arose, and then
portion of tie crowd sprang out on the
field, seized the players in white uniform
and bore them away, while the rest gave
vent to their feelings in a manaer thatin-
dicated a very remarkable degree OF en-.
husiasm Some threw their hats in the
air. others pulled off their coats and pun
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, ~ great
cen,rc-nelder 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 a close one of NE most
remarkable series of contest, thar have
ever taken place on the field of sport.
They have attracted marked interest not
only i'm the two great cities, whose rep
resentative clubs were arraygd 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
I'm all parts of the globe Il is no won.
der, then, that the 10000 people who saw
The deciding play in yesterdays game,
which rave the great honor % ST. Louis,
vented their delight in a boi~jgr0uS man
j ner. The twelve young men who have
represented ST. Louis I'm the contests of
5 the great National game have brought a
decided honor TO our city. They have
defeated the representatives OF city
which has always struggled to make it..
self a rival of ST Louis, and thaI too,
after an amount Of boustiug upon the
! part of their Windy City opponents
which promised a much harder struggle
han actually was necessary.
After dropping two games on the
grounds of their opponents, and on days
i. so diSagIeeable that good ball playing
{ was out of the question, The Browns met
. the big Chlcagoaus on IN. 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 uudisputed honor OF
j. possessing the champion ball club of the
world. 1t has put into the pockets of the
II club officials and players at leastiourteen
= thousand dollars in money, has effectu
' ally silenced the boastings Of the
Chicago CLUB, has increased the con-
y hdence of St. Louis enthusiasts in the
4 superiority of the Browns as boll-toss'
!, ing aggregation, and has made thousands
r, of dollars for those who were sufficiently
bold to back their opinions with money
Mr. Won der Abe received kilograms
from ST. LOuisans all over the country
" last night congratuating him on the re
' suit. Some were rejoiced at IL merely
y from patriotic motives; others unnOunc
IN I'd that they had more substantial rea
Y sons Tor eXultajion, The feeling through
i out This city was intense. Men who TAKE
II, very little interest I'm base BAH hav,
= watched the result with the greotest anx
:. ety, and were last night shouting tnt
praise of the local club.
Yesterdays game was The most brill
liant of the entire serie s. It was marked
l. by excellent fielding, moderately ZOO
D. batting and great pitching. The loca
b team pulled out ahead by means of pull
D. ing together and displaying superio
s., nerve in critical situations The bic lea,