Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-07
SOME HISTORY OF
A CHAMP ION NINE.
1t is a Really Great Aggregation
Of Ball Tossers Now Playing
Boston
FOR WORLDS CHAMPIONSHIP.
Professional Mines in Pittsburg for
Twenty. Seyen Years, but the Pres.
ent One Beats All.

A recent dispatch from Pittsburg says:
There have been professional mines In
Pittsburg for q years, There have been
all kinds Of teams, and the present one is
by far the superior Of all others. The now
thrice champions have the honor Of bring
Ing Pittsburg to the fore as baseball
city, and all honor is due TO President
Barney Drcyfuss, Manager Fred Clarke
and the players who served In Plttsburg
during the Watkins regime, the players
who were brought here by Dreyfuss,
Clarke and Pullam and the athletes who
were culed from the minor leagues by
Dreyfuss and Clarke.
Opposed to the present world heaters Is
a team almost as famous, although win
ming notoriety in an entirely different
way.
j. Palmer ONell was president OF the
Plttsburg club In 1880 and the manager
was George Doggie) Miller The team
broke all records by losing ia contests,
while they won % games.
The team also played to the smallest
crowd ever assembled at a league game.
q people paying to see the Gumbert
brothers of Pittsburg oppose each other.
Ad and VIII Gumbert were on the slab
that day. WIZ was with Pittsburg and
Boston dropped the game TO 0. The hui
NOR of the game ana the small audience
appealed to President ONeil, ana he paid
the carfare Of the entire audience (22), in
Guiding himself on the return trip To the
city,
This famous team was the one that
represented Plttsburg during Brotherhood
year and Manager Miller had 80 players
on his payroll during the year. IN every
city the team visited Miller would nh IN
with local recruits, believing such a plan
cheaper than to carry regularly salaried
team
Many Of the games were transferred to
other cities, ana President O'Nell dropped
$4,000
Although baseball has been gaining In
popularity since the days Of the Cincin-
natl Red Stockings In 1863 baseball was
not taken seriously In Pittsburg until
1876 The first team Of prominence to rep
resent this city was sent out in that year
and was known as the Zanthers. The
toam was a salaried one and pulled OF
some great games with Wheeling and
| ohio towns The success Of the Zanthera
stirred up the people Of Allegheny, and
| the AlleBhenies, with the late lamented
Jimmy Calvin on the slab were sent forth
| TO earn baseball renown, The Alleghen-
| les captured second place in the Inter
state league, being defeated for first hon
| ors by Canadian team.
| In 1878 the Alleghenies were taken into
| the American association, whore they re-
| NAMED until 1885 when they entered the
| National league.
Brotherhood year put Pittsburg back as
! n baseball town. Many Of the country's
| best players started a league OF their
own Jake Beckley, Robinson, Fred Car.
| roll, Jimmy alvin and Ed Morris headed
| the Brotherhood teams while George NIL
| was In the National league.
/ Pittsburg's best team, previous 10 thu
present nine, was sent forth In 1898 undei
| the management Of Al c. BuckenDerger
| now manager Of the Boston Nationals
| The team made n gallant fight through
oni place With BeckleY Blcrbauer
| GlassCuck, Lyons, Smith. Van Haltren
| Donovan, Stencil, Ehret Killen, Gum
bert, Miller and Mack, Boston had III
| troubles TO win. Louisville put Pittsburl
out Of the running for time, but Charlie
| (kid) Nichols OF Boston finally landed his
team In front.
During the winter Of iS99-lscD Barne,
| Dreyfuss decided to forsake Louisville
and take up Plttsburg as an investment
w. ". Kerr of Pittshurg, p. +. Auten o.
| Chicago and the rener brothers Of Pitts
burg. He now controls 70 per cent Of thu
stock, Pittsburg newspaper men owninl
| most of the remainder.
| Dreyfuss brought Clarke, Ritchey
Wagner and Leach TO Pittsburg. Beau
mont, Tannehill, Chesbro PHILIPPE an,
Lever were the best players on the team
then representing Pittsburg, O'Conno
and thinner came on from st, Louis.
The new team played wonderful bail Il
this city and was soon welded togethe
into championship form. With good re
suits on the ball field, the patronage in
creased until this city Is among the bes
ball fields In the country.
In 1900 the new team chased the leader
under the wire This brilliant achieve
ment was not all Of the good things tina
was 10 come TO the people OF wester
Pennsylvania in return for their liberia
patronage and enthusiastic support m
year 1901 was to see a ponnant winner 4
Pittsburg The two years following 4
the new century have now seen othe
pennant winners In Plttsburg. Other cit
les have boasted OF thrice pennant win
ners. Let us hope that Barney Dreyfuss
Fred Clarke and the other gallant pre-
miers will make n now worlds recor
next year in giving Pittsburg a four-tim
| winner,