The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-16
ANTE-SEASON SERIES
ATTRACTS ATTENTION
Local Fans Are Already Figuring
on Outcome of the Spring
Games.
FOUR CONTESTS ON SCHEDULE.
Cardinals Will Have Youth and
Speed to Oppose Experience
and Ability Possessed
by the browns.
FOUR CONTESTS ON SCHEDULE.

Never before in the history of baseball
has so much local interest been attached
to a single series of games this early as
Is shown by The fans over the ante-season
engagements arranged between the Crowns
and Cardinals, St. Lous's two major
league representatives
Four games are to be played in the early
part OF April. and already the fans are
trying to figure out who will pitch the first
game. whether the brother batteries. the
ONeills and the Donahues, will be opposed
to each other in one Of the games and what
the final outcome Of the series will be-
opinion seems to be about evenly divided
as to who will win the saries,i some of the
the brown-hosed warriors, while others,
working on the axiom that youth will not
be denied pick the Cardinals as sure win
ners.
In mdseason the Browns should have
comparatively little trouble in defeating
Donovan and his band. but In the early sea-
seasoned Browns will not respond as olick-
~ to the chill April air as Will the youth
full tendons OF the Donovan brigade.
VALUE OF, TRAINING RECOGNIZED.
That both Managers McAleer and Dono-
van are satisfied that condition will play
large part in the winning of the series
is shown by the fact that they got their
S SiGa OIL to training quarters before the
plros started on their way North.
Both picked quarters best suited to their
respective teams, and reports from the
teams Will be going at full tilt when they
return to St. Louis.
A comparison of the teams at this early
stage OF the game would furnish but a very
indifferent line on what either the Car
dihals or Browns can do when wound up to
the proper pitch.
Take the word of Managers McAleer and
donovan, both teams will be in good con-
dition when they line up for the April
As arranged. the contest will be In the
nature OF a reunion of baseball interests
The bitter feeling which prevailed among
me owners OF American and National
League clubs last year disappeared at the
close OF the recent peace conference
The games will be popular from a his
terlc point or view, for 1t will be the first
time that ST. Louis fans have had a chance
to see two major league teams representing
81 Louis fight II out for local supremacy
since the DAYS of the old Maroons and the
pennart-winning Brown.
GOOD PLAYERS OF LONG AGO.
At that time the Maroons held forth at
son ana Cass avenues. and had an all-star
list OF players. including In their infieid
Mckinnon. the famous Fred Dunlap, Pebble
Jack Glasscock and Jerry Denny and 1t is
infeld to represent her than this old Ma
room bunch. The Browns then had Welch.
O'Neill, Latham, the Gleason brothers Co.
miskey and iank Robinson, and the series
drew crowds in the old days that the parks
could not accommodate
Inc present major league teams are just
as GOOD as the cid teams were, and there
is no reason why record breaking crowds
should not attend all the games.
One thing is certain some of the fans
VINO passed the game up ten or twelve
years ago Will so to the ante-season series
out OF curiosity and to learn how st. Louis
with the old Maroons and pennant-winniny
Browns.