The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-04
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CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES
The present championship series now
| being played between the Pittsburg Pi-
rates ard Boston Americans calls TO mind
ne time when 81. Louis had a team bat
uIng for the honor.
"a lhol. Charley C1miskey, now president
| OF the Chicago White S1X. won the pen
n.nl In the American Association for the
Z -. Louis Browns The American Asso-
cation al that time. however, had com
subject or q worlds Championship series
between 81. Louis and Chicago was
preached 90 was generally l1uEned at
Finally. however. Adrian &. Anson. seeing
some easy money in view conceded To-
play III. -. Louis Browns for the title.
'oniskcy hac not been very Vel kn2Wn
up 20 this time. hr having come from pu-
puque. Ia. This series. however stamped
him as one Of the EreItest leaders the ma
tioral game has even known
SaEHcious and alert 10 every possible
situation OF the game Connie built up
around him a stellar bu-cn of youngsters
that four times contested fDr the world
lsureis in the realms of the Ercen o'a-
THE FIRST BATTLE.
The FIST tine s. L1Uis ard Chl-aso
net uas IN 1SSs. G-lE the prize cuEis sstcn
-o- was yI.9r4 Tcc lrst game % the ssrtes
-ssulSed n = tic- yarh side havfTs ave
zrEs - is credit After mat earn team
u-pc JE-ee EHEEs. EI,s.l TX ~ Se-ies foI
i5r titae 2 st1ld-6f- The srsuit vas hlg
sUTrfise 10 The oesehaH world. who iEEn
sTreefsC the experience of -'rEslu 10 over
'i5st-n ~ Ez--- ssStN-- -,Cs=a or Cpmiskey-
Lcie4 Tp H.Ll1 CticsEo al that tune
tvre -hi--s' Kelly. ~ 1VfllEfIn,sril. Eu-rrs,
an@UrE- Fred Pisfl a- zIr9 Si5vp- Fiiut- With
.--1fskUy vas Ei-f--. hr-cl. OF rfIJ1rg-
Gcstz-. FofCi ~sUu IT s-Ccsrd- lFestsru =
ssngt- ~A-lie" Latham. tire Ban Bum
ri " tzlseSlr. az tEird. AZ famous -L-D
D'NCii a left. Curt Welch. who by NAM
~ considered even 20 this c2y as being tn
greatest outfelGe- who ever dOnned a
Lnu!S
CcnI-key's pitchers were Ned Hudson.
Dave FoUt- and the i7t" lamentcd mCrn-
be- OF Ioh-s0u's official family. the i'm
De-ial Bobby Caruthers. VINO as
pitcher Was master IN his day
In lsSi 81. Louis and Chicago aGain wor
The prunEufs iu -heir respective LEAGUES
A sgries OF SIX games was grransod. three
IN Chicago and three on the grounds
whore the Browns hold fourth
St Louis took four % the six games
PLAYED Chicago opened with a victory.
TO Q. The next day the Browns reversed |
their defeat OF the previous day and more |
than evened matters UP by winning II 20 .; |
Chicago took the third by sore OF II /
TO 3. The teams then came TO st LOUIS /
where s.. Louis captured all three games /
The Browns took the first game on the /
home grounds 10y n score uf 10 D Inc /
second thev won 70 20 g. and they took the I
last after ten innings by a score of 10 /
3 On the series s. Louis made tntal OF /
3S runs 10 - made by their opponents.
As the result of this victory CoIulskey j
was hailed all over the country a. the /
Napoleon cs baseball. as he had taken 4
practically unknown bunch or youngsters Il
and with them defeated the hitherto IN
vincible " White SoN-
DETROIT THE WINNER.
In 1851 Detroit. probably the heaviest
hitting aggregation ever gotten together.
won the pennant in the National League
after a tussle with Chicago. Included IN
the team was the original big four 0f
bsll-Dan Bruuthers. sam Thompson.
Dave Rowe and Deacon White. Besides
these four were such players as Pred
Dunlap. considered by many as the great
est second hasemau who ever spiked the
dirt near the middle cushion GharieN
Bennett. the famous catcher. and Ed Han
lon. now the manager OF the brooklyn
Fifteen games were played. Detroit out
clssssd ST Louis. and easily captured ten
u the fifteen contests
The feature % this series was the prac-
,icli introduction % base running. At that
time the practice was 10 slide INTO inc
base head first and the base runner usu-
ally wore a glove 20 keep his hands from
being spiked. In the series Latham sur
1Tised baseball critics ~ pilferinE sew
euLe@u bases. as many AS some players
Ia these DAYS steal In a whole season.
Hanlon was alsg an expert In pllfering AID
managed to lift eight bases.
81. Louis again Won the hOnCrs In the
American Association in ISIS. and New
York landed the prize In the National I
Leaglle. but through some mLz1nder-
standing. the teams never battled for the
fitls of worlds champions. Since lSSS 81.
Louis has not had a team 10 finish iirst.
The nearest approach vas the sensational
finish Of McAl-rr's team last year. when
.hey finished second n the American
League