The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-29

BY playing championship hall the Browns
| twice defeated the Philadelphia Athletics
I'm n double header at Sportsrnan's Park
yesterday afternoon.
st. Louis took the first game ny score
of To l. and came right hack with 5-to-o
, victory In the second
The local pitchers. Howell and Petty. had
| much To do with the double win. And
| some AIRY pitched the first game and
kept the visitors guessing throughout lie
had spit hall that would have made
Cheshro's look like consumption germ.
| and the Athletic batters were at no time
| able 10 gauge the Brooklyn boys shoots.
Howell famed six Of the Athletics and
allowed them only ono hit.
In the second game Petty was Just rs ef-
fsctive rs WAS Howell in the opener. Bar
ney let the visitors down with five hits
and kept them so we'll scattered that the
Athletics never came near scoring. He
also famed five of the visitors and allowed
only one free pass to first base.
Coakley pitched the opening game for
the Athletics. While fairbanks was trot-
ted out to work In the second Both got
theirs
The Browns are playing SO well now
that II the season lasted until Christmas
they would certainly land the plum pud-
ding.
BROWNS HAVE NEW MASCOT.
The explanation Of the Browns great
showing may be found I'm the fact that
they have secured n new mascot in the
form OF an abbreviated sandpaper mule.
Since the niuies appearance ut Sports
mans Park the locals seem to have the
other fellows buffaIoed
''Muggsy" M,Graw-thats the mules
name-was recently won in a rattle by J.
Denton. supervisor of works OF Sports
mans Park.
'Muggsy." Ike the famous hall player
he is named after. has peppery DISPOSE
ton and kicks AZ everything within range.
Manager McAleer - having him put
through a course of training 80 that ne
can kick at Umpire Kings decisions on
balls and strikes.
After every g me Muegry is trotted out
on the field and allowed fun sway.
If waddeli pitches to-day it is the inten-
ton Of the ioca: management to have
Muggsy out on the field. as Rube Is
tr'ne harder TO buffalo than the rest Of
the Athletic pitchers.
Rube saws that IL they do and he Ioses.
he will still have the laugh on the Browns.
gag about having a horse on him.
IF the "donk" keeps up the good work
McAleer will purchase a couple more TO
So well has the mascot been doing that
the management will not allow him TO he
fed on anything but angel cake and FIori-
da water.
THE FIRST GAME.
Coakley and Noonan. the Holy Cross
College battery. worked for McGillicudy
as batterymen in the opener.
The college twirIer WIS a bit wild at
A.
Prohibitionist candidate does in a presi-
Dental election. Murphy. Mullin and
Monte Gross did some grand and lofty
tumbline on Coakley. and he was willing
TO toss the Job W. at any time. but fin
ished. Mack had no other available
twirier. Not one of the locals runs was
earned in the opener. free passes and er-
rors helping the Browns to every tally.
On the other hand. Howell received al
most perfect support. an error by Wal
lace being the only misplay charged up
In the field the Browns always managed
to be where the ball was hit. and seemed
glad of il. while every time ball was
pasted at one Of Mack's men he seemed TO
be sorry for being in that neighborhood.
CROSS A FOOTBALL. STAR
In the fourth inning Monte Cross. who
celebrated his thirty-fourth anniversary
as a major league player Yesterday.
threw a hammer lock around grounder
sent his way by Hynes. and. after tossing
II violently on the ground tried for a
goal. but missed by one foot This right
oneb.
4 base on balls TO Burkett. Murphy's
error on Heidrick's grounder Wallace's
sacrifice and Hynes's infield tap Melted the
locals run. Wallace's single NJ. Cross's
error on Hynes's grounder and Padden's
single to right field netted the locals an |
other run in the fourth.
Murphy's single. Howelrs blinking of |
MulIin. n passed ball by Sugden and NJ |
Cross's infield out netted the visitors their |
only run of the game in the fifth inning. !
Two singles. sacrifice hit. Mullins error |
and a sky scrsper to Seybol9 Melted the |
Browns two tailies in the fifth A pass to |
Padden Norans infi"id ont Pnd Mullins |
failure to hold throw from Murphy gave |
10 the locals their last run of the first |
game in the eighth inning. Score OF first |
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