The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-28
ATHLETICS MASCOTS NOW
SEEKING WINTER QUARTERS
Picks Eleven Pups and Rubc WAC
dcI1's Mountain Cont Depart
for West.

Won der Ahc once owned a unique col
I lection Of athletes, hot sausage gril:s. beer
grottoes. race tracks and d shoot-the-
chutes at st Louis. but In a straight
! away mascot business Connie Mack has
him beaten several city blocks. y shoot
t~he-chutes may come and go, but dogs.
goats and rabbits flow on forever.
The pioneer mascot at Columbia Park Is
a walking flea dlspensary-Jack Taylor By
name. lack is a spawned Newfoundland.
Io0se-mouthed and blear-eyed, and ne was
| there when they built the fences around
him. In mascotting against a team Ike
! the Senators or even the White SoZ the
rickety old Jack is a loo loo. He can
snooze through those games and stii. oe-
liver the goods. To mascot them is a long,
sweet dream.
Jacks first rival was a rabbit introduced
by Mr.. D.. Schreck. OF Ford City, Arm
strong County. Pa. This dnciie neast mas
cultivated a pair of pink eyebal!s ana a
thirst for Peanuts hat elevate him TO higf
rank among the leading baseball enthusi.
asts OF Ilis city. on the hrst trip mere OF
the Browns the rabbit got sore on Jesse
Eurkett and was uniformly successful. as
"a mascot not only in that series. put IN a
later engagement.
Then Pickering's pointer pups puissu
Itttt lLlt <sct d1A 'tA-
thing until the tough-lunged eleven ms.
took music for their forte. The midr sht
sonntas sung by the pups under the
Jleachers provoked the residents OF %
lumbia avenue along that SHE OF the park.
50 persisteutly did the pups yo"l dufIhs
the past week that 4 81
fenced them 10 Olney. Ill Inc sihsins
school under the bleachers - DrokeH Up
Twelve mascots left in a special ear.
Two pointer pups imported at great e.
pcnse from Atlantic CITY have taken In
place OF Picks midnight serenatets. -
new mascots are warranted not TO howl
all night after q noisy day on the Ola
mond. being used TO, the roar OF the sur.
Though immune at the present time. tacs@
a0n,ria the next time Cleveland comes %
town. In case the new mascots 90 wroh:
they will hear from Columbia avenue /
is said.
I,ardment week was a Camden prouuck-
a native of the famous town tnat pro
duccd Mr.. X Gleason. MI. u. nTesn ~
MIR Wid Conroy. Some citizen IN recosni-
ton of Mr.. Waddelrs ~bartending talent
gave the goat to Rube. He mascotted VIII
extreme diligence until a series o. JumI-
ing headaches set In last week- Inc ga.
now a wreck OF his former self. has sought
an asvI,Im OF rest in the home OF Mr.. C.
Persons desiring to sec the goat can NM
browsing among .ne vi,ind About
tho time the goat jumped his 100 Lane
cross introduced a wheezy black Ioooie
that walks sideways. Inc pooult-lops
himself his week. Jack Taylor Is .een M
better. the rabbit has emerged rom M a.,
and, with the Atlantic Cl!y Puy9
condition, the mascots shocid pun 70
gether and do something "of'n VIM" ="
the series with Detroit
SnTne people do take q bleak We" OF
things. There Is Mr.. h. barrow. .of ~
stance. late manager for pstroiL ~
~ his team and chucked the whole busi-r
Dess af Washington. Any old string or
atbIe.es compared 10 the Senator's, snould
Look no; and chesty IN that OWL. 40
one Had Mr.. Barrow pined away at Bos-
ron or New York. he could point out 4
reason. To Quit at Washington LOOKS *
laying down to n dead one, Cheer up, 70;
vii hont raising any bubbles to speak Of
MIR. II. Duffy is reported TO have picked
M, ono new talent III the person or q sec
ond baseman. They didn't need MN AT
voung man into the Pullman car ana
carry him away. If the Phillles fan to
shanghai anything at Boston they nilsnI
pick Iip a good one here. Morning snort
can team. j. now at liberty. He has his
high boots oiled, and is ready to leap into
the game at short notice.
Special Bulletin. ? a.. m.-Ihe goat mas
cot. Rube. is dead. Lave Cross rsclaIine:l
him from the Wyalusing preserve for q
and turned him in YESTERDAY with The
other masccts. The two Atianllc tlty
pups. sassy things. made q combined as
salilt OF the goat, which took refuge under
a pile of lumber Some OF the boards col
Iapsed and broke the goats spine IN hve
At I.avc's request Policsinan NO.
1874 shot the rnairied mascot 5 DOCK on.
The remains are in chHrge Of the Meat
T~rust.-Cnarles Dryden In the Philadelphia
North American.