Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
u.... WON BY CON1ISKEX

In the excitement Immediately following
the victory Of the White Sox over the Cubs
in the great worlds championship series
last October a remarkable coincidence was
lost sight Of by the fans. October a. 1885.
the st. Louis Browns, managed by Charles
A. Comiskey, won the worlds champion
ship from Capt Anson's famous Chicago
White Stockings. and on October IA. 1905,
Comiskeys White Sox won the greatest
honor in base ball from the Chicago Cubs.
The winning Of the worlds championship
last year was the third time that Comis-
keys teams have landed that honor for
him. Besides being the third championship
won by his teams, it was the seventh time
league pennant.
Comiskey's First Champions.
Comiskey's first worlds championship
came in 1886. the second the following
year and the third in 1905. The Browns
won the pennant in the American Associa-
ton in 1885. 1885, 1887 and 1888. and in
those four years Comiskey was playing
manager. In 1900, the first year OF the
American League, the White Sox. with Co.
miskey acting as bench manager, won the
flag. In 1901 they captured the pennant
for the second time, and 1908 made It the
third time in the American League.
Comiskey's old st. Louis Browns played a
similar game to that used by the present
White Sox The old Roman taught the
game to both teams, and it is only natural
that they should play along the same lines.
The Browns were not known as hard NIT
tiers. but what they lacked in that depart
ment of the game they made up IN their
fielding, inside base ball, head Work, tenac-
ity of purpose and team work. All these
attributes were found in the worlds cham
pion White Sox. who were last In their
league in team batting and second in team
fielding. The .Sox never quit and never
lost an opportunity to turn mistake OF
their opponents into runs and victories.
The Great Browns Of 1886.
The team which defeated the Chicago
White Stockings on October IA, 1885. for
the championship by the score Of to 3 in
ten innings, was composed of Comlskey,
first base; Robinson, second base; Gleason,
shortstop; Arlie Latham, third base; Tip
O'Neill left field Curt WEIGH. center field;
Carruthers right field Dave Foutz, pitcher.
and Bushong, catcher
The victory of the Browns was in the ma
ture of a surprise. as Anson's famous
stone WALL infield was considered the
greatest in the country. and the White
Stockings were considered too strong in
every department for the men from st.
Louis.
The memorable series swayed back and
forth the same as the great fight between
the Sox and Cubs, until the count stood
three games apiece. Then came the final
fight and the great tenth-inning finish of
the Browns and the unexpected defeat Of
Ansons men.
Comiskey managed to keep the 1886 team
together in pretty good shape, and the win
ming combination was not broken until
Chris Won der Abe. the eccentric German
owner of the Browns. sold Bushong. Car
ruthers and Foutz to Brooklyn for $21 600.
This hrOka the team. and in 1881 Co.
miskey jumped to the Chicago Brotherhood
team. After disastrous season the
brotherhood went to pieces and Comiskey
returned to ST. Louis under the peace agree
ment.
There were only a few good men left on
the Browns. but Comiskey finished in sec
ond place with them, after making hard
ton Reds. This was the last season that
St Louis had first division team until
the first year OF the American League.
when the new Browns finished IN second
place
Anson's famous team was composed of
John Clarkson and Mike Kelly, the ia
nous $4,000 battery; Capt. Arson. first
base; Fred Pfeffer second base; Ed Will
hanson, shortstop; Tom Burns, third base;
Ed Dalrymple, left field: George Gore. GEN.
ter field, and Jimmy Ryan, right field.
Mccormick and Baldwin were the extra
pitchers and Silver Flint was the substitute
backstop.
ines In the worlds championship series the
Browns came to grief when they met De
troit the National League pennant winners,
in 1887 Comiskey's team received an aw-
ful shock when it was showed under by
the fast Detroit bunch. The Tigers had
one of the greatest aggregatlonS OF snug.
gers that ever appeared IN the history OF
base ball. No pitcher was too hard for