Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-03

Dasher Troy and Dude Esterbrook on the
bases. Jack Nelson. shortstop; Eddie Ken
nedy. Chief Roseman and steve Brady in
the outfield. while the famous Jim Mu-
trie. with his w are the people war
cry. was the manager.
Arson and ComisIsey.
Anson's Chicagoes and Comiskey's st.
Louis Browns were the competitors in
1885. Each team won three games, while
one contest was a draw. these heing the
results: At Chicago. st. Louis 5; Chicago
8. Ceight inniugs). At st. Louis: Chicago
Q; st. Louis. C. 0eight innings, forfeited.
At st. Louis: st. Louis. Z; Chicago g. At
st. Louis: st. Louis. 3: Chicago, 2. At
Pittsburg: Chicago, 9; st. Louis, 2, (seven
innings). At Cincinnati: Chicago, 3; st.
Louis. 2. At Chicago: st. Louis. -; Chi
ago, 4. Arson played first base for Chi
cago that year and had Pitchers Clarkson
and Mccormick, Catcher Flint. Second
Baseman Pfeffer, Third baseman will
Hanson, shortstop Burns and outfielders
Dalrymple, Gore, Mike Kelly and Billy
Sunday. Comiskey had some famous
players, Pitchers Carruthers and Dave
Foutz, Catcher Bushong. Second Base
man Robinson, Third Baseman Arlie
Latham, Shortstop Gleason and Outfleld-
eTs Curt Welch, Tip O'Neil and Hugh
Nichol, Commy played first base and
was a star there, too. Chicago and st.
Louis hooked up again in 1916. the Browns
winning the worlds championship by four
games to two, the scores being. Chicago
6, st. Louis 0; st. Louis p. Chicago o:
Chicago II, st. Louis a st,
Louis s, Chicago S, st. Louis
10; Chicago > st. Louis 4 Chicago
8. The teams were practically the same
as in 1885. except that Comiskey had Hud-
son as an extra pitcher. while Arson had
Kelly behind the bat, with Flint and Jim
Ryan In the outfleld.
Browns Third Time.
The st. Louls Browns won the American
association pennant in 1887 for the third
consecutive time. They met the heavy
hitting Detroits, champions of the National
league, in the worlds series and were
crushed by ten victories to four. They
played games not only in their own cities,
but also in Pittsburg, Brooklyn, New York,
Philadelphia, Boston, Washington, Balti-
more and Chicago. The gross receipts
amounted to $4,000 and the expenses to
$4,000, so that the clubs divided $4,000.
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Detroit took three off the reel, 5 to 3, 2 to
1 and s to 0. st. Louis won, 5 to 2, at
Brooklyn, after which Detroit hung up
scores Of 3 to- 0, 3to1, 9to2 and 4 to 2
in succession. The Browns then got a
game, II to 4, followed by three Detroit
successes, 10 to 3, 6 to 8 and 4 to 8, the
series winding up with a st. Louis triumph,
8 to 2, in Detroit. Comiskey had the same
great team again hat year, with the ad-
dltion of Pitcher Silver King and Catcher
Jack Boyle. The Detroits, managed by
w. l.. Watkins and captained by Ned
Hanlon, were made up of Getzein, Lady"
Baldwin and Conway, pitchers; Bennett
and Charley Camel, catchers; Dan
Brouthers, Fred Dunlap and Jim White
on the bases; Jack Rowe, shortstop, and
outfielders Hanlon, Sam Thompson, Har-
die Richardson and Larry Twitchell.
Giants Heat Them.
The New York Giants, having won their
first National league championship pen
nant. tackled the four time champion
Browns in the 1855 series, and won six
games to four. The total receipts were
SAB and the expenses $1,000, the clubs
equally dividing the balance. TIL first
three games were played at the Polo
grounds, New York winning the first, 2 to
1, the St. Louis Browns taking the second,
. to 0. and the Giants capturing the third,
to 2. Then the teams went over to old
Washington park, Brooklyn, where the
Giants won another ball, 6 to 8. The New
Yorks repeated the trick the next day
at the Polo grounds, 6 to 4, and won again
in Philadelphia, u to 8. The teams pro-
ceeded to st. Louis after that, the Browns
winning the opening contest there, Z to g.,
in eight innings. The Giants turned the
tables the following day, IL to 3, and
having the series won then they took mat
tiers easy, the Browns winning the last
two games Of the series IA to II, ten in
nings, and IS to 7. The receipts for the
final game were only $212,
Jim Mutrie was the manager of the
Giants that year, and he had a team of
stars, including Tim Keefe. Mickey WEIGH,
Ed Crane and George, pitchers; the great
Buck Ewing, Bill Brown and Pat Muir
ply. catchers; Roger Conner, Danny Rich
ardson and Arthur Whitney, basement;
John Montgomery Ward, shortstop; Orator
James O'Rourke, Hike Slattery and Silent
Mike Herman, outfielders. The Browns
had Silver King and Elton Chamberlain
in the box, with Mnligan behind the bat.
Comiskey, Robinson, Latham and White
were in the infielders, with O'Neil, Harry
Lyons and Tom Mccarthy in the outfield.
Giants win Again.
The Giants won the worlds championship
again in 1889 In a series with the Brooklyn
American association pennant, winning six
games to two, the receipts amounting to
about $4,000. The Brooklyns had a crack
team, including Pitcher Terry. Carruthers,
Lovett and Hughes; Catchers Bushlong,
Visner and Clark; Fontz, Huh Collins and
Pinkney on the bases; George Smith, short