Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-11

schedule was adhered to.
st. Louis Took the First.
The opening game. which was played in
St Louis and which was won by the
Browns, to /. filed the American Asso-
citation fans with joy. Bobby Caruthers
pitched, and he fooled the Michigan slug
gers, who were unable to get their big
clubs to working.
The second game also was played in the
Mound City, and with Lady Baldwin on
the mound the Wolverines won. ) to 3.
Foutz was the st. Louis pitcher.
The crucial test came in the opening
game in Detroit. October IL. when the
Wolverines nosed out the Browns in a
thirteen-inning struggle by score of
2 to I. The winning run was scored on a
difficult grounder that Rowe h. to Rob
inson, who scOoped the ball with one
hand and had hard throw. While the
ball went low, it did not hit the dirt.
Comiskey failed to hold 1t, and Richard
son, who was on third, came home with
the run that won the game.
Comiskey and Robbie engaged in a heat
ed argument after the game as to the re-
sponsibility Of the defeat. Comiskey in
sisting it was a bad throw, while the
second baseman asserted s,.iall boy
could easily have made the put-out.
Comiskey's Boys Broken in Spirit.
The game seemed to break the spirit
of the Browns, for on the following day,
in Pittsburg, they lost by to O. Then
the ST Louis men won a close game in
Brooklyn October IA by ) to ., but drop
8 to and to ..
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pastiming in Washington in the morning
and in Baltimore in the afternoon. In
the contest in Washington the American
Association champions vanquished the
Michigan combination by a score of II
to 4, Carruthers pitching against Getzein.
In the afternoon affair, in the Monu-
mental city, the flag winners of the Ma
tional League routed their adverSaries on
the basis of II to 8. the pitchers being
Baldwin and FOutz.
Then the Detroits won in Detroit Octo-
Der 81 by to 3, and in Chicago October
% by to :.
That made ten victories for the VOL
verines. and no tears were shed when
the Browns won the final game on their
own grounds October 26 by 8 to -
When the cOnquering heroes returned
to Detroit there was a banquet, plenty of
fine speeches and much congratulation.
But when the Detroits made a bad
showing In 1888. on account of the fail
II IL.
chief owner of the club. promptly sold
the franchise and players for a neat
profit of about $4,000. Stearns bought
the Big Four from Buffalo for $780, and
the other players on the team cost moth
Ing but their salaries.
Teams Short Life.
The Detroits as team had short
life. They finished second to Anson's
White Stockings in 1886. won everything
In sight in 1887, trailed in the second
division in 1883, and were scattered to
the four quarters of the base ball earth
in 1889. Pittsburg, Boston and Phila-
aelphia were the principal buyers Of the
players.
AS hitting team the Detroits were in
q class by themselves. Three of them
brouthers. Thompson and White-were in
the 400 Glass;! Brouthers and Thompson
mad royal struggle for the honors in
1887. the Wappinger Falls giant winning
by 4l9 to -4O6 for the HOosier thumper.
When Lady Baldwin was in the box the
Qetrots could send six left-handed bat
tiers to the plate. They were Hanlon,
ca plain, who always led off, and was
Deacon White. the aged but keen-eyed
terror to pitchers; Sam Thompson, the
hercuiean Indiana phenomenon Jack
Rowe. the stump Buffalonian; Dan
Brouthers. who batted above 800 for fif-
teen years. and Baldwin, a good bats
man.
Then. with Hardie Richardson, known
as Bullet Eye. from the precision with
which he landed on the ball: Fred Dun
lap, COOL consistent hitter; Larry
IW1tchell. pitcher and outfielder and
heavy hitter; Bennett. a long-distance
hitter, or CAMEL, a reliable batsman. to
follow the southpaw sluggers, there was
no rest or balm in Gilead for the oppos-
Ing pitchers. When the Detroits started
to hit pitcher there was no stopping
them, as Charley Sweeney and Al Bauer
can testify. On one warm afternoon in
August in Detroit the sluggers made
seven home runs off the two pitchers re-
ferred to. not to speak of q collection
Of doubles and triples calculated to dis
courage any boxman.
OF the Browns.
or the Browns, Comiskey, who now is
the owner of the White Sox of the Ameri-
can League. was fine first baseman, an
able field general and fairly good hit
ter. Ginger was the motto of the Old
and it certainly was forthco4n-
ing.
Robinson. second baseman. was one of
the hvelieSt men that every PLAYED at
that corner. and his WORK certainly would
compare we'll with the best of the latter
day second sackers. Robbie covered as
much ground as any man who ever play
ed the position, was wonderfully quick
and certain on ground hits and threw
with a snappy motion that saved much
time.
Arlie Latham, who then was at his best,
did not have to depend entirely on his
quick wit. He played good third base,
hit fairly we'll and as usual, gained many
a point for his team by his verbal thrusts
at the other fellows. But the stolid, slug
glng DetroitS were proof against his
badinage. and Arlie was glad when the
series was finished. He now is with the
Giants as a coach.
Gleason. the shortstop. was q careful.
reliable fielder and good batsman.
Curt WEIGH was q dazzling Outfielder
ever went after a fly, and any time he
muffed the ball st. Louisans gasped in
To see WEIGH start for a
fly was in the opinion Of the Mound city
ground for the scoring of an
out. WEIGH died some years ago.
Tip ONeal. the left fielder, was the
slugger Of the team. He was a heavy.
dangerous hitter. his speciality being long
line drives at a time when men were on
brother. George. once was the owner of
the Royals.
Bushong.
Bushong. leading catcher for the
Browns, was an excellent backstop, fine
thrower to bases and light hitter. After
he retired from base ball he settled in
Brooklyn and took up his profession Of
dentistry He died several months ago
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