The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-12
TWO DECADES Of
BASEBALL LORE:
Some History Of the Boston Club
Which Hasn't Been Print
cd Until Now.
BROUTHERs NEAR DEATH
Pcnnant Winners Have Hair
Breadth Escapes While En-
joying Choice l5scapades.
ny HARDiE RICHARDSON,

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VI the very best ever enjoyed as =
professional player. Not because our
club, Boston, Won the penant in the
+ Piayers' League-that was just a sid g
issuc--but at no time in ia seball his
! tory were players more true TO their
employers or employers more true. 70
their employees than the happy little
play ers League family OF 1890.
here was plenty of excitement tina
year from start to finish Some OF I,
hroke as soon as the training season
began. The teams Went South in pairs
In order 70 provide suitable opposition
Tor all New York and Boston. made
the sea trip to savannah Ga. We
sailed on the 10Th OF March. On
nc following day we had a regular
oid-tashiored Seventeenth Of Ireland,
parade IN which all the players march
cd the decks with their clothes turned
inside out and al the gaudy hosiery.
nsckwear and handerchiefs procurabIe.
displayed IN -
But rounding cape Hatteras J,
young typhoon dispelled all thought ~
tnerrymaking. The sea became 80
rough that we were all locked IN oi,I
cahins Kelley was bunking with
aia o de en-; the latter was SO sick all the
Gay he didn't dare crawl out Of his
berth About 1 O'clock Kelley decidad
20 turn In. In making his arrange
'i NY Tor snooze. however, he for
Eot 70 set the water pitcher In its rncL
end when the steamer tool, an aytra
.iard roll the jug upset. Kelley heard
( Inc racket and thought Of thievcs ia
SOY UP 10 Investigate, but n miniature
Si'sow rolled over his bare feet and
sent hin' scurrying back TO shelter. p
Feels Death Ncnr.
are you awake KID? he asked
s,aoden IN scared voice. III YOU arc
hnspare 70 meet your God The ship
fas sprung leak and Is founderInp !.
Let .er founder and be tod- gastaS ;.
Eroaned Madden: I'm too biasted sicL
10 care rap ~ '''s1''
We reached Savannah on March 1s
ana spent. two weeks In eShibition
prac''lce, We played a number OF
Sa'nes on the way north, Our FIRST
aiop was at Charleston, S. c.. where
we STAYED over Sunday. All wen, ,o,,t
sabbath sight seeing and bic ~
brouthers missed coming home 81
wooden ovcrcoat by about three-o,,art
ers OF an inch. f ua' :
Brown. Madden, storey, Broutbe-.
ana started out to visit Fort Snmtar
p ", INC way we came TO where p col.
lhr was being dug. The place Was
:, , yu.lueu ~ fence. behind which
colored boy slept In the shade.
lie negro was bare headed and y, "a.
footed and Madden COULDN'T rcsi.. ~
temptation of dousing him VIII,
oucKet or wator that stood close ~
on our side OF the fence. Meanuyh,,a
brown stovey and Brouthers had eo,a
along, so Madden and hurried acrnss
~, .,e street 20 throw OF suspicion. When
ne oos sot over the fence he natural
suspected the three ahead. He
1891 up DIE stone and gave chase.
fciore we had time to warn the hovs
me Kid let fly histbig rock. i, grazeS
DIE Dams ear Dan was always 4
pretty cool proposition and no re-
NAMED unruffed when he saw his AZ
sailant was a negro boy SAY bow ).
ne SAID, II you had hit me with that
stone would have killed Won To
me the rest OF us i seemed that had the
stone hit Brouthers the killing would
nave been all on the other side.
Harmony Prevailed.
In Worcester that spring We p]ay
ed John NJ. Wards Brooklyn. club in
the morning. and then returned "a
Boston In the afternoon. After .
parade tho clubs went to the Congress
street grounds. But such a mob wa.
on hand to greet the players that II
~ 90 'ipoSSiDlc 10 enter by gcOny6yancc
The players had TO get ont OF their
carriages and elbow their way through
the mad scramble. believe that fuI-
~ 10000 fans We're unable to- gain adj
mission that afternoon.
Charles y. Price, who ran tho Ros
ton club that year, was all that his
name implied. Heltreated the men ali
alike-played no fayorites. He made
each man feel that the clubs success
rested entirely upon the individunl's
shoulders. i think 1t was on this ac-
count. and the absolute harmony which
resulted that Boston was able to gain
the championships.
On our return to Boston after having
Won the title. we found a new fla e
pole had been provided by Colonel Tay-
lor father of John I. Taylor, who own.
the Boston Red Sox. New Yorl, was
present at the flag raising. After IN
exhibition of six innings some field
events were decided. On heavy base
lines Stovey and Brown tried at cir
cling the bases inlthe fast time OF 142- +
seconds. This was just a tr!he below
the record ofa14 IA seconds set by
Berthong at Washington, In 1858.
TO Victory for * fnaton