The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-08-29

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pace during the past two months.
They were off to "a poor start and did
MT hit their stride.unt June, while
the Giants were winning practically
all theirgames up to that time. play
ing the majority of them with such
easy victims as Boston, Brooklyn,
st. Louis and Philadelphia. Then too
they started with long series at
home and their pitchers were in
good condition. Just the reverse
was true of the Cubs who were still
dallying with Cole, Mcintyre, and
others. In one game the Cardinals
ran up 10 runs in one inning on
Cole. Then Chance got busy with
his youngsters and as result now
has a dependable quartet in Richie,
Lavender, Cheney and Brown.
Reulbach can win also when he gets
them over. When the flag falls
next October there is fine chance
that part of the Worlds Series will
be staged at Chicago. 1t is now
foregone conclusion that the Boston
Red Sox will win in the American
with Washington and the Athletics
as runners-up. Therefore we hope
the local fans will not take it amiss
if we say something about Boston
players past and present. At the
start let me say that Boston and
pennants are not strangers, for in
years gone by fourteen pennants
have found their way to the Hub.
For all that it is eight years since
Jimmy Collins and his crew copied
the last one. If we delve into an
cient history and go back into the
dark ages we find that Boston had
winning teams in ~, '73, IA, rs,
TT, rs, 'S3, 81, '92, '93, '97, '9S, in
the National league and 'O3 and'04
in the American league. The first
winning team had as members
George and Harry Wright, A. G..
Spalding, Ross Barnes, Gould, Nc
Vey, Leonard and Cone. They
closed the season with percentage
of $50 having won 80 and lost s
games. The league then consisted
of ten teams, Boston, Athletics OF
Philadelphia, White Stockings of
Chicago, Haymakers of Troy, Mu-
tuals of New York, Forest Citys of
Cleveland, Nationals of Washington,
and Rockford Ill. Later in 1873
Jim White succeeded McVey behind
the bat and Manning went to first
base in place of Gould, being in
turn succeeded by Jim O'Rourke IN
1874. In 1875 some close games
were played and crowds Of from g.
600 to $4,000 witnessed the contests.
In this year Ii clubs formed the
leagus st. Louis, Keokuk, Ia, and
Hartford being added. In 1876 the
Big Four"-Spaldlng, Barnes, Nc
Vey and White-were persuaded to
join the Chicago club and Boston
lost. In the year following, how
ever, White returned to the fold and
new blood in the shape of Tom
Bond, pitcher, Lou Brown, catcher,
Morril, infelder, and Tim Murnane,
outfielder, was added. Later Char
ley Snyder and Burdock joined the
team and won the championship
back again in 1877 and 1878. Not
until 1883 did they win another,
when Burlington and Whitney were
the mainstays in the pitching box.
Hackett and Hines did the catching.
Then for seven long years they fail
ed and it was not until the famous
deal which brought M1cheal J. Kel-
ly, King" Kelly, the most pop
ular player OF his time, to Boston
that luck once more perched on
their banners. Another $4,000
beauty added to the team was John
Clarkson, team mate of Kelly. In
1890, the year of the Brotherhood
war, many of the Boston players Sc
coded from the ranks. About this
time Camel and Charley Bennett
joined the club. When the Bro
therhood went bump Boston organ
lied new tea M OF champions.
KIDD Nichols became one of the
pitchers along with Clarkson and
Staley. Tom Tucker played first
base. The club then purchased Her
man Long, Bobby Lowe and Walter
Brodie. At the time it looked as if
the Chicago team with Willie Bill"
Hutchinson in the box had some
thing on Boston but the latter raj
lied at the end of the season and by