The New York herald., 1922-10-15
Wolverines Captured Ten of
Fifteen Games From COM
iskey's Agile Players.
DOPE IS SADLY UPSET
Bic Four and Several More
0utbatted, 0utficlded and
Outran Mound City.
BY CHARLES F. MATHIsoN.

distance in a high powered machlne.
since those days thirty-fve years ago
the worlds series has developed Won
derfully, yet the year 1887 still holds
the record of having had the longest
series of games for the worlds cham
pionship-
That memorable contest for the blue
a ribbon of baseballdom also stands forth
as the most remarkable upset of base
bali dope" in the history of the ma
tional game. 1t was then that the De-
troit Sluggers, as the City of the Straits
team was known. battered the st. Louis
Browns ten out of fifteen games for the
championship of the world.
The Detroits. containing the Big Four
Dan Brouthers, Deacon White, Jack
Rowe and Hardy Richardson-Sam
Thompson, Charley Bennett and other
heavy stickers had captured the National
League pennant after ending second TO
Anson's Colts in 1856. The Browns,
under the management and captaincy OF
Charley Comiskey. the Old Roman OF
baseball, contained such pitchers as
Partisan Bob Carruthers and Dave
Foutz. with Doc Bushong as catcher.
After retiring from baseball Bushong
was a dentist in Brooklyn, and died
there several years ago.
Comiskey. then at the top OF his form
as a player and manager. played first
base. He had the versatile Yank Rob-
inson at second with Jack Gleason at
short and the comedian. Arle Latham,
at third. incidentally, Latham in those
days was a great infelder.
In the outfeld was Tip O'Neill. who
batted .492 in 1856 and 1892 in 1887
i'm the Americar Association race. Then
there was the peerless Curt Welch in
center. regarded as the fastest outfielder
in the country in those days.
Comfskey Leads Team.
This team under the generalship OF
Ccmiskey had won three consecutive
pennants in the American Association,
had beaten Anson's Colts out Of 6
games for the worlds title in 1856 and
held the Chicagos to a 8 to 3 draw for
the worlds honors in 1885. 1t can read
lily be understood that the Browns were
looked upon as a very dangerous team
at that time, and while the Detroits had
made q record as terrific hitters, 1t was
the consensus of opinion that the
Browns sharp fielding, heetness on the
bases, coupled with good pitching and
superior generalship would prevail over
the veteran Wolverines who were not
famed for base running or expert field
ing. Therefore. the Browns were held
10 be TO 10 favorites over the Detroits
in fact the admirers of the Browns
offered as much as 2ls to l that the
Mound City boys would bring home the
bacon.
Mike Kelly or the Chicagos, who had
played against the Browns and had a
good opinion of them. expressed the
opinion that the st. Louis boys would
make monkeys of them stiff-legged
jays from Dee-trolt"
When the question OF the number OF
games 10 be played came up. Fred
Stearns the president of the Detroit
club, and William II. Watkins, the man
ager of the National League champions
suggested fifteen games. believing that
II victory hinged on endurance the De-
troits would outlast the Browns. Vor
der Abe and Comiskey readily assented
being under the impression that the De-
troits would be lucky IL they won one
or two games out Of the fifteen.
Teams Go On Tour.
The managers OF the teams realized
that a home and home series between
Detroit and st. Louis would be a finan.
cial frost. as neither city was famed
for attendance i'm those days. IL there
fore was decided that two games would
T be played In st. Louis and two in De.
troit. the remainder TO be contested IL
the leading ball towns of the country
A special train was chartered, one cal
being reserved for the Browns, one FOL
the Detroits. one for the officials anC
press representatives and dining car
by no means the least important on tn,
train. The ball teams lived on thai
train for sixteen days, the first game
being played October 10. and the fina
contest on October &C. st Louis wor
the toss and had the opening two game,
in the Mound City, the Browns winning
the first by 10 1. and losing the sec
ond by 5 to 3.
Then the teams headed for Detroit
and on October IL played a thirteer
inning game which the Detroits won by
to 1. This game apparently broke the
hearts OF the Browns. for they found
that they could not hit either of the
Detroit pitchers. Lady Baldwin. a puz.
zling southpaw. Pretzel Getzien anc
Pete Conway, right handlers. held tn,
Browns down. while hitters OF the Bis
-Four and Sam Thompson stripe lam
basted Carruthers and Foutz After
the thirteen Inning game in Detroit III,
teams entralned for Pittsburgh. wher,
the Browns were shut out. 3 to 0.
Tho next stop was Washington Park
Brooklyn. and the Browns had thei
hopes revived by winning by TO 2. TheI
the teams crossed TO Manhattan and a
tho old Polo Grounds. Fifth avenue an,
10th street. the Wolverines wallopec
the Mound City boys 9 to o. The De
troits then won at Philadelphia by
TO 4. at Boston by 3 to 2. and returnin,
TO Quakertown were victors by to 2.
The contestants then steered foi
Washington. where the teams played II
the morning at the national capita
aud az Baltimore in the afternoon TIL,
Browns got bit more consolation by
winning the morning game by IL to 4
but lost the afternoon battle by t3 20 3
The scene Of the struggle was SHIFTED
- Brooklyn. and the Browns won theIi
fourth game or the series by TO /. IN
seven innings. game being called [,
enable the players 20 start for Detroit
where the next game was scheduled
The Wolverines won this game on Octo
\ bef "a by TO 3, and then going over tc
Chicago. beat the Browns for the tenth
time by TO 3. The final game was
Sihyed at Detroit October 26, and the
Browns took a consolation game BY .
70 2.
The official score OF the series showed
that the Detroits had outbatted the
Browns 10 l. which was expected but
IN addition had outneided their op-
ponents and outrun them on the bases.
This latter feature was due TO the rife
shot throwing of Charley Bennett, who
in that period had only one rival as a
thrower 20 bases and that was Buck
Ewing