Volume 15 , Issue 19

Baseball Champions (1887)

On page two of The Daily Times, dated 16 October 1887, in Richmond, Virginia, was the following headlines concerning the St. Louis Browns and their records as players, entitled Baseball Champions."

The St. Louis Browns had nor the past year (1887) enjoyed the proud distinction of being the champion baseball club of the world. It had defeated the Chicago club (the champions of the league) in a series of games at the end of the regular season in 1886.

In 1887 they had won for the third consecutive time the pennant of the American association. They were then contesting with the Detroit club the league champions in 1887 for the world's championship.

There was one marked difference between the members of the St. Louis ball club and their opponents, the Detroit, in the contest for the work's championship. While the latter were mostly large heavy men, the St. Louis players were, with three exceptions, directly opposite in their physical makeups. Only three of their men weigh over 170 pounds each.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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