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SelzShoes · 05-26-2005, 08:37 PM

From the Chicago Eagle
When the two best clubs are compared, our Browns and the champion Brooklyns, the differences in style are stark. The Brooklyns appeal to the vulgar crank by attempting to outscore the opposition with little regard to what the East used to refer to as ‘inside base ball’. A tally of 8 or 9 a game is not unusual for this crew of batsman. Expecting such production on a daily basis, the Atlantics are unsurprisingly lax when it comes to catching the ball or making the toss towards home.
Our Brownies however excel in the type of ball that creates champions. While not as impressive as the Brooklyns with the bat, our boys can handle the stick better than any other squad in the land. Patrolling the field no club is better at turning the sure hit into an out. And the hurlers are beyond compare.
Yes, when the ledger is balanced, the crank who values the thinking man’s game will cast his lot with Chicago.

At the halfway point of the season two things were becoming clear: Brooklyn had put together possibly the greatest hitting club in league history and Chicago had put together possibly the best pitching club in league history.

The Browns were no slouches with the lumber either, but at the midpoint had scored 70 fewer runs than the Atlantics. Stollings, who held the record for doubles with 43 already had 30. The leader board show Brooklyn dominating in every respect: 3 Atlantics hitting over .411, 3 Atlantics with at least 40 runs scored, and so in any category that mattered.

Chicago’s pitching was the opposite; not one man, save Cherokee Kinan was putting up elite numbers across the board—but the club totals were just as dominating. Fewest runs, walks and hits allowed, coupled with the most batters struck kept them in every game.

When Brooklyn begun the second half sweeping the Browns, Obie McCormick sprung into action. The first attempt to improve the club, acquireing Frank Richardson, failed when Richardson refused to report. Rather than try to force Richardson to come to Chicago, a process that could have eaten up precious weeks, McCormick turned towards Buffalo.

The Eries had fallen on hard times in their second season. The excitement of the Empire had worn off and the drawing power of a below average club out of the race at midseason held little appeal. Holding two solid players making the league maximum, secondbaseman Raymond Flake and leftfielder Guy McGurk, who fit just what the Browns needed the chance for a swap was seized. The younger and cheaper Arnold Woody and Kurt Witty went to Buffalo in what the papers labeled a ‘challenge’ trade, since the clubs swapped starters at both positions. Instead of sparking a charge to first, the pitching suddenly gave way and set in motion a 9 game losing streak. During the same period, the Atlantics went 8-1. The race was effectively over.

But drama still remained. Just as the Atlantics were ready to pull away, Clarence Walters, one of the players who had been over .400 for most of the year suffered a major leg injury. And the nightmare began again for the Atlantics. Slowly but surely the lead began to shrink. With seven games to go, the Atlantics only had a 3 game lead. With the season on the line, and the common crank wondering if gamblers had reached Pannell as they had allegedly done in Philadelphia, the Brooklyns won 6 of their remaining games. The Browns could only counter with two.

The difference had been the nine game losing streak. Brooklyn went from tied, to 8 games ahead. Thaddeus Hamilton had his untainted championship.

05-26-2005, 08:37 PM	#101
SelzShoes High School Varsity Join Date: Apr 2005	1878-A Return to "True Sport": History Repeating! From the Chicago Eagle When the two best clubs are compared, our Browns and the champion Brooklyns, the differences in style are stark. The Brooklyns appeal to the vulgar crank by attempting to outscore the opposition with little regard to what the East used to refer to as ‘inside base ball’. A tally of 8 or 9 a game is not unusual for this crew of batsman. Expecting such production on a daily basis, the Atlantics are unsurprisingly lax when it comes to catching the ball or making the toss towards home. Our Brownies however excel in the type of ball that creates champions. While not as impressive as the Brooklyns with the bat, our boys can handle the stick better than any other squad in the land. Patrolling the field no club is better at turning the sure hit into an out. And the hurlers are beyond compare. Yes, when the ledger is balanced, the crank who values the thinking man’s game will cast his lot with Chicago. At the halfway point of the season two things were becoming clear: Brooklyn had put together possibly the greatest hitting club in league history and Chicago had put together possibly the best pitching club in league history. The Browns were no slouches with the lumber either, but at the midpoint had scored 70 fewer runs than the Atlantics. Stollings, who held the record for doubles with 43 already had 30. The leader board show Brooklyn dominating in every respect: 3 Atlantics hitting over .411, 3 Atlantics with at least 40 runs scored, and so in any category that mattered. Chicago’s pitching was the opposite; not one man, save Cherokee Kinan was putting up elite numbers across the board—but the club totals were just as dominating. Fewest runs, walks and hits allowed, coupled with the most batters struck kept them in every game. When Brooklyn begun the second half sweeping the Browns, Obie McCormick sprung into action. The first attempt to improve the club, acquireing Frank Richardson, failed when Richardson refused to report. Rather than try to force Richardson to come to Chicago, a process that could have eaten up precious weeks, McCormick turned towards Buffalo. The Eries had fallen on hard times in their second season. The excitement of the Empire had worn off and the drawing power of a below average club out of the race at midseason held little appeal. Holding two solid players making the league maximum, secondbaseman Raymond Flake and leftfielder Guy McGurk, who fit just what the Browns needed the chance for a swap was seized. The younger and cheaper Arnold Woody and Kurt Witty went to Buffalo in what the papers labeled a ‘challenge’ trade, since the clubs swapped starters at both positions. Instead of sparking a charge to first, the pitching suddenly gave way and set in motion a 9 game losing streak. During the same period, the Atlantics went 8-1. The race was effectively over. But drama still remained. Just as the Atlantics were ready to pull away, Clarence Walters, one of the players who had been over .400 for most of the year suffered a major leg injury. And the nightmare began again for the Atlantics. Slowly but surely the lead began to shrink. With seven games to go, the Atlantics only had a 3 game lead. With the season on the line, and the common crank wondering if gamblers had reached Pannell as they had allegedly done in Philadelphia, the Brooklyns won 6 of their remaining games. The Browns could only counter with two. The difference had been the nine game losing streak. Brooklyn went from tied, to 8 games ahead. Thaddeus Hamilton had his untainted championship.