[Nick Soulis]

The Baseball Chronicle
World Series Edition



The New Kings Of The Game
St. Louis Gets Its Revenge And Are Champions

It was the ultimate test between the defending champions and the team that lost to them a year ago. This year however from the first pitch the feel and the destiny felt different and true to the karma at hand, the St. Louis Browns win the series in five games and make a legitimate claim as the greatest ball club to ever take the field.

In the opening game at Troy the Browns put up 13 runs and demoralized Trojan starter Jim Devlin. In the second game the Troy faithful didnt see things improve as Fred Goldsmith out pitched Cy Bentley this time the visitors scoring nine times and leaving New York in complete control .

In the gateway to the West Harry Salisbury once again defeated Devlin in game three as the celebrations at Sportsmans Park were jubilant as the Browns took a 3 games to one lead. Bentley and the Trojans showed some pride in game four and clipped the Browns delaying their celebrations and failing to complete the sweep.

As game 5 approached, everyone seemed to have the same question. Where was John Ward? Up to this point the most popular player on the team was not called upon to pitch with the St. Louis manager only saying that he would be used at the perfect time when his club needed him. That time had now come.

Ward took the field and all the Browns faithful and players stood a little taller. No one brings more confidence to the field then Ward. In a storybook display Monte would drive in three runs with the bat and shut down the Trojans allowing only 2 runs in nine innings throwing 157 pitches. Tom Foley would fly out to right and the final out was secured. The 76 win Browns were now champions of the world made Lip Pikes team look quite ordinary.

In fact the slugging duo of Troy were completely taken out. Gat Stires went the whole series without a home run and only one RBI while Roger Connor went 3 for 20 in the five games and looked lost.

Other then Ward, a revelation continued to be Oscar Walker who hit a home run and hit .348 for the series putting away most doubts about a colored player being able to play well. Buck Ewing was also excellent with the glove and hitting .381.

The nation bows to St. Louis and the team that they have assembled. It feels like a watershed moment for the game, as finally a club has put it all together in all aspects for the beautiful game.