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SCORE ST. CHARLES AESTHETICS 58;TROY REDS 11 ON JULY 4,1882The St. Charles Aesthetics an,oldtimo St. Charles baseball team thatsucceeded the St. Charles Morning Stars and which later became the first St. Charles Browns, registered a decided victory against the Troy Reds of Lincoln County out on the old Factory Hill i now residential property on Eighth and Jefferson streets) on July 4, 1882, 55 years ago.The score at the end of the bombardment was St. Charles Aesthetes 58, Troy Reds II.Of course baseball fans of nowadays who like 1 to 0 baseball scores, must remember that many new rules on strikes and bails, fouls and so forth have been inaugurated into the game since that day. All this has cut down the scores. In those days the boys ran around the bases oftener than they do today.The Cosmos- of May 5, 1882, gives the following line-up of the St. Charles Aesthetics: Charlie Chau-vin, first base; Ed Wiley, second base; Will Gross, left field; Ben I* Emmons, pitcher; Dave Murray, catcher; Lee Mudd, third base; John Hugg, right field and Will Blackburn, short stop. All of that famous team are now deceased except Ben L. Emmons, the well known abstract man of this city. Will Blackburn was the last to pass, hism *death occurring last year.The names of those playing on the.Troy Team were Cake. Sallee, Pilcher, Reynolds, Culbort, Tice, Bricky, Pointlow and Sheets. What positions they played is not stated.The write-up of the game follows: “The Troy Club reached the ground about 4:30 p. m., and the lack of time allowed them to play but seven innings. The playing was not as good as it might have been, but the Aesthetics sometimes batted their balls almost out of sight and consequently were 'muffed' nine times out of ten by the Reds. Several good catches were made by the left fielder. Charles Chauvin, alias Fusselbach, of the Aesthetics, played . remarkably well on first base, and several times persons were heard to remark,Vlf the ball comes within seven feet of him he will hold it.* The Troy boys were furnished headquarters at the Galt House and left for their home next morning. All seemed perfect gentlemen and their behavior on the grounds was good. It would be a good idea if some steps were taken to keep the outsiders at a sufficient distance out of the way to give the catcher a chance to see the bases and capture the ‘fouls’ .’*Mr. Emmons did well in the game by making 5 runs and catching 4flies. Murray made 9 runs, Gross 8, Wilsey and John Hug 7 each, and Ju! Hug, Chauvin and Mudd 0 each while Blackburn made 4.Either the reporter on the Cos-mos-Monitbr got sea sick watching the Aesthetics run around the bases in that game and failed to report other games or the reputation made by the St. Charles team making 58 runs frightened other teams from coming to St. Charles be it as it may—no games are reported until one on Sunday, September 3, 1882, when St. Charles defeated the Metropolitans of St. Louis 19 to 13. In that game Ben L. Emmons pitched and Ed Wilsey caught and the Cosmos says they distinguished themselves. Claude Edwards was the umpire, and the Cosmos says he “rendered universal satisfaction b his decisions.High School Junior Track Ace Survives Five PrelimenariesLed by “Red Huesemann, junior .track ace, who qualified in five events in the St. Louis County preliminaries yesterday* St. Charles placed a total of ten men in Friday’s finals in both junior and senior division.Huesemann was third in the fastest 50 yard heat and second in the fastest 100 and 220 heat*. He also made the second best broad jump and was one of the five high jump qualifiers,Paul Schneider won his 880 yard
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Saint Charles Daily Cosmos Monitor
Saint Charles, Missouri, US
Wed, May 12, 1937
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