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St. Louis Browns - September 16, 1907, Monday

[The following was a clipping from "The Press", Cleveland, Monday, Sept. 16, 1907. "The Press" sold for One Cent, except on the trains where it sold for Two Cents. My Grandpa McGill's played for the St. Louis Browns for one year (1907). This is the only clipping that I have found in this scrapbook. If anyone out there has any clippings for the Browns during the 1907 season, please E-Mail Oakie. I would love to have a copy.]

Cleveland - - - 2 | St. Louis - - - 2

McGill, Texas Pitcher,
Gets Better Start Than Berger

St, Louis Secures lead of One run
In Early Innings of Second Game
Crowd In Good Humor Over Jones' Victory

Staff Special -- League Park, September 16 --- Joss' victory in the first game put the big crowd in good humor for the second contest, which began at about 3:55 p.m. The batteries were Berger and Clarke for Cleveland, McGill and Spencer. Hartzell went to third in place of Yeager. McGill is a Texas leaguer whom the Browns are trying out.

First Inning --

Niles struck out. Hemphill sent a fly to Birmingham. Turner made a pretty stop of Stone's single. The Browns' slugger was out stealing, Clarke to Larry. No runs.

The man from Texas began by striking out Flick. Hartzell's throw beat Bradley. Turner walked and scored all the way from first on Larry's single to left. Larry reached third base on McGill's wild throw to catch the king napping. A fancy assist by Wallace retired Clarke. One run.

Second Inning --

Pickering struck out. Wallace fouled to Clarke. Hartzell safe on Bradley's fumble. Turner was under Spencer's high fly. No runs.

Hinchman out. Jones to McGill. Birmingham chopped a Texas leaguer to left. Lister singled. Berger flied to Jones. Flick forced Birmingham at third to Hartzell unassisted. No runs.

Third Inning --

Birmingham was under Jones' fly. McGill struck out. Niles singled but was out stealing, Clarke to Larry. No runs.

Wallace threw out Bradley. A fast assist by Hartzell retired Turner. Wallace and Jones made a beautiful play on Larry's drive to left. No runs.

Fourth Inning --

Hemphill walked. Stone beat out his bunt. Both runners advanced on a wild pitch. Bradley threw out Pickering, Hemphill scoring. Stone scored on a fielder's choice when Larry tried to catch him at the plate on Wallace's grounder. Hartzell walked. Spencer struck out. Jones grounded to Turner. Two runs.

Clarke shot a single to right Hinchman sacrificed, McGill to Jones. Clarke scored on Birmingham's single to center, Birmingham going to second on the throw in. Lister struck out. Berger fouled to Jones. One run.

Fifth Inning --

McGill fouled to Lister. Niles fouled to Clarke. Hemphill singled to center and was out a good mile stealing, Clarke to Larry. No runs.

Again Flick sturck out. Bradley singled to right center. McGill threw out Turner. Larry popped to Niles. No runs.

Sixth Inning --

Stone singled to left, his third hit of the game. Pickering struck out. Stone stole second. Wallace lifted to Birmingham. Hartzell struck out. No runs.

Stone made a starting catch of Clarke's fine drive. Stone followed this performance by picking Hinchman's fly off the screen. Birmingham struck out. No runs.

Seventh Inning --

Larry threw out the fat Mr. Spencer. Jones flied to Lister. McGill flied to Flick. No runs.

Lister singled through Jones. Berger sacrificed to Jones unassisted. Flick grounded to Jones, Lister taking third. Bradley flied to Wallace. No runs.

Eighth Inning --

Niles flied to Hinchman. Hemphill singled to right. Stone out, Berger to Lister. Turner's great stop and throw settled Pickering. No runs.

Turner singled to left. The hit and run game gave Larry a hit to left. Clarke hit into a double play, Niles to Wallace to Jones. Turner tried to steal home and was out. McGill to Spencer. No runs.

Ninth Inning --

Wallace grounded to Lister. Hartzell out, Bradley to Lister. Spencer singled to center. Jones flied to Turner. No runs.

Hinchman singled to right. Hinchman out stealing, Spencer to Niles. Birmingham out, Wallace to Jones. Lister flied to Stone. No runs.

Tenth Inning --

McGill fanned. Flick could not see Niles' high fly and dropped it. Hemphill fanned. Stone walked. Pickering walked, filling the bases. Wallace flied to Hinchman. No runs.

Bemis batted for for Berger. Bemis out, Niles to Jones. Flick fanned Jones getting the putout. Bradley flied to Hemphill.

Game called: Darkness.

Score:

Cleveland ---	R	H	O	A	E
Flick, rf	0	0	1	0	1
Bradley, 3b	0	1	0	2	1
Turner, ss	1	1	2	2	0
Lajoie, 2b	0	2	3	1	0
Clarke, c	1	1	10	3	0
Hinchman, lf	0	1	2	0	0
Birmingham, cf	0	2	3	0	0
Lister, 1b	0	2	9	0	0
Berger, p	0	0	0	1	0
Bemis	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	2	10	30	9	2

St. Louis ---	R	H	O	A	E
Niles, 2b	0	1	2	2	0
Hemphill, cf	1	2	1	0	0
Stone, lf	1	3	3	0	0
Pickering, rf	0	0	0	0	0
Wallace, ss	0	0	2	5	0
Hartzell, 3b	0	0	1	2	0
Spencer, c	0	1	5	2	0
Jones, 1b	0	0	15	1	0
McGill, p	0	0	1	3	1
TOTAL	2	7	30	16	1

Score by Innings:

Cleveland	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
St. Louis	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2

Stolen bases --- Stone, Niles.
Sacrifice Hit --- Hinchman.
Bases on Balls --- By Berger 4, by McGill 1.
Struck Out --- By Berger 8, by McGill 6.
Double Play --- Niles to Wallace to Jones.
Umpires --- Bernhard and Howell.
Attendance --- 5463.

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