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...nicknamed the Little Brownies because they are the only major-league club that has never won a pennant, have been a source of disappointment to two generations of St. Louis fans. Last week they looked more promising than they had at any time since the days of sizzling George Sisler (1915-22). Within the past fortnight the Army had rejected three of the Brownies' best players: slugging Shortstop Vernon Stephens, fancy-fielding First Baseman George McQuinn and first-string Catcher Frank Hayes...
Stephens, the Sisler of this year's outfit, was leading the American League last week with a batting average of .336 and a total of 13 home runs. Close behind was another power-hitting Brownie, Outfielder Chester Laabs (eleven homers). Assured of this one-two punch for the remainder of the season, the Little Brownies can fight it out with the Tigers, Senators, White Sox-and even the Yankees...
...During his streak, Di Maggio used three bats. The first was stolen after he broke George Sisler's modern record of hitting safely in 41 games. The second, with which he cracked Wee Willie Keeler's alltime record of 44, was raffled off in Di Mag's native San Francisco for the benefit of U.S.O. It brought...
...Gehrig and other great batsmen, Big Joe's hits have been the biggest news in U.S. sport. Radio programs were interrupted for Di Maggio bulletins. Crowds jammed the ball parks where he played. Three days before, when he broke the modern record of 41, set by George Sisler in 1922, 31,000 parboiled fans crammed into Washington's Griffith Stadium. Day before, when he tied Keeler's all-time major-league record,* there were 53,000 in the Yankee Stadium...
...Christy Mathewson, Honus Wagner, Walter Johnson, Napoleon Lajoie, Tris Speaker, Cy Young, Grover C. Alexander, Connie Mack, Ban Johnson, John J. McGraw, Morgan Bulk.eley, George Wright, Alexander Cartwright, Henry Chadwick, Cap Anson, A. G. Spalding, Charles Radbourne, Arthur Cummings, Charles Comiskey, Buck Ewing, Eddie Collins, Wee Willie Keeler, George Sisler...