Clipping:The Athletics go drinking

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Date	Wednesday, August 21, 1889
Text	[Athletic vs. St. Louis 8/20/1889] There were a number of ugly rumors current yesterday reflecting seriously on the reputation of the Athletic team for sobriety. It was said that the surplus beer in one of the famous breweries of the city had been materially reduced by a visit from several of the prominent members of the team. However true the charge, it is quite certain that the team player very beery ball. There was a lack of life and ambition about their work that soon set the spectators yawning. Seward was pounded constantly and his support was vile. “Curt” Welch was way off and his work was a disagreeable surprise to his admirers. Fennelly dropped a fly and Larkin gave a wretched exhibition of base-running. Add to this their weak exhibition at the bat and it appear as if the “jag” story was not altogether improbable. St.
Source	St. Louis Republic
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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