The Brewers' train was two hours late, and by the time it reached the city the route was lined by cheering fans trying to get a look at player/manager Harry "Pep" Clark and his boys.
The players noticed the gathering crowds along the track. Pitching ace Cy Slapnicka thought better of it, and snuck out a window while the train was stopped at Second Street. He missed a fantastic reception at the final destination, as crowds surrounded the train and cheered every man as he alighted from the train.
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MILWAUKEE, Wis., Sept 30.—Milwaukee still is baseball mad, despite the fact that the American Association season closed yesterday. Several thousand "fans" crowded about the Union Station here to-day, and with brass bands and other noise-producing instruments welcomed home the Milwaukee team, winners of the association pennant, and incidentally the first pennant ever won by a Milwaukee team.The Milwaukee Journal worked up a marvelous front-page cartoon in honor of the city's victorious heroes.
The players were escorted to automobiles which led a parade about the downtown districts. A big banquet in honor of the team will be held Thursday night, and seats for the function are selling at a premium. Theatre parties and receptions have been planned, and record-breaking crowds are expected to attend exhibition games to-morrow and Thursday with the Chicago Americans and Pittsburgh Nationals.
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Havenor was herself a crucial figure in the team's success on the diamond, having elevated popular veteran third baseman Clark to his player/manager role at the end of the 1912 season. Clark took the fifth-place club and turned it around to a champion in his first season at the helm.
Never one to miss an opportunity, the Journal also presented its "baseball mad" readers with nearly two full pages of appropriately-themed ads:
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In the lower-right, that drawing of right-hander Tom Dougherty was originally published on July 23rd, when he blanked the Toledo Mud Hens 12-0.
Speaking of recycled graphics, the Sentinel pulled a doozy. They reprinted Cal Brand's "Py Golly" cartoon from the previous day with a slight change of caption: "The Brewer Team Will Return Home on Tuesday for Well Earned Rest" became "The Brewer Team Returned Home on Tuesday for Well Earned Rest": The impromptu parade was the only event on the Brewers' schedule that day, but the following would start a series of formal celebrations for the team. Milwaukee was indeed "baseball mad" for her pennant-winning Brewers.
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