Back in the day when they were young boys catch. Mortbn end Walker Cooper hed a burning desire to be a major league brother battery. That ambition is being realized this season with Morton pitching and Walker catching for the St. Louis Cadinals.
Lust Jan. 1, the brothers promiseu in a New Years resolution to win 20 or more games during 1841.
in the second game of the season. Cooper and Cooper made an auspleius start toward that goal wheeling through to a 6-hit, 4-to-2 triumph over the world champion Cincinna Reds. Mort twirled his second victory Sunday, beating the Chicago Cubs 8-4, but he was caught by Gus Mancuso. Walker took a rest after catching in nine of the Red Birds' 11 tilts.
Walker, the "kid brother." mover up from Columbus late last year and the Coopers promptly teamed up to conclude the season with 118 innings of shutout ball That's nothing new for them.
"The records for themselves. Morton asset "We played tu-
HANGHAI baseball fans will have an opportunity to see their favourite sport again as the local baseball season gets off to a start today with the Shanghai Amateurs scheduled to clash with the Second Battalion of the Fourth Marines in a game that should be a criterion as to the respective strengths of the two teams. The game is set to start at 3.45 p.m.
Prior te the start of the contest, Mr, James Nichols, Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce, will officiate at the flag raising cere many when tke pennant, won by the Shanghai Amateurs last season, will be unfurled to announce the official opening of the local season, Meanwhile, to-morrow, the. First Battalion is scheduled to meet the Headquatters Orphans. The schedule this season has been so arranged that euch team will meet the others four times and it has been announced that there will be no double-headers except when postponements make it necessary to Anish up the league fixtures,
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