Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1914 — PEANUTS COST CRIGER JOB. [ARTICLE]

PEANUTS COST CRIGER JOB.

Munching peanuts cost Lou Criger, the veteran catcher, his job as coach of the St Louis Browns. Early in the 1913 campaign the Browns were playing New York and Frank Chance went to bat out of turn. The Yankee manager singled, starting a rally which beat St Louis. Meanwhile Criger was munching peanuts on the Brown bench and when the official scorer at Hedges park tried to attract his attention Lou resisted and continned to eat his peanuts. That victory helped New York nose out the Browns for seventh places and incidentally cost Criger his berth With Rickey's team.