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Pat Hynes
With the dog days of August 1904 having descended on St. Louis and the Browns well back in the American League standings, manager Jimmy McAleer was looking for something to maintain fan interest in his club. To that end, he placed two local favorites from the semipro St. Louis Trolley League on the Browns roster: teenager Art Bader and 20-year-old Pat Hynes. The youngsters, alas, were not major-league material, and neither Bader nor Hynes would play another big-league game after his 1904 audition. But the lives of the two make an interesting study in contrast, nonetheless. Bader developed into a competent high minor-league outfielder, received his law degree in 1910, and for the next 50 years, he devoted himself to the civic life of St. Louis, serving as an assistant city attorney, circuit-court judge, and city excise commissioner. Pat Hynes' life took a more tragic turn.
With his bags packed and ready to set off for spring training with the Brewers, Pat and a friend began bar-hopping on the evening of Monday, March 11, 1907. At about 2:30 the following morning, the by-now-intoxicated pair entered Harry Grover’s saloon on Easton Avenue, where Hynes ordered beers for himself and his friend. When bartender Louis Richardson refused to consider the beers on the house, Hynes became angry, throwing a pretzel bowl and then a spice holder at Richardson. He also purportedly struck the barkeep in the face with a mop. When Hynes then attempted to go behind the bar, Richardson uncovered a pistol and fired twice. One bullet missed. The other mortally wounded Hynes. Pat Hynes had died on his birthday, less than three hours into his 23rd year. - SABR bio
Two pictures were available. It looks like the old one used the grainier bRef one whereas I made a new one from the picture (far right) in the paper following his death.
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