Cupid Childs from the Chronology

Jul 22, 1901 - At St. Louis‚ the Colts blow a 5-0 lead and the Cardinals win‚ 6-5‚ scoring a run in the 8th against reliever rube Waddell. Pete Childs‚ recently acquired from St. Louis to take over 2B from veteran Cupid Childs‚ scores the last Chicago tally after hitting a triple in the 5th.

Jul 8, 1901 - At Chicago‚ the Colts and Phils both score in the 9th and Chicago plates a run in the 10th to win‚ 2-1. After the game‚ Chicago releases veteran Cupid Childs‚ who went hitless today.

May 22, 1901 - Boston takes a pair from the St. Louis Nationals by 5-4 scores. In game 2‚ a triple play in the 2nd inning helps though Cupid Childs scores on the play. St. Louis also scores in the 1st inning of game 2 when Jesse Burkett leads off with a homerun. He'll do the same thing tomorrow to tie a ML mark.

Jul 1, 1896 - With Cupid Childs scoring 5 runs‚ Cleveland wins 19-7 over Chicago to run its winning streak to 6. The Spiders are 36-18 and tied for first with Baltimore at 38-19.

Sep 27, 1894 - Cleveland bombards the Phillies‚ 26-4 with 25 hits‚ 5 by Ed McKean. Cupid Childs scores 5 runs.

May 5, 1888 - Gid Gardner plays for the Phillies after being traded from Washington for Cupid Childs. But when Childs refuses to play for the Senators‚ the trade and today's game are nullified. Childs will end up in Kalamazoo for his recalcitrance.