After the Maroons finished the city series with the Browns in October of 1886, the team traveled to Arkansas in early November for a series against the Little Rock club. It was a hodge-podge group of players that made the trip. Jack Glasscock, who ran the team after manager Gus Schmelz was fired in October, did not travel with the team. The only regulars who went to Little Rock were Emmett Seery, John Healy, and Joe Quinn. Henry Boyle (the team's third pitcher) and Joe Murphy (a nineteen year old pitcher who had appeared in four games) also made the trip.
This motley group of Maroons had their hands full with the Little Rock nine. In the first game, played on November 2, the Little Rocks got two runs in the ninth to upset the visitors by a score of 3-2. The next day, the Maroons jumped out to a 5-1 lead and won 5-2. On November 5, the series concluded as the Maroons were able to hold on for a 3-2 victory.
As far as I can tell, these were the last games ever played by the St. Louis Maroons.
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I don't know the circumstances of this particular trip, but it would be fairly common in that era for such a post-season exhibition to have no official connection with the club. That is, it is a group of players making a little money on the side, and using the club's name as a marketing tool. It can be hard to distinguish between "official" exhibitions and these independant enterprises. This one looks like the latter.
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