Editing Robison Field (section)

=== Robison Field ===

[[Helene Hathaway Britton|Helene Britton]], daughter of Frank Robison, inherited the Cardinals team and the ballpark from her uncle Stanley upon his death in [[1911 in baseball|1911]]. Helene renamed the ballpark '''Robison Field''' as a memorial to her father (who had died in 1908) and her uncle.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94518367/its-robison-field-now/|title=It's "Robison Field" Now|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|date=16 September 1911|page=9}}</ref> She held the club for the next few seasons, until selling her interest in the team in 1917 to a group that included [[Sam Breadon]].

The Cardinals never won a league championship at Robison Field, but they had some flirtations with success. In 1914, pennant fever gripped Robison Field for the first time in the 20th Century. In late August, the Cardinals were in a close three-way race with the [[New York Giants]] and the [[History of the Boston Braves|Boston Braves]] (who eventually won the National League title). An overflow crowd filled the old park for a doubleheader against the Giants on August 26. The Cardinals won the first game 1-0. The crowd swarmed the field between games, and Giants' manager [[John McGraw]] strenuously complained to the umpiring crew. The police cleared the field and the Giants went on to win the second game 4-0.[St. Louis ''Globe-Democrat'', Aug. 27, 1914, p.&nbsp;6] Three days later, the Cardinals again drew an overflow crowd, this time for a doubleheader against the Braves, who swept the Cardinals and dealt a severe blow to the Cardinals' pennant hopes. [St. Louis ''Post-Dispatch'', Aug. 30, 1914, sec.4 p.&nbsp;1]