New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-06-21
THE BASEBALL RECORDS.
HOW THE DIFFERENT MINES STAND.
TIE APPARENT TROUBLE WITH THE NE"-foEk
pIAYERs-COMPAR TABLrs

ruE APPARENT TROUBLE WITH THE NEw-foEk
PLAYKRs-COMrAaArIvr TABLES.
The races for the remnants in the different
baseball organizations continue to attract UNUSUAL IL
ention In the National League the Detroit club foids
the lead while the ST. LOUIS Brown siorkng' are In
,he van in tho American Association. The famou, nine
of Yale College the lead IN the intercollegiate race
and seems have excellent chance To re-"ln the
trophy captured by It's Old rival Harvard last season.
Immense crowds continue to witness tue numerous
games and the interest in tho game seems steadily
TO increase.
TIL. don't for tho pennnnt OF tho National League
nrobaby attracts more general attention than other
The clubs in the League are not evenly matched
AS they might be- yet at least five OF tho mines are Oh
sufficient strength to MAKE the fight Ter hrst honors
exciting Last season the New-York and chicago clubs
wer. virtually the only Clubs which had claim for
League honors This season however, the Detroit nine
mas doomed a strong competitor and the excellent
form IN which the club played shows that the team
made OF remarkably good stuff The Climb Mt present
combines strength Of the old Detroit Indianapolis
and Blu alo clubs and wonderful nno mas ocep made
up OF the stronger these teams The nine Is
still weak in some aspects notably In the pitching ana
baserunuing departments and these DEFICIENCIES viii
probablv deprive the team OF the ponnaht The club
stu holds the lead having thirty and lost only
,eyea games This a remarkable record for any club
TO make against such strong opposing Mines
The Chicago club. the champions OF last year, are
pect to see the club take the lead within
the next three weeks II pass Detroit before the
present week Is over At present the champions are
three games behind having won twenty-seven and lost
seven games The game at Detroit on Saturday between
these baseball giants will long DO remembered by
Western enthusiasts The battle was hard fought one
bnt the champions showed their superiority at last
The New-York nine reposcs TRANQUILITY III third place
and the easygong "Giaats" seem satisfied with the
nositon The club has won dozen games and lost a
bakers dozen 1t starts its Western tour tonight and
n the nine expects make peter record on tho trip
than II did on its first OF the West. 1t VIII have 10
pl,v I'm better form than doing Of late One
of the chief drawbacks to tho NewYOrk nine seems 10
nc the lazness and Indifference Of tho players Inii-
vdualy the Is great one. but the players evidently
do not know what team work means such thing rs
"bacKing up" another player when he IL making ui
cult play never enters the minds OF the players
The Philadelphia nine is playing IN excellent form anu
il pushing the NewYork team closely Tor third place.
AT present the Quaker CRY nine Is doing better work
than the coated local team. The Philadelphia
bave won twcnty.one and lost fifteen games and may
get even closer to the local club before many more
weeks The Boston club is doing indifferent
work am Is pack in its old position to-
ward the end OF the The nine. OF which 40 inuch
was expected and which has accomplished so tte has
so far only won thirteen victories out OF thrtyhine
games PLAYED. The ak Diamonds, OF ST. Louis, come
next occnpying sixth place and only leading the now
members lrOin Kansas Cts aud Washington Dy he"
p,urs The s. Ions nine may have the strongest III
field IN the country, hut that IS hnnut al nis' no
Kansas Guy club seventh and Washington Last lhese
uinrs wifi probability decorate these Positions
during most OF The season. lie chos siahu as ioo"9'