The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-01
The League Teams Played Well
in 1888.
NEW YORKS GIANT CHAMPIONS.
Nelse InDes Reviews-Last Years Race for the
Pennant-HOw the War
Was Waged.

anu LulS JlIIle IL was Tue SJIOIS pAbtAeI Vi Lno
Chicago club, John G. Clarkson. 1t was
Krock, from the Northwestern league, that
Capt. Arson, depended upon mostly to take
Clarkson's place. The Philadelphias lost by
death that remarkably fine pitcher and gen
eral player, Ferguson, and his place could not
be wholly filled, although the club was fortu-
nate TO command the services OF that promis-
ing young player, Sanders.
The Detroits were badly crippled, and this
had a great deal to do with the low standing
they had at the close of the season. Richard
son was injured in the leg at the height of
the season so that he was unable to rejoin the
club Thompson, of the same club, injured
his arm 50 that he was unable to throw, and
the players who were substituted for these
remarkably strong men were unable TO fill
their places, and the result was that the club
was unable to do that fine work that won for
1t the championship of the season previous
Pittsburg relied upon Morris and Calvin to
10 most of its pitching, and toward the end
of the season secured First BaSeman BecIley
from the St. Louis Whites, Of the Western
association He proved to be great acgui-
sition to the club. Had he and Pitcher Sta
ley, who joined the club at the same time
that Beckley was secured, been in the nine
from the first the Pittsburgs would have
made a great bid for first honors.
The Washingtons were not strong enough
in their personnel to allow the pitchers conf
dence enough to do good work. In fact the
nine relied altogether TOO much upon its
pitchers TO win games. As was the case in
the campaign of 1887, the Bostons opened the
season with a rush and filed their admirers
with JOY by winning 9 straight games, 1 each
IN Philadelphia and Washington and in New
York. The Chicagos had been playing good
ball, however, and on May the clubs were
even, with IL victories and . defeats each.
In April, when the Bostons had made the
record of 8 straight games the Philadelphias
who beat them az the end, won but games
out of g.
The month of May showed some great
changes. The Philadelphia rallied and won
= games out Of 10, while the Bostons took a
great drop, winning but II out of 24 The
Chicagos took and held the lead after May 5.
On June l they had won 81 games and lost
out 8, while the New Yorlis had won Il and
lost II to II won and 10 lost for Detroit. In
June the Chicagos not only held the lead but
added to it, winning in that month IA out of
y, while the New Yorks could win but Is out
Of q. The Detroits made a good squirt in
this month, and had it not been for unfortun-
ate injuries they would probably have main
tained this gait. They won l6 games out of
~, and this gave them q record up to July
Of So victories and - defeats to 80 victories
and II defeats for Chicago. The New Yorks
had won 30 games and lost %, and while the
other clubs were well ahead the New Workers
were not out of the race. At this time the
BCstons had won 80 games and lost "a, and
were therefore on almost even terms with
the New Workers.
Matters changed greatly in July The
New Yorks, with Whitney, of the Pittsburgs,
on third base, began to put up the finest kind
of ball that was ever seen in New York and
that won for it three championships, viz,
the League championship, the championship
Of the world and the championship of New
York and Brooklyn. President Day encour-
aged his men to do their best, and the result
was that in July the New Yorks won is
games out of 2S, record not even approached
by any of the other clubs This steady play
drove the Bostons out of the third place The
Chicagos fell off badly, and after having
been in the lead all the time from May to
July %, this club took bad tumble and left
the first place 10 be fought for by the De-
troits and New Yorks. The end of July saw
che New Yorlcs in the van, the Detroit sec
and, the Chicagos third, the Bostons and
Philadelphia close TO one another in the
fourth and fifth positions.
The following were the figures of the LIST
OF August: New Yorks won As, lost IS; De-
troits won A. lost 20; Chicagos won IS, lost
u; Bostons won 81, lost Al; Philadelphias
won SO, lost 49, The situation was therefore
most interesting. The New Workers chung
TO the lead and made almost as good a record
as in the preceding month, its record for Au-
gust being Is victories in "a games played,
making the fine showing for July and August
II "a games won and but Is lost, champion
snip gait. The Bustons and Philadelphia
both rallied in August, the Bostons winning
10 games out of % and the Philadelphias
securing Is games out of "a. 1t was in this
month that the Detroits began to fall behind,
losing game after game until they lost IS
consecutive games. This put them out of
The race. The Pittsburgs made their best
record Of the season in this month, winning
IS games ont of 25. Sept. came and found
she New Yorks IN the van with Ga victories
70 their credit and 80 defeats; Chicago won
81, lost II; Detroit won 81, lost A.; Boston
won 50, lost Al; Philadelphia won So, lost As.
The New Yorks kept up their steady gait
up to the close of the season and were never
again headed, winning by Iced OF seven
games in victories and eleven IN defeats, the
percentage being "a. for New York to 5I.O
for Chicago Had the New Yorks begun the
season as strong as they finished, the cham
pionship would have been won in a canter.
Il was q fine struggle between the Bostons
and Philadelphia for the third place, but the
Bostons could not hold their own on home
grounds at the close Of the season, winning
but five games out of ten in October, while
the Philadelphias won eight out of nine. The
Detroits did as badly as the Bostons, and
were in the fifth place at the close Of the
campaign by three points in percentage.
In no small measure was the winning Of the
pennant due to the fine pitching of Keefe, Of
the New Yorks, who won So out Of AZ games
pitched, and to WEIGH, whose victories num-
bered 20 in 45 games. Titcomb also made
most creditable record. winning IA games out
of q played. Krock, Of the Chicagos, won
Is games out of SO; Buffinton, of Philadel-
phia, % out Of A; Clarsson, Of Boston, IS
out OF So; Conway, CT Detroit, 81 out Of As,
The leading League batsman was Arson, Of
the Chicago nine, whose batting percentage
was .343. he also led the League In fielding,
accepting 1855 per cent. Of the chances offered
him on first base A special feature In the
campaign was the recc- ding for the first time
OF the bases stolen, and in this respect Hoy,
Of the WaslIingtons led with 80 bases stolen
70 so stolen b. Seery, Of Indianapolis
NELsE INNEs.
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