Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-22
LEAGUE CONTESTS
How the Clubs Fought Tor the
Peanant il 1855 and 1856.
THE BATTLE WAS 4 BITTER ONE.

This Review Is Suggested b. She lively
struggle New in Progress Between New
York and Boston fog the Fernant %
1889 Champ.aosLip.
The remarkable contest for the Natloaa.
league peunszs NOW coin- or between t6a
Bos-oE and New York BASEBALL clutss-and, N
fact, Philadelphia AID Chicago riay be IN
clUded, FOR they ara BY no means cue of tic
race-recglls II mind t.isc ever since and H.
GLIDING ISIS the struggles fer tho charafio.s-
ship q TIE leading and oiaazs baseball or
G2nlzstiol II TIE country have beon motel
Tor their Gloss and exciting finish. IL lsS5
the psanant was won by Chicago with q 49,
ord of = victories sud S5Gefeats. New YORK
came in second with record q So victories
and - defeats, and tie otter eluhs trasi.et
along in the following order: FhlladelElail,
Providence, Boston, Detroit, Ba8alo. St.
LOUIS Tine season was successful one Eusn-
cioliY - most Of the clubs
In 1881 the membership of tta league Was
changed BY tbs Withdrawal AZ Iroviaence
aid Buffalo au3 lha substitution ~ Eaasss
City and Washington. The season proved ~
he a proEtable oue IL a nlaj orttY Of the cla's.
Boston. New York. Philadelphia, Cbicag5
aud Detroit finding /; & s,sae.s financially.
TIE LEADING fastureos this seasons campaign
was the effective and tellius work & the Fhil-
adeipbia club in fact this clab hss Cu'iFou-
cd tie finish for several seasons by thc great
squirt it has made ia zoe last six weeks there
az. In ISIS, lis first wear in the League, il
closed the season in the eighth placs. Ia 1874
it advanced - tho sixth p.lca. and IN ISIS g
improved It's position rs tar-o points IN
ISSj it fell back - tAa fourth place, bat in
1857 1t made e great rally, pushing the clubs
leading q one side che b. one. t.ll it reached
second position. whore Jh' c'Css az the sea-
soa fcuad IT, lu ls>s 70 oceou.ei thiyI
ll.co.
After tho Gloss 81 us s19at.l o. Gay coa-
t.-a Ia Is9j rLo ccates, Jay entirety he
tween Chics-o Detroit, Philadelphia and
Sew York, tEs others uat b1.ur in ihe rsea
81 all, 80 20 speak. ]. vas ga ta,s wear tbas
ia. League increased tile naah@r ~ games
10 le played .a eac1 series sroa sixtasn To
tcou 1be first ue.E CT tho csurrsi. III
showed the CG.ea-os ia ss.s lead. with New
Lyts a e.le =.-.ul and Detroit th.-d ~
tas close 81 tho month, however Dcjrola
had Yassed 70 tic Eroat. vith CAiea-o sec-
ual aud New York third Tho DlEolt club
tlade tae L,~t record rAis mouth cs auy in
the season, winning ID % tsa - grues it
PLAYED Tho New YORK. made o sr'lndII
rally in tao month of june. r. .a,ine 70
cnuleS and losing ,, tIkir- 4he lead from
Detroit, the latter taking second place. with
Chicago tAird, H. July D-t-oit again va.ib
Ia the front, winning - games aud losing
bat q Sew York took great tumble AMI
closed the month iD fourth position, Chi
cago and Philadelphia rr-eeiaE IL
In the month of August there was another
great CHANGE in the standing If the oluls 10
proved a disastrous period tor Detroit. which
cearn by winning only ten games and las.a,
thirteen, was compelled % fah back 10 sixth
position. Chicago made magnificent spurt
in this month, aud for the first time since tho
first week ia the season occupied first place,
Winning seventeen games and l54ang SIX; New
York, Philadelphia, 81 Louis and Boston
following in the order named. Iu September
the Chicsgos stIl kept Ia FRS placa Detrois
took q great brace 40 this time. and when tia
r1il " as called az the end o. the month 10 am
svcred % second position, with fhssnaaiphia
third aud New York forced from secmd
place to fourth.
In October Detroit went 90 tho front, play
Ing nine games and winning seven u WAS
not Until September that the Washiugfoa
club succeeded Ia getting cat of TIE laet posi-
ton in the race. At the cioas u that month
30 exchanged place with KANSAS City and
tool. seventh eti-1. All during tho few
playing days in October is stI further bst-
tered rs record ~ ferc.rg ~ Louis ard
Kansas CITY ia the eighth and seventh posi-
tons respectively Such v-s th8 rrogrosr %
tao caIDpeleu month ~ aaHsH. SIS neu tbs
season closed che total record stood as fol-
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