, 1889-10-17
PENNANT WINNERS.
A Glance at the Work of the
Giants in the League Cham
pionship Race.
Favorable Mention Of the Players
and Their Captain---The
Other Clubs.
tFrom the New York World. /

from the New York world.I
The final curtain has been rung down
on the greatest play ever performed by
American athletes. Tho New Yorks
were the heroes, and although pursued
by the wicked Bostons until the last
possible moment, virtue triumphed in
the end and the spectators once more
are In peaceful state of mind. The
struggle was grand and unprecedented
in the annals of the national game
For two weeks the leading two clubs
have been In a position where the re.
suits of single days play would
change their relative positions, and II
was not until the last man was retired
at Cleveland yesterday that the cham,
pionship was decided. The strain was
intense, and the relaxation gives i'm
petus to one wild shout of joy in New
York and an utter collapse of spirits in
Boston.
No one dreamt that the final contest
would be so bitterly fought when the
two clubs left for their last Western
trips in the middle of September. Each
team had eighteen games to play, and
the World at the time formulated a
teats, giving the New Yorks fifteen vic.
tories ana the Bostons eleven, and three
and seven defeats respectively. The
New Yorks kept very close to the sched.
ule, winning thirteen and losing three
games on the trip and tieing three. No
club has ever made more creditable rec.
ord on continuous tour away from
han1a 1fhA haunxnr IiI hot
ter than expected and exceeded the es.
timated number of victories by two and
falling three short of the predicted mum.
ber of defeats. They won thirteen
games, lost four and played tie, OF
the Bostons games, though, three were
played on the home grounds. With
such finish the second club is hardly
less deserving of praise and credit than
the winners, but when the excitement
dies away and the absorbing nature Of
the race fingers only family In memory,
the honor and glory of the champion.
ship of tho National League will be with
the New Yorks, and that Is what was
fought for.
The glory and honor, moreover. are
not entirely empty. Thewinning of the
championship carries with it the privi'
lege Of playing with the association win.
ners for the worlds championship, and
in the present instance there will be a
big amount of money in that contest-a
deal more for New York than Boston
could have made. No one will begrudge
the management of the New York club
this chance to add to its treasury bal
ance for its outlay this season has been
immense. 1t is hardly necessary to re-
call the vicissitudes of the New York
club in the spring and early summer, for
their fight for home against tremen. j..
dous odds must be familiar to all. And
these same conditions whicn were such
a financial drain upon the club had a
most depressing effect upon the players
in the early months of the season, and
when it is remembered how the bad
weather and poor accommodations at
that time demoralized the team, their r
ultimate victory is almost to be mar.
yelled at.
But the team is made up of men OF
grit and determination and has cap
tain, to whose undaunted mind the only
virtue is progress. His indomltablc
courage and pervading spirit of deter.
mination were the motive power Of the
nine, and never for a moment did the
engine weaken or prove unreliable.
Ewing was in the fray almost constantly
and in the few games when his active
participation was impossible, the value
of his services on the field was more ap-
parent. No general has ever had his
forces under better control and no tacti-
clan has ever conducted "A better cam
paign. Therefore, to Ewing are the
plaudits due.
The old, reliable pitchers Of the club,
keeie and Welch, have again demon
strated their uncommon ability in the
art. For time during the season both
men were somewhat out of condition
and as Crane was suffering more or less
from his injured leg IL was found neces.
sary to engage another twirler, and
O'Day of the Washingtons was signed
President Days judgment in securing
him is practically indorsed by the young
mans great record. He pitched in ten
games Tor the New forks and lost but
one of them. His games were played al
"a critical stage of the race and his work
must not be overlooked, while ruminat-
ing on the seasons achievement. The
bulk of the pitching, OF course, was done
by keefe and Welch, and while the lat
ter was trite the more successful
keefe's slight falling oil from last year
form is easily explained by the lamcnes'
induced by the raw atmosphere at tho
st. George grounds.
Roger Connor, who has held down
first base for the champions throughout
the year, played his part In the struggle
with his whole heart. There were few
balls so wildly thrown that Roger could
not and did not get them, and to hi:
work with the stick many run Is due
and victory indebted.
Pittsburg may have her Dunlap, Chi
cago her Pfeiier and history her Bur
dock, but New York has in Danny
Richardson n second baseman who need
twang the strings of viola secunda tc
none of them. In him Buck Ewing has
found never failing target for his run
. killing shots to second, and the key O.
the diamond" has been always in safe
keeping.
And for Ward, what need be said
What can be added to increase his re-
nown AS q shortstop, as batter, as u run
pure gold, and when it is said that Ware
did his utmost in his clubs interest, the
subject Is exhausted.
Little Whitney has strengthened tbs
good impression made by him last yea
when he joined the ranks OF the clut
late last season and helped them or
their road TO victory; He had done ex
season, pluckily sticking to his post a.
times when he should have been under &
Doctors care.
Tiernan's bat was potent factor ir
the happy denouement. 1t will be re
membered that sickness compelled hin
to give up playing for time during ths
summer, but since his recovery his worl
has been such as to fully recompense ths
club for his absence. Home runs anc
three -baggers have been his daily toys
and his diet has been flies of all dcscrip
tions. He has been the terror OF al
right. field hitters of the league.
George Gore, he whose crratic work I
twelye.month since caused him to b
looked upon as probable back number
has furnished the surprise Of the year
His batting was fully up to his best Chi
cago form and his fielding was more re-
liable than ever. ..