The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-21
STATUS OF THE LEAGUES.
The Pennant Fight in the Big Base BaI
Associations.


The race for the penuant in the big base
ball associations has never been SO exciting
as now. At no time has the club with the
highest percentage been out of reach of the
second club. Now they are making the last
turn before entering the stretch. 1t is a
good point to take view of the racers, and
much better opportunity is afforded of
Judging their staying qualities, with The
finishing time looming up so close in front.
The league race mas been a bitter contest
from the jump and has been terribly close
Boston took the lead at the start and kept
it until last Thursday, when New York
stepped up to first and Boston went lower
down. On Friday New York lost and BOs-
ton won, and tina, tied them. On Saturday
New York lost again, and again Boston
won and went back to the head of the list,
with only five points to spare. The balance
of the league clubs are all dragging along,
too far behind tho leaders to properly be
considered as in the race.
In the American association the st. Louis
Browns have their grip on first place, and
are seemingly as invlncible as ever. They
have set fearful pace and the Brooklyns
are the only people who have kept in sight
Of them. At one stage OF the game the
club from the city of churches were only
three points behind the Browns, but they
underwent streak Of bad luck and soon
found they needed fifty points to catch up.
They have been doing splendid work since,
and are gradually narrowing the gap.
Mark Baldwin of last years Chicagos,
but now of the Columbus team, performed
the feat Of his life last week. He pitched
the St. Louis Browns, the hardest hitting
team in the American Association, to a
standstill, letting them down on two scratch
hits and completely shutting the team out.
1t was the first time this season the Browns
have lett the field with less than four hits.
1t takes great pitcher to shut them out
PETIT 7, of the Selma Pastimes last year
and of this years New Orleans southern
league team, was signed by Cincinnati
about month ago, and the youngster IS
making quite a record for himself He mas
pitched two games since he has been with
the club and won both of them. Last week,
after three weeks rest. he was put in to
pitch against the Athletics, and let them
down on only four hits, the Cincinnatis
winning with ease. He distinguished him
self by his work with the stick, and, out of
tour times at bat got to first three times,
is credited with an elegant steal and made
two runs
Arhe Latham, the prince of coachers and
the checklist man in America, has been sus-
pended from the st. Louis Browns on ac-
count of Indifferent playing. The suspension
| is indefinite and without pay.
The miserable work of the Pittsburg team
is a constant cause for comment. A club
that has White. Rowe, Dunlap, Calvin,
| Hanlen, Miller and Carroll on its pay roll,
ought certainly to be nearer the top of the
score than sixth place. 1t only goes to show
that it is not always the players who have
the biggest reps who do the most work.
| Pittsburg spared no expense in getting a
winning team together, aud everybody
| thought the club would certainly be- no
lower than third
Ed Williamson, who has been laid up with
rheumatism ever since his trip to Austral ia
last summer, was strong enough to be in his
old place at short in the Chicago team last
week, and his work was as brilliant aud
faultIess as if he had been playing every
day.