The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-22

AS the close of the season is nearing
the race between Baltimore and Cleveland
for the pennant is growing hotter and the
interest of the base bali loving people
everywhere is intense.
AS was predicted it would be, Cleveland
has been gradually crawling up on Bal
tinore for the last two weeks and the
Orioles are now only il points the better
OF Cleveland, compared with Is points
two weeks ago.
Baltimore mas six more games to play.
while Cleveland has seven. a prediction
as 10 the outcome OF these games anc a
surmise as TO the standing OF the clubs
at the close Of the season is Interesting.
AT nome, OF which they viii prob
ably win but two, as Fhila-
delphia is playing very strong
game. Baltimore other three games are
with New York, in that city. The Giants
cherish naught but hatred for Baltimore
and will play their hardest TO down the
be able 70 take TWO games from New
York. If they win two out of the three
games and also defeat Philadelphia two
games II will give them percentage of
500, and the chances are that the pen
nant VIII wave over the Orioles grounds.
If Baltimore wins but three out of the six
games its percentage Will be but .65l
Cleveland plays Chicago three games, of
which they should win two. Then they
close with Louisville. The Spiders viii
most likely win three out of four games
from the ColOnels, and possibly all four.
If Cleveland should win six out of the
seven games it VIII have a percentage of
.659. If it wins five out of seven its per-
centage will be .652. 1t viii be seen that II
is no easy matter to pick the winner, but
the local fans are banking on Balti-
more.
Boston has won but one game from
Baltimore this season. How the mighty
have fallen
1t is said that Tom Burns, who man
aged the Springfield team in the eastern
league this season, is to manage New
York. Burns has the reputation of being
good manager and that is what the
Giants need.
In the Texas league Dallas and Fort
Worth were tied for the pennant, and
they are now playing a series of fifteen
games TO decide the championship.
1t is a notable fact that the New York
rooters almost to man are pulling for
Cleveland against Baltimore.
McMahon's pitching for Baltimore the
past week might have been better. A
great deal, aye, the pennant itself, de-
pends on what it will be this week.
Pittsburg has signed new short stop
named Corcoran and Monte Cross is
again warming the bench.
1t is said that the profits of the Phia-
delphia club this season will be 100000.
That there is something more than sport
IN base ball and that times have not been
SO hard after ell is very evident from
this
IT is generally thought that the club
which wins the pennant of 1895 will have
to do so with greater percentage than
marked It's capture since the creation of
the present league in 1881. If such is to
be the case, Baltimore and Cleveland
will have to hustle harder than they are
doing al present Boston won ii IN 1891
with a percentage of $50 In 1892 the
double season was tried. Boston win
with a percentage of .6O3, Cleveland the
second season with a percentage of 697
and Boston the final series for the cham
ton beat Pittsburg for the rag. in 1892
with a percentage of 500 and Baltimore
won it last year with a percentage OF
.695.