The evening times., 1897-05-22
THE RECORD OF NINE DAYS
How the Clubs Have Played Since
the Senators Went Away.
THE EAST Is HOLDING ITS OWN
Cincinnati Has the Best Record,
With Baltimore, Boston and Pitts
burg Tied for Second H0nors- The
Louisvilles Have Lost .232 Points.
Baseball Notes.

The first swing around the Western end
of the League circuit 10y the Eastern teams
is about half completed, and a comparison
of the standing of the clubs at the time
the Senators opened in Pittsburg, May 3,
and that of today shows the Eastern clubs
have about held their own.
When the advantage the home team las
over its opponents is considered the CON
Clision must he arrived at that many OF
the Western clubs are very liable to slump
when they get away from home.
Cincinnati has the best record since that
date, having won eight straight games
and increased in percentage from o63
TO 720, moving from fifth place TO second.
1t looks as if the Cincinnati team iS the
only club that is able to hold the Orioles
down, being the first to take two straight
from the Monumental City boys.
Baltimore, Boston, and Pittsburg are
tied for second honors, having won six
and lost two games each, Baltimore
still holding first place and increasing in
percentage from 1872 to .S13. Boston i'm
proved in percentage from .467 to 565
and moved from eighth To fifth place. The
Pirates bettered their percentage from 6f3
TO 6S2 and moved up one peg, being now
third in the race.
Cleveland comes next, with five games
won and two lost, the Indians jumping
from seventh TO fourth place by increasing
in percentage from soc to .565.
The BrCOklyns won four and lost three,
and moved up to eighth place from NINTH,
.375 to .435.
The CtiCagos still keep up their slow
pace They took two games and lost four
of the last six games played, and still -e-
main in tenth place with 304, gain Of
ten points.
The Phillies nd Senators are neck and
neck for the next best record since the
date mentioned, having won two and lest
five, the former dropping from third to
sixth place, their percentage today being
o42, against .647 at that time. The
Washingtcns have neither lost position JOr
percentage on the trip, being eleventh, with
a percentage of .2S6 when they went
away, at which figures they still remain.
New York. Louisville and st LoIiS is the
order in which the honors are distributed
to tine remaining three clubs. The Giants
have won one and lost five, dropping from
sixth to ninth place by losing L IL points
The Colonels are making a graceful drop,
as was predicted, the dizzy heights OF
second place being too much for them.
Their loss in percentage was .232 points
in eight games played. a greater numh,r
than was lost 10y any other team in a SINH
lar time. Louisville Won one and lost
seven.
Last comes st. Louis, who won one and
lost eight, but as der Prowns'' are as
low down as they can get, their drop in
percentage for each game was very small.
Their percentage ON May 13 was .267.
Today 1T is .20S.
The Senators and Colts play the second
game Of the present series in Chicago
today, and the elongated twirler OF the
Washington team, Hillary Swain, will
toe the rubber for the Statesmen.
As the Chicagos are putting up a very
poor game at present, being somewhat H.
moralized for the lack of hackstop artists,
and the Statesmen viii no doubt put ZIP
a better article of bali than on Thursday,
the Washington lads should have more than
an even show for victory.