Evening star., 1898-08-29
Record of the Clubs

Ch1cago.--.- 63 10 .0SS Washington. 40 40 .t.24
New York. 81 4S $50 ST. Louis. . 81 So PSI
Yesterdays games in the National League
caused quite a change in the standing of
the leaders, and the Cincinnatis by virtue
of a double victory over Pittsburg, again
| assumed the coveted first position from
which it was ousted by Boston last week
Baltimore almost jumped into second place
by taking two games from the ST. Louis
Rough Riders only one point separating
them from Boston, who did not play. The
fight is now on in earnest and each of the
four leaders, and possibly fivs have u
chance for the championships Never be-
fore has the contest been waged with more
herceness so late in the season than now
and the local fans in particular are gener-
ally more interested in the light for the
championship than they are in the welfare
of the crippled Senators.
From now on every club that has the
slightest chance for 'look in at the fin
ish of the can be depended upon to
take every advantage IN playing weak
clubs and to play their best against strong
opponents. The following summary will
show the work that is mapped out for the
first five clubs beginning With today and
will furnish the close followers of the game
with interesting line on the clubs with
their chances against the different clubs:
Cincinnati has yet to play eleven games
with the Cleveland, possibly all of them in
Cincinnati; three games with Chicago; i've
with Philadelphia; three with Louisville;
SIX With St Louis; six with Washing Oh,
and three with Baltimore. The Reds have
seventeen games with Iirst division teams,
counting the eleven with Cleveland.
Boston plays three games with Cleveland,
in Boston; three with Philadelphia; three
with Louisville; three with St. Louis; five
with Pittsburg; seven with Washington.
four with New York; SIX with Brooklyn,
and six with Baltimore. That means six
teen games with hrSt division teams and
the remainder with second division teams.
Baltimore meets Chicago for three games;
Cincinnati three; Cleveland three; PEila-
delphia three; Louisville one. St. Louis
three; PittSburg one; Washington four;
New York seven: Brooklyn seven, and Bos-
ton six. That gives Baltimore twenty-five
games with first division clubs.
Cleveland will pay one game with Chi
cago, three with Philadelphia, six with
Louisville three with st. Louis seven with
Pittsburg, three with Washington, three
with Baltimore. Boston three. New YORK
three. eleven with Cincinnati and one with
Brooklyn Cleveland has left to play twen-
ty-one games with first division teams.
New York has one more game with Chi
cago, three with Cleveland, seven with
Philadelphia, three with Louisville, three
with st. Louis, six with Pittsburg six with
Washington, three with Brooklyn, four with
Boston and seven with Baltimore. The
New Yorks have but fifteen games to play
with tl-3t division teams.
The above synopsis does hot include post
poned games. From these figures close fol-
lowers OF the game will see that Boston
and Cincinnati have about the same propo-
sitiCns to overcome to win out The eleven
GdTnes with Cleveland will probably cut a
Dig IlSure in the race, the Indians have
been easy problems for the Reds so far
this season. although there is no telling
when TIE IEDeau tribe WILL a Ike
and defeat the best in the business Balti-
mores chances of leading the procession
at the END of the season is about one in ten
Inc games the Orioles have with New
York, Boston and Brooklyn will probably
knock them ont of first and second place
II the club does not land further down
New York Will be kept out of it through the
Giants seven games with the Philies, the
Quaker boys being able to defeat the Giants
about as easily as the BaItimores win from
the llurSItes
Yesterdays Game.
Yesterdays game at Louisville proved to
be another defeat for the Senators. the
score being to against them With the
broken up team now touring the country
as the Washington club defeats can be
looked for whenever 4 game is played the
victories that come our way being classed
among the extraordinary occurrences of
the day. Gus Weyhing pitched another
good game yesterday, but his support was
so ragged that victory was impossible
Pitcher Donovan bad one of his bad days
and, no matter where he was played, the
ball pursued him. and as consequence
disastrous errors resulted. Mercer, Reitz
and Anderson were the bright particular
senatorial staHs yesterday, the latter es-
peeially astonishing the onlookers with re-
rnarkable throws to the plate and third
base, retiring runners each time Downing
pitched good, steady ball for the ColoneIs
and his support was uniformly good