Evening star., 1898-10-12


Yesterdays game in this city resulting
as II dId in an overwhelming victory for
the Bostons decided the championship race
IN the National League, for it is now i'm
possible for the Baltimores to even tie the
husky boys from BeantoWn. The Bostons
play their last game with the Senators to-
day and then they finish up the season
with three games with Baltimore. They
could lose them all without jeopardizine
their chances for the pennant. Besides tina
game Baltimore and New York are sched-
uIed to play today the two teams have the
tie game of Monday to play off and also n
postponed game. but one of these games
Will be played today, and the Orioles can
WIN them both and also the three with
Boston and still fail to tie the champions
II the Bostons lost the four games men
toned, their record Saturday night would
be 1Ol victories. 40 defeats and percentage
6i3- II the Baltmores win two games
from New York today and then capture the
| three games from Boston their record Sat
urday night would be 80 victories, 81 de-
1eatS and percentage $50 So 1t happens
the Bostons will fly the pennant again
To those suspicious individuals who will
not believe in the honesty of the national
game the victory of Boston in the cham
pionship race carries with 1t the strongest
vindication of the methods of the National
League. 1t would have been the easiest
thing possible for the Beaueaters to quit
playing their best ball in Washington during
the present series. and had they been de-
feated immense crowds would assuredly
have fiocked to the Baltimore grounds to
witness the closing series between the two
leading clubs Another bright particular
feather in the cap of the Boston players
labeled all over with honesty is the fact
| that they Will receive nothing In the way
OF a prize for landing the Boston flag at the
'front.' OF the procession. Had Baltimore
won the players of that club would have
had a prize of $1,000 to divide among them
selves This fact should silence forever the
very small minority of disgruntled base bail
roma hat tt,n
suits OF the championship race are figured
out Detore the season begins.
With the championship race of '0s set
| tied, the Baltimore papers are a unit on
the one point that, although beaten the
orioles are the better players. Comparing
the me1. position against position il is
hard to see just where the Maryland people
have an argument. Take the two infeIts
as an Illustration. Tenuey is certainly a
| better man than McGann: in fact the Bos-
ton boy is about the best first baseman
that ever happeI ed" At second Lowe
against De Montreyille. Place these two
men on the market, and see which one viii
be gobbled up the quickest Lowe is De
Monts superior in every department OF the
game, except, perhaps in batting ability
Al short stop the blonde boy from Penn
sylvania is assuredly the pluckiest brain
lest and quickest player that has ever been
seen in that position by the writer. Her
man Long is also a great short stop. but
there ere several points in his playing that
VIII NOT SlSuu cotHpariSoH WITH the oFt0fe
| short stop. At third base McGraw against
| Collins. the comparison Is about an even
ore Collins, perhaps, Is more brilliant on
| the held. but this Is offset by McGraw at
the bat and on bases. In the field Holmes
| Is surely not Duffy's equal; Kelley is not
| better than Hamilton, and in rigtt field
BALTIMORE again has the best of it In Keeler
| over Stahl. In the pitchers box Nichols is
| better than Maui, and outside of these two
| the twirlers even up equal terms Be
| hind the bat Marty Bergen and Yeager
| nave the Orfoie catchers-Robinson ana
| Clarke-"beaten a block
summing up the two teams 1t viii be seen
| that. outside of Jennings and Keelcr the
] Bostons have the better of the argument