The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-16
WAY THE TEAMS FINISHED.
,-,rv OF THE SEASON. AND THE
NJ POSITIONS HELD.

.YIxn Had a Lead That Was
no Regarded as Winning
Roston showed Chance to
-, ont Early in the Game-FOr-
IS THAT Followed Some of the
ms and Policies That Were
adopted.
~ York Oct 15.--In the National
,-,,ne baseball race Just finished excite
mt on the whole, was at discount.
-. were many exciting games, and in
INC respects the playing, generally speak
mo was high class.
~ was 100 much Of a procession to be a
Long before the season ended the
,-.,plvne we're conceded TO be the COM
.hampions, their lead, after they once
-,, 70 the front, which was on May %,
l,on being so small as not to be reckon
~ as safe. The real fight was for second
place.
Brooklyne winning this years pennant
..h.ls devoid of any grand-stand elements,
,.ss thoroughly impressive. The Brook
,yrs as a result of their consistently
't,onq game, performed the remarkable
IN Of never relinquishing their grip on
.,st Mace after taking that position. They
had couple of bad spells, however in
,,5sb their lead was reduced materially.
Ian, each time pulled up. Their most I'M
.,sv davs were toward the end of June.
when they lost eight straight games.
Boston gave indications at times of
,,,estipe the lead from Brooklyn, doing
come fine playing in the West, but failing
fo nut up the old iuvincible game at home.
one Of the best periods the ex-champions
had was in May. On May 16 they were
e,vr5. on June they were second,
The Philadelphia team, which finished
thirl in the race, was a bit too streaky to
win the remnant, but still strong enough
IA he dangerous. They held the lead at
one t,me in the first part of April, but by
me middle of June they were as low as
.fffn Then they began climbing up, and
for the last three months alternated with
Boston in second and third place.
Baltimore finished fourth. In April and
MAY they we're in the second division, but
vent into the first division with a rush.
They Jumped from seventh place to third
in the short space Of two weeks. Within
Two weeks more they had dropped back
IN sixth place. Then they went up the
ladder again, staying in fourth place for
the rest of the last two and hall
months.
The St. Louis team proved disappoint-
ing They were the only team. beside the
Rrooklvns. that held the lead Cor any
length OF time. At different times, now
ever. they occupied every position in The
first division. their close fight with the
Cincnnatis for fifth place being one oi
the seasons features.
The Cincinuatis have to their credit the
most remarka Bile squirt of the season, win
uiug iarteen straight games. They, how
ever, once the race was fairly under way
were never prominent for the pennant.
Pfttsburg was a second division factor
from the start, but they did especially
well in the last two months, when theil
playing was of first division caliber ano
better than one or two teams just ahea6
oi them. u tn
The Chicagos, who started off we'll grad
ually went down the scale, winding Ut
eighth, and the Louisvilles did a shade
worse.
The New Yorks made the worst showing
ever made by New York league team Il
may he said with grief of the New Yorks
taat they got away poorly and stayed
their. Apart from general demoraliza
ton, the New Yorks had the worst luck
in the league. Many players were hurt
during the season, and these accidents, to
eelher with the weak pitching staff
brought the home team away down.
Washington and Cleveland were next Il
last and last respectively The formeI
Was conspicuous for the great amount o
experimenting in players that it did anC
the persstency with which il lowered neal
the tail end. ft
OF Cleveland it can simply be said tina
no team ever did so poorly.
Standing of the Teams.
The official standing of the Natioua
League Clubs Is NOT obtainable from Pres
ident Young tonight The following ia
bic from newspaper sources is approx
matelv correct:
Club Per Cent