The record-union., 1899-10-16
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
The Baseball Season in the East
Closed Yesterday.

NEW YORK, Oct 15.-In the Ma
tonal League baseball race Just fin
lshed excitement on the whole was at
a discount In some respects the play
ing, generally speaking, was high class.
1t was too much of a procession to be a
race. Long before the. season ended
! the Brooklyns We're conceded to be the
| coming champions, their lead after they
had once gone to the front, which was
on May I'D, seldom being so small as
not to be reckoned as safe. The real
! fight was for second place.
BrooklynS win of the pennant while
devoid of any grand stand elements,
was thoroughly impressive. They per-
formed the remarkable feat of never re-
| Enqulsh1ng their grip on first place
after taking that position.
Boston gave indications at times of
Wrestling the lead from Brooklyn, doing
some fine playing in the West, but fail
ing to put up the old invincible game
at home.
The Philadelphia team, which finished
third, We're a bit too streaky to win the
pennant, but still enough to be danger
GUS They held the lead at one time
in the first part of April, but by the
middle of June they were as low as
fifth. Then they began climbing up
again and for the last three months
alternated with Boston in second and
third places.
Baltimore finished fourth in the po-
sition they had been for the last two
and half months
The st. Louis team proved dfsap-
pointing. They We're the only team be-
for any length of time AT different
times. however, they occupied every
position in the first division. their close
fight with the Cincinnatis for fifth
place being one of the seasons fea-
lures
The Cincinnatis have to their credit
the most remarkable squirt of the sea-
son, winning thirteen straight games.
The Pittsburg team was a second di-
vision factor from the start but they
did especially. we'll in the last two
months, when their playing was of first
division caliber.
The Chicagos, who started off well,
gradually went down the scale, winding
up eighth and the Louisvilles did a
shade worse.
The New Yorks made the worst show
ing ever made by New York league
team. Apart from general demoraliza-
ton, the New Yorks had the worst luck
in the league, many of it's players being
hurt during the season.
Washington was next to last. a1d
was conspicuous for the great amount
Of experiments in players.
Of the tail-enders, the CIevelands, it
can simply be said that no league team
ever did so poorly.
THE FINAL GAMES.
CHICAGO, October 15.-The baseball
season closed here to-day with a dou-
BILE header Garvin pitched a great
game against st. Louis, and with three
fast double plays back of him made it a
shut-out. Callahan's support was very
ragged in the last game, fearful mis-
plays giving the Colonels an easy vic
tory, and cheating the locals out of the
opportunity to jump into seventh place.
The second game was called at the end
of the eighth inning on account of
darkness Attendance 5000.
Score of first game: Chicago Z, hits
6. errors 4; St Louis 0, hits f. errors z.
Batteries Garvin and Donahue:
Thomas and OConnor.
Second game: Chicago ). hits 9. err
rors Z; Louisville 8, hits 10, errors l.
Batteries-Callahan and Chance: Phil
lippi and Latimer. Umpire-O'Day.
AT CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 15.-The Reds
closed the season with two easy VIC
tories over the exiles
Score of first game: Cincinnati IS.
his II, errors ,; Cleveland /, hits g.
errors I. Batteries-Cronin and Woods:
McAllister and Sugden.
Second game: Cincinnati 10. hits 1S,
errors 3; Cleveland g. hits II, errors g.
Batteries-Hahn and Peitz: Hob and
Sugden. Umpire-McDonald. Attend
ance 1,500.