Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-10-08
NATIONAL LEAGUE RECORD.

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With the conclusion of Sundays
games the National league season of
1902 came to an end. The older organ.
ization experienced decided reverses
young and vigorous organization, but
by its friends is conceded to be in bet
ter condition for the struggle of 1908
than at the beginning of this year.
The retirement of Brush from Gin
cinnati. followed by the ascendancy of
true sportsmen in the Ohio city. and
the retirement of Freedman from act
i've baseball in New York. even though
Brush be his successor-and this same
Brush is 4 brainy man If his energies
are applied in praiseworthy directions
do much to st-elthen the oil organi-
cation. whc-e enemies ccuse Il Of tot
tering.
Financially. the year has been disas-
trous to most clubs. Pittsburg is prob
ably the only club which made any
amount of money, and the P%ittsburg
magnates admit their expenses were
so heavy as to cut well into the profits.
Chicago broke about even by virtue of
its early season showing and Network
could hardly lose much. Brooklyn
claims to have come out nearly even.
Philadelphia. Boston and st. Louis.
where the American league clubs'were
strong. lost money, and plenty of it,
and Cincinnati also was q loser under
the Brush regime.
l. XLo notion 80 ,rowr~e - L. not noe
sible to state at this time what stars
have been recaptured from the Ameri-
can or what members of this years
teams have gone over to the opposi'
ton.
Jack Chesbro is the leading pitcher
of the National league on the basis OF
winning percentage, and to his team
mates, Doheny and Tannehill. fall the
second and third positions. This mar
gin Is made easier b. the marked su
p~eriority Of these Pirates over the 9th
er teams in the race. Compared rela
lively to the standing of their clubs al
the finish of the season greater credit
however. is due Hahn and Pool, of Gin
cinnati. and Jack Taylor, of the Chica
go Colts, who are near the top of the
list, despite being with clubs arounC
the 500 mark in club standing.
All three of these men have remark
able records, considering conditions
and it Is an open question whether
with equal support and battini
strength behind them, they would no
have wrested the honors from the lead
ing trio.
Taylor had twenty-four victories
eleven defeats and eight times shu
out his opponents. A fair example o
this argument is the case of Matthew
sen, who, although winning fourteen
games out of thirty-two, vas force'
eight times to shut u his opponent
to secure victory, a record which ii
the matter of shutouts equals that o
any pitcher in the league.
Games of Few Hits.
No National league pitcher was abb
to retire an opposing team without
single hit during the season, but six O
them managed to get into the no hi
class. although Chesbro of the Pirates
does not really belong there becaus
his one hit game only lasted five il
nings. The Colts proved the easie'
victims for the high class pitchers an
were held down to three hits or less ]
a full game nine times, in five game
10 three hits, in three games to Nv
hits, and in M game 10 a single. Ne
York. Boston and Brooklyn were fai
ly easy. while Pittsburg made mo
than three hits in every game exec
one. The record of games in whit
three hits were made follows:
One Hit Games.
MAY 13-Donovan of Brook.
against Chicago.
June l4-Pitinger Of Boston again
Pittsburg.
July 26-Leever of Pittsburg AGAR
St. Louis.
August G-Chesbro Of Pittsbu
against New York five innings.)
August 9-Hughes of Brook
against ST. Louis.
September 30-Fraser of Philao
phia against Boston.
Two Hit Games.
MAY 1-Matthewson Of New "
against Philadelphia.
MAY Taylor of Chicago agai
New York.
June 7--Newton Of Brooklyn agai
Chicago.
July 2-Doheny Of Pittsburg agai
Cincinnati.
July 2-Hughes of Brooklyn aga
philadelphia.
July 4-Tannehill OF Pittsn
against Brooklyn.