Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-19
THE DIAMOND.
Pittsburg Clinches Her Rlgnt
 to the Pennant.

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 Three Times Has the Smoky City Cap tured the Lead-Chicago, Boston and Baltimore Have the Same Record Dreyfuss Is After the Fourth to Break the Record-Other Base Ball News. @e
 Pittsburg. Sept 19.-To the names Of the cities which three times in sue cession had the honor of carrying or the National league pennant-Chlcago Roston and Baltimore-now must De added that of Pittsbug. Yesterday +ha 1901 and 1902 winners of the old orpanizatan's blue ribbon, by their double defeat of the Bostons, earned their right to the title of champions for another year, thus settling, so far as +ha flag is concerned, the struggle of 1903. While the penanant virtually was conceded to the Pirates weeks 2 aoo there was just bare chance they might be nosed out by either New York or Chicago before the curtain should be rung down, but to-day that condition no longer exists, TOT eVen should the Smoky city aggregation lose its eight remaining games it couIo not be overtaken by New York II the Giants should win all the balance or their string
 Pittsburg won the pennant this year for the same reason that it won ln l9oI and 19o2-it was the best club in the National league. Almost from the start the two-time champions demon strated their superiority over their seven rivals. They never were lower than third place at any stage of the, camuaign. and since June 19, when they dethroned New York from the leadership. they have been in frout, with a comfortable margin at all times between them and their nearest an tagonist.
 Among other accomplishments of the season by the Pirates was their string of fifteen successive victories within three of the National league reeord-and their unparalleled feat of shutting out their opponents in SIX consecutive games.
 That Pittsburg eventually would land the flag again this year seemed almost a certainty, yet there was time when the fans in this city viewed with alarm the startling form dis played by New York, and there were many who prohesied the fight would he between these two club. And so 1t practically proved. but. the Giants lacked the strength and stamina to maintain their rapid pace and were compelled to fall back beaten.
 Tn the National league the Pittsburg club is regarded as in . a class by itself Strong in every department of Taf% equal of any of its company. handled by a competent and experienced man acer and capable through the ability. spirit and determination of its men, to play winning ball. the team promises 10 go along capturing pennants until some club much better than any of the seven others now constituting the league shall step forward and tear the laurels from the Pirates sun burned brows.
 With the present and past records Barney Dreyfuss. owner of the team, is satisfied; as to the outlook for the future. he! is not uneasy. It is his am bitfon to break the National league record by winning four consecutive nennants and he is sanguine of accom- plishing that feat in 1904 with the same team he now has under his wing
 Springfield, Mass, Sept Hoiyoke made it three out of four from Low ell yesterday by winning stuhbornly contested game in which only one run was scored Both teams played snap py ball. the game put up by Lowell be ing a great contrast to the exhibitions given in its own city earlier in the week. vickers and Bushey were in great form. the former striking out II men and the latter allowing but three hits. Catches by Berry and Grant were the features. Holyoke won by punching hits and a sacrifice Score:
 R-H.E Holyoke 70 o1 0 ooo 0 *-1 3 I Lowell .....0 o o o o o o 0 GO 5
 Batteries-vickers and Armbruster; Bushey and Wiley