The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-10-01
POST SEASON SERIES
THE BASE BALL SITUATION rs
MOST CHAOTIC,
JOhNSON'S PullIAn CHALLENGE
Puts The National Again on the De
fenslve-Brush Became Most Sar'
castle OF American,

New York, sept, 3O,-The following
is the full statement OF John I, Brush;
After twenty years OF effort, with
varying degrees Of success, the Giants
have again won W championship oi
the United States in the National lea
cue of professional base ball clubs
IL is unnecessary to say that, IN com
mon with many thousands OF other
New Yorlie.s, | am elaled over the
result. The success ot the team Is
due To John j. McGraw, who, IN my
Judgment, rs a manager OF base pan
cub. stands alone and Is without Il IT.
val Under his direction the Giants
have been nodded into the strongest
base ball organization of the National
League. and, in my opinion, the most
formidable ever brought together.
whatever credit there is for lha
development of base ball falls TO the
National league, which has remained
intact and weatEered all of the storms
that have at various times assaulted
and threatened IL with destruction,
One OF the purposes of the National
| league. according to article section
of the constitution, Is to establish
and regulate the professional base ball
From the beginning this has been Il
national event, and each year after the
strenuous work of playing the schedule
the victorious club has rested from us
work and has worn its laurels unqueS'
toned until they were won lroln IL
IN some succeeding year by some other
club of the National league.
There is nothing in the constitu-
tion or playing rules of the National
league which requires its victorious
club to submit its championship honors
to a contest with victorious club OF
minor league. There may be those
who think the winner in the Eastern
or the Southern. or some other league
is superior to the winner in the Ma
tional. That is their privilege to be
lieve and there can be no criticism FOR
such opinions but that furnishes no
reason why the champion OF the Ma
tional should enter into a contest
with them.
"The club that wins from the clubs
that represent the cities of Boston
Brooklyn, New York, Philadelphia
pittsburg. Cincinnati, Chicago and st.
Louis the eight largest and most I'M
portant cities III America, in series
o. 154 games, is entitled TO the h0no!
o. champion of the United States
without being called upon to contend
with or recognize clubs from miner
league towns. Neither the players
nor the managers CT the Giants noi
myself desire any greater glory than
to win the pennant in the National
league
New York, Sept. 3O,-Frank Far
rell. president of the New York Amer
lean league club, was shown Mr.
Brush's statement. After reading II
be said: 81 see no legitimate excuse
offered by Mr.. Brush for lodging .
series with the pennant winner q
the American league in That state
ment. I observe we are called mi
nor league. He failed to note, how
ever. that the aggregate attendance
this year of the American league
throughout the country has exceeded
that of the Nationals. ThaL woul'
seem to indicate that the public helt
4 very different idea from Mr.. Brush
His stand only emphasizes the
orinion [ have that our team can bea
the Giants and is ready-indeed, anN
ious-to play them a series, if we be
so fortunate as to win the pennant
am beginning to think that MessrS
Brush and McGraw agree with M
ard fear the outcome
New York. Sept. 30.-Following III
on these statements come the opC'
challenge from President Johnson u