The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-11
National League Standing.

The Boston baseball club 81 the Amer Amer
lean League yesterday won the first game
,ofxa double-header with New Z orka ana
with It won the pennant BY margin q
lust one run, The run that spelled vic
tory IN this game and gave Manager
James Collins s Bos tonians their second
successive pennant, was made on q WIG
pitch by Jack Chesbro, the wonderful srll
pitcher whose brilliant work had enabled ltIl "a
New York to compete for hsst n hon NO. =
New Ne q York ! We Won this first game, instead
OF losing It. by score Gil Z: = 70 g .,
would have given Manager ClarK VI nv i, .
pennantt r a9a The the stead
Ter and was given better support, VIII YIN
ming the. game. . 81 b Is ~ l s{4
Climax Of Season.
Yesterdays result was e ma gniH ns;sad
climax to a season which has proved
the most ,ntsIestng IN nassLDaI WAS s tie
be bet two a evenly balanced teams
which have alternated In the lead ~ TOT .,
i%q m %as in That day Boston
Won Or Two games from the leaders and
itself took the place of honor The Two
teams stood 50 toE Sad New York
Won Both contests yesterday, instead Of
but but one. it, and not Boston, would have ' e
carried off the honors. 4, !. !, 49,.
players: James Collins. manager, g cap a..
Deran Farrell CATCHER pna;n pltfis ssss
ID oung villa r. Dine en- Sss se
man, s. George LaChance: second base
man. Ferris: short-stop. Fred y, Parent a
5outtiielders-Selbac CHI, Stahl and Freeman.
consists se SOY Of: catcherslMc Glire, Kleinow
and one other: pitchers-Chesbro. GriM tn
5Garyin. Powell. Ortiz. Putnam, Garrison :.
first basement, John Camel and Jo 2M An.
short-stop Norman Elberfeld: third base
Wild. Conroy: outaeldcrs-Keeler Dough-.
5erty. Fultz and Anderson. va ia. 81
jesse T !se aNiS pitcher, who began the
season with New Y ork, Is an old Virginia
Leaguer. He did much to enable Pitts
burg to win the ational League, pen.
ehek gtaS With the
OF the New York players Norman. Elder
Jake JAKE We'll Weiss Richmond team sons. years
ago, Jack Chesbro and Albert Ortiz,
pitchers, won their reputation with the
Roanoke, Lynchburg and Rlchmona g c!u q
reputation with the staunton and Roa,
noke teams Of the Virginia League, and
Is native OF Staunton. He mas oeen.
owing to inturles. and has been greatly
The Chicago Team.
The chlcagb team; manage, = BY J; c CHI vaes
In the history Of the game, MAGE me
rally but the pace was vas TOO iast tb amd
Cleveland, with the great aggregation OF
Individual stars In the league, headed by
the peerless batsman. La1ole, ana Win
such hrlant Pitchers as nsrnfnra Soss
Bueow and Bems. catchers, and q bunch
Of great hitters' could not land higher
P iah ti Ia Athetics. champions 81 1909
WONDER WONDER Ana such other Slab artists as
Plank, Bender; Henley and G1akley,
t TRIP went back to afth place and the sec;
Washington finished in the order named,
The National League.
In the National League the seasons
campaign proved rllna way race 10Y the
Msg YORK Giants maaged y, John Fdr
the first time s'nce 1851, McGraw has
making a new record by winning lo4 out
aFses au shs vft s e SsT x xsFk
Of chrlsty Mathewson and McGinnity.,
known as the Iron Man" by reason Of
his great endurance, Bowerman, an old
Baltimore champion, and Warner ans
other veteran stop. diy!ded that
among New York's other, pltchers,
Mathewson8 is q former Virginia League.
pitcher, and McGann, Businessman Of
the Giants. also won his, reputation In
this, State league, The victory, Of New
It's pitchers and the weakness OF tho
other clubs OF the league. New York had
no real competitor for the pennant, 'Chica-
60 finishing second, but without being, q
EpennaDt possibility. cinclnna Il beat Pitts
burg, the three times champions. out for
the fourth hole for lack Of effective pltch-
was perhaps Its best twirler st, Louis,
by q late squirt, landed NTH, while Brook
Slyn. once a formida BILE club could not
land higher than sixth, place. and less
than 40 per cent. OF victories, Boston.
too, was very weak. and fell back to
seventh. saving the dlsgrac;es Of being tail
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