Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-19

Special Correspondence of The Star.
BOSTON, November 49, 1905.
Climatic conditions have much to do with
the success or failure of base ball team.
For example Cy Young made his only fail
ure as a member of the St. Louis club six
years ago, the year before he came to Bos-
ton Young claimed the constant heat at
ST. Louis was depressing, while the trying
east winds of Boston were just what he
needed to keep him keyed up to his best
work during the hot weather. William
Dineen claims that the cool breeZes that
blow from the bay often stiffen his pitch
ing arm and make him practically dead
one at times while in Boston. Some of
the star players have a dread of playing in
Washington during the middle of the sea-
son, owing to the constantly hot weather
conditions while there are other players
who would go to the same city for the pur-
pose of being at their best under those con-
ditions. This applies to pitchers in particu-
lar and players with weak wings in gem
era1. Many players in former years re-
fused to play in Chicago, where the bleak
winds came shooting across the lake in the
spring and fall, and many players were not
favorable to Cincinnati on account of the
inland nature of the city and the heat in
summer.
Philadelphia, Cleveland, Detroit, New
York and Pittsburg are the five major
league cities never complained of ac-
count of the weather conditions.
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Let us see if the results bear out the
theory that climate is a handicap to pen
nant aspirations
Regular schedule championship games
commenced In 1871. The American AS
ISOLATION never rose to the level of a major
organization, although strong and we'll
managed. The National Association from
II to '76, when the National League was
organized, was the leading base ball con-
Germ and made the playing rules. The Ma
tional League has remained in business up
to the present time. and though often jar
red to the verge of collapse, has managed
to right the old bark and go clipping along
as If nothing ever happened. The Players
League of 1890 was full-fedged major or
ganization, while the American League,
launched as the real thing five years ago.
came under the head of major league. thus
giving four major leagues since profess
sional base ball started in II, making for
ty-one championships played for, and that
number of pennants awarded. During that
time just twenty-five cities have tasted
major league ball, and nine of that number
have carried off championships, Boston.
Chicago, New York, Providence. Brooklyn,
Philadelphia. Baltimore. Pittsburg and De-
troit.
Now, the cities never quite able to land
a big fish in base ball have been Cleye-
land, Cincinnati, Washington and st:
Louis. Cleveland had the satisfaction OF
winning half season championship once,
but when it came to play off with Boston
lost four straight. and the honors for the
season Washington once won a minor
league championship. with Charley Snyder
and Jack Lynch doing phenomenal bait
fery work, while st. Louis was the home
of the Union champions of "a, and Comis-
keys American Association team for sew
eral years, club able to cope with any
thing in the line of base ball for several
years and altogether too strong for the or
ganization they were tied to.
The winning of a major league champion
ship, however. has never fallen to the lot
Of these four good major league cities, and
the chances are that the celebration at
Philadelphia this fall would be q tame af-
fair to the hot times In one Of the above
cities should the pennant land there IN the