Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-10
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Battles For the Championship.

New York. Oct. 10.-Special.)- )-The
contests on this week between the
rival National and American league
teams recall to mind the battles for
the baseball championship in the
past. Some of the contests in years
gone by were as exciting and full OF
interest to the fans as the present
championship series between the New
Athletics.
Up to 1884 what is now termed the
worlds championship was never COM
reted for. as the pennant winners Of
the National league were the undis-
luted champions The American as
sociation was organized in 1882 as Il
rival of the National league. Cincin-
natl winning the championship of
the new organization. Boston won
the honors that season in the Nation
al.
In 1884 the Metropolitans of New
association and Providence in the big
league. In October Of that year the
Providence team came to New York
and played thre games with the as
sociation champions. defeating them
easily in three straight games.
About this time Carlisle Comis-
key was looming up with big ball
club in St Louis, while Capt. Arson
was considered to have world beat
ing team in Chicago, and when St.
Louis and Chicago Won the pennants
in their respective leagues there was
teams play series of games. They
played for a prize of $1,000. The first
game resulted in a tie at five all.
Then each club Won three games. the
series resulting in tie.
AS Chicago and st. Louis pulled off
the championship the next season
another series was arranged. the win
ner to take all the gate money. Six
games were played. ST. Louis winning
four out of the six. The American
association people were consequently
highly elated. as Comiskey had DEM
onstrated that the great Chicago team
was far from being invincible.
In 1887 the heavy-hitting Detroit
club won the National league cham
pionship, after fine race with An
sons Chicago team, and a series of
fifteen games was arranged with ST.
Louis, Brooklyn. Boston. Philadelphia
and Baltimore. Detroit proved an
easy winner. taking ten of the fifteen
games played.
The Detroit team that year was
made up of some of the greatest play
ers the game ever produced. Sam
Thompson, Hardie Richardson, Jim
White. Fred Dunlap. Dan Brothers. /
Ed Hanlon and Charlie Bennett be-
ing among them. The base running
of Arlie Latham and Ed Hanlon was
one of the features of the series,
Latham having seventeen stolen bases
to his credit.
In 1888 New York and ST. Louis
won the honors in their respective
leagues, but no worlds series was
played
In 1889 New York wen the cham
for the second time. while
Brooklyn nosed out Comiskey's st.
Louis boys Brooklyn and New York
played a series of seven games that
fall, New York winning with ease.
John Ward and Buck Ewing did
some sensational playing in this SER
les, while the whirlwind pitching of
Ed Crane was too much for the Brook
lyn boys.
In 1890 the Players league pennant
went to Boston, Brooklyn won the
National league prize and Louisville
wen the association honors.
Brooklyn and Louisville played
few games, and after tie decided TO
finish the series the next season. but
the games were never played
In 1891 Boston captured two cham
pionships. the National league and
American association. The league
team refused to play the association
for the championship. and after the
in 1892 there was no
chance for genuine contests until four
years ago, when the American league
expanded and rivaled the National
league in popularity as well as in
strength.