The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-08
EVEN SPLIT in
MAJOR LEAGUES
AMERICAN AND NATIONAL EACH
WIN NINE GAMES PLAYED
BEFORE SEASON OPENS.
SCORES OF SPRING CONTESTS
Johnsonites Won Both Championships
in Philadelphia and st. Louis
Other Informal BattIes-Records
for Five Previous Years and the
Grand Totals to Date.


Other Informal BattIes-Records
for Five Previous Years and the
Grand Totals to Date.
Eighteen games were played this
spring between National and Amer
ing trips, including the city champion
ship series in ST. Louis and Philadel-
phia. On the total of games played
this year the majors split even, each
league winning nine of the eighteen.
The American leaguers won both
spring championships in Philadelphia
and st. Louis, although all the games
arranged were not played in either
of these series. The st. Louis
Browns won three out of five games
with their civic rivals, the Cardinals,
although for time it looked as if Nc
Closkey's outfit would trim McAleer's
again, as happened in the spring Of
1907. The Cardinals won the first two
games, but the Browns took the last
three, two games being declared off
on account of bad weather.
In Philadelphia the Athletics won
the title from the Phillies by taking
three out of four games, Murray's men
winning the third game of the series.
OF the informal contests Cincinnati
and Washington took part in the great
err number of games. The Reds de-
feated the Boston Americans one
game, trimmed the Chicago White
SoXin another battle, and won one game
from Washington, only to fall down
before the Detroit champions in two
have played two games with each
of these four clubs if the weather had
not interfered in all except Detroit 8
case.
Down in Texas in the earliest days
of the training the ST. Louis Ma
tionals played Washington four games
and won three of them. These were
played by the regulars of both teams.
The Cardinal and Senator'S substi.
tutes also played a couple of games
not included in the records.
The even break this spring between
the rival major leagues produces no
change in the relative number of
games they have won from each
others teams since the peace pact of
1903 was signed and the national CON-
mission took charge of organized base
ball. Previous to this year the Amer
lean league teams had won 112 games
from National league clubs and the
100 hoI
from the Americans. That would
make the grand total for five and a
half years to date of 121 victories for
the American league out of 222 games
played, leaving 101 victories for the
| Nationals
The greatest number of interleague
games played in any one year was GO
in 1903, the season after the two
bodies stopped fighting each other
| The smallest number was "a in 1904,
| the year when there was no world 8
series.
Following are the scores Of the in.
terleague games played this spring,
the totals for five previous years, and
the grand totals to date:
March IA, at Observation-Disclosures, S:
st. Louis Nationals, 2.
March Is, at Houston-St. Louis Nation
ais, z; Washington, 3.
March %, at Houston-St. Louis Nation
ais, 2; Washington, l.
March 20, at Houston-St. Louis Ma
tionals, Z; Washington, 8.
March 80, at ncinnati-Cincinnati. z:
Boston Americans, 1.
April 4, at ST. Louis-Nationals, 8;
Americans, 0.
April 4, at acknowledgements 1:
Chicago Americans, (ten innings).
April S, at St. Louis-Nationals, 4:
Americans, 8.
April 6, at ladelphia-Americans s:
Nationals, O.
April 7, at NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Z;
Nationals, g.
April 9, at Philadelphia-Na 2;
Americans, 0.
April 10, at st. Louis-Americans 5; Ma
tionals, 1.
April 10, at Cincinnati-Cincinnati, 8;
Washington, 2.
April II, at st. Louis-Americans, 2;
Nationals, 1.
April II. at Philadelphia-Americ s:
Nationals, 0.
April II, at Cincinnati-Detroit, 8; Gin
cinnati, g.
April Il, at st. Louis-Americans. 6;
Nationals, O.
April II, at Cincinnati-Detroit, g. Gin
cinnau, 1.
Totals, spring 1908 series-Nationals won
., Americans won 9.
TOTALS FOR PREVIOUS YEARS.