The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1908-10-01
.SOMECHAMPIONSHIP
BASEBALL GAMES
WINNERS OF NATIONAL LEAeuE
CHAMPIONSHIP MET THE NETS
AND PLAYED THREE GAMES AT
PROVIDENCE, THE HOME TEAM
TAKING THEM ALL.

Post season games, the. great series
OF battles to which all fans are now
looking forward with intense eager
ness, were unheard of until 1884, when
the Providence team, winner of the
National League championship, and
the Nets, winners in the American
Association, played three games at
the Polo grounds, Providence won
them all-6 to 0, to 1, and IL to 2.
The next year the Chicago Nationals
and the st. Louis Browns-winners
respectively in the National League
and the American Association-pIayed
a seven game series, the as.st being
played in Chicago, the next SA~ee in
st. Louis, the fifth in Pittsbup%, the
sixth In Cincinnati, and the sevNaAth
In Cnicago Each team won three
games and one was q tie.
In 1885 the Chicago and st. Louis
teams again played off, and Comis-
keys team won four games to Anson's
two. The pitchers for Chicago were
Mccormick and Clarkson; for ST.
Louis, Carruthers, Foutz, and Hudson.
Detroit, winner of the National
League pennant, and the self same
st. Louis Browns fought it out in
1887, and Detroit won ten Of the four.
teen games, which were PLAYED in st
Louis, Detroit, Pittsburg, New York.
Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Boston, Wash
ington and Baltimore. The receipts of
these games were $42, 1000.
In 1888 the New York Nationals
beat the st. Louis American Associa
tion champions six out of ten games
for the worlds championship The
total receipts were $24,36
New Yorks Beat Brooklyns,
In the post-season series of 1889 the
New York Nationals won six of the
nine games played with the champion
Brooklyn team of the American Asso-
| citation. Keefe, Welch, Crane and
O'Day pitched against Terry, Lovett,
Carruthers and Hughes.
The advent of the Players League
generally regarded as an outlaw or
ganization. detracted from the interest
in the post-season series of 1890, be-
tween the Brooklyns, of the National
League, and the Louisville, of the
American Association. Each team
won three games and one was a tie
Nothing in post-season way hap
pened in 1891, but in 1892 the double
season championship of the new
twelve-club National Leaguet-one
season ending in July and the other
in October
Boston won the first series and
Cleveland the second In the play
off, the games came out in this way:
Boston VS.. Cleveland I'll innings)
90.
Boston VS.. Cleveland, 4-3.
Boston VS.. Cleveland, 3-2.
Boston VS.. Cleveland, 40
Boston VS.. Cleveland, 1871.
Boston VS.. Cleveland, So.
The four series for the Temple cup
in 1894. 1895, 1896 and 1897 attracted
much attention.
In 1894 New York won four straight
games from Baltimore.
In 1895 Cleveland won four of the
five games from Baltimore. The net
receipts were only $14,752.
In 1896 the Baltimores won four
straight games from Cleveland.
In 1897 the Baltimores won four out
Of five games from Boston for the
Temple cup.
Receipts Exceeded $50,0OO.
From 1897 until 1903 there were no
pOst-Seas0n games. Then the Boston
Americans won five OF the eight
games played with Pittsburg Nation
ais for the worlds pennant. The re-
ceipts exceeded $4,000.
In 1905 the New York Nationals
won four out Of 1--WE games with the
Philadelphia Athletics. The total re-
ceipts were s6S,435
The outcome OF the series between
the White Sox and Cubs, in 1906 and
the Cubs and Tigers In 1907 is famili-
ar history. The six games at Chica-
CO. In 1906, resulted:
October 9-Sox, q; Cubs, 1.
October 10 Cubs, 4; Sox, 1.
October 11-Sox, 8; Cubs, D.
October 12- Cubs. 1; Sox, o.
October ls Sox, 8; Cubs, 6.
| October 14Sox, s; Cubs. 8.
Last year the games came out in
! this way:
| October 9--Cubs, 8; Tigers, 4.
| October To- Cubs, s.: Tigers, i.
| October I1-Cubs, s.; Tigers, 1.
October I2--Cubs, 3: Tigers, o.
/ The players share Of the receipts
lin 1906 was $3s,40l and IN 1907 x54. .93s.