Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-02
MAJOR LEAGUE
TEAMS ARE EVEN
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Before the Opening Of the Season
Each Wins Nine
Games.
IN THE SPRING CONTESTS.
Records of Five Previous Years and
The Grand Totals Are Given
Some Interesting Facts.

Eighteen games were played thi'
spring between National ana american
league teams during their training trips
including the city championship serle'
in St Louis and Philadelphia on tht
total Of games played this year the ma
iors split even each league Winning nine
of the is.
The American leaguers Won botl
spring championships in Philadelphia
| aud st Louis. although all the games
arranged were not played in either of
| these series. The ST. Louis Browns won
| three out of Eve games with their civic
rivals, the Cardinals, although for a
time 1t looked as If McCloskeys outfit
would trim McAleer's again. as happen
ed ia the spring of 1901 The Cardinals
won the first two games. but the
Browns took the last three, two games
weather,
IN Philadelphia the Athletics won the
title from the Phillies by taking three
out of four games. Murray's men win
ming The third game of the series.
OUTCOME OF INFORMAL GAMES.
OF the informal contests Cincinnati
and Washington took part In tho greater
number of games the Rods defeated
the Boston Americans one game. trim
med The Chicago White SoN in another
battle. and won one game from Wash
lngton, only to fall down before the
games with each of those four clubs IL
me weather had not interfered in all
except Detroit's case.
Down in Texas in the earliest days OF
the training the st. Louis Nationals
played Washington -four games and won
three OF them. These were played by
the regulars of both teams. The Car
dinals and Senators substitutes also
A In
tie 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 pacea pact of 1908 was signed
and the national! commission took
charge of organized baseball Previous
TO this year the American league teams
won III games from National league
clubs and the veterans leaguers had
won o. games from the Americans. That
would make the grand total for five aud
"A half ycnrs to date of l21 victories Tor
the American league out of 222 games
played, leaving l0l victories for the Ma
tionals.
The greatest number of interleague
gumes played in any one year was 90
In 1903. tile season after the Two bodies
stopped lighting each other. The small
est number was "a in 1904. the year
RESULTS IN TABULAR FORM.
Following are the scores of the inter
league games played this spring. the to-
tails for Ave previous years, and the
grand totals TO date:
March IA, at MISUNDERSTANDING 5;
st. Louis Nationals. ..
March Is. at Houstonl-st Louis Ma
ionals, Z; Washington, 3.
March IS, at Houston.-St. Louis Ma
tionnls. 9. Washington, l.
March 90. mt Houston--St. Louis Ma
uonals. I; Washington. g.
March 80. at Observation-Disclosures
.: Boston Americans, l..
April 4, at St Louis.-Nationals. 3;
Americans. o.
April 4. at Acknowledgement, l;
Chicago Americans. 0 tten innngs).
April s. at ST. Louis.-Natlonals, 4;
Americans, 3.
April ., ut Philadelphia.
8; Nationals. o.
April Z, at NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
Z; Nationals, 6.
April .. at Philadelphia.
.. Americans 0.
April 10. at st. Louis.--Americans, .
Nationals, l.
Aprl 10. at incinnau.--Cinclnnat
81 Washington. ..
April H. at adelphia.--Americans
s Nationals, 0.
April ii, at Cinclnnati.-Detroit. s;
April Il, at ST. Louls.-Americans s.;
April IL at Detroit, o.;
Totals. spring 1908 eries,-Nationals
won o. Americans won 3,
TOTALS For PREVIOUS YEARS