Evening journal., 1910-01-29
TWELVE CITIES
HOLD REMNANTS
and Boston Lead Ri
walls With Dozen Flags
Apiece

Though no Eastern club has won a ma
ior league pennant IN the last four years,
the teams on the Atlantic seaboard have
landed more gonfalons IN the big organi-
zation than their rivals from the region
west Of the Alleghemes. Considering as
big leagues the National League and the
American League tho old AraSrlcan asso-
citation and the short-lived Union asso-
citation and Players League. there have
been, since 1876, S. championship mara
thons. The championship has been won
twenty-seven times by Western troupes
In the National League the combinaA
tions from the Eastern section of the
United States boast OF 20 championship
banners TO "a for their rivals In the
American league the westerners have six
championships to their credit to four for
the Fasteners. one season, however. the
Byron Bancroft Johnson organization was
almost an exclusively Western affair.
Buffalo being the only Eastern team in A.
In the old American association the
Western clubs carried off the champion
ship honors six times and the Eastern
clubs finished IN front on four occasions.
The pennant winning club in the short
lived Union association was st. Louis. and
the flag winner i'm the Players league.
which had an equally brief existence, was
Boston.
In a period Of time extending over "a
seasons only y cities have been able to
boast championship teams in the big
Leagues These cities are Chicago ST.
Louis. Detroit. Pittsburg. and Louisville
IN the West and Boston. New York.
Brooklyn. Baltimore Philadelphia and
Providence in the East Eight clubs,
three OF them no longer in the organiza-
ton, won National league pennants; in
the American Association seven teams
landed banners. and I'm the American
league the championships have been won
by four combinations.
Chicago and Boston have had more
pennant-winning troupes in the big
leagues than any other cities Each
city boasts 12. The Western metropolis
has had the championship team i'm the
National League nine times and the
boss club in the American League
three times. Boston was represented
in all FIVE of the big leagues which
have been IN existence since 1876. and
has had pennant winners i'm four of
OF. Eight Of Boston's champion teams
were in the National League. two were
In the American League. one i'm the
American Association and one in the
Players League.
Cities which have had pennant win
ners besides Chicago and Boston in two
organizations are New York. st. Louis
Brooklyn, Detroit, and Philadelphia. A
af chntlrltaU ha nf 4ar
league pennants won by each club fol-
lows:
Chicago Nine in National League;
three in American League. Total. 12.
Boston-Eigh i'm National League
two in American League, one in
Players League. ono In American AS
sociation. Total, 12
New Yorl-Four I'm National League,
one in American Association. Total, 5.
st. Louls--Four in American Associa-
tion. one in Union Association Total
Brookiyn-Three In National League.
one in American Association. Total 4.
Detroit-Three in American League,
one in National League Total. 4.
Pittsburg-Four in National League
Total, T.
Baltimore-Threei in National League.
Total. g.
Philadelphia-Two in American
League. one IN American Association.
Total, g.
Providence-Two in National League.
Total. ..
Cincinnati-One in American Associ-
alton. Total. /.
Louisvile-One in American Associ-
alton. Total. 1.