The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-22

The Athletics are the American
League champions for the season OF
1910
The idols Of the Philadelphia baseball
public secured fndisputabIe possession
10 this title yesterday BY reason Of the
fourth straight defeat sustained BY the
New York HiEhlanders at The hands OF
the Chicago White SOx- YESTERDAY
reverse deprived the New York team of
its last chance TO even tie Connie Mack S
triumphant aggregation. and the White
Elephants can now afford 10 lose every
game remaining on their schedule and
yet finish first IN the pennant race
The Athletics needed but one more
victory TO cIiuch their hold on the pen
nant, no matter what New York could
do. and Connie Mack sent his Iron
Man" Jack COMBS, 70 the firing fine
against Cleveland yesterday CoomEs
did not win his game, the Maps standing
or the Athletics for eleven innings with
out q run being scored by either team
But while the Athletics We're having
their battle with Cleveland. the White
Sox decided the years Championship
race by defeating New York The Ath-
Ietics have won 8 games and lost -
New York has won 5 and Lost 60 The
Athletics have Il games stiu Unplayed,
and If they lose every game which Is
not at all reasonable 70 suppose. their
standing at the end OF the season would
be o games won - games lost, per
centaEe- 81 New York has IL more
games % play. II they win them al
their standing would be- - games WOn,
60 lost percentage, $40
The story Of the Athletics champion
ship conquest, the third that Mack has
brought 10 Philadelphia IA period Of
ten years which the Athletics mas becn
represented in the Junior major league,
furnishes a bright chapter in baseball
annals. Beginning the season with a
team that had made a hurricane finish IN
1903 critics and public credited Mack
with having the possibilities Of a cham
piOuship aggregation But no one con-
sidered for a moment that the Athletics
would make runaway race for the
pennanJ-
During the first two weeks Of the
champion season the Athletic had a
hard fight 10 sain a permanent position
in the first division The season opened
tnauspicicusiy for the Athletics, WASH
fngt0n winning the initial contest with
a shutOut victory But the Athletics
did no long remain near the bottom Of
the Is5der. and April - found them in
the first division
On phi ILlE ALLlleLLlS Tee Detroit
for irst place. but they dropped back
10 third before they checked their down
ward slide Nay found them second 10
the Tigers, and it was at this early
RsriOd Of the race that the White EIe-
plants made their first squirt pennant-
ward, and since that time they have
always been leading or within striking
distance of lFe team that was leading
the race On May the Athletics Sc
cured their irSt claim to leadership,
having at that time an average Of -G-36
The clever handling OF the team by
Connie Mack had il going at a cham
piOnship clip, and the wonderful work
of the pitching staff. particularly
goombs. Bender and Morgan, furnished
the early sensations Of the baseball sea
son
During the early part Of May the Ath-
IetiCs played steady consistent ball and
gradually increased their percentage 10
SIS on May Is, which was the high