Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-11-02
MANY BASEBALL
TEAMS REPEAT
Athletics, Rochester, and Min
neapolis Are Come Backs,
WAS BANNER YEAR FOR GAME

Due to Interesting Races In Different
Leagues Club Owners Made For
tunes-Few "8usted" Leagues-Na-
tional Race a Good One.
The 1911 baseball season has been
the most successful in the history of
the national game. The number of
busted" leagues has been much less
than in any previous year, and this in
spite of the fact that the average SAL
aries paid the players this year have
been much in excess Of those paid last
season and previous seasons.
In the National league there has
been the most exciting contest for the
pennant in the history of that organi-
cation, New York winning out after a
hard fight. Detroit set the American
league ION fire. with a great record
of early victories. but the Athletics
after a great race won the champion
ship.
The Eastern league race was not
definitely decided until just before the
finish, Rochester leading practically
all the season, but in the final few
weeks the Toronto and Baltimore
teams were very dangerous to the
leaders.
Minneapolis, strengthened by new
players. made a good finish in the
American association and won easily.
On the Pacific coast there is a great
race on for pennant honors. Oakland,
Vernon and Portland are now fighting
it out for first honors. with Sacra-
mento bobbing up every now and
again to upset the calculations.
The New York State league race was
the closest in years. and. while the
Wilkesbarre Barons> set a couple of
new records by taking their third con
secutive pennant and by leading the
league from the first to last days,
their supremacy was menaced until
the very final week, and but for the
fact that Albany and Troy proved
weak road teams Bill Clymer might
not now be boasting of his sixth pen
nant in seven seasons.
So close was the Connecticut State
league season that the pennant was in
doubt until the very last week. and
the same can be said of the New Eng
land league.
Akron Won the pennant in the Ohio
Pennsylvania circuit and set a new
record of four consecutive wins.
The 1910 pennant winners of the H.
linois-Missouri league. the Pekin team.
put I'D a game battle, but lost out by
twelve points to Clinton.
Numerous other close races could be
cited. Taken altogether, baseball has
never before enioyed the prosperity
that has marked the season of 1911.
and already new and greater plans
are being made for 1919
where THE 1911 REMNANTS
WILL FLY.
League. 1911. 1910.
Eastern.......... Rochester. Rochester.
Southern New eansN New Orleans.
New England. .Lowell....... New Bedford.
Tristate Asso.. ALTOONA
Northwestern. Vancouver. Spokane.
Connecticut. Springfield. Waterbury,.
Austin. Dallas.
N. Y. tate......W ilkesbarre WilkeSbarre.
Michigan State. Cadillac. Cadillac.
Central Asso.. .!Ottumwa.... Quincy.
Virginia. ........ Petersburg. Danville.
South Atlantic. Columbia. -. Columbus.
NJ. /. N. K......Humboldt.. Falls City.
Mimi. Wis ...... Superior..... Eau Claire.
Wis Illinois. -. Rockford. 49,. Appleton.
Ohio-Penn...... Akron........Akron.
Southeastern. 80. Admission. Knoxville.
Neb. State..... SUPERIOR. Fremont.
Ohio State..... Springfield. Portsmouth.
Blue Grass......Pari ........ Paris.
III. Missouri. -. Clinton. .....Pekin
Texas-Okla.. 80. Cleburne.....-
.Dayton...... South Bend.
Canadian........ Berlin ........ New.
So. Michigan. Kalamazoo. Kalamazoo.
w. Canada. Moose Jaw. Edmonton.
Union Asso..... Great Falls
Three-I..........P Peoria. New.
American Asso. Minneapolis. Minneapolis.
Western .Denver...... Sioux City.
Philadelphia Philadelphia.
National.......New York. Chicago.