The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-09

New York team won six games of the
ten that were played.
The Giants repeated the following
year. 1889, and their opponent in the
post-season series was the Brooklyn
team, then member of the American
Association. Nine games were played.
and they resulted in another triumph
for the Giants. the figures being six
victories against three defeats. The
total receipts for uhis series were
s23.62S In the series of 1883 the re-
celpts for the ten games were $4,000,
one game at st. Louis bringing in s+ii
and another sac.
In 1890 Brooklyn joined the National
League ard celebrated by winning the
pennnnt that year. a series was
played with the Louisville team. pen
nant winners OF the American Associa-
ton, and 1t resulted in a tie. each
winning three games, WITH one tie.
This ended the post-season series be-
tween rival leagues until 1903.
In 1891 no series was played In
1892 the National League played under
a double arrangement, Boston.
the winner of one section, taking FIVE
OF the six games from Cleveland. the
other winner. In 1885 no series Of any
kind was played but the following
year lle Cup series was start
ed. This series called for seven games
season between the team winning the
pennant and the team finishing second.
This series proved disastrous for the
champions In 1894 Baltimore won
the pennant. but lost four straight
games to New York. In 1895 Baltimore
won again. and lost four out OF five
games to Cleveland In the Temple Cup
series. In 1896 Baltimore was more
successful. taking four straight games
from Cleveland. after winning the pen
nant IN 1897 Frank Selee's Boston
team beat out the Orioles, but lost In
the Temple Cup series capturing hut
one of five games. This series was
the last for the Temple Cup. and dur
ing the five seasons from 1898 TO 1902
no games were played.
In 1908, after Jimmy Collins had
piloted the Boston Americans TO vic
tory In the American League, Il series
was arranged with Pittsbure. the Ma
tional League champions best five on:
Of nine games After dropping three
of the first four games played. Roston
won four straight aud brought the
title OF worlds champions to the Amer
team League The next year Boston
repeated in the American League, and
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series was played. as the Giants own
Or refused 10 entertain the proposition
of series
Before the season OF 1905 opened the
National Commission made a ruling
making IL compulsory for the pennant
winners of the iwo leagues 10 como
together in a series OF seven games
at the end Of the season. This has
! since been followed, the National Com
/ mission taking entire charge of all
such games. as We'll as interleague
J series between teams not pennant
! winners
| The first clash under the :,ew order
of things was in 1905. when IN,
. Giants took -four OUT Of hvc from Tho
philadelphia Athletics ana brough, tho
h"norS back 10 the National League.
/ IN 1906 the title changed leagues again.
| going TO the Chicago White SoX. who
| won four out OF six game, from the
| cubs. In 1907 the National League
| again triumphcd the CUBS winninr
: TOUR straight from Detroit. after thu,
| nfSt game resulted in a tic I'm lg0S
| me cabs and Detroits again clash,0
| una Chicago won four out of the nve
| "aiheH The following year brought a
! 'hlfd successive worlds championship
| 90 me National League. when the ri
| rates won four out OF seven games
| from the Detroit Tigers. This is the
! only series between the National and
| american Leagues which went down
| 70 the seventh game for settlement,
last year the Athletics brought tho
nohors back to the American League
"N completely routing the Cubs win
"'hs Tour out of five games played.