The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-20
Pennant Winners in All the
Leagues Which Are Under
National Agreement
SOME EXPERTS OP-
POSE WORLDS SERIES
Think the Contests as Now Conducted
Arc Menace to the Game-Yachts-
men to Spend Half a Million in De-
Tending America S Cup.

NEW YORK. Oct. ~. - Another
haeehall season has closed and only
y" records remain 70 proclaim the
proves Of PLAYER and club in Amcri-
~ 5 national sport Considered broad
". 1919 produced play fully up to the
Sf1hdnrd Of previous year. bur no ap-
lreelable step forward could he de-
tfctcd. The game appeared 10 hold
- own in popularity. speed ana tech
nique, but did not surpass the record
Of recent seasons in this respect
The world $ series, with IFS attend
ant tirkct scandals, scrambIa" an
chickering's. created the usual interest
but aid little nothin. 70 advance
professional baseball or elevate the
plane of the snort III fact many If
the cleverest of the club owners and
league officials arc beginning TO doubt
the wisdom of the post-scason climax
~ its present form. Tine play-off for
the world s championship under the
present system is fell to hom menace
Of more or less gravity to the future
4 of baseball hy some of the best in
I, formed men connected with the camc
The idea of spOrtsmanlike series
of contests to decide the title honors
of the ycar is apparently lost in the
wild scramhling for the enormous gate
receipts and the attendant side emolu-
ments that accrue to PLAYERS and club
owners. Those stockholders whose
teams DO not share in the distribution
of the prize money view with chagrin
the division of many thousands Of
dollars among the more fortunate.
Fans who are unable 10 secure seats
for the games rail ~ the coupon lis
trlbuting policies of the competing
clubs and all in all there is more dis
satisfaction at the close of the season
than clation
All this has been brought hone
vividly 10 the national commission and
the ma9nateS of both the National and
American leagues and there is = move
ment on foot 70 discover 4 substitute
season climax that viii leave less ie.,l-
ousy aud hearthurning than nj pre-
ent What is particularly desired is p
form Of interleague series that will
permit all clubs and players to partiri.
pate in the financial benefits and tho
fans of many cities to enjoy tho snec.
tacle without being Obliged to stand III
line - hours or pay ticket Speculation,
fabulous prices for two-dollar scat
coupon.
resume Of tho season 5 play find.
the following clubs. winner of III,
, world s series ana the various mn FOL
and minor league pennants:
i. World ; champions, PHILADELPHIA:
Athletics; National league. New Work
American league Philadelphia: Inter
national league, Newark: American
p association. Milwaukee: Federal league
: indianapolis; Ohio State league
Charleston: Nebraska league. Kearnev
Observation-Disclosures league. Oshkosh
, Western Tri-State league. Walla- Walla
first Dnisn L.
! diana Illinois Iowa league. Quincy
Michigan State league. ManiStec
p, Union association, Great Falls; Al
palachian league, Johnson City. firs
season; Knoxville, second season: Nir
$ slnia State league. Petersburg; Texa
I league, Houston; New England league
o Lowell; New York State league. Biru
/. hamton; South Michigan league. Bat
o tie Creek; Twin State league. North
ampton; Kentucky Indiana Tennessee
league. Paducah; Southern league. III