The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-05
WORLDS SERIES
SOON WILL PASS
18TH BIRTHDAY
Pennant Winners Have
Fought 81 Times for
Championship.
FLAG HAS FLOWN
IN TEN STATES
One Hundred and Thirty-F Four
Games Played, and Nearly
Three-Fourths Go to Win
ners of Fiag-American
League Successful Five
Years Out of Nine.

Now York. October 4--Twcnty ono
times have the pcnnant winners OF tho
country fought for the worlds cham
ponship on the diamond.
Tho worlds acricg Will pass its TWEEN
ty-ninth birthday, however. with the
forthcoming contest between tho
Giants and Athletics II first came into
being in New York in 1854. when
Providence, winner OF tho National
League pcnnant, crossed bats with the
victorious Mctropolitans-New York's
standard bearcrs--of the old American
Association. There were lapscs In 1891
and 1899 and big gap from 1895 10
1902. Inclusive. and still another lapse
In 1904, when no games were played
but from 1884 10 the present, barring
these intormissions. the post season
fight for the apex OF tho base ball world
has been an established custom.
The flag has flown IN ten States dur
ing this short generation. once it
strayed vest OF The mississippi River
and breczed from = flagstaff In the ST
Louis park OF the American Associa-
ton This WAS In 1850. twenty
years ago. 1t stayed there bu; one
season, came back TO Detroit, and never
since has crossed tho Father OF Waters
iiag without home, il has hoated
over eleven cities. Providence, Chi
cago, -, Louis. Detroit. New York
Louisville. Boston. Cleveland. Ba!ti-
more. Pittsburgh and Philadelphia all
have sent forth. from time 10 time
clubs that have fought victorious bat
Ties for the trophy. one hundred and
thirty four games have stamped these
teams III various years premier baseball
players OF the world in no uncertain
brand. Nearly three fourths OF the
games have gone 70 the winners, al
though OF recent years the contests
have been closer than they were in
the babyhood OF the light
Records or Two Leaders.
Ninetyscvcn OF the i3i games have
been won by the teams which captured
the fap Thirty-sevcn have gone 10
The losers. Fifteen times a National
League club has won the flag; once
the old American Association captured
it; i've times II has hoatcd over an
American League park. In f1ct. The
American League clubs have beer rs
keeper five times out Of nine years. in
which the American ana National
League clubs have played Tor il. F.
tho past three years II has brcczed
over An American League park
First winners of the world cham
pionship were tho Providence team.
which defeated New York three
straight games. The next year. 1855,
The Nag went tc Chicago Chic; Z. and
ST. Louis fought again for tho cham
pionship In lST and this time 81.
Louis triumphed. Detroit captured the
flag in 1887. In 1855 II came to New
York for two-year stay. Louisville
got 1t In 1890. Boston In 1892 and New
York again in 1894 In 1926 Cleveland
won II in n contest from Baltimore.
but tho next year the old Baltimore
Orioles took it away from Cleveland
to keep II for two years. The Boston
Americans took IL In 1903. first year OF
the post-season fight between National
and American League pennant win
ners. New York regained It in 1908.
Tho Chicago Nationals and Americans
fought for II in 1906 and the White
Sox won 1t. In 1907 and 1905 the Chi
cago Nationals won IL easily from De-
troit Pittsburgh took her place on
the championship map In 1909, the
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