The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-10-05

struggle of 1914. While this will
tic the twenty-third series for pre-
mier baseball honoys thirty years
have elapsed siuee the initial battle
for the Worlds championship of the
baseball diamond was won by tbs
Providence, X. T., 'Grays." cham
rions Of the National League In
ISL, when they took three straight
games from the Metropolitans. the
star dari bearers of the old Ameri-
can Association of that year. To
date TWENTY-FIVE worlds champion
ships have been decided unavoid-
7hle lapses having occurred in eight
of the intervening seasons, the
wears in which there were no COM
petitions for the tale being 1891,
1879, 1898 to 1909, inclusive, and
1901.
From 1854 to 1S9n the contests
uc-e between the winning teams CT
re National League and American
Association and from 1894 to 1897
til. Temple Cup series kept tho an
rua! contest confined to clubs in the
M; 'onal Leagdc. Then there cam
A. Ia pse OF five years until in 1903,
the post season battl2 Was re.iysl
N IN the Poston American remnant
Hi,ncrs met and dsfrE c'l the pits
burg champions o: the National
ltagie. The championship of 1@o4
wClt by default to the Boston
Americans as the New Y)'k %aiioa-
a. league club Tefusal 70 allnw 'ts
remnant winners to DI.f tho Ameri-
rar League champions
pring the winter months , (
iagi-5 tie two maiar Leagues 'a"t
to al understand and the Ma
ional Commission ascuwc. rrr 81
4 the CHAMPIONSHIP series nakius
cc.n uulsory for thu ?,,rcut win
nc tluts to have tt''- terms meet
| innullly in, seven game sarias. tht
| yinr,re OF four Of these sa'scs t.
receive the cham 9icpship pennan
end each mentor of the wlnnin,
cam to be presented with suit
bly, inscribed go'd button. Rnie:
governing tho disbursement of thu
ate receipts between the players
Tub owners and the National Com
mission were adopted and every
hing "a the most minute detail be
ing arranged satisfactorily. tn
championship series was establishes
N a solid basis. and since 1905. til
ost season struggles for the ia
ave been played rayularly attract
| ng increased interest each succeed
ng year.
In 1905 the New York National
efeated the Athletics OF Philadel
,hia, four games u one, under 10
rev conditions. AMI tho fol.owin
ear the rival Chicago clubs had tn
ssue between them. the title goin
the Chicago Ac:erieans. fod
| rames to two. CHICAGO and Detrol
| ought 1t out In 1907 and 1908, tn
'hieago Nationals defeating thei
| american League opponents fror
oetroit both times The followin
ear the Pittsburgh Nationals force
he Detroit Americans to expert
nee defeat for a third suecessiy
inc. In 1910 tho Athletics @
philadelphia Won the series iron
he Chicago Nationals four game
% one, and in 1Alt Manager Mac
If the Athletics wiped out the dc
, Feat Of 1905 by successfully defend
'hg tho title ami beating the Ne
York Giants four games to two.
ear later the New York National
Cccumbed to the ,'ostm American
4. nd last year the Athletics brougt
he worlds series flag to Phiiade
\ Via ibA tAtAu ttlul Wy htUTiHE
decisive win over Manager MI
Graw's New York team four gam,
TO one.
Since it vas first won by Il
Providence team, the Werld's Chan
pionship emblem has flown fro
2 fagpoles IN playing grounds in ele
en- cities, situated in ten diirerel
itates. New York has had the Gil
tody of the coveted pennant 70,
times, through the efforts of q
National League clabe players. az
chicago held the honor for sim
ar number of years, but the cred
+ FOR Winning Ii was divided betwe,
& the National and American Leag
J teams, the former having captur