The Detroit times., 1914-09-02
q National or American League
Club Has Ever Put Over
Four Straight Wins
1lzRICAN LEAGUE
HONESTY LOSES MONEY
'eanie Mack is Causing Big
Financial Depression in the
Younger Organization.

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Younger Organization:
~ b THE GIANTS fail to land the
- history will be repeated, No club
~ the National or American league
hae ever had the honor OF winning
Tour consecutive pennants. The trick
hAs only been turned twice In the
history of major league sport. The
old Boston Red Stockings won the
ponnant In 1872, 1873. 1874 and 1875
n the old National association, the
1rSt professional league, and forerun-
0er OF the National league.
The second team to put over four
1traight winners was the St Louis
Browns, OF the American association
(then major league), which club
won pennants in 1885, 1886, 1887 and
1883. This club was owned by Chris
txon der Abe and managed by Charley
Comiskey, and was one OF the great
est teams ever put together.
IL the Boston club succeeds In beat
! ing out the Giants this season II will
be the third time that a Beantown
squad has prevented team from win
ming four pennants. and each time af-
ter q wonderful dash. In 1883 Boston
clamped its ink on Cap Arson and
his Chicago White Stockings.
Cap had Just won three pennants,
4 and fourth seemed to be easy
money The Bostons started their
squirt In August, when they climbed
4 from sixth place to first In about six
weeks, and beat out Chicago In the
squirt to the wire.
The next club to get crack at the
four-straight record was Frank Selee's
Boston Champions OF 1891, 1892 and
1893, and the Baltimore Orioles stop
ned them. This wonderful club OF
Ned Hanlon's. which was bad last
a. . 12-club league In 1892. and jump
I'd to eighth In 1898. landed the PEN
'1ant In 1894, and repeated In 1895
and 1896.
That four-pennant jinx seems to be
- perntcious ink as Is found any
whore IN the big leagues, and II seems
~ have Boston on its side whenever
~ team threatens to beat II. Can Bos-
.ton again beat the Giants of 1914. as
~ did the Chicago White Stockings OF
aeo3 and the Baltimore Orioles OF
,1eo71 The next few weeks VIII tell.
I n Il rapidly becoming apparent
that Connie Mack, the noted philadel-
milan. IN addition to being charged
Nth winning another pennant and an
|c<her worlds series. which seems just
~ 1ikel vat this time, Will also be
lxA
4oked Tor financial depression In the
INMATES expected some reverses
f With the Federal league harassing
Nom and general war going on In
1Dn<t two months before the seasons
M they have lost much Of the chance
ney had to get fairly even break.
What promised at one time to be q
ighly Interesting sprint among at
111t two clubs has finally turned out
~ b Just . walkover for one OF them,
md the race has been failure from
81 point Of public interest. This Is q
|&krange turn for the American league.
10, for In the past several years the
IoAneon circuit has provided the.
implicit Kind Of finishes. by which II
&n1It up gradually prestige that
)c]ipsed that of the old National
hague and gave the American
hague certain distinction for class
md competition. But this year, when
hey could least afford, on account of
ne numerous conditions that we're
interfering with the sport. to have o
runaway race. the star of luck that
has long lowered over Ban Johnson
.opddenly failed him.
When the Athletics jumped away
from the field and practically ended
the race by Aug. 10. they automati-
sally turned the crowds back from
HE turnstiles And while machine
Mt can hit up the clip that the
ockmen have hit In the past six
C0okU Il something to make note OF.
Dfo cannot be much enthusiasm
ouoed from the magnates when
cfo q steady decrease In the
lok1ng q the front gate.
D1ok n the middle OF July Il look
n NE the Mackmen would be hard
Cgco1ed. and public interest began TO
turn to the American league race.
But within few weeks the Mackmen
had caught their stride and before the
middle OF August. the race was over.
the Red Sox, the nearest competitors,
had given up hope. and with this con-
dition the public interest died out or
turned TO more fertile fields, one of
which sprung up at that very time In
the National league and has since
held the public gaze. From all over
the circuit come reports OF a falling
+ on In attendance There are few
minor positions In dispute In the
league, but these are OF little interest
70 any but the managers. for the pub
lie never cares TO know about any
hut the winner, and never remembers
any other At the same time the
race being made by the Athletics is
4 hard blow to the welchers and petty
HANDLERS who are eternally crying
about the dishonesty OF baseball. II
s there was any dishonesty In the game
B the American league could make
4 some more money for itself.
what the American league seems
81 10 be suffering from now is too much
class. That Is. too much OF Il Mt one
point The Mackmen have failed TO
draw even at home all season. The
+ Philadelphia fans have had a surfeit
Of class. They wanted TO see some
+ oornpetition And this shows pc