Evening journal., 1915-10-25
national LEAGUE
IS swept IfF MAP
Tener's Boys Haze Received
Knockout In hterleague
Serbs
OUTCLASSEI BY
AMERICAN L TEAMS

pvron Bancroft Johnson, Tsar OF the
A,,or;can Ieao1,e and no chum OF Jiml
c;Inore may hay his faults, but should
pi,, Ban sit bar in his big arm chair,
a,J Il, .,.a,ipg Ger his possessions muir
muir plea ntf to hlmseh' sum-
iearuei,, none On say him nay.
i.ast tbeNational League cannot.
linn Gilmore light get up and say,l
.sWbo,a do VI come of, your old
AVorld,s Claips haven't played my
cbarps: van Chicago champs maven.
Waved nv cilfeds, and your -. LOUIS
rbau,n. haze not me, my Slouieds.' But
IA, mereS would mply, Don't tax
TO me; v.sll blow b'fore reNt fourtn
Vet tine Is no denips that Bans
foam baided the old N,5onal a clean
Knockout during the inter'ague series
his foll The Tener circ'n won only
tbr.o HINTS in sixteen claslF with the
American League. v,a..
Tho American League wonhe World s
eories the Chicago series I'D the 81
louis series. all by marginsf games
~ one Of the St. Louis Pmes was
a tie. al. s,,o+ In
che Natibnal Leagues caleiar since
Iooo which was 1914, a yea OF SPORT
inc unset when the Bosn braves
aflor travelling from the Gear TO the
iesgne championship in the months,
overtmew the mighty Athltes IN i0ui
straight games. u..u
But the worlds title d not stay
long IN the National ngue' anu
again is in possession ofhe Ansli-
can League. Johnson'si rcuil nsS
couped i've worlds chamon olank-
cts in their last six trfesl Inc AIN
letics and the Red Sox arfhe teams
that have brought the mosloy 70 Dls
Ban. The Mackmen licke'tne Ouos
in 1910 and the Giants ilislI anu
1918. while the Red SO peat Tue
Giants in 1912 and the PIP ia 1919.
Ont in Chicago the VIII SoN nave
won 40 often that the MY SERIES
which once drew as bicro"os as
the worlds series, has st most OF
its zest. As a rule theuos 40 not
even make the series cle. IL makes
no difference how highle CUBS M
isb or how low the WE SoX noun
der. Comiskeys hirlgs always
come through. Sine losing the
worlds series Of 10l0Ttne Asnieo,cs
the Cubs have lost Il slralsnt cry
series to the White s.
The greatest Sox pmph was IN
1912, which drew 1.-two cluDs
pretty penny. The Il and second
games were tie, afterhlch the CUBS
surprised themselvesnd won three
straight. The SoX VI not 10 De de-
MED, and came rigfback ana won
four in a row. Thelortest Ohlcaso
series was in 1911 hen the Cubs,
after losing the Leaf championship
10 the Giants in t last weeks Of
the season. were eaten by tne
fourth-place Sox four straght
games.
The Browns vim st. Louis al
most as regular as the White Sox
in Chicago and tn invariably holo
the title of CHAMPS OF 81. LOUIS
That is some homo
In 1911, the Broi tallenders. de-
feated Bresnahan birthplace team
four games to onelhat was the St.
Iouis team which ger had fighting
for the remnant fquite a stretch.
In 1912 the CardiI nosed out win
ners, but it tookRm eight games
to do it, one bella tie. The st.
Louis series wasl that the Ma
tional League cared IN -FOUR post
season series in as the Athletics
pummelled the Ph's badly that ran,
in addition to loon worlds ser
les and Chicago tnphs.
In 1918 the Bhs and Cardinals
nIaved six gamtwhen the series
ended in a fight, the Browns won
the series rathetsily the last two
wears desnite tibet that the Cardi.
nails ranked muhigher i'm the Ma
tional I,eapue add the Browns in
the American.
In 1913 the GLANDS defeated the
P,ttsbnrgh Pir in a fall series
which was ratimuch of a bloomer
Though the ierican League has
with few excons been sweeping
evervtbing h. It in the last six
wears the onilace they have been
unable 10 shi,as been in New York
citv series e Giants took three
straiebt wo, series lickings. but
they never before the Yanks.
They hadite battle in 1910
when both is finished second, the
Giants vim four 70 two. one game
being a N In 1914 they tried Il
aaain ande second place Giants
beat the place ranks iour 70
one.
Ran Jobn may well throw out
his cbesten he says, II am presi
don+ az American League"