The Cordova daily times., 1915-10-12
THE WORLDS BASEBALL SERIES.


Although thry-one years have elapsed since the first battle for baseball championship of the world won by the Providence Grays there several in which
 the struggle not repeated that the contest now on be- tween Red Sox and the Philadelphia Nationals will be the series be played for the premier title o the diamond The inaugural contest in 1884 by the Rhode Island em then champions of the National League III three straight games from the MeopOans the standard of the old American Association of that year On avodabe apses occurred eight of the subsequent seasons There competition for the worlds honor 1851 or o5 There was also five lapse from lSS to 1902 inclusive 1903 the Boston Americans beat the Pittsburgh Nationals five games there The following years championship was claimed the Boston Red SoX by default the New National Legue club would not permit its 1904 pennant winners to ply the American League champions
 In 906 however the two major leagues arrived at an understanding had been thoroughly discussed during the winter months and the worlds championship com petition placed solid basis The National Commission assumed control of the annual and made compulsory for the pennan winning clubs each league to have their teams the close of the playing every year, the world
 title go the club winning four out of games Rules were adopted by the National Commission which governed everything with the postSeason battles Arrange
 ens completed regarding the disbursement of the gate receipts between the winning and losing players the club owners and the National Commission and to the merest detail everything done to the satisfaction Of everybody inter- ested. '" ~-~ ~~ '-~
 Under these conditions the postseason games were and they have been played every regularly since 1905 In the fall of that the New York Giants defeated the Athletics of Philadelphia four games to and scored the first winning of the worlds title under the regime The
 rival Chicago clubs had the issue between them l9O6 Com sys White SoX winning the hOnOrs by four games to two
 The Detroit Tigers the American League pennant for the next three years in succession but failed to add the worlds
 title to their string of victories they beaten in the post of 1907 and 1908 by the Chicago Cubs and the following year they lost to Pittsburgh when the Pirates nailed both the worlds championship and National League pennans their Connie Mack and his Athletics dominant in the following years they scored four to one victory the Chicago Nationals in 1910 and in the 1911 they squared their defeat by the Giants in 1905 by taking McGraw players into camp four games to two in the battle for the worlds title
 Then followed the great eight game series between the Bos ton Americans and the Giants Probably for long time to 1912 will be remembered the banner year in add tie game the Red SoX players several of whom still the Boston neup went the limit and forced Manager Me Graw to four three defeat. Philadelphia Connie Mack and the Athletics scored third worlds victory in 1913 with the Giants again oser the New York team winning only one game of five Last year the Boston Braves made clean sweep in the games taking four straight from the Athletics after sensational spur and final victory in the Ma tonal League