Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-10-04
BASEBALL.
SERIES IS PATH
FOR THE TITLE
THIRTY-ONE YEARS HAVE GONE BY
SINCE FIRST BATTLE FOR THE
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
POST-SEASON GAMES RENEWED IN
1906 AND HAVE NEVER BEEN
MISSED IN TEN YEARS.
tBy Associated Press.

New York. October Although thirty
one years have elapsed since the first bat
lie for the baseball championship Of the
world was won by the Providence, X. J.,
GrayS there were several years in which
the struggle was not repeated % that the
coming contest between the Boston Red
Sox and the Philadelphia Nationals will
he the twenty fourth series To he played
inaugural contest in 1854 was won by the
Rhode Island team. then champions of the
rational league. in three straight games
rom the Metropolitan. the standard
bearers Of the old American Association
Il that year. Unavoidable lapses oc-
urred in eight Of the subsequent seasons.
There was no competition for the worlds
ionor in 1891 nor 1893. There was also
l five wear lapse from 1S9S 10 1902. in
%lusive. but in 1903 the Boston Americans
,eat the PittSburg Nationals five games IL
hrce. The following years championship
xa~ claimed by the Boston Red Sox by de-
ault n the New York National league
hub would not permit it, 1904 pennant
winners to play the American league cham
lions.
In 1905. however. the two major leagues
rived ut an understanding after the mat
n had been thoroughly discussed during
he winter months. and the worlds cham
,ion~hip competition was placed on q solid
ASS. The National commission assumed
ontrol ~ the annual series and made II
compulsory for the pennant winning clubs
a each league 10 have their teams meet
Il the close of the playing season every
year. the worlds title Ia 70 to the club
winning four ont Of seven games. Rules
were adopted by the National commission
which governed everything connected with
the po~t-~cu~on battles. Arrangements
were completed regarding the disbursement
oil the gate receipts between the winning
and losing PLAYERS. the club owners and
the National commission and t. the merest
detail everything was lone to the SatIStac-
ton If everybody interested.
Under these new conditions the post
season games were resumed and they have
been played evry year regularly since 1903.
In the fall Of that year the New York
defeated the Athletics Of Philadel-
phia four games Ia one and scored the
first winning ~ the worlds title under the
new regime. The rival Chicago clubs had
the issue bet wcan them in 1906: ComiSkry'~
White SoX winning the honorS by four
games t. two. The Detroit Tigers won the
American league pennant for the next
three wears I'm succession but failed to add
the worlds title To their string of victories
a they were beaten ~ the post season
battles of 1907 and 1905 by the Chicago
Cubs and the following year they lost TO
Pitt~burg. when the Pirates nailed both
the worlds championship and National
league pennant IL their mast. Connie Mack
and hi Athletics were dominant factors in
the following two years. they scored 4
four to one victory over the Chicago Ma
tionals IN 1910 and IN the 1911 series they
SQUARED their defeat ~ the Giants In 1905
hv taking McGraw'~ PLAYERS into camp
four games Ia two III the battle for the
world'~ title.
The followed the great eight game series |
between the Boston Americans and the
Giants. Probably for n long time 10 come
1912 will be remembered ~ the 'hanner
year" a. in addition 10 n tie game the Red
Sox players. several Of whom are still in
the Boston lineup. went the limit and
forced Manager McGraw to a four TO three
defeat. Philadelphia, Connie Mack and
the Athletics scored a third worlds vic
tory in 1913 with the Giants again losers,
the New York team winning only one game
ont Of the five. Last year the Boston
Braves made n clean sweep in the post
season games, taking -four straight from
the Athletics, after a sensational squirt and
final victory in the National league race.