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COMING SERIES Is
TWENTY-FOURTH
First Worlds Series Won Thirty
One Years Ago by Providence
from New York Club.
UNAVOIDABLE LAPsEs SINCE

NEW YORK, Oct. 4.-Although
thirty-one years have elapsed since
the first battle for the base ball
championship of the world was won
by the Providence, r. l., "Grays,'
there we're several years in which the
struggle was not repeated, SO that the
coming contest between the Boston
Red Sox and the Philadelphia Ma
tipnals will be the twenty-fourlh
series to be played for the premier
title of the diamond.
The inaugural contest in 1854 was won
by the Rhode Island team. then cham
pions Of the National league, In three
games from the MetropolitAns, the stand
ard bearers of the old American asso-
citation of that year. Unavoidable lapses
occurred in eight of the subsequent sea-
sons. There was no competition for the
worlds honor in 1891 or 1898. There was
also q five-year lapse from 1898 to 1902
inclusive. but ia 1903 the Boston Ameri-
cans beat the Pittsburgh Nationals, five
games to three. The following years
championship was claimed by the Boston
Red Sox by default as the New York
National league club would not permit
Its 1904 peunant winners to play the
American league champions.
Placed on sOIi dBasis.
In 1906 however. the two major leagues
arrived at an understanding after the
matter had been thoroughly discussed
during the winter months, and the world 5
championship competition was placed on
a solid basis. Tn National Commission
assumed control of the annual series and
made It compulsory for the pennant win
ming clubs In each league to have their
. teams meet at the close of the playing
season every year. the worlds title to go
to the club winning four out of seven
games. Rules were adopted by the Ma
tional Commission, which govrned every
thing connected with the post season bat
ties. Arrangements were completed re-
garding the disbursement of the gate re
N.ceipts between the winning and losing
May ers. the club owners and the National
Commission and to the meTest detail ev-
erything was done to the satisfaction of
every body interested.
Play IN Resumed.
Under these new conditions the post
season games were resumed and they
have been played every year regularly
since 1906. In the fall of that year the New
York Giants defeated the Athletics of
Philadelphia, four games to one and
scored the first winning of the worlds
title under the new regime. The rival
Chicago clubs had the issue between them
in 1906; Comisky's White Sox winning the
honors by four games IL eWo. The De-
troit Tigers won the American League
pennant for the next three years In sue
cessIon, but failed to add the worlds title
TO their string OF victories as they We're
beaten in the post-season battles of 1907
and 1905 by the Chicago Cubs and the
following year they lost to Pittsburgh,
when the Pirates nailed both the worlds
b championship and National league PEN
nants 10 their mast. Connie Mack and
his Athletics were dominant factors in
the two following years. they scored a
four TO one victory over the Chicago Ma
tionals In 1910 and in the 1911 series they
squared their defeat by the Giants In 1905
by taking McGraw's players into camp
four games to two in the battle for the
- worlds title.
'~Series Between Giants and boston.
Then followed the great eight game
series between the Boston Americans and
the Giants, Probably for a long time To
come 1912 Will be remembered as the
banner year" as in addition to a tie
game the Red Six players. several OF
whom are still I'm the Boston lineup, went
the limit and forced Manager McGraw
to four to three defeat. Philadelphia.
Connie Mack and the Athletics scored a
third worlds victory in 1913 with the
Giants again losers, the New York team
winning only one game Sout OF five. Last
year the Boston Braves made a 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.
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