Evening journal., 1916-10-17


the Pacific Coast League wanted high
er rating. They believed they had out
grown their Glass A days. The Ma
tional Association. which is the boss
of the little league, was up in a tree.
If it lowered the. Southern Associa-
ton and the Western League to Class
b classification, there would be an
awful howl from those circuits.
Some brilliant mind then conceived
way out Of the difficulty. IL was TO
put another A before the three
leagues desiring raises, and from
henceforth the Ints. the A. AS and
the Coasters have been known as
Glass AA minors. At the same time
the Southern and Western Leagues
remain where they originally were
in Glass A.
II may not sound pleasing TO Ma
tional League magnates. but many
critics who have watched the n. l..
teams founder through worlds series
and other series in the last half dozen
years are convinced that il the Amer
lean League was given Glass AA ma
! ior league classification against Class
A classification for its old National
League brother 1t would not be far
, from doing the proper thing. During
the last few years the American
League has been making vast strides
over the National. The Tener League
seems to be getting worse instead Of
better. The showing of the n. l.
teams in the last two falls has been
pathetic, especially il you have lean
ings toward the parent major league.
Lowest Mark Hit This Fall.
In 1915 it was bad enough when in
the worlds series and the Chicago and
St Louis series the American League
teams won IL games out OF 16. The
n L. hit its lower mark this fall,
winning only two games in the three
series. In the post season series OF
1915 and 1916 the American League
has won "A games against 6 for the
national. a percentage in big Ban
favor OF 500. That is a terrific mar
gin.
The National League ruled supreme
during a three year stretch from 1907
to 1909, in the years that Detroit won
three American League champion
ships. The Tigers constituted team
/ full of color. but poor worlds series
|
won only four games out Of seven
teen. the Cubs and Pirates winning
twelve and one game resulted in a
tie.
The American League jumped to
the front in 1910. when the Athletics
overthrow the Cubs, then on the wane,
in four games out of five. The Giants
beat the Yankees that year for the
New York city championship. and the
! Cincinnati Reds beat the Cleveland
Americans for the championship OF
Ohio. However. from that time on the
American League rolled the Nationals
off their feet.
SOx Overwhelmed Cubs.
In six straight city series in Chi
cago the White Sox won by over
whelmng majorities. Twice in those
series the Sox won in four straight
games. Il makes no difference whether
the Cubs are fighting for the pennant,
and the White Sox are in the second
division, the Comisky players win just
the same. During those six years the
White Sox won "a games against
for the Cubs. for a percentage of .721.
In the last two years the Cubs have
taken one game. The Chicago series
at one time drew as well as the
worlds series, but IL has ceased TO be
a contest, attracting little OF the in
terest it formerly enjoyed.
During the last six years the Cardi-
nails have taken only one st. Louis
city series. One was a tie and the
other four went to the Browns. The
Browns scored their most notable vic
tory in 1911. when they we're Ameri-
can tail-enders. but beat Bresnahan's
club. which had been lighting for the
pennant four games to one. In 1913
the Cardinals finished third and were
in the pennant fight until late in Sep
tember but the fifth place Browns
again beat them four games out Of
five.
There has been only one bright spot
lin the National Leagues fall warfare
since 1910. namely 1914. when the
won fifteen fall games against nine
for the American League. II was the
year the Braves scored their unex-
pected victory over the hitherto in
vincible Athletics in the worlds SER
les in four straight games and
Giants beat the Yankees four games