The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-10-03
BOSTON WINNER
IN THE AMERICAN
GAME YESTERDAY
Peunant in the National Is MOI
Vet Settled but Will Have to
Be Played out During the
Present Week.

NEW YORK, Oct. 2.-BOstnn 1915.
worlds champion, is again the pen
nant winner in the American league.
Although Chicago's defeat yesterday
brought a decision in the American,
the pennant in the National league is
not yet clinched and it will take the
concluding games of the season to de
eide the winner. Brooklyn and Phil
adelphia appear to have the best ma
thematical chances of opposing Bos-
tor in the worlds championship
series.
Whether Brooklyn, Philadelphia
Boston wins, the classic of baseball
will be played in the east, Boston, as
in the proceeding two years, having
one of the contending teams. Not
sine 1910 when Chicago won in the
National league, has the west had a
contender in the championship series
Adding to the excitement of the
close pennant race, the New York
Nationals during the week established
a major league record of 26 success
sive victories. The previous major
league record OF 20 straight games
made by Providence 80 years ago,
was passed by the New York team
Monday when it took two games
from st. Louis. New York defeated
st. Louis again Tuesday and Wednes
day and Thursday twice defeated
Saturday the new mark was increased
to &c by winning one game from Bos
ton. but the Braves broke the winning
streak by taking the second game o.
the doubleheader.
Brooklyn. although maintaining its
held on first place. did not play the
baseball the team showed in midsea
son. Against Chicago in two games
Monday Brooklyn broke even. Brook
lyn won from Chicago Tuesday and
Wednesday, Thursday brought the
opening game of the series w
Philadelphia. the latter winning witt
Alexander in the box Fridays
contest was postponed until Saturday
morning, when Philadelphia, with
RfXey at the helm, defeated Brook
lyn decisively. In the afternoon
Brooklyn defeated Philadelphia Mar
guard holding the champions to three
hits, while Alexander was hit hard
The final games of the season be
tween the four first division teams in
the National will be played at
Brooklyn and Philadelphia. New
York and Brooklyn will meet in a
four-game series, Tuesday Wednes
day and Thursday, while Boston and
Philadelphia are battling in six games
in the same four days. Upon these
games the pennant depends
Boston did net maintain it's previ
Gus winning pace IN the American
league during the week. The cham
pions completed their western tour
by losing to Cleveland on Sunday
and winning from the same team
Monday. After being idle Tuesday
Boston began series against New
York, Wednesday Boston won in
ten innings. and Thursday New
York won in ten innings. Boston
won on Friday and on Saturday. but
had to go ten innings in the latter
game.
Boston has three games yet to play
against Philadelphia, Tuesday
and Wednesday. Chicago and De.
troit completed their schedules yes
terday
Schupp, who played prominent
part in New York's winning streak
pitched a two-hit and one-hit game
during the week. He defeated st
Louis on Monday on two hits and
won from Boston on Thursday or
| one-hit.
The concluding games in the in
| tersectiOnal series had these results
National, east, IA, west l; American
east 3. west 5.