The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-05
AMERICAN LEAGUE
LEADS IN SERIES
In Fifteen Years Clubs Have Played,
Americans Won 1874 and the
Nationals
1924.
ANOTHER SHIFT COMING
Pendulum is Swinging Toward the
Nationals, and <1e Americans
Must Put up Big
Fight.


lest, wierdest. and wooziest worlds
series OF modern times the White Sox
this fab proved themselves the only
American league team strong enough
TO beat its National league rival In
the two other post-season contests the
Tener circuit triumphed.
All thxee battles between leagues
this fall were won four games to two.
although the St Louis championship
battle went seven games before the
Cardinals coEaped four. one battle end
ing in draw, This was no surprise.
as the Browns were a tail end propo-
sitfon ana were up against a first di-
vision antagonist The Ohio champion
chip, however. was thought TO be
more even thing, and the easy victory
of the Reds over the Indians was
something OF a surprise
In the three interleague series of
Iii nineteen games were played. The
National league WOE ten, the American
league eight, and the other was unde-
oided. This is the 1Est time IN sever
IF years the older circuit has come out
ahead in these autunual tests, as the
johnson family usually has won the
majority OF games each season
American still Far in Lead.
The Nationals slight margin of two
victories has small effect on the grand
total Of all pog1season combats be-
tween these two organizations Since
1903, when they began playing each
other, the American league has won
1874 post-season games and the Nation
al only 124-
contested by the present organiza-
tiona, the fall of 1904 being the only
open date" The American league
has won the big pennant nine times
and the National league only FIVE. In
fact, since the Philadelphia Athletics
wrested the title away from the Cubs
in 1910, 1t has remained in the Amer.
lean league, except one year, when
Boston's Braves exempIised the In
evitability Of fate by upsetttns all the
dope in the world.
Only four American league teams
have engaged in these fourteen world 2
combats. Bcston's Red Sox have play.
ed in four and won them all The
Athletics have been hooked up in five
of the diamond derbies and have won
three times. losing OFT twice. The
White Sox have had only TWO chances
at the worlds pennant and have won
it both times, while Detroit with three
big coin or the bunting
National League Winners.
The five worlds champions that
have gone to the National league were
won by four different teams, the Cubs
Giants, Pirates, and Braves The
Cubs won twice out Of four chances
Pittsburgh and Boston batted 1000 In
the big event by winning once apiece
with only one chance apiece. The
Giants have been victorious only once
in five worlds series in which Nc
Graw has managed them.
The National league enjoyed the
supremacy most of the years previous
to 1910, because it had to go out anc
develop a grist of young players tc
replace those lost to the American
league during the war Of 19O1-02.
Another Shift In Sight.
The fierce battle which the Row
lands had to put up to beat the Giants
taken in connection with the result.
Of the other post-season series. indi
Gates the National league Is bound t.
cop it another year unless the Ameri
can league replaces some Of its slow
ing UP veterans with younger blood
The long swing of the pendulum which
was due to switch to the Nationa
league this year was stopped by tn
fighting White Sox It will requir
q harder fight to turn back that pen
dulum next season.
Lest any one question the figure
on which the foregoing has bee
based, here is the record Of post-sea
son games for 1917, with the totals Q
enterleague series played in previou
years:
Worlds SerIes-1917
Oct. 6.-White Sox, 2; Giants I.
nct White SOy p Giants 9