East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-09-27
SHOW C|NCY
NEEDS A PRAYER TO
WIN OVER AMERICANS
National League Entry in
Worlds Series Has Won But
Five Titles to Younger
Leagues 10 Big Victories

National league fans look to the
Reds TO restore some OF the prestige
which the old league has lost in the
annual duel for the worlds champion
chip.
Since the playing for the cham
pionship between the two league win
ners was resumed back in 1903, the
champions of the Ban Johnson circuit
have won ten out of the fifteen series.
This has been taken by many of the
fans as evidence of the superiority
of the younger organization and the
White Sox WI, have many hackers
in this years setto on the strength of
past performances.
If the Reds secceed In nabbing the
honors in the post-season battle this
year they will accomplish a number
of noteworthy things. A victory will
give Pat Moran his first worlds cham
pionship club. He won the naticnal
league pennant with the Phillies In
1915, but was beaten out for the big
honors by the Boston Ped Sox. The
Reds, incidentally by winning Their
first championship will replace the
White Sox IN he select trio which has
never lost a worlds championship
struggle This list now includes the
Boston Red Sox, the Boston Braves
and the White Sox. The Red Sox have
gone through five series without de-
feat. the Braves have weathered the
American League storm once and the
White Sox have twice emerged the
victor in the big baseball classic.
Since 1903 the national league team
has won only five series. In 1905 the
Giants beat the Tigers; the following
year the Clubs repeated by again trim
ming the Detroit champions; in 1903
the Tigers third effort allied before
the victorious Pirates and in 1914
Stallings and his miraculous Brave
club swamped the Athletics four
straight Since 1p0s the national lea
que champions have been taking
turn every five years in winning the
national flag II this can be taken as
an oracle. the Reds are marked by
fate to win this series.
In 1e years, only two teams have
won the series in four straight games.
-Tha- Clubs turned the trick against the
Tigers In 1907 without giving the AIM
ericvan leaguers a game and In 1914
the Braves pulled the same stunt
against the Athletics
The Giants and the Cubs hold the
record for shutting out their oppon-
ents in the worlds series, each time
having performed this feat five times.
Detroit and Chicago played the long,
est series game--a thirteen inning af-
fair in 1885
Boston is the only city in the major
League whose pennant winners have
not lest a worlds series decision. The
Braves and the Red Sox have both de-
livered the goods when they represent
ed the Bean City in the big games
The following is the result of the
annual fight since 1903:
1s0s-Red Sox beat Pittsburgh
out of s.
1904-No series played.
19O5-Giants beat the Athletics a
out of s.
1soe-white sox beat Cubs out
of 6.
1so7-cubs beat the Tigers four
stra ght.
190S-Cubs beat Tigers 4 out of
f909-Pirates beat the Tigers 4 out
of I.
1e1O-Athlotlcs beat Cubs out of
1911-Athletics beat Giants out of
5.
1s12-Red sox beat Giants a out
of I.
1s1S-Athletics beat Giants 4 out
of 5.
1s14-Braves beat Athletics four
straight.
1s15-Red sox beat Phillies ou,
of >.
1s16-Red sox beat Brooklyn out
of 5.
1s17-white sox beat Giants out
of 6.
1s1S-Red sox beat the Cubs out
of C.