Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-26
SERIES PENNANT CHANGES
HANDS EVERY FIVE YEARS
Curious Fact About Baseball Flag l.
Discovered by DclvinC Into
History.
AWAIT RESULT OF 1920 CLASSIC,
Pirates Win Championship in 1908;
Athletics. in 1914: Nationals Come
=. Back in 1910 Wien Reds Dcfcn;
White SoX.

The nvc-ycar swing .. the baseball
pendulum carried the National League
back into n. worlds championship
this fan and VIC shall have 10 wait
until next year 10 see which i've year
period OF history is going TO be re-
paated.
Five years ago the Boston Braves
beat" the Athletics in four straight
games, upsot;.ng all the cXper; dope
more completely than the Reds did this
fall. Following tina, upset the Ameri-
caf League representatives won the
6fg .pennant the next year and contin-
ued TO hold il four straight seasons.
Win Every Five Years.
Ten years ago the pittsburgh cham
piors .,eat l'etrCGt for the worlds
champicnstip and American League
straigh: au:u'nns But previous 10
1910 The veteran league had all the
cause II won four ont of six worlds
series following l9o+-tftcen years
ago.
The coming season, therefore, vii!
Determine whether the recent world
series was out of line with the dope
or whe' n the s,Gady ohsnsiss per
suited in better class of baseball IN
the National than in the Americas
League.
NC1t car VIII Tell.
II the latter comes right back and
wins the 1920 worlds series it Will add
- the laurels OF the Reds and detract
from the showing OF the White son,
per:ority of class remained in the los
innE CIRCUIT. On the other hand, il
that the gradual introduction OF new
blood to replace the veterans who
have slipped has been more success
y h,, Naf al l,a,
in the American League.
This is the third year since modern
which the bie event has been the only
lnterleaEue series from which to draw
conclusions. Last year and In 1905
there were no rost-season series be-
DETROIT and Pittsburgh played some
exhibition games tins fail, but they
were-not sufficiently chaperoned to be
included among the real mterlear uc
Quoted under tho same rules and aus
pices,ras' the worlds series.
~. City Tussic. Abandoned.
1.-THE projected city series in New
York-.And Boston this fall had mo-
fallen through, for instance. tho re
suits. OF those comhats, added to n,
outcome of the worlds series. woulC
hava.-furnished a better line on com
para,tye strength than the world
waysy.are more reliable than individual
deeds.in any line OF dope.
In 1917, although the White So,
trimmed the Giants in the worlds
contest, the National League came ou
on top In The total games of the post.
season series Of that fall. The veteran
organization won ten games to eight
for the American. The war permit; ed
no postseason affairs except the
worlds series in 1918. and the leagues
were lucky 20 play that. SO IL MAY
be that. on the basis of the 1917 done
the National League as a whole was
beginning to assert its class at that
time and the Cubs beiied it by losing
to the Red SoX in 1915
That lis one thing dopesmlths often
fail to- do-go back into History far
enough..to allow for chance and the
PENDULUM of fate
Interest mt Height.
II ts. unfortunate there were not
more post-season series this fall as
the early ending of the season made
ii possible to play them in good wealth
or andSthc interest in the sport never
was Great ter Lack OF other contests
concentrated all the spotlights on the
big event