The Alaska daily empire., 1920-10-06
NINE OF FIFTEEN PREVIOUS SERIES. WON BY AMERICAN
Junior League Ahead of Na- tional Regardless of This
 Years Outcome.

NEW YORK, Oct. 6.-Records Of worlds series played under the jurisdiction of the National Com mission since 1905 show that the American League has an advantage over the National League in the number of series won as well as the number of games won, but the senior circuit entries in the cham piCrship series have outscored the American League contenders. Re gardless of the outcome of tho series this year the American League will retain its lead in the number of series won. The only possibility of the American League being busted from the leadership in games won would have been to have had ahe National League entry this year win the series in five straight games. The leader in runs scored after this years series will have ended cannot be forctold, de- pending as it does on the closeness or onesidedness of the games.
 Fifteen worlds series have been played since they were inaugurated under National Commission jurisdic- lion in 1905. Of these American League clubs have won nine and National League clubs six Thus if the National League entry wins this year the junior circuit still will have an advantage of two in the number of series won.
 /. S6 Games Played.
 In the fifteen series now part of baseball history S6 games were play ed of which two resulted in tie scores. American League clubs have won A games and National League clubs 10 Since the winner this year will have two win five games to win the championship the Ma ticnal League entry would be ob liged to accomplish the feat in five straight starts in order to overcome the games-won advantage of the American League. The senior league lead in runs scored in worlds series by 2S4 to 273.
 As between the eastern and west ern divisions of the major leagues the former has won nine series and the latter six, being the same ad- vantage the American League holds over the National. Of the 1 , series already played seven were distinctly eastern affairs, while five were played entirely in the west, with three as intersecticnal series The first series under the National Com mission in 1905 was between two eastern clubs, the New York Giants defeating the Philadelphia Athletics. Then fer four years the big games were played entirely in the west, the two Chicago teams clashing in 1906; the Chicago Cubs and Detroit in 1907 and 1908 and Pittsburgh and Detroit in 1909.
 East and West Clash.
 East and West came together in a worlds series fer the first time in 1910, when Connie Maok's Ath- letics defeated the fading Chicago Cubs. For six years after, from 1911 to 1916 the worlds baseball! cham pionship was decided in the east and then came two intersectiOnal series, followed by an all-western series between Cincinnati and the Chicago White Sox last year. The only time that a worlds , championship has been made a city i affair since the National and Am | erican League champions have been contesting for the title was in 1906, when the Chicago White Sox, then known as the "Hitless. Wonders defeated the Chicago Cubs, who won their first pennant under the lead ,ership of Frank l.. Chance