Evening journal., 1920-04-03

Coming down the corridors OF time
The Chicago Cubs truly are the life-
time champions OF baseball. Starting
back in 1916. charter member OF the
National League. the Cubs not only
have the highest lifetime percentage OF
any club In either league. but the
Bruins have won the most leage cham
plonshlps and have the bulge on every
team in the National League.
Going over a stretch OF "a years. inc
Chicago Nationals have won 2,533 games
and lost 1861, for a percentage Of .5d4.
The games figured by al Munro Elias,
baseball statlstlcian. however, only In
clude contests played with the seven
other teams that now make up the
National League.
The Cubs have won n pennanis In IA
years giving them a championship
every four years In addition TO n
flrsts. the Cubs have seven seconds and
eight thirds. In 26 out Of "a years, the
club finished third or better. In no
season did the Cubs ever wind up the
procession.
The Chicago Natlopals also have the
by Nato onal League champions-.7ss In
! 1870. .77e in 1885 and 763 In 1906 In the
latter year. the Cubs set a record Tor
Victories With ii6 against only 36 de-
feats.
Chicago'e hated rival. the Giants, Is
the only club that has been able to give
the Cubs any real argument over this
stretch OF years. The percentage OF the
!
clubs now in the league is $50, only
four points behind the Cub average
| And jn their 81 years Of battling the
Cubs have a margin OF only i've games
over The New Workers. Chicago beat
New York 3i4 times. while on 339 0c-
casions. the Giants laid low the Cubs.
Chicago won 4ii Victories from Bos-
ton. and over 300 Victories from every
other team in the league. Boston. how
ever. is the only other team that has
played continually In the National
League with Chicago since the famous
circuit was born In the centennial year,
1876.
The Cubs are the only team that the
Giants have had TO acknowledge SUI
premacy to in their 37-year stay In the
league. The Gotham clan has a COM
Portable margin on every other club In
the league. The Giants rank third In
number OF pennants, with eight. New
York also has nine seconds. New 1ork's
stock on the National League pennant
exchange took its great boost after Me-
Graw came 10 the big town In 1902 In
IL complete seasons in New York, Nc
Graw won six pennants and seven sec
onds. the most remarkable record ever
made by any manager over such a
stretch OF years The Giants pulled up
in the cellar three times. twice under
McGraw. He took charge Of the club in
July, 1902. when IT was lost by 10
games. The Giants hit the basement
again In 1915.
In third position comes Pitisburg.
with an average Of .527 for its thirty
three years OF warfare with the Cubs,
Giants, Phlllies, Reds, BOst0ns. Dodgers
and Cardinals. The way the Pirates
have been able 20 SCALP the hapless
Cardinals is largely responsible for
Pittsburgs substantial percentage The
Pirates have won 35i games from st.
Louis and lost only 10 Pitisburg be-
gan feeding on The soft ST. Louis pic
In 1900 with 81 victories. and got ~
more IN 1902 under short schedules.
They got f6 In 1903. and then in order
IS, ~. rs. II. 90, 90, is. II. i3. 70. 10 and
Is. In the thirteen years Of this
stretch Pittsburg won 23i vlcioHes
against SO defeats
The Pirates have the edge on all the
clubs but Chicago and New York. and
have four pennants, five seconds and
three thirds Three times they have
brought up The rear The -four PEN
nanis, four OF the seconds and the
three thirds all were won under Fred
Clarke's management.
The Philadelphia club is the only
other team with an average higher
than 800. and the Philles just barely
finished above this percentage equator.
In their thlrty-seven years in the
league, the Ph'llies have won 3,i6l
games from their present rivals and
lost 1856. for percentage OF SOL. The
Phils have the edge on Cincinnati. Bos-
ton. Brooklyn and st. Louis. Pat Moran
won the clubs only pennant. but II IN
ished second five times. incidentally
two OF these seconds came during
Morsn's four-year administration.