The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-23
Since That Time They Have Become
Highly Interesting Affairs and
keokuk Fans Watch Them
With Critical Eye.
WANT ALL THE PLAYS
Every Move the Players Make is Jeal.
Dusty Watched and Comm ented
on by Their Bsekers
Here.

From the day that Johnny King
catching for the Chicago CUBS
dropped a perfect throw, and aIloweC
Isbeli TO score, and the hitless won
ders of baseball, the Chicago White
Sox copied the worlds series cham
pionship from Chances Cubs, heo
kuk fans have been ardent, in fac
rabid worlds series fans. The stag
ing of several OF the series In the
west has eRlivened that interest, but
d the big games we're to be played
half way round the world, the fans
would still have an interest in the
results. It used TO be that mere bull
letins sufieed, but the worlds series
crowd that doesn't get the game
play by play, is a disappointed bunch
of fans
The first worlds series was played
In 1884 when Providence Of the Ma
rional league won from the Metro
politans OF the American association,
three games 10 none. In 1885 Chi
cage of the Nationals won from ST.
Louis. and in 1886 St Louis, Ameri-
can association. won from Chicago
Nationals, four TO two games. In
1887 Detroit Nationals won from St.
Louis and IN 1883. New York Nation
ais won from St Louis in a six and
four game series.
In 1889 New York and Brooklyn
staged the big fight, with the New
York Nationals winning six to three.
In 1890 it was Brooklyn against the
Louisville club, with Brooklyn win
ming. but no champion WAS declared.
In 1891 there was no series and IN
1892. Boston Nationals won five and
Cleveland Nationals won one This
was the year the winners OF the
divided season IN the National league
met for the championship.
From 1894 to 1897 the Temple cup
games were played between the
champions Of the league and the run
ners up. In only one series was the
champion successful in defending fts
title and that was the Baltimore team
IN 1895 vim ing from Cleveland
From 1893 TO 1862 there was no
series
Dinecn Beats Pittsburgh.
IN 1903 the Boston Americans with
Bill Dineen and others starring for
the Beantown team defeated Pitts
burgh Nationals. five to three Dineen
established strikeout record for the
series by whiting eleven Pirates
There was no series in 1904. but in
1905 the New York National league
team defeated Philadelphia Ameri-
cans, four 10 one. II was in these
games that Christy Mathewson ap-
peared as the star hurler although
Chief Bender Of the Athletics distin-
guished himself with a strike-Out
record for the series NJ nine.
In 1905 came the big series in Chi
cago, and directed the attention 0T
local fans TO the games with the re-
suit that there was more enthusiasm
generated for this worlds series than
one could shake stick at. The Cubs
were prime favorites in Keokuk. but
the Sox had just "a ardent hackers
after the first game Of the seires.
The Soz won four and the Cubs two
games. Ed Walsh established the
strike-out record for all time. Whit
ing twelve. Three Fingered Brown
and Orvie Overall were the Cub
heroes Of the clash The hitIess won
ders Of baseball pnt il all over the
fast playing high spirited Cubs and
the local fans were quite as crazy as
the west and south side bugs in Chi
.ago.
In 1907 the Cubs repeated in the
National and won the right 10 meet
Detroit Tigers with the result that
the American league champions were
dropped with a healthy bump. four
games TO none. and one draw. Orvie
Overall copied tho strike-uut mark Of
six.