Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-02-12
BY AL MUNRO ELIAS

Only one change occurred in the
National league all-time won and
lost standing of the clubs, since
their compilation at the end of
1920, and the baseball year just
closed. oddly too, the change in
standing affected the two leading
teams only. the Giants taking the
lead away from the Cubs.
The Chicagos who won the first
National league pennant away
back in 1S7G-the only year AL
bert G. Spalding managed Ma
tional league team-lost the lead
during the next three years to
the Bostons. The White Stock
ings as the Chicago club was
dubbed in the days of long ago,
regained National league supren-
acy, by coping three successive
flags from 1880, to 1882, and con-
tinued leading the National clubs
in total games won and lost ever
since, until 1921, when the Giants
ascended the top rung in the per-
centage standing.
In the first thirty years, from
1S83-to 1912-that the Giants
and Cubs clashed, the latter main
tanned a decided edge in games
won and lost over the Giants, the
count reading 2S3 victories for
the Cubs against 251 successes for
the Giants. In spite of the many
diamond duels between those IA
NOUS rival slabsters, Christy Ma
thewson and Three Fingered
Brown, the Cubs played $50 ball
against the Giants, wh1e the
Giants best against the Cubs read
.470.
Dating from 1913 and includ-
Ing the season recently ended, the
Cubs fell into losing ways, when
iclashing against their Giant rivals,
losing eight of their nine yearly
series to the clan McGraw, for
after breaking even at eleven
games all for the years of 1908,
1909 and 1911, and taking the
series of 1910 and 1912 from the
Giants, the Cubs took the losers
end five successive years, until
1913, their pennant year, when
they bested the Giants by a count
of fourteen victories to six. After
winning this series, the Cubs
clashes TO the Giants, the New
Il
ing but p to Chicago.
Owing to their marked suprem-
acy over the Cubs since 1913,
the Giants wrested first place
from the Windy City aggregation
in the lifetime won and lost
standing of the National league
clubs.
The Giants have the edge over
-,
and lost, winning more than $50
contests from each, beating the
Phillies most time, 402.
Cubs Bow to Giants.
The Chicagos held margins of
victory over every opponent ex-
cept their bitter rivals, the
Giants, New York's advantage be-
ing games. The Cubs beat Bos-
ton ACT times, the most one club
beat another. This happened be-
cause Chicago and Boston. both
charter members of the Heydler
organization, have opposed one
another continuously since 1876.
The Pirates, although bowling to
both the Giants and Cubs, are on
the winning side in their series
with the Philies, Reds, Braves.
The Phillies took defeat from
the Giants, Cubs and Pirates, but
hold the advantage over the Reds.
Braves, Dodgers and Cardinals.
The Dodgers can boast of one
success only, that over the Cardi-
mails, for Squire Ebbet's Flatbush
crew took the losers end from
the others.
feat from every opponent over
period extending through thirty
four seasons.
While four Of the present con-
tenders in the National league
were represented by clubs in the
first year 1876, only two, Chicago
and Boston, We're represented each
year in the National league. Gin
cinnati and st. Louis, like the
Chicagos and Bostons, were also
charter members, but dropped
from the leagues membership.
Cincinnati, after playing in the
league continuously the first five
years, quit after 1880, not reJoin-
ing until 1890.
st. Louis Drops Out.
st. Louis had teams in the Ma
llOldl ledBue llelu during uHe llfSt
two years, dropping out until
1885, when they again held forth
for two seasons, not rejoining the
league until 1892, since which
time the cities continued in the
fold.
The Pittsburgh Pirates, third
placers in the National league life
time won and lost standing, owe
the high rating they enjoy to
their marvellous success over the
st. Louis club. In the thirty years
these clubs opposed one another,
the Pirates won 372 and lost 1872
games to the Cardinals, for a per-
centage of $50, Pittsburgh win
ming almost two out OF every
three games played.
x The count on the annual series