. The Chicago amateur base ball annual and inter-city base ball association year book. eam representing R. P. Smith& Sons proved so far superior to the rest of the league teams thatat the beginning of this year they went into the big CommercialLeague. Without the Smiths the league did not make any effortto continue. At the close of play last year the standing of the teams wasas follows: FINISH OF 1904 PENNANT RACE. W. L. R. P. Smith & Sons Co 7 2 .777 Smith Wallace Shoe Co 5 4 .555 Selz, Schwab & Co 5 4 .555 Guthman, Carpenter & Telling 1 8 .111 Christian Church League Organized 1904. The
. The Chicago amateur base ball annual and inter-city base ball association year book. eam representing R. P. Smith& Sons proved so far superior to the rest of the league teams thatat the beginning of this year they went into the big CommercialLeague. Without the Smiths the league did not make any effortto continue. At the close of play last year the standing of the teams wasas follows: FINISH OF 1904 PENNANT RACE. W. L. R. P. Smith & Sons Co 7 2 .777 Smith Wallace Shoe Co 5 4 .555 Selz, Schwab & Co 5 4 .555 Guthman, Carpenter & Telling 1 8 .111 Christian Church League Organized 1904. The Christian Church League failed to reorganize at theopening of 1905, several of its strongest teams going into themonster Bible Class League, which draws its teams from everydenomination. The finish of the 1904 race gave the champion-ship to the Bush Temple team. The standing at the close of the 1904 pennant race was asfollows: W. L. Bush Temple 11 3 .786 Austin 10 4 .714 Monroe Street 10 5 .667 Hyde Park 8 7 .536 Metropolitan 4 10 .286 Evanston 1 13 .071 m^fi4. Spaldings Chicago Amateur Base Ball Annual. 149 Wholesale Druddists League Organized 1904. The Wholesale Druggists League was formed in the springof 1904 by several enthusiasts in that line, being encouragedby some of the heads of the business houses in that line whohad organized a similar league some years previously. Thereproved not enough base ball talent in the line to get the re-quired six clubs and some teams from outside lines of busi-ness were admitted, among them the Illinois Glass Companyteam, which carried off the pennant in fairly easy fashion, losingbut one game during the year. No effort was made to get theleague together in 1905, as several of the stronger teams joinedother leagues. At the close of the 1904 pennant race the standing of theteams was as follows: FINISH OF 1904 PENNANT RACE. W. L. Illinois Glass Co 12 1 .923 Morrison-Plummer 10 3 .769 Fuller & Fuller 7 6 .538 Kelley, Maus & Co 6 7
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