Spalding's base ball guide, and official league book for ..: a complete hand book of the national game of base ball .. . theJuly campaign Waddell pitched no less than nine ofthe fifteen games the Athletics won that month, and sus-tained but one defeat. In fact, the unexpected strengthin box work which the Athletic team developed thatmonth, combined with the marked improvement shown intheir team work at the bat by the players generally, wassuch as to place Athletic stock in the ascendant in themarket from that month on. July proved to be a bad month for Chicago, as they lostno less than sevente
Spalding's base ball guide, and official league book for ..: a complete hand book of the national game of base ball .. . theJuly campaign Waddell pitched no less than nine ofthe fifteen games the Athletics won that month, and sus-tained but one defeat. In fact, the unexpected strengthin box work which the Athletic team developed thatmonth, combined with the marked improvement shown intheir team work at the bat by the players generally, wassuch as to place Athletic stock in the ascendant in themarket from that month on. July proved to be a bad month for Chicago, as they lostno less than seventeen games out of the twenty-eight theywon and lost in July. It was in July, too, that the pen-nant race record began to show exceptional figures, as onJuly 31, while Chicago stood in the van with the percent-age figures of .557 to their credit, Boston was second , the Athletics third with .552, and St. Louis fourth , showing a difference in percentage points betweenthe leader and the club fourth in t4ie race of but 13 points,a most exceptional record. Here is the months record ofthe July campaign: If. SPALDINGS OFFICIAL BASE BALL GUIDE. THE JULY CAMPAIGN Won. Lost. I Clubs. Won. Athletic 15 8 .652 Cleveland 14 St. Louis 15 11 .577 Baltimore 11 Boston 14 12 .538 Chicago 11 Washington 13 12 .520 I Detroit 9 The pennant race record for July showed the Baltimore,Cleveland and Detroit clubs still fixtures as the three tail-enders, with Washington leading the second division clubsas follows: THE PENNANT RACE RECORD ON JULY 31. Lost. 13 .519 13 .458 17 .393 16 .360 First Division. Won. Chicago 44 Boston 46 Athletic 42 St. Louis 43 Lost. 35 .587 37 .554 34 .552 36 .544 Second Divon. .... 40 Baltimore 37 Cleveland 37 Detroit 32 Lost. 42 .488 45 .451 47 .440 45 .416 The difference in percentage points between the leaderand tail-ender at the end of the July campaign was 141points, thus showing a marked improvement over June i
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