Spalding's base ball guide, and official league book for ..: a complete hand book of the national game of base ball .. . be a mutual statement made of thedifficulty. The secretary must forward the statements to the first arbi-trator, who endorses his opinion and sends the papers to the secondarbitrator, who, doing liljewise, sends them to the third, who, withsimilar action, sends them to the secretary. The majority decision issent to the contesting clubs, and there is no appeal. All this is a chapter of League history not seen in printsince 1876. This chapter of professional base ball history,
Spalding's base ball guide, and official league book for ..: a complete hand book of the national game of base ball .. . be a mutual statement made of thedifficulty. The secretary must forward the statements to the first arbi-trator, who endorses his opinion and sends the papers to the secondarbitrator, who, doing liljewise, sends them to the third, who, withsimilar action, sends them to the secretary. The majority decision issent to the contesting clubs, and there is no appeal. All this is a chapter of League history not seen in printsince 1876. This chapter of professional base ball history, covering,as it does, over a period of thirty years, presents a series ofinteresting facts showing the great growth of the profes-sional branch of the fraternity in popular favor; a resultdue to the good work done during a quarter of a centuryby the National League in preserving the professionalbusiness from the evils which assailed it in the earlyperiod of its existence and by their adherence to their oldrule of keeping up the reputation of professional base ballas the most honestly conducted field sport in SPALDINGS OFFICIAL BASE BALL GUIDE. 71 ^ THE NATIONAL LEAGUECAMPAIGN OF 1902 ^ The story of the championship campaign of eachleague in the professional arena is best told in connectionwith the games and pennant race records of each monthin the season frbm April to October; and this we proceedto give in each chapter of the seasons pennant races for1902, beginning with that of the National League. The first championshipThe April Campaign campaign of the National *^ K e> League smce the closmg of the ten-years compact,which began in 1892, was run under the regime of the newgovernment of the league which went into practical op-eration in 1902. It was commenced on April 17, at Brooklynand New York in the east, and at St. Louis and Cincinnatiin the west, Brooklyn defeating Boston, and New York win-ning against Philadelphia in the eastern cities, while thePittsburg cham
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