. The Chicago amateur base ball annual and inter-city base ball association year book. rg; Chicago, Rock Island & PacificRailway, F. S. Matthews; Kelley, Maus & Co., C. E. Bauer. Staff of Umpires—Harry Cross, J. LaThomas, J. Lynch. T. F. White, JamesBarry and L. McGlennan. The IMercantile Base BallLeague last year had one ofthe most successful seasons ofany of the local leagues, playingevery game without a postpone-ment or a forfeiture; the , managed by John Con-nelly, winning the pennantright in the closing gamesafter both the WashingtonShirts and the Butler Bros, haddisputed their ro
. The Chicago amateur base ball annual and inter-city base ball association year book. rg; Chicago, Rock Island & PacificRailway, F. S. Matthews; Kelley, Maus & Co., C. E. Bauer. Staff of Umpires—Harry Cross, J. LaThomas, J. Lynch. T. F. White, JamesBarry and L. McGlennan. The IMercantile Base BallLeague last year had one ofthe most successful seasons ofany of the local leagues, playingevery game without a postpone-ment or a forfeiture; the , managed by John Con-nelly, winning the pennantright in the closing gamesafter both the WashingtonShirts and the Butler Bros, haddisputed their road to the closing game on August 28determined the pennant winner,the Wolffs meeting the ButlerBros., in which a victory forthe Butlers would have tiedthree teams for the champion-ship, the Wolffs, Butlers andWashington Shirts. TheWolffs won in sensationalstyle, forcing the Butlers tothird, while Melvilles Wash-ington Shirts took secondhonors. The standing at the finish ofthe 1904 pennant race was as JUDGE WILLIS MELVILLE, tollOWS : President Mercantile I^ 64 S paid ill !:,s Chicago Amateur Base Ball Annual. FINISH OF THE 1904 PENNANT RACE. W. L. L. Wolff Mfg. Co 12 2 .857 Washington Shirt Co 11 3 .786 Butler Bros 16 4 .714 International Harvesters 9 5 .643 Finley Barrel! & Co 5 9 .357 Rock Islands 5 9 .357 Sanitary District of Chicago 4 9 .286 J. W. Sef ton & Co 0 14 .000 A larger percentage of last years clubs remain in this leaguethan is usually the case in the general leagues, four of last yearsclubs renewing the argument fought out so keenly last are the three leading teams of last season, the Wolffs,Washington Shirts and Butler Bros., together with the Rock-Islands, which put up a highly creditable game last year but hadhard luck. The new teams include the Chicago and Northwesterns, whohave been represented in other local leagues wi.*h good successin past years, the Kelley-Maus team, which ran fourth in theWholesale Druggists League, a
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