. The Chicago amateur base ball annual and inter-city base ball association year book. core-keepers, is therecord of the Young Mens Bible Class Base Ball League, thelargest organization of its kind ever attempted—and it is morethan an attempt, as the league has passed through two success-ful seasons, each time doubling its membership and running offits schedule in highly creditable form. Last year the league played a schedule with twenty-four ninesentered, being divided into four divisions of six clubs divisions, with the clubs entered, were as follows :Northwest Division—Werner Cla
. The Chicago amateur base ball annual and inter-city base ball association year book. core-keepers, is therecord of the Young Mens Bible Class Base Ball League, thelargest organization of its kind ever attempted—and it is morethan an attempt, as the league has passed through two success-ful seasons, each time doubling its membership and running offits schedule in highly creditable form. Last year the league played a schedule with twenty-four ninesentered, being divided into four divisions of six clubs divisions, with the clubs entered, were as follows :Northwest Division—Werner Class (Grace Congregational) —St. Johns Episcopal, Emanuel M. E., Fifth United Presby-terian, Church of the Epiphany, Maplewood Division—Gross Park Congregational. Ravenswood M. , Belden Avenue Presbyterian, Haynes Class(Belden Avenue Baptist), Grace M. E., Emanuel Division—Q. B. Class (Austin Baptist), S. P. L Class(Austin M. E.), Tabernacle Baptist, Jackson BoulevardChristian, Cuyler Avenue M. E., Campbell Park Presby-terian,. ROY O. GILBERT, President Austin Division, Bible Class League. A. R. LOWE, President Pullman Division, Bible Class League. Spaldings Chicago Amateur Base Ball Annual. 83 South Division—Englewood Christian, West Pullman Congrega-tional, University Congregational, Englewood Baptist, Oak-land M. E,, Woodlav/n Park M. season of ten weeks, allowing every club in each divisiorto meet each other twice, was arranged, and the four cham-pionships resulted in the Jaxons winning in the West Division,the Church of the Epiphany winning on the Northwest Side,Haynes Class getting the honors on the North, and the OaklawnM. E. team carrying off the South Division honors. In the play-off, which attracted big crowds at every game, each club playedthe others two games, the Jaxons losing but one game of theseries and winning the pennant of the whole league. The former year saw the Haynes Class returned winners inth
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