. The Chicago amateur base ball annual and inter-city base ball association year book. e games of this league thanany other in the city, drawn there by the high-class ball playedby the teams. Drawn from athletic clubs entirely, all of which are locatedon the South Side, the league has had some of the best materialin the city to draw from, players being obtained with little effort,attracted to the league as they were by the high standard ofplay. 1 he league shares with one other local association the dis-tinction of being the only leagues not formed from businesshouses, church or secret society
. The Chicago amateur base ball annual and inter-city base ball association year book. e games of this league thanany other in the city, drawn there by the high-class ball playedby the teams. Drawn from athletic clubs entirely, all of which are locatedon the South Side, the league has had some of the best materialin the city to draw from, players being obtained with little effort,attracted to the league as they were by the high standard ofplay. 1 he league shares with one other local association the dis-tinction of being the only leagues not formed from businesshouses, church or secret society organizations, its patronagebeing dependent entirely from the athletic portion of the has secured for the league some of the highest classpitchers and players in the city, many of whom are competentto hold up their end in the fast company of the major and minorleagues. The league plays on Saturday afternoons, the majority of itscontests being played in Washington Park. All of its teams areuniformed and the officers in -charge of the league are highlycompetent EDW. W. ANDERSON. Secretary Railway Freight Clerks League, W. S. REEVES. President Railroad Freight Clerks League. Spaldings Chicago Amateur Base Ball Annual 119 Railway Freight Clerks League Organized —President, Walter S. Reeves; Vice-President, J. Williams; Treasurer, M. F. ONeill; Secretary, Edward W. and Managers—Illinois Centrals, M. E. ONeill; Santa Fe, E. W. Anderson;Rock Islands, William Tibbits; Monon Route, H. E. La Plant; Chicago, Mil-waukee & St. Paul, Benj. Pinney, Jr.; Baltimore & Ohio, J. OF THE 1904 PENNANT RACE. W. L. Northwesterns 15 5 .750 Illinois Centrals 14 6 .700 Michigan Centrals 11 9 .550 Grand Trunk 11 9 .550 Rock Islands 5 15 .250 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 2 18 .100 Modeled upon the lines of other similar organizations through-out the country, the Railway Freight Clerks League of Chicago,otherwise known as the Railroad
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