Spalding's base ball guide, and official league book for ..: a complete hand book of the national game of base ball .. . decisions of the umpire indulged in both byCaptain ColHns and Captain McGraw, the latter being putout of the game as the outcome. The final result of thecontest was the success of the Boston team by a score of7 to 6 in runs, 12 to 10 in base hits, 7 to i in fielding errors,and I to 4 in batting errors, the pitchers being Young andHughes. What may be called the regular beginning ofthe campaign did not take place until April 23, on whichdate the champion Chicagos defeated the
Spalding's base ball guide, and official league book for ..: a complete hand book of the national game of base ball .. . decisions of the umpire indulged in both byCaptain ColHns and Captain McGraw, the latter being putout of the game as the outcome. The final result of thecontest was the success of the Boston team by a score of7 to 6 in runs, 12 to 10 in base hits, 7 to i in fielding errors,and I to 4 in batting errors, the pitchers being Young andHughes. What may be called the regular beginning ofthe campaign did not take place until April 23, on whichdate the champion Chicagos defeated the Detroit team atChicago by 12 to 2: St. Louis taking the visiting Cleve-lands into camp at St. Louis by 5 to 3; while the Bostonteam suffered an unexpected defeat at Washington by 7 to3 and the Athletics gave Baltimore a Baltimoreby a score of 8 to i. This left five of the eight clubs tiedin the race, while three of them did not win a game, theBaltimores standing in the last ditch with two defeatscharged to them. At the close of the first week of thecampaign Washington stood in the van, with the percent-. Clubs. Won. Lost. Chicago 4 2 .667 Detroit 3 2 .600 Washington 4 3 .571 Athletic 3 3 .500 SPALDINGS OFFICIAL BASE BALL GUIDE. 95 age of .750; St. Louis, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit andBaltimore being tied at .500 each; Boston stood seventh , and the Athletics were in the last ditch with .2S2- THE APRIL CAMPAIGN RECORD. Clubs. Won. Lost. Baltimore 3 3 .500 St. Louis 3 4 .429 Boston 3 4 .429 Cleveland 3 5 .375 Difference in percentage points between the leader and tail-ender,-292 points. The above table was also that of the pennant race recordfor April, by which it will be seen that the Chicago cham-pions had regained the lead, with Detroit a good second, theWashington team being third, and the Athletics and Balti-mores tied for fourth place; with St. Louis and Bostonequal for fifth position, and Cleveland as the tail-ender. rr The opening month in the
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