Spalding's base ball guide, and official league book for ..: a complete hand book of the national game of base ball .. . a great impetus to the public interest taken in theexceptional race for the pennant, and, of course, placed theNational Leagues pennant race under a cloud in compari-son, so one-sided was the latter race from start to to September the Athletics had won six games from theBostons and had lost seven, and the former were onlynine points ahead of the Bostons in the pennant racerecord on August 31. There was only one games differ-ence, too, in the records of the Athletic
Spalding's base ball guide, and official league book for ..: a complete hand book of the national game of base ball .. . a great impetus to the public interest taken in theexceptional race for the pennant, and, of course, placed theNational Leagues pennant race under a cloud in compari-son, so one-sided was the latter race from start to to September the Athletics had won six games from theBostons and had lost seven, and the former were onlynine points ahead of the Bostons in the pennant racerecord on August 31. There was only one games differ-ence, too, in the records of the Athletic and St. Louisteams up to the same date, and that was in favor of theAthletics. So it will be seen that every game between thesethree clubs, not to mention those left to be played by thetrio with Chicago, became very important contests. As thegames progressed it was seen that the Western teams lostground in their contest with the eastern leaders afterLabor Day; the Athletics winning from the Detroits, whilethe Bostons got the best of the Chicagos. But wherethe Athletics practically clinched the pennant was in liav-. SPALDINGS OFFICIAL BASE BALL GUIDE. 107 ing the demoralized Baltimores as opponents at a criticalperiod of the race, they winning six straight games fromthe Orioles from September lo to the 24th, besides which,they won six out of seven games with the Bostons inSeptember. The games which gave the Athletics the pen-nant for sure was the record game of the double headerplayed at Philadelphia on September 24 with the Balti-mores. and a noteworthy fact connected with Athleticclub history, was that which gave the Athletics the win-ning run by a wild pitch on September 24, just as a wildpitch had given the old Athletics a chance 29 years is the record of the September campaign: THE SEPTEMBER CAMPAIGN Won Athletic 20 St. Louis 19 Cleveland 14 Chicago 14 It will be seen how finely the Athletics played in Sep-tember, they winning no less than twenty
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