Show I SPORTS V WHITE SOX LOST PENNANT P IN THEIR LAST GAME GAMER It R always the tho team that gets the tl aks in luck l cl that wins Ins the tho non nant I IBy By J breaks In this instance c is meant the team that wins vins games by tho the least lesL lc st possible margin one run rim A team that I I wins a big bunch of games by b ono one run un is surely having the breaks During tho the past season In iii the Am American Amerlean erlean league exactly games were won by b the tho narrow margin of ot o ono run runan runan an m exceptionally large number The Chicago White Sox evidently had hal the most breaks at least they won the th largest number of close score games Still they did not win the pennant However they made a gallant fight lor 01 tho the flag nag and wore were nosed out until the final game of the year ar which De Do Detroit trolL troit won with ease case Tho The White Sox won of tho Olo margin games The Naps were vere ere second with thirty such victor Ictor victories leg ies and boys also made a bid for the flag finishIng only game b mo behind the winning Detroit team It was the tho Tigers however who upset the dope Being pennant win vIn winners ners nors everybody naturally claimed they the had the breaks They may have ho had the tho best of It in other branches but surely they thO did not compare with sith the White Sox Sex and Naps aps In annexing by the small margin of oC ono one run Detroit won of oC the tho close games being third in this re ie respect respect but hut it made male up for or its Ils cy in thIs line by clouting denting the ball bail hard In other games ames and winning by wide Itle margins St SL Louis was next in line with twentysix victories s which proves that the teams that win the close games are generally up in the therace therace therace race The four western teams had It Iton Iton iton on their eastern castern rivals In winning I I games sames by one run and all II finished In Inthe Inthe Inthe the first division I Philadelphia won Now I York Washington twentythree and Boston The lied fled Sox however managed to finish In fifth place while the Athletics Na Nationals Nationals and Highlanders followed in I order named Of tho the games sames decided by b byone ono one inn run of or them ran into extra Innings There were eighteen Jling aing gambs games fourteen lasting eleven innings seven seyen t contests three of thirteen Innings one of four Cour fourteen Courteen fourteen teen innings and two lasting for sixteen six sixteen sixteen teen rounds Of or the extra inning games Chicago again led with wilh nine victories by one run lun and three defeats Boston fol followed lowed with four COUl and two tso Then comes Cleveland with nine and anti six Detroit with six and four St Louis L with six and six New Now York with three and five fie Philadelphia with live and aud twelve and Washington with three and seven Of tho the ten Inning games gaines Chicago won wor five fic and lost one Boston won I one oneS Detroit and SL Louis each won i and lost three throe Cleveland won two and lost three Philadelphia three and five Ove and Washington one and three SL SU Louis Lotus won three and lost ono one games by b ono one run De Do Detroit troit Chicago and Boston each cach won two and lost one Philadelphia won one and lost one Cleveland won two and lost three Washington and nd New NewYork NewYork York each won one and arid lost three Cleveland Cleoland had the call In ning game ganie by one run copping three and losing none Detroit won Its only on I game New York won two and lost one Philadelphia won one and lost four Cour Chicago and StLouis St StLouis Louis each lost one Cleveland Chicago and Boston were I the winners of oC games by ono one run and Boston Philadelphia and Washington the losers Cleve Clove Cleveland land won the only game by one age run from Now York Chi Chicago cage cago and Washington won Wall by the six games game from Crom Philadelphia and St Louis Forty 1 to 0 games gamos were played four foul running to ten innings two to eleven cloven and one oneto to twelve There were scores of 2 to 1 eight being eleven clem innings ono one twelve two thirteen and one six sixteen sixteen sIxteen teen The Tho 3 to 2 games numbered for or ort t jv three requiring ten Innings two eleven l cn one twelve twelver ono one thirteen and one fourteen games were cre decided by tho tim score of or 1 io to ii 6 5 two being affairs two eleven eleen and three twelve The I IIi G Ii i to 4 I finals numbered fifteen two of o 1 r which ero games and andI I ono one The 16 to 3 5 scores total totaled I ed Cd 11 fourteen ono one being a game gamo and another eleven oleen Only six games sames resulted In a n 7 1 to 6 C score ono one going to eleven innings and ending after twelve rounds Tho 8 S Sto to 7 score games numbered live all ending In the regulation nine rounds No games were decided by In one run I with a larger score than thun S to 7 |