Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-09-01 | Page 16 | Junior League Has Eight Champs but Scores and Games Are Close

JUNIOR LEAGUE HAS EIGHT CHAMPS AGAINST FIVE NATIONALS BUT SCORES AND GAMES ARE CLOSE New ew York Aug 81 Regardless of ot tho the outcome of ot the coming world series aeries tho the lead In recent years cars by the tho American league teams Is sufficient to hold tho the National league in check though the senior Benlor league standard- standard bearers wore were to capture the baseball classic In tho the easiest possible fashion The clash of or 1918 will bo be the fourteenth under tinder tho the auspices of ot tho the national commission commission com cam mission and of ot the thirteen series which are aro no part of diamond history tho the American league clubs have havo won eight while five ha have havo been the portion of the tho National The last victory b by a n. National league team was the record 1 performance or of ot I the Boston players in 1914 when the Braves Draves swept tho the Philadelphia Athletics before them then In four straight games I which caused tho the eventual disruption of ot the famous park baseball machine machine ma ma- chine previous to that Ume lime tho record record rec rec- ord for tor the shortest series was held by bythe bythe bythe the Chicago Nationals of ot 1907 1007 In that your year tho the team led by b Frank Chance defeated the tho Detroit Americans four games to none but the tho series required five contests as tho the opening game re resulted resulted re- re suited In a 3 to 3 tie But Dut one other series developed a a. tie tieR R Record cord of Pact t Year Winning Club Q G. R. R 1806 New 1905 New V e York Nationals National 4 15 1906 1906 Chicago Chicago Americans 4 2 22 1907 Chicago Chicago Nationals 4 19 1908 Chicago 1908 Chicago Nationals 4 4 2 24 21 I 1909 Pittsburgh 09 Nationals 4 3 34 1910 1910 Philadelphia Philadelphia Americans 4 4 35 1911 lOll 1911 Americans 4 4 27 1912 Boston Doston Boston Americans 4 25 1913 1913 Philadelphia Philadelphia Americans 4 4 22 1914 Boston 1914 Boston Nationals 4 4 16 1915 InS InS-Doston Boston Americans 4 4 1 12 2 1916 Boston InS Boston American Americana 4 21 l 1917 Chicago 1917 Chicago Americans 4 21 Tie Tle game Record series n i 1 American League Lengu National League Total Series Serle Total c 13 72 Including two tie games gamel t game gamo This occurred In the meeting of tho the Now York Nationals and the Boston Doston Americana Americans in tho the memorable conflict of 1912 This Thle series which holds the record for tor number of games attendance and ond gate receipts went vent full tull till eight contests before the Boston BORton Red lIed Sox emerged victors More th than n fans attended the games and the Sate gate receipts were vere a trifle more moro than Each player on tho the winning team received tho losing Giants found a balm for tor their defeat in the tho fact tact that their end amounted to 2566 per man Although the American ague teague teams hold a safe margin In series won ivon won the tho tot total l in games and runs Is far tar closer Of Ot the tho two seventy games pla played ed In Inthe Inthe the tho thirteen series to date the Junior league team has haa won thirty seven ge en and the National league clubs three thirty while tw two ended in ties The lead In runs is almost as narrow for Cor tho the AmerIcan American Amer Arner- ican league teams have amassed a a. to total total total to- to tal of In iii the two seventy-two games to tho the Nationals Nationals' 3 Tho rho following table shows the result of ot each ench series since 1905 when the national national na na- commission assumed charge of ot the season post play pia giving the games won and runs made b by the winning and losing teams orld Series Scrim Losing Club G. G R. R Philadelphia Americans 1 1 3 Chicago Nationals 2 18 IS Detroit Americans Americana 0 0 C G GD D Detroit troit Americans 1 1 15 Detroit Americans 3 3 23 8 3 Chicago Nationals 1 1 Hi 16 HiNe Ne New York Nationals 2 13 New York Nationals 3 3 31 New York Nationals 1 1 I 1 13 15 Philadelphia Americans 0 0 C G Nationals 1 1 10 0 Brooklyn Nationals 1 1 12 New ew York Nationals 2 2 17 iii a I 0 ii w SW SL Sr GW G GT GU RS nS OR 8 5 6 37 33 2 24 21 4 23 C G S S. S 33 27 37 24 I ci Total Runs nuns