Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-09-02 | Page 8 | Ottumwa is First in Central League

OTTUMWA IS FIRST IN CENTRAL LEAGUE RUHLINGTOX. fa.. Sept. l.-Otiu:nwa won today the pennant In the Central nsfoclatlon. after a close and exciting finish. Muscatine being second h a narrow nar-row margin, it wa.s possible for Muscatine Musca-tine to win the pennant if Ottumwa lost both sanies today. Ottumwa won both. Had Keokuk won both games from Monmouth. Mon-mouth. It would have taken third plstn. Kcwaneo would havn held fifth position by winning ono gamo from Burlington. MuscaUne lost both of hor games, allowing allow-ing Ottumwa tho pennant. Monmouth anu rvcunuii mjiiu en. mo lormer Homing Hom-ing third position, ami Buriington won both games from Kewanoo and slipped up Into fifth place. The final standing: Club. ' won. , Lost. Ottumwa 72 ,". Muscatine eft 51 Monmouth ...... ,..G H2' Keokuk (52 f.3 Rurllngton r,3 fio Kewaniio ........ sji i.r, Cedar Rapids no fi," Waterloo 3 71