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Show IIILD PENNANT IS HAD VU CAREER Ten States Have HacI Honor of Flying Championship Champion-ship Flag. NEW YORK, Oct 4. Twenty-one times have the pennant winners of the country fought for thoorld's championship champion-ship on the diamond. The world's series will pass its twenty-ninth twenty-ninth birthday, however, with the forthcoming forth-coming contest between the Giants and Athletics. It first came Into being in Now York in 18S4. when Providence, winner win-ner of the National leaguo pennant, played tho victorious Metropolitans New York's Btandard hearers of the old American association. There were lapses In 1S01, and 1893 and a .big gap from 1S9S to 1902, inclusive, and still anothor lapse In 1904 whon no games were played, but from 1884 to the present, oarrlng those Intermissions, the post-season fight for the zepex of the baBeboll world has been an established custom. The flag has flown In ten states during dur-ing this short generation. Once It strayed west of the Mississippi river and, breezed from a flagstaff in tho St Louis park of the American association. This was in 1886, twenty-seven years ago. It stayed there but one season, came back to Detroit and never since has crossed the Father of Waters. Flag Without a Home. A flag without a home. It has floated over eloven cities. Providence, Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit. New York, Louisville, Boston, Cleveland, Baltimore, Pittsburg and Philadelphia all havo sent forth, from timo to time, clubs that have fought victorious battles for the trophy. Ono hundred and thirty-four games have stamped those teams in various years premier baseball players of the world in no uncertain brand. Nearly threo-fourths threo-fourths of tho games have gone to the winners, although of recent years the contests havo boon closor than they were In the babyhood of the fight. Nlnety-sovcn of the 134 games have been won by the teams which captured tho flag. Thlrty-sevon have gone to the losers. Fifteen times a National leaguo club has won tho flog; once tho old American association captured It; five times It has floated over an American leaguo park. In fact, tho American league clubs havo 'been its keeper five times out of nine years in which tho American and National leaguo clubs have played for It. For the past threo years it has breezed over an Amorlcan league park. First winners of the world championship were tho Providonco team, which defeated New York threo Btralght games. Tho next year, 1885, the flag wont to Chicago, Chicago Chi-cago and St. Louis fought again for the championship in 1836 and this time St Louis triumphed. Detroit captured the flag In 1887. In 1SSS It came to New York for a two-year stay. Louisville got it in 1S00. Boston in 18.92 and New York again in 1894. In 1S95 Cleveland won it in a contest from Baltimore but the next year the pld Baltimore Orioles took It away from Cleveland to keep It for two years. The Boston Americana took it in 1903, first year of tho post-season fight between National and American league pennant winners. New York regained it In 1905. The Chicago Nationals and Americans fought for It in 190G and the White Sox won 1L In 1907 and 190S the Chicago Nationals Na-tionals won It easily from Detroit. Pittsburg Pitts-burg took her place on the championship map In 1909. tho Detroit team being defeated de-feated for tho third consecutive time in the world's series games. For two years thereafter the Philadelphia Athletics captured cap-tured it Last year it went to the Boston Bos-ton Americans. Six of tho elevon cities Providence, St Louis, Detroit. Louisville, Clevoland, and Pittsburg havo been world's champions but one season. Two, Baltimore and Philadelphia, Phil-adelphia, havo been champions twice, Baltimore Bal-timore in 1S96 and 1897 and Philadelphia In 1910 and 1911. Three times the flag h8s floated over a Boston park, in 1S92, 1903, and 1913. New York and Chicago havo each had it four times, the former In 1S8S, 1889, 1S94 and 1905; the latter In 1SS5, 190G, 1907 and 190S. Results to Date. The table which follows traces the flight of tho flag from season to season over tho country: Games Games Tear. Winner. Won. Lcion. Won. 188 Providence, KL.,. 3 MetropoHUm. A.A... 0 J65S Chicago, N'.L 3 SL Lou la, A. A. 3 1388 St. Louis. A.A.., i Chicago, K.U. 2 1887 Detroit. N.L 10 St. Louie, A. A 4 1SSS Now Torlc, KL....10 SL Louli, A.A....... A 1SS9 Korr York. H.L.,.. 6 Brooklyn, A.A.,..,.. 3 1SW Loulevllle, N.L... 3 Brooklyn, A.A....... 3 JS93 Boston, N.L E Clovelana, N.L. 0 1854 Now Tork, N.L.... 4 Baltimore. N.L. 0 1895 Clovolanfl. N.I... 4 Baltimore, N.L 1 1898 Baltimore, N.L.... 4 Cleveland. N.L. 0 1897 Baltimore, N.L.... 4 Boaton, N.L 1 1S03 Boston, A.L 5 Plttaburs. N.L 3 1905 Now York. N.L.... 4 Philadelphia. A.L.... 1 130S Chicago, A.U.... 4 Chlcogo. N.L. 2 1007 Chicago. N.L. 4 Detroit. A.L... 0 1908 Chicago. N.L 4 Detroit, A.L. 1 1909 Pittsburg:,, N.L..,. 4 Dotrojt. A.L. 3 1910 Phtla., A.L..; 4 Chicago. N.L 1 1911 Phlla., A.L 4 Now York, N.L..,.., 2 1912 Boston, A.L. , 4 Now York, N.L 3 No series 1891, 1893, 1898 to 1902, 1904. From 188-i to 1890, National league vs. American association. 1S94 to 1897, Temple Tem-ple cup series. |