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Show MM BATTLE M BASEBALL TITLE Twenty-fifth World's Serieo Is Scheduled to Start Next Saturday. NEW YORK, Sept. 30. Tho twenty-fifth twenty-fifth struggle for world's scries baseball base-ball honors the twelfth under the control of the national baseball commis- , sion will bring together two eastern vlus. as has been the case each year since IJ11. With Boston, winners of the American Amer-ican league pennant, ami Hrooklyn or Pliiln'leliiiia the victors in the National leasue ra.-e as contenders, the ha Hies for the premier honors of the rrofe.--eional diamond will revive memories nf similar I contests in which these clubs have figured fig-ured in :he past. 1 Vhe Uo.-ton Americans, since their on- ! try imo tlio .iunlor league in H'i'1, liave won the pennant fovir limes, not hicludin the present reason, and have cornpeted for the worl-Vs title three times. In 1S03 (he team i;ip(i:rn! its first, pennant and then defeated the Pittshu: Nationals in an eiht-u;.-! me series by five frames lo three. The following year tlie-clul) repealed re-pealed its league victory, but The New York club, winner of the National league , pennant, would not permit its players to contend for the world's championship, which action eventually led to the national na-tional ccnuniyf.ion taking charge of the world's series. In and 19U the Bos ton Americans a sain won (ho risht to plav in the series, and defeated the New York Nationals and the Philadelphia Nationals, Na-tionals, respectively, bv scores, of four to t hree. with one tie contest, and four game3 to one. Three Flags for Robins. Although Brooklyn har, figured in major league baseball for twenty -six years, as acalnst Eoton'p fifteen, the Superbas have won but three pennants and have never played in a world's series under the modern meaning of that term. Brooklyn entered the National lenprue in 1S00 and signaled its debut by slralghtwav capturing cap-turing the fla. At the end of the season sea-son the team met the Louisville club, champions of the American association in the world s series of those days, and the j contest ended in a seven-game tie. each club winning three panies. with another tied, when darkness put an end to the play. In and 1900 Brooklyn was the Na tional league champion, but. as the Temple cup series had been abandoned and the present Feries not yet established, the Superbas were unable - to find opponents op-ponents for a titular combat, Philadelphia Philadel-phia won the National league pennant last year for the first time in thirty-three years. At the present time I he. record shows that the Junior league clubs have won six out of the eleven series played since the national commission assumed control con-trol of the baseball classic. The score stands as follows: American league, Philadelphia Athletics, 3; Boston Red Sox, 2; Chicago White Sox, 1: National lea true. Chieaeo Cubs. 2; New York Giants, Boston Bos-ton Braves and Pittsburg, 1 each. Former World's Series. The results of the world's series since the first contest between the Providence National league winners and the Metropolitan Metro-politan eluliipf the American association in are nown in the appended tabu- Year. Winners. , Games won. losers. (James won. 1SS4 Providence (J-V L.) 3 Metropolitan (A. A.) 0 1SS". Oh" i.i iN. L.) 3 St. Louis (A. A.) 3 one tie some l.sSfi St. J.ouls (A. A.) 4 Chicaso iX. 2 1 SS7 Detroit (N. L.) 10 SI. I.ouis A. A.) 4 1SS New York N. L.) 10 St. I.ouis t A. A.) 4 JSSDNew York (N. U) 6 Brooklyn (A. A.) 3 ISfil Louisviiie (A. A.) 3 Brooklyn (N. L.) ......... 3 one tie game 1 S si 2 Boston (A. A.) 5 Cleveland (X. I..) " 1SH4-New Ycrk (A. A.) 4 Baltimore IX. I..) 0 I SOS C!evl,ind (A. A.I 4 Fallimore (X. 1..) 1 lSi'fi Baltimore (A. A.) 4 Cleveland (X. U) 1 1 s:7 Baltimore (A. A.) 4 Boston (X. L.) 1 1903 Roston (A. I..) S PillsbuiK iN. L.) 3 190.', New York tX. L.) 4 Philadelphia. (A. I..) 1 Iflfit; Chi.-ayo (A. U) 4 Chionso (X. f,. 10(17 fhloHKO (N 1..) 4 llelroil (A. I..) 1 one tie Kama IMS Chicago (N. L.) 4 Detroit (A. L.) 1 11HI3 PltlslDiirs IN. L.) 4 Pet roll (A. L.) 3 11)10 Philadelphia (A. L.) 4 Chicago (X. L.) 1 1911 Philadelphia (A. L.) 4 Xew York (X. ,. 2 ISi? Boston i A. L,.) 4 New York (N. 1..) 3 one tie nme 11113 Philadelphia (A. L.) 4 New York N. I..) 1 1914 Boston IN. L.) 4 Philadelphia I A. I..) 0 1515 Poslon (A. I.O 4 Philadelphia (X. L.) 1 |