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Show I CHICAGO NATIONALS DO BETTER PLAYING ON ROAD THAN ON HOME LOT I ' Cubs Lead Both Leagues in foreign Parks, Yanks Also Win Easy While Traveling i S . Phillies and Browns Have Terrible Luck on the f Road, Although Phillies Show Real Class at j Home; Browns Failure on Road ' Told in Chase for Pennant NATIONAL LEAGUE (Figure for September 1.) AT HOME ' ON ROAI) BKASOS Club Won Lost Vet Won Lout I'ct Won Lost Pet. New York 5 IS .MO 5 M .SS 7 4 .) St. Louie J .M- . 27' 12 .51 B .6 Chicago 34 30 .611 31 22 .MS il 13 .H Plttaburft- ... , 35 2D J6 27 J .(1 2" (3 Cincinnati 37 33 .1T 27 33 .4S S4 65 .SS llrhlyii i ,l II 14 .411 U H itl Philadelphia 23 27 .40 17 42 ,2H 41) .347 Boaton 2 .884 ' 18 4f .211 37 7S .330 AMERICAN LEAGUE AT HO MR . ON ROAD SEASON C.uh Won Lost ret. Won Lost Pet. Won Lost Pet. Nw York J JJ 32 25 .Bt 70 49 .593 Bt. Ixrjle 3 14 .704 33 S3 .403 70 49 .(89 Detroit 3 24 .593 30 81 .493 5 K5 .543 Cleveland 3t 2 .ft 44 31 33 ' .4H4 1 69 .fill Chicago 30 25 .641 2S 35 .444 ftS AO .498 Washington 31 83 .oUQ 23 80 .4-1 65 3 M9 Philadelphia. , 29 80 .492 19 37 .839 4ft 7 ' .417 Boston 2 9 1 3 .34ft 45 73 .386 TIE Chicago Cub were the best road team in big league circles 1 this year. They hold down third place in the National race solely because of what they did on foreign fields. If Bill Killefer'a men played as well at home as they do on the road they'd ba In second place, or mighty ear It. They'ra tha only outfit la either major league to do better on the road than at noma. And only five of the other fifteen major leagrue teams have donebetter at home . than Uio Cube have done on the road. ' In i year of rather poor road teams the Cuba feat of winning; nine more games than they have lost, on foreign dia- jnondi etande out aa a remarkable achievement. The best home team In the majors were the Hrowna of Ht. Louis, contendere for the American league pennant chiefly beeaitae they have won twenty-two more games at home than they've loot. On . tha mad they've not quite broken even Tl botn "Iheyvs been mighty hard to team and also the poorest home team In either league. The 1'hllllea are only a shade belter than the Hravee on the road, with the Athletic topping- them by a Sinn 1 1 margin. Were the National league rluba to stand for tha acaenn on what they have done at home. Nfw York would be In the lead, with t inclnnatl second, Ht. Ixiuis third, I'lttsburr fourth, Brooklyn fifth. Chicago sixth, lliJladelphU aeventh and Boston eighth. CHICAGO WOULD LEAD. If tuey ranked according to their road records Chicago would lead," with New York. St. Loula. Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Brooklyn. Philadelphia and Boston following fol-lowing in the order named. In the American league St. Louis would lead on Us work at home, followed . hv v Vnrtc Ilotrolt Chlcaco. Cleve- land, Washington, Philadelphia and Boeton, Boe-ton, whtle on the road percentages the landing would be: New York, St. Juts, j iMtrolt, Cleveland. Chicago, Boston, V Billing ton and Phfladelph:. Uek. HONS PBRCINTAOB .704. Lee Kohl's team had a home percentage of ,704. Next came the Hants with a home percentage of .MO. followed by the ' Tankeea with .421, and the Keda with .(17. No other team haa won more than t .too per cent of Its home games. Just five have won more than .R00 per rent of their road gmmea. They are the ..Cuba, with a .bfto percentage; the Glanta with a mark of .654 away from home; the , Cardinals, who have played S51 ball on foreign dlamonda, and the Plratea, who nave won a 3lt rating away from home. HfALTMV WINNING STACAK. Cleveland, Pltteburr. petrolt and tha Tankeea each have put over a healthy I t winning streak on the road, but have, . played so so Ineffectively away from home at other times aa not to have earned a I m niche In the hall of fame set aside for ' great road teame. I Boston s Braves were the poorest road |