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Show i . BASEBALL. It is doab'ful whether polities or baseball excites more iouterest among heihhy Americana. Ameri-cana. The closing ot the bssebsll sesson, it the contest is close, erestss almost ss much furore amoD? the multitudinous lovers of the fsme as the Presidentisl election srouses among the sedste patriots. When fifteen or twenty thousand earnest eitiiens assemble to witness a baseball game not an uncommon occurrence there ia no mistaking the popularity popu-larity of the sport. This year, to the great chagrin of other interested cities, Chicago is so unkind as to carry off tha pennant in both of tha great leagues, Thia ia an unprece-dedentea unprece-dedentea event and the Western metropolis baa good cause for being puffed up with its baseball glory. Philadelphia Ledger. |