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Show Most Championships Won by Teams From the East When It comes to winning pennants, the eastern major league cities have a decided advantage over their distant neighbors on the western swings of the two circuits. In the National league, Boston has won 13 flags and New York has won 12. Chicago has taken 11, Brooklyn 5. Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 2, and Cincinnati 1. St. Louis has yet to place in the pennant column. The old Baltimore club won three times, while Providence landed In the first place twice and Detroit once. But those championships hark back so far that most fans have forgotten them. Honors In the American league are more evenly divided. Philadelphia and Boston lead with six flags each ; Chl-cngo Chl-cngo Is third with five; Detroit and New York have taken three each, and Washington and Cleveland havr finished first once. |