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Show 1 . I phla and Chicago could not be ousted I ' from the bad, i6 now a thlug of the past, and Now York has the distlnc-i distlnc-i Hon of furnishing the runner up to the champions of each organization. In each case tho haltle was waged almost al-most to the closing day before the outcome wjw settled. The New p.rk Nationals clinched second place and passed out of tho j danger zone Thursday, when they de- I foaled Rrooklyn. Although they still ! have four game to play, th worst record they can make is 90 victories and C3 defeats, two full games better I than Pittsburg. Tho New York Americans were on day behind the Giants In clinching , their title to second place. Yostcr- ) day morning Detroit si 111 had a chance to nose them out, but with Dc-j Dc-j trolt s defeat yesterday, each team j has two games left to play. The best recotd now posslblo for Detroit ts 87 victories and 67 defeats, while tho worst finish the New Yorks can make Is S6 victories and C5 defeats. This j would ghe the metropolitan ropre-' ropre-' sentatlves a slight advantage over I their rivals. : NEW YORK'S TEAMS ARE SECOND IN RACE New York. Oct. S The contests 1 for m.-cond place In the two major leagut. which hac occupied the af-tnth af-tnth n of baseball enthusiasts since It became a certainty lhat Phlladtl- |