THE SERIES OF 1885.
In 1885 the St. Louis Club first won the honors in the American pennant race, and the Chicago team in that of the League, and in October of that year the rival teams contested for the United States championship in a series of best four out of seven games. Though the series was a far more important one than that of 1884, still the rules governing the special games were not what they should have been, and consequently the result was not satisfactory, as a dispute, followed by a forfeited game, led to a draw contest and an equal division of the gate receipts.
In this series $1,000 was the prize competed for, and as neither team won the series, each club received $500 of the prize money, each winning three games after the first game had been drawn. The record of these games is appended:
Oct. 14, St, Louis vs. Chicago, at Chicago (8 innings) 5-5
Oct. 15, Chicago vs. St. Louis, at St. Louis (6 innings) forfeited 5-4
Oct. 16, St. Louis vs. Chicago, at St. Louis 7-4
Oct. 17, St. Louis vs. Chicago, at St.Louis 3-2
Oct. 22, Chicago vs. St. Louis, at Pittsburg (7 innings) 9-2
Oct 23, Chicago vs. St. Louis, at Cincinnati 9-2
Oct. 24, St. Louis vs. Chicago, at Cincinnati 13-4
Total victories for Chicago, 3: for St. Louis, 3, with one game drawn
Total runs scored by Chicago, 43: by St. Louis, 41.