Date. |Contesting |Cities. |Pitchers. |In's.|Scr. |Clubs. | | | | ————+————————+——————+—————+——-+ Sept. 1|Philadelphia |Philadelphia|Sanders | | | v. Wash'n | |Widner | 12 | 2-0 July 30 |Philadelphia |Boston |Buffinton | | | v. Boston | |Sanders | 11 | 4-3 July 31|Philadelphia |Boston |Sanders | | | v. " | |Clarkson | 11 | 6-5 Sept. 22|Philadelphia |Indianapolis|Sanders | | | v. In'polis | |Healy | 11 | 6-5 May 26|Philadelphia |Boston |Buffinton | | | v. Boston | |Madden | 10 | 1-0 Aug. 11|Philadelphia |Philadelphia|Casey | | | v. Detroit | |Getzein | 10 | 1-0 Aug. 13|Philadelphia |Philadelphia|Buffinton | | | v. In'polis | |Burdick | 10 | 2-1 Aug. 9|Philadelphia |Philadelphia|Casey | | | v. Detroit | |Getzein | 10 | 6-5 April 20|Pittsburg |Pittsburg |Morris | | | v. Detroit | |Getzein | 12 | 5-2 Aug. 1|Pittsburg |Chicago |Galvin | | | v. Chicago | |Baldwin | 12 | 6-4 Sept. 21|Pittsburg |Pittsburg |Morris | | | v. Boston | |Radbourne | 10 | 2-1 Sept. 3|Pittsburg |Indianapolis|Morris | | | v. Indianap's | |Healy | 10 | 5-4 Sept. 4|Pittsburg |Indianapolis|Galvin | | | v. Indianap's | |Boyle | 10 | 5-4 May 10|Pittsburg |Pittsburg |Morris | | | v. Boston | |Clarkson | 10 | 11-10 June 28 |Boston |Boston |Sowders | | | v. Washington | |O'Day | 14 | 9-7 Aug. 15|Boston |Boston |Radbourne | | | v. Detroit | |Beatin | 12 | 4-3 April 21|Boston |Washington |Clarkson | | | v. Washington | |O'Day | 11 | 1-0 June 19|Boston |Washington |Sowders | | | v. New York | |Keefe | 11 | 8-7 April 30|Boston |New York |Clarkson | | |v. New York | |Welch | 10 | 4-3 April 28|Boston |Washington |Sowders | | | v. Washington | |Daily | 10 | 4-3 July 30|Indianapolis |Detroit |Burdick | | | v. Detroit | |Getzein | 11 | 6-5 July 31|Indianapolis |Detroit |Healy | | | v. Detroit | |Conway | 11 | 7-5 July 6|Indianapolis |Indianapolis|Boyle | | |v. Ph'd'phia | |Casey | 11 | 9-8 June 8|Detroit |Boston |Getzein | | | v. Boston | |Clarkson | 16 | 11-5 May 12|Detroit |Detroit |Conway | | |v. Philadelphia | |Gleason | 12 | 3-1 July 2|Detroit |Indianapolis|Conway | | |v. Indianapolis | |Healy | 12 | 4-3 July 24|New York |New York |Welch | | | v. Boston | |Madden | 13 | 6-3 July 28|New York |New York |Keefe | | | v. Philadelphia| |Sanders | 10 | 4-2 June 6|Chicago |Boston |Van Halt'n| | | v. Boston | |Radb'rn e| 10 | 3-2
DRAWN GAMES.
Date. |Contesting Clubs. |Cities. | Pitchers. |In's.|Scr.
———+——————————-+—————+———————-+——-+——
Apr 23|New York v. Was'ngt'n|Washingt'n|Welch O'Day| 13 | 1-1
Aug 13|Chicago v. New York |New York |Baldwin Welch| 12 | 5-5
Sept 3|Philadelphia v N York|New York |Sanders Keefe| 11 | 0-0
May 15|New York v. Pittsburg|Pittsburg |Keefe Galvin| 11 | 3-3
Aug 8|Pittsburg v. Boston |Boston |Morris Sowders| 11 | 3-3
Sep 28|Detroit v. New York |New York |Gruber Titcomb| 10 | 2-2
The following is the record of the victories scored by the eight League Clubs on home grounds in the championship arena during 1888:
| | | P | | | | I | ||
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| | | l | | | P | i | a || G
| N | | a | | | i | a | s || a
| e | C | d | | D | t | n | h || m
| w | h | e | B | e | t | a | i || e
| | i | l | o | t | s | p | n || s
| Y | c | p | s | r | b | o | g ||
| o | a | h | t | o | u | l | t || W
| r | g | i | o | i | r | i | o || o
| k | o | a | n | t | g | s | n || n
| . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . ||..
——————+—-+—-+—-+—-+—-+—-+—-+—-++—-
New York | —| 4| 8| 5| 6| 6| 7| 8|| 44
Chicago | 6| —| 4| 7| 5| 4| 9| 8|| 43
Philadelphia| 4| 4| —| 3| 5| 7| 9| 5|| 37
Boston | 3| 4| 1| —| 6| 6| 6| 8|| 34
Detroit | 4| 5| 8| 5| —| 7| 6| 6|| 41
Pittsburg | 3| 6| 2| 6| 7| —| 8| 6|| 38
Indianapolis| 3| 5| 3| 5| 4| 4| —| 7|| 31
Washington | 1| 4| 4| 3| 4| 5| 5| —|| 26
——————+—-+—-+—-+—-+—-+—-+—-+—-++—-
Games Lost | 24| 32| 30| 34| 37| 39| 50| 48||294
The record of victories on opponent's grounds is as follows:
| | | P | | | | I | ||
| | | h | | | | n | ||
| | | i | | | | d | W ||
| | | l | | | P | i | a || G
| N | | a | | | i | a | s || a
| e | C | d | | D | t | n | h || m
| w | h | e | B | e | t | a | i || e
| | i | l | o | t | s | p | n || s
| Y | c | p | s | r | b | o | g ||
| o | a | h | t | o | u | l | t || W
| r | g | i | o | i | r | i | o || o
| k | o | a | n | t | g | s | n || n
| . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . ||..
——————+—-+—-+—-+—-+—-+—-+—-+—-++—-
New York | —| 4| 6| 7| 5| 4| 7| 7|| 40
Chicago | 5| —| 4| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5|| 34
Philadelphia| 1| 6| —| 6| 2| 8| 4| 5|| 32
Boston | 5| 3| 8| —| 4| 4| 5| 7|| 36
Detroit | 3| 5| 3| 3| —| 3| 5| 5|| 27
Pittsburg | 4| 5| 4| 2| 3| —| 6| 4|| 28
Indianapolis| 2| 1| 1| 4| 4| 2| —| 5|| 19
Washington | 3| 2| 5| 2| 3| 4| 3| —|| 22
——————+—-+—-+—-+—-+—-+—-+—-+—-++—-
Games Lost | 23| 26| 31| 29| 26| 30| 35| 38||238
[Illustration: JOHN B. DAY, NEW YORK]
[Illustration: F. K. STEARNS DETROIT]
[Illustration: A. G SPALDING, CHICAGO.]
[Illustration: F. DE H ROBINSON, CLEVELAND]
LEAGUE CLUB PRESIDENTS.
[Illustration: W. A. NIMICK, PITTSBURG.]
[Illustration: J. T. BRUSH, INDIANAPOLIS.]
[Illustration: WALTER F. HEWETT, WASHINGTON.]
[Illustration: A. J. REACH, PHILADELPHIA.]
LEAGUE CLUB PRESIDENTS.
THE LESSONS OF THE LEAGUE CAMPAIGN OF 1888.
Among the noteworthy results of the League championship campaign of 1888 meriting special comment as affording lessons to be profited by in the future, may be named, first, the success of the Eastern Club of New York, in winning the pennant from the West; secondly, that of the Chicago Club in attaining second place in the race in the face of drawbacks which, under any other management, would have sufficed to have left the Club among the tail-enders; and thirdly, the remarkable failure of the Boston Club to attain even one of the three leading positions in the race, after that club had incurred such a heavy expense in strengthening its team with "star" players. The success of the New York Club in winning the championship, introducing, as it did, a new possessor of the League pennant and its accompanying honors, may justly be regarded as an advantage to the general interests of the National League, inasmuch as it is anything but desirable that one club should, season after season, carry off the honors, as the old Boston Club did in the early history of the professional championship contest; or as the Chicago Club has done in monopolizing the championship of the National League during the past thirteen years of its history. Such monopoly of the honors of each season's campaign, by one or two of the leading clubs of each year, materially lessens the public interest taken in the annual competition. Besides which, it interferes, to a costly extent, with the financial prosperity of a majority of the competing clubs. Now that a club, new to championship honors, has replaced one of the monopolists, the other previously unsuccessful clubs will begin to entertain hopes of being able to "get in at the death," as the fox hunters say, in future pennant races, if not this ensuing year, and thereby a new interest will be imparted to coming campaigns.