The Baltimore club retained the leading position in the race at the close of the June campaign with the percentage figures of .712, the tail-end club's percentage figures being .255, a difference in percentage points of .457, thereby showing a poorly contested race even at that early period of the season. Boston was in second position, with Brooklyn third, this month's figures being the culmination of the Brooklyn team's success. Pittsburgh was fourth, that being the only Western club in the first division, although so early in the race, the "Phillies" and the "Giants" being respectively fifth and sixth. Cleveland headed the second division at the close of the month, followed by Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chicago and Washington, Louisville being still occupants of the last ditch.
THE JULY CAMPAIGN RECORD. —————————————————————————————————————- Date. Contesting Clubs. City. Pitchers. Score. —————————————————————————————————————- July 1 Cincinnati vs. Brooklyn Cincinnati Chamberlain Daub 9-7 " 1 Louisville vs. Baltimore Louisville Hemming Hawke 6-0 " 1 Washington vs. St. Louis St. Louis Esper Breitenstein 4-2 " 1 Cleveland vs. Chicago Chicago Cuppy Griffith 10-9 " 2 New York vs. Cleveland Cleveland Rusie Griffith 6-4 " 2 Boston vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Nichols Ehret 7-2 " 2 Philadelphia vs. Chicago Chicago Carsey Stratton 17-15 " 3 No games scheduled. " 4 New York vs. Cleveland Cleveland Meekin Cuppy 4-3 " 4 New York vs. Cleveland. Chicago. Weyhing McGill 12-11 " 4 Baltimore vs. Louisville. Louisville McMahon Knell 3-2 " 4 Louisville vs. Baltimore. Louisville Hemming Inks 11-1 " 4 Washington vs. St. Louis. St. Louis. Sullivan Hawley 10-5 " 4 St. Louis vs. Washington. St. Louis. A.Clarkson Mercer 15-8 " 5 New York vs. Louisville. Louisville. Westervelt Menafee 4-3 " 5 Boston vs. Cleveland. Cleveland. Staley Clarkson 22-7 " 5 Philadelphia vs. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. Carsey Colcolough 4-3 " 5 St. Louis vs. Brooklyn. St. Louis. Hawley Daub 13-12 " 5 Cincinnati vs. Baltimore. Cincinnati. Dwyer Hawke 20-6 " 5 Chicago vs. Washington. Chicago. Stratton Maul 13-10 " 6 New York vs. Louisville. Louisville. Rusie Hemming 10-6 " 6 Boston vs. Cleveland. Boston. Stivetts Cuppy 19-6 " 6 Philadelphia vs. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. Haddock Killen 13-7 " 7 New York vs. Louisville. Louisville. Meekin Knell 14-6 " 7 Brooklyn vs. St. Louis. St. Louis. Kennedy Breitenst'n 10-5 " 7 Boston vs. Cleveland. Cleveland. Nichols Young 16-10 " 7 Philadelphia vs. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. Weyhing Ehret 12-0 " 7 Baltimore vs. Cincinnati. Cincinnati. Inks Parrott 11-2 " 7 Chicago vs. Washington Chicago Abbey Sullivan 9-7 " 8 Brooklyn vs. St. Louis. St. Louis. Stein A.Clarkson 12-5 " 8 Washington vs. Chicago. Chicago. Esper Griffith 9-8 " 8 Baltimore vs. Cincinnati. Cincinnati. McMahon Chamberlain 14-4 " 9 New York vs. Cincinnati. Cincinnati. Rusie Parrott 13-8 " 9 Philadelphia vs. St. Louis. St. Louis. Callahan Hawley 11-10 " 9 Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. Brown Killen 14-10 " 9 Louisville vs. Brooklyn. Louisville. Wadsw'th Kennedy 20-8 " 9 Chicago vs. Boston. Chicago. Stratton Staley 18-11 " 9 Cleveland vs. Washington. Cleveland. Cuppy Esper 16-15 " 10 Cincinnati vs. New York. Cincinnati. Dwyer Meekin 7-3 " 10 Louisville vs. Brooklyn. Louisville. Menafee Daub 13-7 " 10 Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore. Pittsburgh. Ehret McMahon 19-9 " 10 Cleveland vs. Washington. Cleveland. Young Esper 23-4 " 10 St. Louis vs. Philadelphia. St. Louis. Breitenst'n Haddock 17-8 " 10 Boston vs. Chicago. Chicago. Stivetts McGill 12-3 " 11 Cincinnati vs. New York. Cincinnati. Parrott Westervelt 6-5 " 11 Louisville vs. Brooklyn. Louisville. Hemming Stein 7-3 " 11 Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore. Pittsburgh. Gumbert Inks 8-6 " 11 Chicago vs. Boston. Chicago. Griffith Nichols 13-1 " 11 Cleveland vs. Washington. Cleveland. Griffith Mercer[1] 15-10 " 11 St. Louis vs. Philadelphia. St. Louis. A.Clarkson Weyhing 13-12 " 12 New York vs. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. Rusie Killen 9-6 " 12 Boston vs. Cincinnati. Cincinnati. Stivetts Dwyer 6-4 " 12 Chicago vs. Brooklyn. Chicago. Stratton Kennedy 11-6 " 12 Louisville vs. Washington. Louisville. Knell Sullivan 7-5 " 12 Cleveland vs. Philadelphia. Cleveland. Cuppy Carsey 20-10 " 13 Pittsburgh vs. New York. Pittsburgh. Ehret Westervelt 10-4 " 13 St. Louis vs. Baltimore. St. Louis. Breitenstein Hawke 11-10 " 13 Cincinnati vs. Philadelphia Cleveland Young Callahan 16-8 " 13 Boston vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Staley Parrott 22-7 " 14 New York vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Meekin Gumbert 9-5 " 14 Baltimore vs. St. Louis St. Louis Inks Hawley 7-3 " 14 Brooklyn vs. Chicago Chicago Stein Abbey[1] 8-8 " 14 Cincinnati vs. Boston Cincinnati Cross Nichols 14-12 " 14 Cleveland vs. Philadelphia Cleveland Griffith Weyhing 14-7 " 14 Louisville vs. Washington Louisville Wadsworth Esper 5-3 " 15 Chicago vs. Brooklyn Chicago Terry Gastright 10-7 " 15 Baltimore vs. St. Louis St. Louis McMahon A.Cl'kson[2] 9-8 " 15 Louisville vs. Washington Louisville Menafee Mercer 11-8 " 15 Cincinnati vs. Cleveland Cincinnati Dwyer Cuppy 17-8 " 16 Philadelphia vs. Boston Philadelphia Harper Stivitts 9-2 " 16 St. Louis vs. Pittsburgh St. Louis Br't'nst'n Colcol'gh 11-7 " 16 Louisville vs. Chicago Chicago Hemming Griffith 11-10 " 16 Cleveland vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Young Parrott 9-1 " 17 New York vs. Washington New York Rusie Maul 7-2 " 17 Philadelphia vs. Boston Philadelphia Taylor Staley[4] 12-2 " 17 Baltimore vs. Brooklyn Baltimore Gleason Kennedy 13-4 " 17 Cleveland vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Griffin Flynn 16-7 " 17 Pittsburgh vs. St. Louis St. Louis Ehret Mason 5-4 " 17 Chicago vs. Louisville Chicago Stratton Knell 8-5 " 18 New York vs. Washington New York Meekin Mercer 5-4 " 18 Boston vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia Nichols Weyhing 6-5 " 18 Baltimore vs. Brooklyn Baltimore Hawke Underwood 6-2 " 18 Cleveland vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Young Chamberlain 9-4 " 18 St. Louis vs. Pittsburgh St. Louis Hawley Gumbert 3-2 " 18 Chicago vs. Louisville Chicago Terry Wadsworth 8-4 " 19 New York vs. Washington New York German Sullivan 13-12 " 19 Brooklyn vs. Baltimore Baltimore Stein Inks 10-8 " 19 Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh Cincinnati Dwyer Colcolough 8-6 " 19 St. Louis vs. Chicago St. Louis Breitenstein Abbey 7-1 " 20 Boston vs. New York Boston Stivetts Rusie 12-1 " 20 Brooklyn vs. Philadelphia Brooklyn Kennedy Taylor 8-2 " 20 Baltimore vs. Washington Washington Hawke Petty 12-8 " 20 Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chamberlain Ehret 7-6 " 20 Louisville vs. Cleveland Louisville Menafee Mullane 7-4 " 21 Boston vs. New York Boston Nichols Meekin 14-3 " 21 Brooklyn vs. Philadelphia Brooklyn Underwood Herper 8-7 " 21 Washington vs. Baltimore Baltimore Maul Gleason 14-3 " 21 Chicago vs. St. Louis St. Louis Stratton Hawley[1]16-11 " 21 Cleveland vs. Louisville Louisville Cuppy Hemming 2-0 " 21 Cleveland vs. Louisvile Louisville Young Knell 9-1 " 21 Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh Cincinnati Cross Gumbert 12-4 " 22 Cincinnati vs. Louisville Louisville Dwyer Wadsworth 4-0 " 22 Chicago vs. St. Louis St. Louis Griffith A.Clarkson 11-9 " 23 Boston vs. New York Boston Staley German 9-5 " 23 Brooklyn vs. Philadelphia Brooklyn Stein Taylor 7-3 " 23 Philadelphia vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Weyhing Daub 12-4 " 23 Cincinnati vs. Louisville Louisville Chamberlain Menafee 9-8 " 23 Pittsburgh vs. Chicago Chicago Killen Stratton 14-6 " 24 New York vs. Baltimore New York Rusie McMahon 1-0 " 24 Cleveland vs. St. Louis Cleveland Mullane Breitenst'n 12-9 " 24 Cleveland vs. St. Louis Cleveland Cuppy Hawley 4-2 " 24 Cincinnati vs. Louisville Louisville Parrott Hemming 4-3 " 24 Chicago vs. Pittsburgh Chicago Hutchinson Ehret 18-11 " 25 New York vs. Baltimore New York Meekin Gleason 7-2 " 25 Brooklyn vs. Boston Boston Kennedy Stivetts 8-7 " 25 Boston vs. Brooklyn Boston Nichols Underwood 12-6 " 25 Washington vs. Philadelphia Washington Mercer Fanning 16-6 " 25 Philadelphia vs. Washington Washington Carsey Sullivan 9-6 " 25 Cleveland vs. St. Louis Cleveland Young Breitenstein 12-3 " 25 Chicago vs. Pittsburgh Chicago Griffith Colcolough 24-6 " 26 New York vs. Baltimore New York German Hawke 16-4 " 26 Brooklyn vs. Boston Boston Stein Staley 15-9 " 26 Washington vs. Philadelphia Washington Maul Taylor 5-4 " 26 Pittsburgh vs. Cleveland Cleveland Ehret Mullane 9-3 " 27 Philadelphia vs. New York Philadelphia Harper Rusle 13-5 " 27 Washington vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Mercer Kennedy 8-2 " 27 Boston vs. Baltimore Baltimore Stivetts McMahon 7-4 " 27 Cleveland vs. Pittsburgh Cleveland Cuppy Nicol 9-6 " 27 Cincinnati vs. Chicago Cincinnati Dwyer Stratton 14-12 " 27 St. Louis vs. Louisville St. Louis Hawley Wadsworth 6-4 " 28 New York vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia Meekin Carsey[3] 12-11 " 28 Brooklyn vs. Washington Brooklyn Underwood Sullivan 9-5 " 28 Boston vs. Baltimore Baltimore Staley Gleason 8-4 " 28 Pittsburgh vs. Cleveland Cleveland Ehret Young 8-0 " 28 Cincinnati vs. Chicago Cincinnati Cross Griffith 19-13 " 28 Louisville vs. St. Louis St. Louis Hemming Mason 8-4 " 29 St. Louis vs. Louisville St. Louis Breitenst'n Menafee 13-2 " 29 Louisville vs. St. Louis St. Louis Knell Hawley 9-2 " 29 Chicago vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Griffith Parrott 16-9 " 30 New York vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia German Taylor 13-7 " 30 Washington vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Maul Daub 10-6 " 30 Boston vs. Baltimore Baltimore Stivetts Hawke 5-2 " 30 Pittsburgh vs. Cincinnati Pittsburgh Gumbert Cross 8-6 " 30 Cleveland vs. Louisville Cleveland Cuppy Wadsworth 14-5 " 30 Chicago vs. St. Louis Chicago Stratton Hawley 8-4 " 31 New York vs. Boston New York Rusie Nichols 4-3 " 31 Philadelphia vs. Brooklyn Philadelphia Harper Kennedy 13-6 " 31 Baltimore vs. Washington Baltimore McMahon Mercer 11-3 " 31 Chicago vs. St. Louis Chicago Hutchinson Breitenst'n 8-1 " 31 Cleveland vs. Louisville Cleveland Mullane Hemming[2] 12-10 " 31 Louisville vs. Cleveland Cleveland Menafee Young 12-4 " 31 Pittsburgh vs. Cincinnati Pittsburgh Nicol Dwyer[2] 11-10
[Footnote 1: Ten Innings]
[Footnote 2: Eleven innings.]
[Footnote 3: Thirteen innings.]
[Footnote 4: Forfeited.]
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Only one game was drawn in July.
THE JULY PENNANT RACE RECORD. ———————————————————————————- P P P e P e l r l r L a c L a c W o y e W o y e o s e n o s e n Clubs. n t d t Clubs. n t d t ———————————————————————————- Boston 54 28 82 .659 Philadelphia 40 36 76 .526 Baltimore 47 29 76 .618 Cincinnati 39 41 80 .488 New York 49 31 80 .613 Chicago 34 45 79 .430 Cleveland 46 34 80 .575 St. Louis 35 60 85 .412 Brooklyn 42 35 77 .545 Louisville 27 56 83 .325 Pittsburgh 43 38 81 .531 Washington 24 57 81 .296 ———————————————————————————-
By the end of July the Boston club had ousted Baltimore out of first place, and the calculation now was that Boston would ultimately win. New York had pulled up to third place this month, and from this time out these three clubs monopolized the three leading positions in the race, no other club from now on being regarded as in the race, as far as the winning of the pennant was concerned. On the 31st of July two Western clubs occupied positions in the first division—Cleveland being fourth and Pittsburgh sixth—the Brooklyn club leading the "Pirates" by a few points only. The "Phillies" had been forced back into the second division, and Louisville had pushed the Washingtons into the last ditch, the difference in percentage points between the Boston and Washington clubs—the leader and tail-ender—being 355 points.
Now came the trying month of August, and with it came the customary falling off in patronage, largely due to the one-sided character of the pennant race, the chief interest in the contest for the championship now lying in the struggle for the lead between Baltimore, New York, and Boston, the "Bean Eaters" still leading at the end of July, followed by Baltimore and New York.
[Illustration: Brooklyn Base Ball Club, '94.]
[Illustration: Cleveland Base Ball Club, '94.]
[Illustration: Pittsburgh Base Ball Club, '94.]
[Illustration: A.C. Anson, Chicago Base Ball Club.
The only "Colt" Who Had a picture Taken.]
THE AUGUST CAMPAIGN RECORD
The following is the record of the August campaign, which led to a material change in the relative positions of the twelve clubs by the close of the month: