Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1886 — BASE-BALL. [ARTICLE]

BASE-BALL.

The Chicago Club Again Captures the league Championship Pennant. St. Louis Wins the American Association Flag—Notes of the Came. Champions in Nine Organizations. [Chicago correspondence.] The League season is over, and the Chicago Club has captured the championship for the sixth time in ten years. The standing of the clubs at this writing, with but four or five more games remaining to be played, is as follows: NATIONAL LEAGUE. Games Games Clubs— wou. lost. Chicago b 7 31 Detroit 82 34 New York 70 43 Philadelphia..... 67 42 Boston 52 59 St. Louis 43 73 Kansas City 29 84 Washington 23 87 The St. Louis Browns have again won the championship of the American Association by a good margin, as will be seen by the following table, showing the standing of the contesting clubs: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Clubs— Won. Lost. St. Louis 86 43 Pittsburg 75 55 Brooklyn 71 60 Louisville 65 63 Cincinnati 60 68 Athletic 55 70 Metropolitan 49 73 Baltimore 47 70 The Duluth Base-ball Club has won the Northwestern League pennant, Eau Claire being second, Oshkosh fourth, St. Paul fifth, and Minneapolis sixth. The Eastern League season is over, Newark winning the championship, with Waterbury second, -Jersey City third, Hartford fourth, and Bridgeport fifth. The Providence, Meriden aud Long Island Clubs did not play out the schedule. The Southern League championship season ended in September. The Atlanta Club won the pennant, with Savannah second, Nashville third, Memphis fourth, Charleston fifth, and Macon sixth. The Augusta and Chattanooga Clubs dropped out. Utica wins the championship of the International League. The Rochester club is second, the two Canadian clubs, Toronto and Hamilton, third and fourth respectively, Buffalo fifth, Syracuse sixth, Binghamton seventh and Oswego eighth. The Denver club won the Western League championship, beating the St. Joseph club out by four games. Leadville is third, Topeka fourth, Leavenworth fifth and Lincoln sixth. Wilkesbarre wins in the Pennsylvania State League, with Altoona, Williamsport and Scranton ranked in the order named. Portland is first in the New England League, Haverhill second, Lynn third, Brockton fourth, Lawrence fifth and the Boston Blues last.