Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 162, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1918 — WORLD’S CHAMPIONS SELDOM COME BACK [ARTICLE]

WORLD’S CHAMPIONS SELDOM COME BACK

But Three Sets of Teams Have Accomplished This Feat Cubs, Tigers and Giants Ara Only Clubs That Have Won Three Straight Pennants—BL Louis Browns Made Record. ’ It the Giants and White Sox mee*, in the world’s series this fall they will be the fourth pair of teams to meet twice in succession for the title. Baseball history dating back to 1884 shows that but three sets of teams have accomplished this feat before, and the Cubs and Tigers are the only teams in modern baseball history who have monopolized the big series for two straight years. The famous Cubs of 1906 to 1908 won three straight pennants for Chicago in the National league, and their first world’s series in modern competition between the National and American leagues -resulted in defeat at the hands of the White Sox. The next two years, 1907 and 1908, the Cubs battled Detroit in the fall classic, and oh both occasions they annexed the bunting. Another interesting feature is the faqt, that the Cubs, Tigers and Giants are the only clubs that have won three straight pennants in either big league since the American league was formed. In title series for the world’s championship prior to the formation of the American league the Chicago Nationals and the, famous old St. Louis Browns of the American association met two successive years for the championship—in 1885 and 1886. In 1893 and 1896 Cleveland and Baltimore met in what was known as the Temple Cup series, played between the first and second place clubs in the National league. ' So the White Sox and Giants, picked by a majority of the critics to repeat in their respective leagues this year, have a chance to break into a rather exclusive class of world’s series teas s. While mentioning past performanc ?s of ball clubs it appears that the c d St. Louis Browns of Chris von D;r Hhe established a record that will probably stand for many years tc come. The Browns won four straight pennants in the old American association.