Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1887 — BASE BALL. [ARTICLE]

BASE BALL.

Standing of tile Clubs at the Close of the Season. The League and Association base hall contests for the championship closed Saturday, Oct. 4th, the clubs standing as follows. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Per Won. Lo*' cent. Bt. Louts 93 37 - .744 Cincinnati..... ..1...;..;..... 79 51 .009 Louisville ...., 73 60 ..'BO Baltimore... 1 71 ,f 69 Brooklyn 57 67 .483 Athletics ■ 59 63 .480 Metropolitan 41 <6 .31-1 Cleveland ...., 37 91 .270 NATIONAL LEAGUE. Per Won. Lost cent. Detroit j 79 45 .637 Philadelphia 75 4.9 .609 Chicago „,71 52 .577 New York 68 55 .552 805t0n...... 63 60 .512 Pittsburg 55 69 .413 Washington........ 46 ',6 .377 Indianapolis 37 89 .293 The Detroit and St. Louis clubs are now playing a series of games to determine the championship of the world. The Indianapolis club won more games than any “tailender” has ever succeeded in winning in the history of the league. It is proposed to strengthen the club and be in the field again next year; Chicago might have fared better in the race had it not been for a quarrel among the members of the club. Anson had heavily fined Pfeffer,, second baseman,for what he considered bad playing. The other members resented this as an encroachment upon personal rights and deliberately threw games until the fine, was remit 1 ed. In their respe«‘.ive positions among league players the standing of the Indianapolis club members is as follows: Thornburg, Ist base, 6th; Glasscock, short stop, 2d; Denny, 3d base, 2d; Seery, left field, 3d; McGeacby, center field, 7 th; Brown, right field, 4th. The batting abilities of the club are shown in the following order: Gardner. Shomberg, Glasscock, Denny, Seery, Bassett. Meyers, Brown, Hackett, Boyle,Arundel, McGeachy, Healey. “Big” Sam Thompson, of the Detroits, is the heaviest hitter of the league. Thompson lives at Danville, Ind.