Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1898 — BASEBALL [ARTICLE]

BASEBALL

I‘roirreu of the Struggle for Championship HonorsyUetween the Leading Clubs. The following tables show the number of games won and lost and the percentage of the' clubs of the leading baseball organisations. National league: „ , Won. Lost Prct. Baltimore 8 2 800 Cincinnati 11 2 .788 Cleveland io 6 got Brooklyn y 7 5 . 683 Chicago 8 6 .615 805t0n..., 8 6 671 Pittsburgh 7 g .438 Philadelphia 6 T .417 New York 4 7 .364 Louisville 6 11 .118 Washington S 9 .260 Bt. Louis 2 10 .167 Western league: Indianapolis ]0 1 .909 Bt. Paul 10 1 .833 Columbus 6 4 .600 Kansas City 6 6 .463 Milwaukee 6 7 .417 Minneapolis 4 6 .400 Omalia 3 8 .273 Detroit 1 10 .000 Interstate league: Newcastle 8 2 .800 Springfield 7 2 .771 Toledo 7 2 .700 Dayton 6 I .626 Mansfield 3 6 .375 Qrand Rapids 3 7 . 800 Fort Wayne 1 7 .223 Youngstown 2 8 .200 National league games on Wodncsday resulted as follows: At Pittsburgh—Cbloago, 7, 10, 4; Pittsburgh, I, 10, 4. Ac Baltimore—Baltimore, 4, 8. e; Philadelphia, 2,6, 1. At Brooklyn—Brooklyn, 11, 8,1; Washington, 3,7, 7. At New York—New York, 8, 11, 1; Boston, 8,8, 3. At Cleveland—Cloveland, 8, 13, 1; Louisville, I, 13,1. Western league: At Detroit—Milwaukee, 10, 10, 8; Detroit, 6, 11, 7. At Minneapolis— Kansas City, 10, 8,2; Minneapolis, 7,9, 4. At Bt. Paul—Bt Paul. 6. 9,4: Omaha. 4.11, 4. Interstate league: At Toledo—Toledo, 8, 14, 2; Youngstown, 4*6, 0. At Mansfield— Dayton, 11, 16, 8; ManlJleld, 2,2, 4. At Grand Rapids—Newcastle, I, 10, 1; Grand Rapids, 2, 9. 2. At Fort Wayne—Springfield, 2,9, 2; Fort Wayne, 0,8, 1.