Louis and Brooklyn
still occupied the leading positions. It was during the week ending July
15 that Brooklyn held first place with a percentage of .676 to
St. Louis .639; before the month ended, however, St. Louis pulled up
to .662, while Brooklyn stood at .641.
August proved to be a fatal month for Brooklyn, they only winning 8 games
out of 22 won and lost this month, the result of their tumble being their
retirement to fourth place, Cincinnati rallying well this month, while St.
Louis began to look sure for the pennant, the Athletics ending the month a
good third in the race. In September the Athletics pressed the Cincinnatis
hard, and drove them out of second place, and before the month ended it
was made evident that the closing part of the campaign would see a hot
fight for the second position in the race between the Athletic and
Brooklyn teams, September seeing the St. Louis team a fixture for first
place, while Cincinnati was kept back in fourth position. By the close of
September, St. Louis held first with a percentage of .691; the Athletics
were second, with .615; Brooklyn third with .606, and Cincinnati fourth
with .574. October saw a close struggle between the Athletic and Brooklyn
teams for second place, and had the former team been kept temperate they
would have finished second; but they "boozed" too much in October, and
this gave Brooklyn the chance to take the position from them, and when the
campaign ended on the 17th of October the record left the eight clubs
occupying the following relative positions:
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