Chapter 9

THE JUNE RECORD. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date. Contesting Clubs. City. Pitchers. Score. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- June 1 Washington vs. Pittsburgh Washington Mercer Gumbert 10-5 " 1 Baltimore vs. Cincinnati Baltimore Hawke Chambl'n 9-8 " 1 Brooklyn vs. Chicago Brooklyn Gastright Griffith 5-0 " 1 Philadelphia vs. Louisville Philadelphia Taylor Menafee[3] 10-3 " 1 Cleveland vs. Boston Boston Young Stivetts 22-8 " 1 St. Louis vs. New York New York A. Clarkson Rusie 5-1 " 2 St. Louis vs. New York New York Hawley Meekin 2-2 " 2 Boston vs. Cleveland Boston Nichols Clarkson 11-10 " 2 Philadelphia vs. Louisville Philadelphia Weyhing Hemming 11-0 " 2 Baltimore vs. Cincinnati Baltimore McMahon Parrott 13-6 " 2 Washington vs. Pittsburgh Washington Maul Ehret 11-6 " 2 Brooklyn vs. Chicago Brooklyn Stein Abbey 1-0 " 3 No games scheduled " 4 Cincinnati vs. New York New York Dwyer German 8-4 " 4 Pittsburgh vs. Boston Boston Killen Staley 7-4 " 4 St. Louis vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia Breitenstein Taylor 3-2 " 4 Washington vs. Cleveland Washington Petty Cuppy 8-5 " 4 Baltimore vs. Chicago Baltimore Hawke McGill 12-4 " 4 Brooklyn vs. Louisville Brooklyn Daub Knell 18-4 " 5 New York vs. Cincinnati New York Meekin Chamberl'n 10-6 " 5 Brooklyn vs. Louisville Brooklyn Kennedy Menafee 5-4 " 5 Boston vs. Pittsburgh Boston Nichols Gumbert 7-3 " 5 Baltimore vs. Chicago Baltimore McMahon Hutchinson[1] 8-5 " 5 Cleveland vs. Washington Washington Young Mercer 9-6 " 5 St. Louis vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia Hawley Weyhing 7-3 " 6 Pittsburgh vs. Boston Boston Colcolough Lampe 27-11 " 7 Pittsburgh vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Gumbert Gastright 13-13 " 7 New York vs. Chicago New York Westervelt Terry 8-7 " 7 Philadelphia vs. Cleveland Philadelphia Taylor Clarkson 6-0 " 7 Boston vs. St. Louis Boston Nichols Breitenstein 18-7 " 7 Washington vs. Cincinnati Washington Maul Parrott 8-8 " 7 Baltimore vs. Louisville Baltimore Inks Hemming 7-4 " 8 New York vs. Chicago New York Rusie McGill 3-0 " 8 Brooklyn vs. Pittsburgh Brooklyn Kennedy Ehret 2-1 " 8 Boston vs. St. Louis Boston Stivetts A.Clarkson 12-6 " 8 Baltimore vs. Louisville Baltimore Hawke Stratton 14-2 " 8 Washington vs. Cincinnati Washington Esper Dwyer 9-6 " 8 Cleveland vs. Philadelphia Philadelphia Young Weyhing 4-1 " 9 Boston vs. St. Louis Boston Nichols Breitenstein 12-8 " 9 Philadelphia vs. Cleveland Philadelphia Taylor Fischer 9-1 " 9 Baltimore vs. Louisville Baltimore McMahon Menafee 7-5 " 9 Brooklyn vs. Pittsburgh Brooklyn Daub Killen 14-5 " 9 Cincinnati vs. Washington Washington Chamberlain Petty 8-3 " 9 Chicago vs. New York New York Hutchinson Meekin 10-9 " 10 No games scheduled. " 11 New York vs. Louisville New York Rusie Hemming 8-3 " 11 Boston vs. Chicago Boston Stivetts Terry 15-14 " 11 Philadelphia vs. Pittsburgh Philadelphia Weyhing Killen 7-4 " 11 Brooklyn vs. Cincinnati Brooklyn Stein Dwyer 12-11 " 11 St. Louis vs. Washington Washington A. Clarkson Maul[2] 3-2 " 11 Cleveland vs. Baltimore Baltimore Young Brown 9-7 " 12 New York vs. Louisville New York Meekin Knell 4-1 " 12 Philadelphia vs. Pittsburgh Philadelphia Taylor Ehret 17-1 " 12 Boston vs. Chicago Boston Nichols McGill 12-9 " 12 Washington vs. St. Louis Washington Mercer Breitenstein 4-3 " 12 Cincinnati vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Chamberlain Gastright 5-3 " 13 New York vs. Louisville New York Rusie Hemming 7-5 " 13 Brooklyn vs. Cincinnati Brooklyn Daub Parrott 11-5 " 13 Baltimore vs. Cleveland Baltimore McMahon Clarkson 9-2 " 13 Washington vs. St. Louis Washington Esper Gleason 12-3 " 13 Chicago vs. Boston Chicago Griffith Lovett 6-2 " 13 Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia Pittsburgh Nicol Carsey 8-6 " 14 Philadelphia vs. Cincinnati Philadelphia Weyhing Dwyer 5-2 " 14 Boston vs. Louisville Boston Staley Knell 9-6 " 14 Baltimore vs. St. Louis Baltimore Mullane Br'tenst'n[2] 7-6 " 14 Cleveland vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Young Kennedy 5-4 " 14 Pittsburgh vs. New York New York Killen Clark 10-4 " 14 Chicago vs. Washington Washington McGill Sullivan[2] 12-11 " 15 New York vs. Pittsburgh New York Meekin Gumbert 9-2 " 15 Brooklyn vs. Cleveland Brooklyn Stein Lyster 9-8 " 15 Philadelphia vs. Cincinnati Philadelphia Callahan Chamberlain 21-8 " 15 Baltimore vs. St. Louis Baltimore Hawke A. Clarkson 17-3 " 15 Washington vs. Chicago Washington Maul Abbey 6-4 " 15 Boston vs. Louisville Boston Stivetts Hemming 15-10 " 16 New York vs. Pittsburgh New York Rusie Ehret 8-5 " 16 Brooklyn vs. Cleveland Brooklyn Kennedy Fischer 11-7 " 16 Philadelphia vs. Cincinnati Philadelphia Carsey Pfann 19-9 " 16 Baltimore vs. St. Louis Baltimore McMahon Breitenstein 12-5 " 16 Boston vs. Louisville Boston Lovett Stratton 16-10 " 16 Chicago vs. Washington Chicago Griffith Esper 11-5 " 17 St. Louis vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati A.Clarkson Tannehill 9-6 " 18 Philadelphia vs. New York New York Weyhing Meekin 4-1 " 18 Brooklyn vs. Washington Washington Stein Mercer 10-6 " 18 Boston vs. Baltimore Boston Stivetts Mullane 24-7 " 18 Baltimore vs. Boston Boston McMahon Nichols 9-7 " 18 Pittsburgh vs. Louisville Pittsburgh Colcolough Knell 9-8 " 18 Pittsburgh vs. Louisville Pittsburgh Killen Menafee 11-1 " 18 Cleveland vs. Chicago Cleveland Young McGill 11-3 " 18 Cincinnati vs. St. Louis St. Louis Dwyer Breitenstein 8-4 " 19 Brooklyn vs. Washington Washington Kennedy Maul 11-9 " 19 Baltimore vs. Boston Boston Hawke Staley 13-8 " 19 Chicago vs. Cleveland Cleveland Terry Knaus 5-2 " 19 Louisville vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Hemming Easton 9-4 " 19 Cincinnati vs. St. Louis St. Louis Chamb'lain Hawley 3-2 " 20 New York vs. Philadelphia New York Clark Carsey 6-4 " 20 New York vs. Philadelphia New York Rusie Callahan 14-6 " 20 Boston vs. Baltimore Boston Stivetts McMahon 13-12 " 20 Washington vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Esper Daub 16-12 " 20 Pittsburgh vs. Louisville Pittsburgh Gumbert Menafee 7-6 " 20 Cleveland vs. Chicago Cleveland Clarkson Griffith 7-3 " 20 St. Louis vs. Cincinnati St. Louis Breitenstein Blank 4-2 " 21 Brooklyn vs. New York Brooklyn Kennedy Germar 16-1 " 21 Boston vs. Washington Boston Nichols Mau 10-7 " 21 Baltimore vs. Philadelphia Baltimore Mullane Weyhing 9-5 " 21 Chicago vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Terry Ehrel 10-7 " 21 Louisville vs. Cincinnati Cincinnati Knell Dwyer 5-4 " 22 Brooklyn vs. New York New York Stein Rusie 7-0 " 22 Baltimore vs. Philadelphia Baltimore Inks Burris 18-14 " 22 Washington vs. Boston Washington Mercer Staley 26-12 " 22 Pittsburgh vs. Chicago Pittsburgh Killen Griffith 11-4 " 22 Cleveland vs. St. Louis St. Louis Young A. Clarkson 6-3 " 23 New York vs. Brooklyn Brooklyn Meekin Kennedy 10-8 " 23 Boston vs. Washington Washington Stivetts Esper 12-5 " 23 Baltimore vs. Philadelphia Baltimore McMahon Lukens 18-11 " 23 St. Louis vs. Cleveland St. Louis Breitenst'n Griffith 14-8 " 23 Pittsburgh vs. Chicago Pittsburgh Colcol'gh Hutchinson 9-4 " 23 Cincinnati vs. Louisville Cincinnati Chamberlain Stratt'n 5-1 " 23 Cincinnati vs. Louisville Cincinnati Tannehill Menafee 8-8 " 24 Cincinnati vs. Louisville Louisville Dwyer Hemming 7-5 " 24 St. Louis vs. Cleveland St. Louis Hawley Clarkson 14-10 " 24 Baltimore vs. Chicago Chicago Hawke Terry 11-10 " 25 St. Louis vs. New York St. Louis A.Clarkson Rusie 3-2 " 25 Pittsburgh vs. Washington Pittsburgh Killen Esper 6-1 " 25 Chicago vs. Baltimore Chicago Hutchinson Mullane 15-8 " 25 Boston vs. Louisville Louisville Nichols Knell 9-1 " 26 New York vs. St. Louis St. Louis Meekin Breitenstein 4-3 " 26 Baltimore vs. Chicago Chicago McMahon McGill 14-6 " 26 Pittsburgh vs. Washington Pittsburgh Ehret Sullivan 6-5 " 27 New York vs. St. Louis St. Louis Westervelt Hawley 11-0 " 27 Brooklyn vs. Cleveland Cleveland Stein Young 10-7 " 27 Brooklyn vs. Cleveland Cleveland Daub Clarkson 5-2 " 27 Boston vs. Louisville Louisville Stivetts Menafee 13-3 " 27 Chicago vs. Baltimore Chicago Griffith Hawke 13-4 " 27 Pittsburgh vs. Washington Pittsburgh Gumbert Mercer 11-4 " 27 Cincinnati vs.Philadelphia Cincinnati Parrott Weyhing 7-3 " 28 New York vs. Chicago Chicago Rusie Terry 6-5 " 28 Brooklyn vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Kennedy Killen 11-7 " 28 Boston vs. St. Louis St. Louis Nichols A.Clarkson[1] 12-11 " 28 Cleveland vs. Baltimore Cleveland Cuppy Mullane 18-11 " 28 Louisville vs. Philadelphia Louisville Hemming Carsey[1] 11-9 " 28 Cincinnati vs. Washington Cincinnati Chamberlain Maul 6-4 " 29 New York vs. Chicago Chicago Meekin Hutchinson 14-8 " 29 Brooklyn vs. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Stein Ehret 7-5 " 29 Boston vs. St. Louis St. Louis Staley Breitenstein 13-4 " 29 Baltimore vs. Cleveland Cleveland McMahon Griffith 9-6 " 29 Louisville vs. Philadelphia Louisville Knell Lukens 12-5 " 29 Cincinnati vs. Washington Cincinnati Dwyer Sullivan 6-4 " 30 Baltimore vs. Cleveland Cleveland Inks Young 5-3 " 30 Philadelphia vs. Louisville Louisville Weyhing Menafee 13-6 " 30 Pittsburgh vs. Brooklyn Pittsburgh Gumbert Kennedy 10-6 " 30 Cincinnati vs. Washington Cincinnati Parrott Mercer 12-0 " 30 St. Louis vs. Boston St. Louis A. Clarkson Lovett 10-9

[Footnote 1: Ten innings.] [Footnote 2: Eleven innings.] [Footnote 3: Forfeited.] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

THE JUNE PENNANT RACE RECORD. ------------------------------------------------------- P P P e P e l r l r L a c L a c W o y e W o y e o s e n o s e n Clubs. n t d t Clubs. n t d t ------------------------------------------------------- Baltimore 37 15 52 .712 Cleveland 28 23 51 .549 Boston 38 19 57 .667 Cincinnati 23 30 53 .434 Brooklyn 33 20 53 .623 St. Louis 25 33 58 .431 Pittsburgh 35 22 57 .614 Chicago 18 37 55 .327 Philadelphia 29 22 51 .569 Washington 16 41 57 .281 New York 31 24 55 .564 Louisville 14 41 55 .255

No games were drawn, forfeited or protested. -------------------------------------------------------

The Baltimore club retained the leading position in the race at the close of the June campaign with the percentage figures of .712, the tail-end club's percentage figures being .255, a difference in percentage points of .457, thereby showing a poorly contested race even at that early period of the season. Boston was in second position, with Brooklyn third, this month's figures being the culmination of the Brooklyn team's success. Pittsburgh was fourth, that being the only Western club in the first division, although so early in the race, the "Phillies" and the "Giants" being respectively fifth and sixth. Cleveland headed the second division at the close of the month, followed by Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chicago and Washington, Louisville being still occupants of the last ditch.