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 THE MINOR LEAGUES OF 1893.

THE EASTERN LEAGUE RECORD.

The past year was not a very successful one for the majority of the minor League organizations of 1893. But two of them, in fact, were out of the list of failures to any marked extent, and those two were the Eastern League and the New England League. The very able management of the Eastern League by President Powers was a potent factor in bringing about the League's exceptional success.

The League's championship race was towards the close the most exciting of any in the country, and had the most remarkable finish, as it was not until within one day of the close of the schedule that first and second places were conclusively settled.

The record, with the club names given in alphabetical order, is as follows:

The pennant race ended September 15th with Erie as the pennant winner, after one of the hottest finishes ever witnessed. Springfield ended a close second. Troy, which at one time made a runaway race and led by nearly one hundred points, had to be content at the finish with third place. Buffalo is a comfortable fourth. Binghamton, Albany, Providence and Wilkesbarre finished in the order named. Erie won every series but three, broke even on two of them and lost one. Springfield won every series but two, breaking even on one and losing one, while Troy won every series