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 Rh the first division again, and on June 30th they stood sixth in the race with a percentage of victories of .472, Boston, Brooklyn and Philadelphia being a tie at .654 for first place.

During the July campaign the Giants lost considerable ground, their trip West proving disastrous, and the result was that on July 31st they stood in percentage figures at .468 only, and then they occupied the eighth place in the race. In August the Giants rallied, and by good work at home they got back among the six leaders, and took the lead

of Brooklyn, a result which was not anticipated in July. But the Brooklyn team met with its old costly experience in 1893, as it had done in every previous year of the club's existence, and that was the loss of position in the race, consequent upon drunkenness in the team's ranks, and this it was, and this only, which lost the club its position among the three leaders. It was a close fight between Brooklyn and New York during August for the lead over each other, but the Giants closed that month's campaign as occupants of fifth position with the percentage figures of .533, while