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 34 field and the best grand-stand appointments, such as are now possessed by the majority of the eastern League clubs, a point in club business management which the western clubs are beginning to see more plainly than hitherto. The exceptional position of the Washington club in their lack of these essential points in the running of a professional club, calls for their introduction to the Washington club's record for 1893, as its record in other respects can be briefly given. The club opened its 1893 campaign very promisingly, they closing the April record a tie with St. Louis for second

position; and on May 5th the Washingtons temporarily held the lead in the race with a percentage of victories of .714. But the end of the May campaign saw the club in the second division, and thereafter they became fixtures there, and by the 12th of August they had been thrown into the last ditch, where they lay until the close of the season, their record on September 30th being last in the race with a percentage of .308, with a charge of 90 defeats out of