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 was a foregone conclusion, they dropped their previous strenuous efforts, and took things easy, and one result of this was that during September they lost nine games out of the twenty-two played.

It was in this last campaign that considerable interest was taken in the struggle between the New York and Brooklyn clubs to beat each other out in the race; the final result, however, was the success of the New Yorkers, though Brooklyn led in the way of percentage of victories for the month by .478 to .444. Chicago rallied well in September, and Cleveland did good work; but Philadelphia fell off badly owing to injuries to players mainly. Here is the record of the last monthly campaign of the season:

SEPTEMBER RECORD.

The full monthly record as a whole is appended, the names of the clubs being given in the order they stand in the race, and each in its own section:

FULL MONTHLY RECORD FOR 1893.

[**F2: The above is matching the page, but the below is easier to read. IMHO.]