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Well, It so happened—how I'll never tell "you—that we got started wrong foot first. At the end of May we were only In fifth place, Boston and Providence being the leaders. By the end of June we had not improved our position and matters were beginning to look rather dubious. Just about that time the Providence boys were playing great ball. Radbourne, their pitcher, was doing some tricks that were sending his club to the top, and It looked a sure thing for Providence If he could keep the pace. In September and October the Chicago folks rallied a little, but, although we won every gaipe we played in the latter month, the best we could do was to beat New York for fourth place. It was a consolation to have Providence jump in ahead of Boston, Iftit you are perfectly correct in supposing that the position occupied by my club at the "close of business did not satisfy A. C. An son.
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