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Beard, C.Marr, E.E.Sutcliffe and Joe Brown were all given a trial, but released early in the season.
The St.Louis Club, of which Mr.Lucas was the President, was taken in in order to fill the vacancy caused by the withdrawal of Cleveland, and this act on the part of the League so incensed President Mills that he resigned, the three offices of President, Secretary and Treasurer being combined in Nicholas E.Young, who is still at the head of the League affairs, with headquarters at the National Capital.
The records of 1885 show that there were really but two clubs in the race from start to finish, these representing the rival clubs of New York and Chicago, and as between them it was nip and tuck almost to the last minute.
At the end of the month of May the New York team was in the lead, they having won 17 out of the 21 games they had played that month, while Chicago, which stood second, had only won 14 out of the 20 games that it played.

The month of June saw a change in the program, however, Chicago winning 21 games out of the 23 played that month, while New York only won 15 out of the 20 that it took part in.
During the month of July it looked like anybody's race as between the two leaders, each winning 18 games, though Chicago sustained but six defeats as against seven for the representatives of the Eastern metropolis.

In the succeeding month New York had a shade the better of it, they winning 18 out of 21 games played, while Chicago won only 15 out of 19.

In September it was again our turn, however, and we won 17 games out of 20, New York having to be content with 13 out of 19.
The last of September and the first of October saw the pennant "cinched," so far as we were concerned.

The New Yorks finished the season with four games at Chicago and three of these they needed in order to win the championship.