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1889 World Series... NY Giants win....
1889 World Series... NY Giants win....
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October 31, 1889
ALLEGANY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, October 31, 1889
* New York Giants vs. Brooklyn Bridegrooms (Dodgers)
* Pre modern day World Series - championship
* National vs. American baseball leagues
The front page has one column headings:
"The Agony Is Ended"
"And The New Yorks Remain Champions Of The World"
"They Make a Hard Struggle and Take Their Sixth Victory from Brooklyn..."
with box scores. 1st report coverage on game 9 (final) of the 1889 World Series in which the New York Giants won the title.
Other news and advertisements of the day. Complete in 8 pages, light browning, otherwise nice. Should be handled with care.
wikipedia notes: The 1889 World Series was an end-of-the-year baseball playoff series between the National League champion New York Giants and the American Association champion Brooklyn Bridegrooms (later known as the Dodgers).
This Series was part of the pre-modern World Series, an annual competition between the champions of the National League and the American Association. The Giants won this best-of-11-games series, 6 games to 3. The 1889 Series was the first involving solely New York City area clubs, and was part of the continuum of a long-standing rivalry that developed between the clubs in New York, particularly the Giants and the Dodgers. Brooklyn was then a separate city from New York; Brooklyn (and the other three boroughs) would merge with New York City in 1898.
Despite this Series setback, the Brooklyns would come back strong in 1890. The club transferred to the National League, and with the Giants suffering raids by the Players' League, would win the league championship, the first major league club to win consecutive pennants in two different leagues.
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