RECEIPTS.--At St. Louis, $9,000; Detroit, $6,750; Pittsburgh, $2,300; Brooklyn, $5,800; New York, $4,100; Philadelphia, $8,000; Washington, $800; Boston, $3,100; Baltimore, $2,000; Chicago, $200; total $42,000. The expenses of the trip was $18,000, leaving a balance of $24,000. This was divided evenly, so that St. Louis received $12,000 and Detroit $12,000. The St. Louis papers complimented the visiting New York team highly. In fact, the St. Louis _Post-Dispatch_ said that no more gentlemanly appearing or behaving set of men belonging to a ball club ever played in St. Louis. Messrs. Von der Ahe and the secretary of his club, Mr. George Munson, did everything in their power for the visiting newspaper men. THE FIELDING FIGURES. NEW YORK. PLAYERS. |Positions.|Games.|Fielding | | |Average. -----------+----------+------+-------- Ewing |C | 7| .875 Brown |C | 2| 1.000 Murphy |C | 3| .759 Connor |1B | 7| .975 Richardson |2B | 9| .978 Whitney |3B | 10| .862 Ward |S S | 8| .919 O'Rourke |L F | 10| .955 Slattery |C F | 10| .826 Tiernan |R F | 10| .783 ST. LOUIS. PLAYERS. |Positions.|Games.|Fielding | | |Average. ---------+----------+------+------- Milligan |C | 8| .932 Comiskey |1B | 10| .966 Robinson |2B | 10| .891 Latham |3B | 10| .923 White |S S | 10| .796 O'Neill |L F | 10| .885 Lyons |C F | 5| .941 McCarthy |R F | 10| .765 THE AMERICAN PENNANT HOLDERS OF 1886, 1887 AND 1888. An interesting chapter of American club history is the record made by the four leading clubs of the Association in their games together during the seasons of 1886, 1887 and 1888. In each year the St. Louis Club occupied the leading position at the end of the season, while the other three followed close after the champions. Here is the record of 1886: 1886. |St. Louis.|Brooklyn.|Athletic.|Cincinnati.||Won. ----------+----------+---------+---------+-----------++----- St. Louis | --| 13| 15| 15|| 43 Brooklyn | 7| --| 12| 13|| 32 Athletic | 5| 7| --| 10|| 22 Cincinnati| 5| 7| 10| --|| 22 +----------+---------+---------+-----------++--- Lost | 17| 27| 37| 38|| 119 It will be seen that while St. Louis led in 1886 Brooklyn stood second, with the Athletics third, and Cincinnati fourth. The record of 1887 is appended: