After the Haymakers earned home field advantage in the championship game, the Canaries and Blue Legs squared off for the right to face them. In a battle of aces, Tim Keefe of the Canaries and the Blue Legs' John Clarkson --this year's pitching MVP -- were evenly matched through six innings, having surrendered two runs apiece. When Clarkson's spot came up with two on and two out in the top of the seventh, I elected to pinch hit, but the Legs failed to score. Now the ball passed to Kid Nichols, who promptly gave up a run in the bottom of the frame. Nichols surrendered three more in the eighth, and the Legs headed into the top of the ninth trailing 6-2. On the other side, Keefe had pitched eight strong innings before giving way to Canary closer Vic Willis. Willis worked in and out of trouble in the ninth and gave up a run before it was all over, but the Birds held on for a 6-3 triumph and a date with the Haymakers for the league championship!
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