October 3, 1920, Washington Park, Indianapolis, IN. The Monarchs sweep a double headed from the ABCs 6-2 and 5-3 staying pace with the league leading American Giants for the national league pennant.
October 10, 1920, Schorling Park, Chicago, IL. The American Giants split a double header with the Atlantic Bacharach Giants and fall behind in the national league behind Kansas City 1.5 games.
October 12, 1920, Schorling Park, Chicago, IL. The American Giants defeat the Atlantic City club 4-2 closing the gap between the Monarchs to one game. Cristobal Torriente: 3-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 runs in the win. Dave Brown pitched a solid game for the win: 1 ER, 6 hits, 0 bb, 6 K. He's 10-7 on the season. Red Ryan threw a complete game but took the loss: 4 ER, 7 hits, 1 bb, 1 K. He's 4-4 on the season.
October 17, 1920 Schorling Park, Chicago, IL. The American Giants sweep a double header vs the Atlantic City club tying them for first place in the national league. Dave Brown picked up his 11 win on the season while Dick Redding took the loss, He's now 5-5 on the year. Judy Gans went 3 for 4 with 2 RBI in the win.
October 20, 1920, Dexter Park, Brooklyn, NY. The Hilldale club edges out the Royal Giants of Brooklyn 2-1. Connie Rector pitched a outstanding complete game of the win: 1 ER, 3 hits, 1 BB, 5 K. Harry Kenyon pitched a solid complete game but took the loss: 1 ER, 5 hits, 0 bb, 3 K. Hilldale is now on top of the independent eastern league by one game over Brooklyn.
October 21, 1920, Dexter Park, Brooklyn, NY. In the last game of the season the home town Royal Giants force a playoff for the independent eastern pennant with a 5-4 victory. Down 4-3 the Royal Giants scored 2 runs in the bottom of the ninth as John Henry Lloyd singled scoring Ramirez to win the game and tie the pennant race.
According to the internet there was not a 1920 tie breaker in the negro national league due to unbalanced schedules. The role of Rube Foster as president and founder of the Chicago American Giants Foster wielded a significant influence over league disputes, including determining which games counted in the standings. The 1920 season was not decided by a specific playoff game, but rather by the final standing tabulated by the league, with the Chicago American Giants winning the championship.
In the actual 1920 Inaugural Negro National League season the Chicago American Giants finished 8.5 games over the Detroit Stars. Therefore Rube Foster's decision to award the American Giants the pennant per the above statement wasn't a real issue. I'm sure Rube would rule the same in our replay although here. The American Giants finished only .011 percentage point ahead of the Kansas City Monarchs. As for the independent eastern league the Brooklyn Royal Giants and the Hilldale club finished with exactly the same records at 13-6.
My take on the who wins what pennant will be decided by a best of three series. Two games in Chicago for the national league pennant and we will do a 1-1-1 in the independent eastern league with the winner of game one getting the second home game.
