The Giants won easily that year (with Mathewson pitching the first three of his still-standing record four Series shutouts), but would not prove to be as transcendent as Brush and McGraw believed, for they failed to win another Series until 1921. A worse fate awaited the Chicago Cubs, another early dominating N.L. team. After winning Series in 1907 and 1908, they never won again, and never even reached another Series after 1945. Starting in 1910, A.L. teams won eight out of the next ten Series, establishing an edge over the N.L. that they have yet to relinquish.
The World Series soon gained formal acceptance, with President Woodrow Wilson attending the second game of the 1915 Boston Red Sox-Philadelphia Phillies Series. The year 1915 also marked the Series debut of Boston pitcher George Herman "Babe" Ruth. Ruth set a Series record of 29 2/3 scoreless innings pitched, spanning Red Sox Series Championships in 1916 and 1918. The next year, after converting Ruth into an outfielder and watching him shatter all previous home run (and league attendance) records, Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sold the Babe to the New York Yankees for $100,000 and a $350,000 loan to cover one of his Broadway shows.
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