The Pittsburgh Crawfords and the Fall River Marksmen made sure that the pennant races in the Keystone and Northeast Divisions (respectively) were yawners, but things were tight in the Empire, where no fewer than five teams were still in the hunt in the season's final week. In the end, the Giants edged out the Atlantics by one game and thier Brooklyn cousins, the Eckfords, by two...but Atlantic grabbed the "wild card" spot and headed for the Cup playoffs.
The Atlantic Division was even closer: the Elizabeth Resolutes had a comfortable lead over Newark, but went into a tailspin, losing six straight whilst Eureka was winning eight in a row, creating a tie and forcing a playoff, which Bewark won, 5-4, to take the pennant. Elsewhere, Minneapolis dethroned Rockford in the Plains Division, Fort Wayne stayed on top in the Midwest, holding off Columbus, and the Philadelphia Centennials claimed the wild card position in the West.
