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.EVENING1 PUBLIC LEDGER SHIEADELPHIA', , SATUEDAY, AUGUST 23, 1919
CHEER UP! PHILS MA Y BE CHAMPIONS IN ONE DEPARTMENT-THEY LEAD LEAGUE IN HOME RUNS i
COUNT AS LOST TH'E
DA Y WHEN NO HOME
RUNS ARE RECORDED
Circuit Clouts Average Almost One Daily in Big League
Ball This Year Cravath Leads National With
Eleven Four-Base Smacks
SPORT
THE DAYS OF REAL
FOOTBALL DESTINED
TO HA VE ITS BEST
SEASON IN HISTOR Y
Gridiron Game Due to Come Back With a Greater Rush
Than Any Other Sport, With an Unusual Output of
Enthusiasm AlVAl6ng the Line
IN TIIK SPOi;TLIC.HT--nV OIlANTLANn RICK $
tCovvrtoht, 1319. All 7?lolilj IMmfil)
TP ANY one figures that baseball, rncing, golf nnd lnitn tennis have come back
A with n distinct and dizzy rush this summer, wait until the football season
lands on us ngnin in the nett few teekR. Football is coming back with a
greater rush than nny other sport nnd it' takes no prophet to forecast an
unusual output of enthusiasm all along the line.
Football players were plastered nil over France during the late quarrel.
The moleskin wearer rushed to wnr with n relish nnd those whp still had tims .
to serve in the collegiate halls will bo rushing back to football with n greater
relish still. " -
Another factor thnt will add to the Interest is the uncertain quality of play.
It will be high in certain places nnd n trifle rngged in others. 9
SfT ltr v f AW- h - He 5 sick V jfc
I iSaSS hafta Go Sack S Go Back home with gyr ifiWHTnfii r':-
A'sV'oyw Thgm vue'cu av.u hj him- if he hJan'T Rjg ' .Wur-r-
myVvVS HAFTA So- 1 DOMT g s,Ct i B6TCHA I FrT- SjM-SLxZT
$aSS 1 s w amta go b.ck- j (wouldn't o Back &sij--sr (JiySf -- -v
WL 8Avou.ersL. SvsJr- i (jot cramps KgyL ft. C '
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By ROBEHT XV. MAXW1XI.
Sport Editor Kvenlnc Public I f de r
Capyrioht, 1911. by Vublic 1 rdper ( i.
HOME runs nre becoming quite numerous in the great natinnni patune this
year. Circuit clouts arc bouncing oil the luggcr' bats with nmariiiK
frequency and eltlnin doe n dnv go by flint one or more nre not rcglMcrcd
Babe Ttuth alreadj has broken the American League record, which has stood
for years, and still in going strong. He now is after the world's record of
twenty (he, made bv Iluck Freeman way bnclc in 1S00, when Washington a
in tho National League Itabe has almost twice as many homers as his nearest
competitors in both the American and National Leagues
' It's a cinch to hit homers in the American," aid a National League
swatsmith the other dtiv "The talk about haiing better pitching in that league
is all bunk. Those guys nre not superior to the "itioiinl heners, or whv
should they allow so many runs'' Another thing should be considered: The
baseball tivd in the American League is more lich than ours. I noticed it
last spring when we played some of the clubs Ilelter baseballs and poorer
pitching is the anner for the enormous batting aerngcs."
We haie nothing to snj about the tnseballs. To our mind each league
gets the same brand and there is no discrimination. However, there was
a chance to make some interesting comparisons and Al Munro Illias, the demon
figgcr filbert and expert statistician, was asked to get on the job and hand
out the dope
Al looked through the files and made his first comparison between the
leagues in the games plajed on the Polo (irounds. The Yanks and the Giants
use the same field, batp played about as many games and many homo-run. swats
have been soaked The American League leads with a total of forty-five. This
Is seven more than the National. Yankee players have made twentj -seven.
Baker leading with eten. The others nm I'eckinpaugh. pit; Lewis,
PIdd. three. Bodie. three: Vick, two, and Ilanuah nnd Pratt, one each.
four
Pive
homers were made off Thompson, of the A's, on June 'Jo. nnd thrre were pre
sented by Elmer Myers, of Clccland. on August 11. Babe Ruth knocked the
ball out of the lot twice this season on the Polo Grounds.
B
EX'XY Ii 1 CFF n the best circuit rlouttr working for McClraic.
Cravath (Phila K
Kauff IN Y ) ...
Williams (Phila.)
Doyle (N. Y.I ..
Flack (Chicago) .
Mers (Brooklyn)
Ludcrus (Phila.)
Hornsby (St. L )
..-,
(
Ruth i Bos. I . . .
Baker (N Y.) .
Walker (A's) .;.
Peckinpaugh (N.
Ilcilman (Iet. ) 7
i; Smith (Cicc.) (!
McnoskJ (Wash.) (i
Y ).
. I'
1 ss "&
Ha! ('hij'e The others nic iiiinirrman, tnrcfi,- Fletcher, lefarti,
Doyle nnd Hum, tteo each, and Ynunn and lienton one eai h
Cravath Leads With Eleven Homers
GA. CRAVATH, our hard-working manager, heads the National slug
gers with eleven homers Benny Kauff has had nine, nnd C Williams is
tied for third, with Larrj Doyle with Feen. Had llmtv been plajing regulurly
it is possible th.it he would have git en Ruth a run for firt honors this
season, for he is hitting better than ever before nnd his long hits aie more
accurntclj placed
Al, the figgei expert, has sent all of the dope on the leading sluggers of
joth leagues and here it is :
National league
,11 Chase (N. Y.) 5
, !) South orth (Pitts.) .
. 7 Stengel (Phila.) ....
. 7 Mcuscl (Phila )
. I) Maranulle (Bos.) ..
, ." Zimmerman (N. ) .
. ," Groh (Cin.
. ."I 'A. Wheat (Brooklyn)
Pour of the Phil icgulars are among the firt sixteen, nnd whin Cac
Stengel decides to play again we will hate the in the selrt set Home run
hitting always has been the strong.point of the home folks. Now let's t.ike a
look at the American :
.10 Sisler (St. L ) .... (i
, .10 Uodie IN Y I ('.
. . !i Williams I St. L I . ... ."
. 7 l'lagsteail I Hot. I ."
. 7 Roth I Bo's I !".
Lewis (N. Y I H
Pipp IN. V.) r.
Jacksou (Chi ,"
V
1.
CRAVATH LOSES GROUND, BUT STILL LEADS;
COBB WELL IN FRONT WITH .374 A VERAGE
Manager Gavvy Drops
Fourteen Point s, but
Shows Way With .340
Rating; Roush Is Next
GROH LEADS IN RUNS
THE YflnlffJ are the leading sluaqcis in flu league, uith fire rep
rcneniatires in (If select Int. Baker and 1'erkinpauah are irakina
the pill, but Peck km slumped recently. Ilcilman, of Itctioit.
should finish strong.
Thirty-five Circuit Clouts by Our Phils
"ITfTHO do you suppose wins the brown derby for walloping the most homers
W in the National League? None other than our Phils. Since the sensnn
began the home folks hate soaked thirty -tne fnur-basers. leading the Giants
)ry two The musty old statistics prove it and here thej nre:
National , League
Clubs Games Home Runs
Phillies 102 .",.-.
New York 103 ""
Brooklyn If Is
Chicago 10." 17
Boston 101 10
Cincinnati 10'i 10
Pittsburgh 10. 14
St Louis 10.". 1'!
Total number of home runs hit. . . . Hi"
Now for another surprise. The lowly A's nre second in the American
Ieague with a total of twenty-seten, but what does it get them'' About as
much as the Phils, The Yankees lead with thirty -eight nnd they. too. are down
In the pennant race. One of the funny features of the appended list is the,
home runs chalked up for the Red So. They have amassed a total of twentj -one,
nineteen of which were made by Babe Ruth. Bobby Roth has lite to
his credit, but fonr of these were made while be was a member of the Athletics
Here are the tiggers :
American League
Clubs Games Home Runs
New York 107 3?
Athletics 104 117
Boston 107 'Jl
Detroit 10H 10
St. Louis 107 10
Washington 100 If)
Chicago 10S 17
Cleveland 100 15
Total number of home runs hit. . . . 17o
Taking It all In all and giving the dope the up and down, to say nothing
of the north and" south, we find that the National League has hit 100 long
clouts against l".1? for the" American. These figures nre entirely too close to
make any comparison of the pitching in both leagues or make anv claims thut
a livelier ball is being used on the Johnson circuit. v
XCLIDIXO the games played on August 19, the -lmcricau League
batters amassed a total of 7.37S safeties, while the A'adotiaj 7iam
mertd only 6060, Perhaps this tells ichat kind of pitching they have m
1h0 ritol (cafrucj or if gives us a line on the batting. It might also start t
a Slice argument.
Raging Reds in Our Midst
fpHF. Raging Reds, who are tearing things up in Mr. Heydler's circuit, are
X with ua today and the management of the Phils is tery much impressed with
this iact. The demand for tickets has been the largest of the season for
today's double-header and all the resened seats were sold out yesterday.
This means that one of the biggest crowds of the year will attend and" attend
ance figures for the series of five games, which will he played in three days,
protfibly will shatter ull marks for this campaign at the Phils' park.
But to get back to the matter of litely baseball, it might be stated right
here that thejSflbs played much livelier baseball than our Phils yesterday when
a 10-2 beating v;a parceled out to our Gavvy in the final of the series with
the Chleagoans. The Cubs took three out of the four from the Phils and won
the popular as well as the newspaper decision hands down.
Alexander the Great was nuoh too great for the Cravath clan. In the first
five innings only one Phil reached first nnd that was when William's fly stayed
in tho glare of the sun and fell into safe territory for a double. Not another
jnernber of the Baker payroll reached the first corner again until the seventh.
When Pat Murray was presented with the initial pass issued by the prince of
pitcher". In the late innings Alex slowed up and allowed a few bingles. Ho
was touched safely six times. It was the fAurth straight for the former Phil.
While Alex was turnips the Phils back, his teammates were slugging the
P k ball at a clip unquestionably lively. They poked the deliveries of our collegians,
t George Smith, Columbia, and rat Murray, isotre uame, lor a total of seven -
JV ' tei swats. Thev chased Smith to an early shower in the third, and Murrav
l;fi-il4lftd thc-engagemcnt. Murray proved, he could (lake a lot of punishment.
JAX FLAbK! and Vhftrley "MTofroc'er hvgged cm many tingles ,
Miefn thun at fas entire rSll duo. Then had thre w apiece. -
'pAW CRAVATirS batting aver
1 age has suffered during the hst
I week, but the hushing boss of the Phil
lies still tops the league in hitting
1 ourteen p o i n ts
hate been sliced
from his mail;
during the last
s(en dat s, and Ids
name now stands
opposite .'Mn.
Jim Thorpe
i.riks second, but
IMdie Roush is
thn real ninner
up Roush has
piny e d m 101
games for an aver
age of ."2.'l Thorpe
in forty- seicn
tho ball at a .'i2li
a it
BARNES TOPS NATIONAL LEAGUE
PITCHERS WITH LEAD OF 4 GAMES
Gam" Wm b P'tehers
From Thcae ciubs
3 r: i -. V, t -a "
e 2. t
3 - n 3 "
r
Oamps IiO-t bv Pitchers
to These Ctubs
v v e n v, s i v
il S o o r
Pitcher Club
Won Lest
I. P C Inst laet
1 .1 I
fs&&a26&im&vxr
III ISII '.I l
games has slugged
clip
Heine Grnh head
the circuit in run-
getting with setentt tallies to his nedit.
The Red ' thud baseman has Morcil
three less than Babe Ruth, who ltads
the Aineman League in crossing the
plate
Cratuth is the only member of our
Phils who is in the .D00 class, but Pied
Ludcrus is only one point aw at
The batting aterages in the Na
tional League, including guincs plajid
last Wednesday, follow :
NATIONAL
Cratath. Phil i
Thorp nos
Roush Cln
Uarber Chi
stoek s.1 i.
I.
Z heil
Hornebj St
M(,Hen St
Dotle X V .
Carey Pitts
Mler Ukln
D-iubTt. n
LuderuH Phila
1 rmntr N i
Burns Ts T
Oroh Cln
Meuel Phila
Williams Phila
I stuthH th. Pitts
ii.ise N Y .
llmthcote. St Ij
Holke Dos
Ehotton St L,
Sienicel Phila
tvinso Cln
Koneteh Bklyn
I Parbare I'ltts
Kauft N Y
demons St
Flack Chi
Kllleter Chi
Olson nkln
.Johnston, Uklyn
Ual uni
Kilduft Pklyn
rjrlrtlth Pkln
Whltted Pitta
McCartt , N i"
Koof Cln
Fletcher N Y
Herzog N V
Merkle Chi
Neale Cln
Hl'bee Pitts
Rath Cln .
Magee Chi
Marnvllle nbs
Clarke Phila
Cutshaw Pitts
Gowdy Bos
Bancroft Phila
Powell nos
nalrd St L.
Boeckel, Bos
Zlmmer'an N
Kreuser Bkln
Magee Cln
I.avan St L,
Schmidt. Pitts
Wilson Bos
Paulette Phlln.
Miller St L,
Mann. Bos
Adams PMIa
Pick Bos.
Smith St L,
Terr Pitts
j ifairu r, i
I Dllhoefer St L
tRsvltnes Bns
Hollocher Chi
, Smith Bos
r-"pser Phi a
SlcklnK, Phila
Tllarkburne Phila
Ptiskert CM
ICallshan Phila.
Smith Phila .
Parce Phila
I ntxey. Thlla
Cheney Phila
TcU-,r,l. PMIa
Meadow. PhlU
il-'ull
47 131
101 S0
4li 127
102 aos
Lklsil 107 411
L. 7B 24
SB 3t2
. Jl 113
102 3SS
. 10S 4U
101 87.t
102 JRl)
101 400
1011 3S
US 380
72 2S1
S7 123
m 378
SJ 2SB
100 377
72 247
SI) 323
r.O 18 1
102 17H
51 172
103 382
57 IBS
98 403
78 2.15
107 4M
81 273
89 314
50 127
31 88S
84 324
71 IBS
101 38
im sos
m 341
08 as
108 SOI
1)7 371
108 421
115 301
7 son
16 43
104 BS
4T 137
B ins
84 31(1
81 208
.10J 373
Y 103 flBD
lis 174
1-Es.GUn BATTIVG
G AB. It H SB V
S ( TO
12 44
15 l.'ii
111 4"
45 111
51 Ull
4'l IIS
.10 7iS
32 "I".
IS 31
4.1 111.
m 121
50 112
5t llil
r.i li'i
To 114
.'4 11.
3'1 si
41 !-,
53 110
rfs S4
.11 10'i
.12 71
3s il
J4 r.4
31 107
22 411
01 lO'l
3 0 4.1
BO 114
li CI
54 127
411 7
30 X7
II 31
".(! HW
3', SS
III 11
4! 104
41 117
31 no
JS 37
48 101
44 117
112 111)
42 04
31
I!
1
14
'I
14
1
11
in
10
l'i
It.
17
14
n
n
ii
u
i
it
13
Is
1
IS
1.1
K
.1
0
'I
14
4
340
"10
121
111
313
Ids
308
3 0
301
101
Jim
-111
I'll)
."IS
1.17
.11
2B.1
."14
204
2JI
211
2K0
218
2S8
2SS
.SI
25
281
281
26.3
2sl
280
278
277
27il
.273
Barnes N Y . . .
fteuther I'in . .
Luque Cln
Causet N Y ,Bps
Srfll.e Cln
Kller Cln
HIiik Cln
Tnnet .V Y . .
risher. ( in
Cador Hkltn
Duhui S Y
l.etili.n V 1
( oopr Pitts
Adams I'ltts
Carter Chic
Alexander I hli
t aiiRhn t hlc
PfffT. r Bkhn
Miller I'ltts
Dous s Ul V Y
HuJolph Il.is
IViwd .1 Pa St I..
Goodu'n St L,
rvrraree Bos
Ilall" Chic
Maniutnl llkltn
Scolt Ros.
1 1 ler ( hie
ililms Bkhn
Hei.ilrlx Chic . .
Packinl Phillies
Mpi s st I, Phil
Nehf Bos N Y
Mlti hell Bkbn
T.ien. st L, ...
lt ttlnt Bos
link s' 1.
Mtrlln ( hh
MrQulllen H03
Mamatix Bkltn
llmillton Pitts
Ames st i .
Carlson Pitts
Sherdell St L.
Rlxtt Phillies .
Ji.obs Pa St U
Si hupp st I. .
smith, V Y Phil
( h Ilk ,llis ,Pa
M.i ht I.
l'll'inKim Bos
Smith Bklvn
Br. fBler Cin
Hobb Phillies
Ponder Pitts
U r Pa N Y Bos
2U n 800
11 4 78')
S .1 727
to I 714
15 714
It! 7 1)1)11
'i 4 11112
1 1 1 (,ss
0 1 mi
1 2 7 (132
.1 .1 1121
n . nm
1 4 I) liO't
12 s IlliO
1 2 don
10 7 .15S
IK 12 171
It in 101
111 11 120
12 10 141
11 II 1110
10
H
8
10
ion
inn
100
100
K0n
100
174
471
402
lis
4111
444
417
412
4ll'l
401)
100
181
171
.475
41)1
101
311
311
HI
100
2S0
271
273
231
Jlill
111
(Mil)
000
Georgian Collects Three-
Point Gain and Has Big
Margin Over Other Foes ;
Sisler Is Third
Dtr o one enn jef sii doirn and call the turn, although most of the
collegiate clani arc optimistic to a rare degree.
Anzac Tennis
Till' highlj esteemed Australians, Australasians, or Anzacs, arc still distinct
barriers iu the wn.t of any lawn tennis triumph for nn outside nation.
Thej collared us in the last Davis cup trophy in 1014. Now n brace
of An'iic officers on their way home, meaning Major Rrookcs nnd Captain
Patterson, wrest nway the doubles championship and upset several of our
stoutest tennis in turning this trick.
It is hardly likely that eten n Rrookcs or n Patterson can survive n field
at singles which includes Johnston, Murrnj, Tilden, Willinms, Voshell and
others, but it is close to n certainty that one of this pair, or both, may offer
serious trouble before next week's matches nre finished.
"tv
'TIIESE Anzacs can play tennis. They odenyt could play tennis.
R'Arn dro of them, after long set vice in France, can drop off and
lent in turn such doubles teams as Johnston and Griffin and Tilden and
llichards theic is very little debate as ioihe quality of thejr play.
The Outsider
THR Reds nre now on the verge of bagging n National League pennant.
The Giants won in 1013, the Braves in 11114, the Phillies in 1015, th
Dodgers in 1010, the Cubs iu 1018. The Pirates won their Inst flag In 1000.
So, with the Reds on the terge of producing n long-delated triumph we
now hntc one lone outsider in the Nntional Lengue. When will the Cardinals
be due? The St. Louis Urownb bagged a few titles some thirty years ago,
but the team operating under the Cardinal banner has neter arrived nt any
place tery far remoted from the second division.
Cincinnati det eloped a mental tjphoon when the Reds tossed the harpoon
Into the (iinnts, but if St. Louis eter won a pennant you'd inhale a regular
jubilee. Apparently there seems nothing left for St. Louis to do except to
send for Pat Moran.
XJOTIIfXG new under the sunt Jtow about Cincinnati printing
r.
RUTH HEADS SCORERS
2 ..i tan
2 111
l.i
l l
2 2 2
2 2 1 4W'
I I - - I ( y-' s ,
II 1 I z $
2 -i -i & -wte"
establishments in late August bidding for the pi ivilenc of printing
norld scries ticlctsf
w
HAT has become
ditots?
of the old-fashioned golfer who used to replace the
nl:
"DARE RUTH, who recently broke
nil home-run records in the Ameri-
League nnd lifted his number of
' s circuit clouts to
, nineteen, is after
' u new mark in Sir.
Johnson's circuit, j
The "I? o s t o ii j
babj" has scored
set cnty-three runs
and lends the
league iu that de
partment. George
Sisler is second
with setenty-two.
Ty Cobb, of
comse, continues
to top the league
batting honors with
He has added three
j points to his nterage during the last
1 seven days. Rill Jacobson, the loose
j' jointed St. Lose outfielder, has been
. ' hitting the ball at n teirific clip reccntlj
'and has tumped, to second place. His
J i mark is .10, sixteen points higher than
" i last week.
.......... .. . ...
i iiiv tt niKer is on tne euge ot tne
.".00 class. The blond Mack outfielder
needs two more points to enter the
select class.
The batting averages in the American
League, including games plated last
EW YORK sent fifteen or sixteen golfers to the amateur chnmnionshin
nd only one of them remained after the first round of match plays. Ap
parently all that is left nre the ancient nnd bewildered ghosts of Travis and
Tratcis, whose agile putters kept the big town on, the golfing map.
AFTER a week of camp-following golf, where the range of various matches
is from twenty to twenty-two miles u dny. the waiting benches for the
lawn tennis chnmpionshlp seem to he a wonderful dream. The idea of being
ublc to sit down in one placp nnd obserte n sporting event ngnin is too
overwhelming to be tonsldercd seriously. It couldn't happen. If jcu think a
baseball crowd is wild nnd woollv, swing with the golfing pack for a week,
where serried mobs of benutj and chivalry arc dashing rapidly from spot to
spot with ever shot played,. '
HAIIU lll'-IIt
j in the race for th
l, a mark of 374.
Wedncsdaj , follow :
23 WINS GIVE CICOTTE BIG LEAD
IN AMERICAN LEAGUE PITCHING
Games Ixtst bv Pitchers
to These Clubs
O O 3
2 11
42 127
(17 243
59 185
18 170
73 251
88 314
(IS .ISO
17 101
83 282
00 311
1)4 31(1
35 75
30 75
31 18H
70 288
116 200
40 100
03 196
7 22H
72 228
nd 1.10
21 4t
HO 228
20 40
18 2(i
T 3D
3.1 50
3D
7
2D
3.1
37
44
47
1(1
7
18
19
12
111
.1(1
40
10
27
43
311
7
(1
in
31
20
in
17
24
3
1
7
5
17
21
21
14
ID
7
1
Ss 2S
.11 2
30 1
70
H7
HI 18
01 n
41-1
? ir I
?
3- 'J
Games Won by Pitchers
rrora 'inese ciuds
anna
2 3 2
Pitcher Club
TVon Ixjst
P C. last last
40
311
K
41
7
4
7
S
2lVl
260
204
2113
202
2(U
2(11
inn
21(1
21B
211
212
250
250
248
247
247
244
243
.41
.241
.MO
23rt
230
281
281
23"
228
2 7
227
-"is
224
220
..on
219
14
202
20i)
101
ISO
171
110
im
009
I.
'Club Batting Averages
in National League
cinb o. An. n. it. sn. it.
New York 103 S4M 4IH I)S1 11.1 .207 8
rinrini-Mi ui "i tM uii nn ,2Aft l
Brooklyn 107 SB10 875 K4H Kt ,118 J
r)t. Ionls . , 101 Sill 351 883 101 .238 .
Philadelphia. 101 M10 402 800 88 .230
H"s-n . 100 S1D5 828 d.llt 10S .218 ..
ritUhnrxh'.. J0fXS7l 842 8X1 140 24C ..
ChlfMO . '.. 10 3114 331 I3S 113 .213 "
1 ffGjUo. r-Ixia. A
llHcld. St. L. ..
Kelson NY
( Icotte Chleago,
Hot, Boston
Diuss Detroit . .
Itllllams Chi
Coteleskle Clete.
Kerr ChlcaBO . .
Sothornn, St. I. .
Pennock Boston.
BRb Cpe
Wellman .St L. .
Shawkej N Y
Shocker St I. . .
Caldn 1 Bos Cle
Knzmann Cleve .
Shaw It ash .
Khmke Petrolt
Johnson Wash
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PHONEY NEWS ABOUT
RLATT REAL BUT SiD
TWO PENH ATHLETES
IN
Telephone Bells Jingle as Pro
logue to Song of Sorrow for
Woody's Admirers
Hopper and Sweeney, in Auto,
Struck by Fast Michigan
Central at Kalamazoo
SOME
EVEN DOUBT FACTS I HAVE NARROW ESCAPE
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HENDRYX STILL LEADS
Tops American Association Batsmen.
Beals Becker Second
St. I'aul. Auk. 23. There una little
oliuune of position anions t lie batters of
tho Americin Association. Ilendr.tx, of
Louisville, continues to top the llxt ttitii
.H50, ultlt Uecker, of Kansan City, the
rimuer-up tilth .1147. Good, of Kansas
fltv. is third with .340. Miller, of St. I hitters are now
Paul, bugged a brace of circuit drives of Nashville, who
during the past iteek and tied Uecker i drives to his credit,
finch has made eleven homers, Ucacher, ' Other leading batters of the southern
of Loiibville, U burning the paths association for forty or more games:
with his speed and with forty-one pll , Tutweiler, Mobile, ,830; T. McDonald,
fered sacks, Is fartn front In base steal- Nashville. .331; Chrlstenburg, ilem-
GILBERT HITTING .355
New Orleans Star Shows Way in
Southern Association
New Orleans, Aug. 23. Gilbert, of
New Orleans, ulth an average of .air,
is at the head of the batters of the
Southern League. He Is also the leader
In stolen bases with thirty-seven and
iu total bat.es with 217. The home run
led by T. McDonald,
has eight circuit
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Zluh Baiting Averages
in American League
J. Wood Plntt. twenty -year-old
golfer from North Hills, is as unpopu
lar in this city as paydays.
Outside of n million and a half, more
or les, he hasn't n friend in town.
If you hall been nnsttering phones in
the sporting department yesterday you
would hate estimated his admirers
roughly nt 0!)!),!W!1.
The bells rang loud, long and ron
tiniioiisly. Rut they weren't ringing
merrily for they were the prologue to
n. sous of sorrow.
"I-o! How is Piatt doing at Pitt '
"Plntt is five down at the cight-
etnth."
Had News
"Thnt's bad news. Can't you do
better than that? When will you have
moie news? All right. Call later.
Thanks."
It was the brusque business man,
the rhnp who tnkes his golf in the
twilight nnd admires Piatt as a novice
admire, a big leaguer.
"Hello' Is tlnS the sporting depart
ment? Will j on please tell me if you
know how Mr. Piatt is "
"Piatt is live down at the eight
eenth." "Now just n minute, please, Mr.
Piatt Is down at eighteen "
'Tive down."
Stcnog Calls
"Oh, Mr. Plntt is five down at the
eighteenth. Is that right? Thank you
ever fo much. .
It was the business man's fctenog
railing for the business man who was
too busy getting his work in shape to
get out to the links.
Call followed upon rail in the late
afternoon when- it ta time for the
final result. '
"Hello. Sports? How did Piatt
make ."
"Piatt lost, Feten down."
A pause would follow and then
Seven Down and Out
"GOOD NIGHT! Out of the tour
ney?"
"Yen, seven down and out,"
1 "Guess you're right, but it sounds
like phoney news to me. Hope you'fe
wrong. Arc you sure? Seven down?
All right by."
Therc MM a catch in the voice of
every caller when the news spilled and
5 mi could almost hear the" tears drop.
J. Wood Piatt is out of the tourney,
but his remarkable snottlng at Onkmont
will not be stamped out of memory.
Club,
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Detroit ..
Cleveland
New York
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Two of" the Unitersity of Pennsyl
vania's best athletes "IJud" Hopper
and "Mike" Sweeney narrowly, es
caped death or serious injury last Wed
nesday when a automobile in which they
were riding at Kalamazoo, Mich., was
struck by a fast Michigan Central pas
senger train.
According to word received today by a
friend of the atlilct in this city, the-
machine in which they were riding was
ruined, lioth, however, escaped with
minor Injuries.
Clipped Rear of Auto
Hopper was running his car down a
crossing when the stop signal appeared.
He stopped the car and just as soon
as a Irelgnt train passed, started across
the tracks. Just then a passenger train
shot by and clipped the rear of the autoa
Both were thrown out. When picked
up, they claimed t!iy did not remem
ber seeing the fsienger tr!n dp
proachtng. It waj a narrow c.cape, and
it is a wonder that they weren't
killed.
Was All-Amerlcun End
Hopper was Walter Camp's selection
for nn end position on his mythical
AU-Aiuerican eleven last fall. Hop
per, while only a freshman, plnjea a
sensational game on the Pcnn S. A.
T. C. tarsity eleven. Sweeney, who
is visiting Hopper, was captain of
Penn's baseball team last spring. Ho
also was the leading scorer In the
Intercollegiate Basketball League last
w inter.
They have been placing wiW the
Kalamazoo baseball team. Sweeney's
great playing at short has attracted
the attention of major league scouts,
only last week receiving an offer from
Detroit. They will return to Perm"
next week.
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105 8417 441 DS4 01 ,17S I the grn(l wrrete. match, which In the
101 SUM 430 010 78 ,100 'im "l the beet ieftre In the Wimbledon
1 Olt. 34JO 400 OM 71 ,2B9. Cup Match, tM Pree'dent'n Match, tM Mj.
IO 3481 410 SOS 88 280 g.rln. Corps Match and I the Member.' Match.
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Sunday Golfers Fined $5
Netvton. Mftaa.. Aua- 23. The Dlitrlet
Court haa held that aolf although not a
anort. tvaa a jrame nnd that peraona who
plajed eolf on Sunday violated the Bab
bath law Edward N Kimball and How
ard Emerson g-olfers. who wre defendants
In teat caaea, were fined $5 each on the
charge of roirtlclnatlmr in a Munday aama.
They appeslrd nnd will divert" hearing In
tne oupnor (.ocrt ?i iwiyn nrinrmwr i,
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