Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1923, Page 21

" SPORTSI ;Natio ‘JOEY EVANS OF INDIANS & i » | REPLACES FRANK BROWER Evenup Trade With Cleveland Gives Griffmen a Righthand Hitter to Play Outfield and a Prospect For the Third Base Berth 3 fith whereby Frank Brower be This swap, an even-up affair, gives the Nationals a righthand hitter to vary the gardening contingent of the team’s attack, which fo seasons has consisted exclusively of s of the 1921 campaign, when Bing Miller patrolled the outer stretches at Georgia avenue for Pilot George McBride. Tor this reason alone the acqui; local boss as calculated to strengthe: asserts that Evans will be given an opportunity to show his wares as a third baseman, and if he proves capable of the same caliber of game that he flashed when cavorting at the hof other candidates for the assignment Evans originally was a third base- man and it was while playing this position for the Mississippi University team that he first attracted the at- tention of big league scouts in 1914. The following year he was signed by the Indians and farmed to the Amer- | can Assoclation Club, which repre- | sented Cleveland that season. He was recalled in midseason and fin- | ished the campaign at third base for | the Tribe. In 1916 he was sent on option to the Portland club of the Pacific Coast League, where he held forth at the hot corner for more than half the season and was recalled in August, finishing _the campaign as third baseman with the Indians. In 1917 he was the regular third sack- er of the Tribe and also played there in 1918, but, with the acquisition of Larry Gardner from the Athletics in 1919, Evans was delegated to utility role: Evans made his bow as a Tegular outfielder with the Tribe in 1920, the vear they won the pennant and beat Brooklyn in the world series, playing only when southpaw pitchers opposed the team. He appeared in the same capacity in 1921 and last season. Evans Is 28 Years Old. ns, although a veteran, is a cou- pie of years the junior of Brower, who goes to Cleveland in exchange nd is a native of Mississippi, een born at Meridian May 15, is of average height, about ine inches, and weighs close pounds. He is one of the fast- est men in the game at getting down 10 first base, and his speed of foot makes him one of the most effective flychasers in the business, his ability to go-get-'em being exceeded by few picket men. He has a better than average throwing arm and is a splen- did type of college-bred athlete. Used exclusively against portside hurlers when Speaker revived the outfield switch policy, with Joe Wood on the other side of him and with Tamieson and Elmer Smith replacing them when righthand hurlers toiled for the opposition, Evans for three seasons has proved a valuable work- man from a standpoint of attack as well as defense. 1In 1920, his first season as an outflelder, with the team zoing great guns, Evans pounded out an average of .349, and the following vear wound up with a mark of .333. st season, when the Tribe was in doldrums, Evans slumped along with his mates, his average dropping to_.269, for thirty-nine hits out of 145 times at bat in seventy-five games, Evans announced at the outset of last season that he would retire from base ball at the close of the cam- paign to take up the practice of medi- cine, having received an M.D. de- ree by attending school during the off-season periods for the last four vears. He already has carried out his design of entering actively into the practice of the medical profes- sion in Cleveland, having Sormed a partnership with Dr. Castle, the club | physician of the Indians, but has agreed to play ball for at least two years more, giving Griff this assur- | ance when he accepted the terms of- fered him following negotiations ex- tending over many weeks. Brower's Loss Regretted. The departure of Brower will be| keenly regretted by fans of the capi- tal, with whom he has been a prime favorite since he was purchased from the Reading club in the summer of 1920. Bgpwer earned considerable fame as a home run hitter in the In- ternational League, but failed to live up to his reputation as a marathon mauler with the Griffmen, the big playing fields in the American League handicapping him in this respect. He has proved a fairly hard hitter with the Nationals, however, earning an average of .311 in 1920, .261 in 1921 and .293 last year. Turkey was a poor fielder when he reported here, but improved to a great extent last season. It is an- nounced that he will be used as a utility outfielder and pinch hitter for the Indians. With that short right fleld fence in Cleveland as a target, Turkey may be expected to prove & valuakle asset to the Tribe. His legion of friends in Washington will be pulling for him to make good. CHURCH FIVES PROVIDE BATTLE AND WALK-OVER Metropolitan Presbyterian and Cal- vary Baptist quints were victors Saturday night in the Sunday School League. The former nosed out St. Paul Episcopal, 14 to 12, while the Baptists defeated Calvary Methodist, 42 to 10. Line-Up and Summary. St. P. Ep. (12) Positions. Met. Pres. (14) 3 ‘aber McPherson .J. Baldwin .Meyer Boeteler Score by periods: Kt. Paul Episcopal Metro. Presbyterl. Substitutions- . Paul Episcopal—Blumer for Fletcher. Metropolitan Presbyterian— Weber for Faber. Court goals—Frawley (3), Rlumer (2), Faber (4), McPherson, Hoteler. Free goals—Faber, 2 in 6: Frawley, 2 in 6. Referee—Mr. Dunn. Umpire—Mr. Nash. Time of ppriods—30 minutes. Cal. Bapt. (42) Positions. Hill Left Forward. FEdgington Right Ferward. Cunningham Center . Andrews. Left Gua: Rogers. Right Guas Score by periods: ary Baptis! .14 12 11—42 Calvary M. E.. 28 0 “2—10 Substitutions—Calvary Baptist—Thomas for Hill, Yagle for Cunningham, Robinson for Rogers, Calvary M, E.—Griest for Esson. Court goals—Andrews, Yagle (2), Robinson, Hill(4), Bdgington ' (5), Cupningham (3). ‘Thomas (4), Sickler, Fowler (2), Gottwal Free goals—Bickler, 2 in 8; Hill, 3 in £. Ref. eree—Mr. Nasl mpire—Mr. Duna, Time of Teriods—20 minutes, WEST VIRGINIA TOSSERS HAVE 18 MORE GAMES MORGANTOWN, W. Va., January 5.—Eighteen more games remain to be played by the West Virginia Uni- versity basket ball team. The list follows: Vavasbure. ellege; 13, Alls- 18, Pittsburgh, ttsburgh; PRy and Lee Univer- & <10 0 212 1 1-14 > Calvary (10) Bickler Fowler “Gottwalls +Esson “Linke 5 M Pittsbureh; 7, Joaa, L Buckmantes; 10! W eferson. 4091mflmmh¢: 22) © OEY EVANS, Cleveland outfielder, will wear a Washington uniform this season as the result of a trade announced today by Clark Grif- [YANKS WIN AND LOSE comes the property of the Indians. several outhpaw hitters, with the exception sition of Evans is regarded by the n his club considerably, but he also t corner for the Tribe will give the a hard battle. ATLANTIC CITY SUNDAY GAMES FOR MAJORS? ATLANTIC CITY, January S— Barney Dreyfuss, owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates and a member of the committee now engaged In framing the playing dates for the major leagues, has come to bat with a suggestion for the schedul- ing of major league games on Sun- days at “Atlantic City, provided that a ball park can be obtained. Restrictions against Sunday base ball, Mr. Dreyfuss stated, forced both Philadelphia clubs into idleness on many Sundays during the season, and patronage of many of the Quaker City fans would be assured at Atlantie Cit; HEYDLER SAYS SUNDAY GANES HELP CHURCHES LANTIC CITY, January 8.—Mil- lions of minds, busy with bulletins of bunts and base hits in the week of the world series, have no-time for criminal planning, John A. Hewdler, president of the National League, as- serts in declaring that the serfes last, year had brought about a practical cessation of crime throughout the country. “So many minds were centered upon the battle between the two clubs,” Mr. Heydler said, “that no_time could be found for mischief. I noted a de- crease in crime, but was not aware of the extent of the decrease until in- formed of it by a noted Washington criminologist.” “As to Sunday base ball in general,” Mr. Heydler added, “ministers have told me that Sunday base ball rather than being a detriment to church at- tendance, has been a help, for the reason that when a person knows he can find amusement in the afternoon he will go to church in the morning.” IN AUSTRALIAN MEET WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Janu- ary $.—George K. Krogness, former | Harvard hurdler, was defeated here| last Saturday in the 120-yard hurdle: by H. E. Wilson, » New Zealander, who made a new Australasian record | of 15 scconds. in the event. Wilson clipped one-fifth of a second from the old mark, which he also held. Krog- | ness finished three yards behind. Jack Merchant, former University | of California. star, won the hammer | throw, with a toss of 155 feet 9% | inches, beating the Australasian rec- | ord by 6 feet 4 inches. Krogness, Merchant and Morris Kirksey, former Stanford University sprinter, recently arrived for a tour of New Zealand, which it is hoped will serve to improve athletic rela- tions between the islands and the United ' States. - The meet Saturday marked the first appearance of the Americans here. i —_— BURLINGTON, Vt., January 8.— University of Vermont's foot ball schedule includes two new games, a contest with Boston College in Bos- ton, November 24, and one with Mar- quette in Milwaukee, on November 29. 1 {up by such | ball player: THE EVENING STAR, WASHlINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1923. “MY THIRTY YEA Manager New York Giants, Three Times World Champi Ad BY JOHN J. McGRAW, RS IN BASE BALL” (Released Exclusively Through the North American Newspaper Alliance.) Individual vs. Team Work — Tells of I Thought” Ball Players. What Happened to Snodgrass for the Error That Lost a World Series. HE public, 1 have discovered, T doesn’t care anything about . the methods employed by a ball club. the home club win. The fan wants to sec So there is little concern in the mind of a man- ager as to what the public thinks of his system as long as he wins. How often have you heard some base ball enthusiast—aiter the game or before—say, “I don’t care par- ticularly which club wins &s long as it is a good game”? 1 have heard them say it all my jfe and I never knew of one who I be- lieve really meant it. That is not the spirit of base ball, no matter what we hear. Such remarks are usually made after a comfortable dinner and in an effort to display a sense of | sportsmanship. One night I had dinner with De Wolf Hopper, Louis Mann and a few other rabid fans. “Honestly, Hopper,” I asked, “what really is your idea’ of a good ball game?” “My idea of a perfect ball game and a delightful afternoon clared the veteran fan and actor, “is for the home club to pile up fitteen runs in the first inning. To add to my com- fort I don’t want to see a single play- er on the other side reach first base.” “Well,” spoke up another, “it is quite a thrill, at that, to have them get the bases full and then have our pitcher strike out the batter.” “But, my dear fellow,” declared Hopper, “that lsn't comfort and pleasure. : That's_suffering.” 80, you see, the base ball manager, to have the public like his style or his method, must win. He needn’t worry about the details. The average fan will never understand them anyway. Importance of Teamwork. Teamwork is to base ball just what it is to any other enterprise. Individ- ualism is all right in its place, but too much of it will kill any organiza- tion in the world. The result is what counts, and the only way to get it is by_teamwork. So-called inside base ball is mostly bunk. It is merely the working out of definite plans that the public does not observe. ball fleld that the public could not see and understand if the fans studied the game as we do. As I have intimated, all the fan sees, as a rule, is the vic- tory or defeat. 'His eye 15 always on the ball or on the runner approaching the plate. Rarely does he observe what the other players are doing. He is an enthusiast—not a workman. I venture to say that not one fan out of & hundred saw the two plays that we worked on the Yanks when we caught Meusel and Schang going to second after their hits had driven runners around. The eyes of the pub- lic were on the ball or the runner furthest advanced. 1f, for instance, a batter cuts a base the fan rarely ever sees it. His eve is always centered on the real action. g And this question of individualism or team work-recalls my early remark | on the difference between the college player-and the town lot fellow. The former quickly sees the advantage of team work—of co-ordination. The latter sees only himielf, either mak- ing good or falling down. If he makes an error he will try to cover it remarkseas “Well, I thought z Always Have an Allb We call that class “I thought There are many of them. Always they have an_ alibi. It is seldom that they come to the bench and.ask where they made the mistake and what to do about it next time. The college player will do that. His mind.ise more disciplined and he is eager to learn., A type of the college player, quick to learn, was Eddie Grant, who was killed in action in France. After leaving Harvard, Eddie was on the Philadelphia National League Club. Having heard much of Mathewson, he was very curious to bat against him. Finally his chance ame. On his first time up Matty CHANCE WAS FINE PLAYER AS WELL AS A MANAGER BY FREDERICK G. LIEB. fling at big league base ball. A FAMOUS warrior of another decade is about to take another The lure of the diamond again has taken hold of “Husk” Chance, the former Peerless Leader and once fiery first baseman of the Cubs. Failure to do anything with a tail-end American League club in New York ten years ago has not discouraged Chance. ability, and is about to embark on the Boston Red Sox to their former roost. But in this series of sketches we are interested more in Frank Chance, the base ball star, rather than in “Husk,” the manager. Chance's rec- ord is not as imposing as some of the men we have commented on— Wagner, Lajoie, Duffy, et al. Husk hit over .300 only five times, scored over 100 runs only once and the most hits he cracked out in one season was 151. However, with it all, Chance was one of the star first basemen of his time, or any other time—a dash- ing, aggressive player and a natural leader. Frank LeRoy played his first big league game in Chicago on April 29, 1895, the Cubs playing Louisville. Change caught Clark Griffith _that day and_the Cubs were in a hitful mood. They lashed Chick Frazer, the Louisville hurler, all over the West Side and won by 16 to' 2. Hans Wagner played in that game at first base for the Colonels. Chance caught for Chicago five years without ever attracting any great attention. It was when he was shifted to first base in 1903 that his famous career as a player rezlly started. His speed, which was never properly utilized when, he worked be- hind the bat, quickly manifested He still banks heavily on his former managerial the precarious job of leading back position at the top of the base ball itself, for in his first year as a first baseman Frank stole sixty-seven bases. He remained a gangerous base runner until his legs started to go back on him in 1910. In many respects the Chance and the ‘venerable son ran in parallel lines. Anson spent his entire playing career in Chicago, as did Chance, with the ex- ception of a few games played with the Yankees in the sunset of his career. Anson won five pennants for Chicago from first base, and Chance ‘won four from the same position. After making an enviable reputa- tion as a manager in Chicago, Anson went under trying to manage the Gignts in 1888, in. an era when the New York Nationals were chronic tailenders. Oddly enough, Anson left the Cubs for New York the same vyear that Chance joined the team. Fifteen years later Chance left Chicago, where he had won his great glory, and tried to put the New York Yankees in the spotlight. Like An- son, he took over~a tall-end team and after two years, during which he encountered ~much intereferen: eight years later, he tinker with another tailender. FRANK LEROY CHANCE'S MAJOR LEAGUE BATTING RECORD. Year. Club. League. National National 6. 1898—Chicage e 42 1890—Chicago o BT 1900—Chicago 1901—Chicago 1902—Chicago 1903—Chicago 1904—Chicago 1 1908—Chicago AB. 148 190 H. B, 43 T.B. 55 6 o6 o7 144 140 124 181 132 ] £ lonosbnsgssaseta #l.ouneasiseassysay .slaulll There is nothing on a| GOT $1,000 RAISE FOR MUFF THAT LOST A WORLD SERIES This former Giant, a good type in an unusual manner by his boss. put one right in the groove and Grant | | smacked it for a single. Five times in succession he faced Matty that first day and established the remark- {able record of getting five straight i hits. Grant Learmed Lesson. “Do vou know that's Mathewson yowre hitting?" Billy, Murray asked him. “Yes, e said, “but L don't suppose he knows this is me.” “But he will,” Murray advised him. “What did he pitch you?" “Curve ball, waist high and just inside.” “Well, you'd better practice Kitting something else.” ; Now, Eddie was not stupid. He aian't ‘think_ like other bushers that he alone had solved Matty's delivery. He began to study. An early success like that would have ruined a player with less brains. “And,eyou know,” Grant afterward i told me, “it was a good thing I did. Matty didn’t pitch me another bali like that all season, and I didn’t get a hit the nmext twenty times that I faced him.” g Another type of the ambitious col- lege player was Fred Snodgrass. He | came to me as a catcher, or rather, I Was so impressed with his work 'in 2 college game out in California that T @sked him to join us. Snodgrass was not a great catcher, so 1 turned him into"an_outfielder. ' He studied very department of the game care- fully and It was rare that he ever made a mistake—of judgment. When Snodgrass dropped that ball in Boston—the error that everybody says cost us the series—I never gave BALTIMORE TRAPSHOTS BEAT DISTRICT GUNNERS Scores had to be computed carefully to determine the winner of the first Washington-Baltimore trapshoot of the year at Washington Gun Club, but when the tally was Completed the locals were on the wrong end of an 873-to-871 codnt. Sixteen members of the Oriole Gun Club came to Wash- ington to uphold Baltimore's prestige at the traps, and their ten high guns constituted the club team. Baltimore's scores follow: Bostwick, 93; Salabes, 89; Hogarth, 89; Bartlett, $8: Robbins, 87; Geatty, 86; Miller, 85; $4; Edel, 83. The Washington : Parsons, 93; Marcey, 91; Fawsett, 90; Morgan, 88; Emmons, 87 ‘Wynkoop, 85; Hogan, 85; Bowle, 84; Horton, 84; Waters, 84. After two shoot-offs with A. V. Par- sons, F. S. Bostwick succeeded in cap- turing_the high gun honors of the day. The following recelved prizes under the Lewis class system: Class A—Bostwick, Parsons, Mar- cey; class B—Wynkoop, Hogan, Wa- ters; class C—Monroe, Stine, Garnett. HAGEN-KIRKWO00D SCORE. SACRAMENTO, Cal, January 8.— Walter Hagen and Joe Kirkwood de- feated Gene Sarazen and Jock Hi chison, one up, on the Del Paso County Club links yesterday in a sensational finish in a 36-hole best ball match. WILL BOWL FOR TITLE. CHICAGO, January 8.—Joseph Fal-( caro of New York city this afterngon will meet James Blouin, world cham- | plon bowler, in/the first block of a forty-game series for the title. Play will end Thursday. Radiators and Fenders ANY, KIND MADE OR REPATRED. 10 DIFFERENT MAKES RADIATORS, WITTSTATT'S R. and F. WORKS 319 13th. ¥ 6410 1435 M. T443. Match Your Odd Coats With Our Special- - TROUSERS $4.55 C | Sa .fln—fie(flm/ m"_fi. All colors, sixes, pat- call freak players. FRED SNODGRASS, of college player, whose unfortunate fumble in Boston cost the New York club a world title in 1912, was “punished” him one word of reproach. Any Dlayer is liable to make an error. That was not a boner, as we call it. It happengd to be one of those un- avoidable things that come at a cost- ly moment. Often I have been asked to tell exactly what I did to Snod- grass for that. For the first time I guess 1 will have to tell* I raised his salary $1,000 a year. Snodgrass suffered more over that one error than all the rest of the team put together. To blame a player for @ thing like that would show lit- tle loyalty on the part of a manager. It would ruin him for the future, Often I used to “burn up” when I read in the papers of rumors that I had released Snodgrass. In this connection I will confess that I also raised Fred Merkle's sal- ary at the end of the season in which he made the fatal blunder of not touching second in that famous game with the Cubs. I do not mean to imply that a premium should be placed on errors. The chances are I would have raised the salaries of both those players anyway. I wanted them to under- stand that T would not let such mis- takes stand in_ the way of thelir progress. They had done nothing in violation of the spirit of team work. Both Earnest Workers. Both were earnest and very valua- ble cogs in our machine. To relieve their feelings and restore self-confi- dence it was necessary that they un- derstand that the manager and the other players heid them in just as much esteem as ever. If I make myself clear I have tried to point out the difference between breaches of discipline and mere er- rors of commission. I fined Sammy Strang for hitting a home run and winning a ball game, while L raised the salary of a man whose error had cost a pennant and of another whose muff of a fly ball had lost the world series. It 80 happens that all three of these players were college men—young fel- lows with the advantage of system- atic mental training. Snodgrass and Merkle faced the gibes of fans for two vears without a murmur. Never did they offer an excuse. Benny Kauff is an excellent type of the man who comes into base ball without mental training and . who could never grasp the idea of trying to find his faults instead of trying to hide them. Benny had great natural ability. It was almost impossible, though, to gets his mind off himself and on the team as a whole. Benny had no early advantages. He wanted to be a star, but he ceuld not realize that a real star must rise with the team to be of value. George Burns, on the other hand, never regarded as a great star, was one of the most valuable ball players that ever wore the uniform of the Gilants. Kauff was of the type of what we The chances are I have handled as many of the so- ocalled freaks as any other manager. It has not added to my health any, either. I will discuss those fellows in the succeeding chapter. I.!ul(ux SPORTS. nals Get New Oultfielder : Brilliant Young Pitchers Uncovered Last Year WILLARD DUETOTAIK [PRUETT OF BROWNS HEADS BUSINESS WITH RICKARD| LIST, 1922 RECORDS SHOW . —Jess Wil- NEW YORK, January of a lard, supposed to be on the tra return match with Jack Dempsey for the heavyweight boxing cham-! plonship of the world, is expected to | arrive here this afternoon to arrange a conference with Tex Ricard, pro- moter, who made overtures last sum- mer for a Willard-Dempsey bout. Rickard is now in Columbus, Ohio, and is mot expected back until the middle of the week. The bout was scheduled for last summer, but Willard was slow in whipping into shape, and he declined the date upon which Rickard pro- posed to stage it. [ — FLOYD JOHNSON VICTOR OF ALL HIS 46 FIGHTS BY FAIR PLAY. W YORK, January $.—Floyd Johnson who today screwed down the clamps in his preparations for the Bill Brennan embroglio, paused in his assault upon the punching bag to say howdy to a bunch of visitors. “How many times have you been licked since you started on your career?” asked some one. Well.” Johnson smiled—and he has one of those happy swiles that make every one feel good—‘you see I've only been in the game about two and a half years. Haven't had much time to get beaten up.” As a matter of fact, since Floyd began milling he has won forty-six fights and all but eight of them by knockouts. If he gets by Bill Bren- nan and then whips Firpo he will be one of the few outstanding fighters Wwho never have been beaten. There is & mighty select few who have never known defeat before win- ning a title. They are John L. Sul- livan. Jack McAuliffe, Kid Lavigne, Jini Jeffries and George Dixon. When these five men held their titles no fighter who could say he had_ever beaten them. Jim Corbett had one black mark, a defeat by Billy Welch, on a decision at the Ariel Athletic Club in San Francisco. one remember when hinsky fought the negro attler, John Henry Johpson in New York and had two of three ribs crushed? Well, the uunfortunate Shineky was none other than Jack Dempsey. Willle Meehan and Pueblo Jim Flynn also walloped the present,| champion good and proper. Har: Greb, the light-heavy champion, ha been whipped and so have Benn: Leonard, Mickey Walker, Johnn! Kilbane, Johnny Wilson, Joe Lynch and Pancho Villa. Most of them re- ceived their beatings when young and inexperienced. None the less, the records are there. HOPPE AND P BEGH CUEPLAYHERE TODAY Willie Hoppe, than whom there is no greater in the billiard worid, opens a three-day exhibition this afternoon at Sherman's establishment on H street. Two 18.2 balkline contests are to be staged today between Hoppe and Tadao Suganuma, young Japanese cue expert, the first at 2:30 o'clock and the second at 8. The same pro- gram will be followed tomorrow and Wednesday. Since regaining his championship crown, Hoppe has been performing in brilllant style. In a recent 300- point exhibition in Boston Willie ran out in a single inning, and in two Philadelphia matches completed his strings without leaving the table. He should be in great form. for the im- portant match with the winner of the Schaeffer-Conti_debate in March. Sugunuma, Hoppe's partner, is showing here for the first time. He is a twenty-vear-old student at New York University and still an ama- teur in billard ranks. Since becom- ing a pupll of Hoppe's Suganuma has developed rapidly. Both he and Hoppe will give fancy shot exhibitions. at the conclusion of each of their con- tests. Does any EX-MARINE STRONGEST MAN AT NAVAL ACADEMY ANNAPOLIS, January 8.—Members of the new fourth class stand one and two in total strength among the whole midshipman body, according to the official tests of the class which have just been completed. Louis L. Vodila of Pennsylvania | stands first with a total of 7,345, and Arthur W. Lentz of New Jersey is second with 7,235. Up to this time | the strong man, according to the of- ficial tests, was Wendell S. Taylor, the foot ball end, whose total is 7,185, Lettz is a foot ball man, playing right guard on the eleven most of the_season, and also playing guard at_Rutgers last year. Vodila, however, has not been in any athietics up to this time. He was appointed from the Marine Corps late in September, and consequently was not noticed by any of the coaches during the summer, as at that time the class had already been culled for foot ball material. He is six feet one inch in height and weighs 181 pounds. e Notre Dame will make its debut in “big three” circles next fall when the South Bend warriors will meet the Tigers at Princeton. EieSES==E3 Men Are Saving Dollars IN OUR BIG JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE Omohundro clothes are noted for their style, shape- holding qualities and long"wear. Order your garment now while selection, \ prices are reduced and stock offers best O’COATS IT’§ OUR FIRST BIG JANUARY SALE IN OUR NEW HOME, AND TO MAKE IT A VALUE.GIVING EVENT LONG TO BE REMEMBERED BY THE MEN OF WASHINGTON WE ARE OFFERING HUNDREDS OF OUR BEST FANCY SUITINGS AND A WONDER- FUL BLUE AT THIS VERY LOW PRICE. ‘OMOHUNDRO, 514 12th ST. YmTflqHflMF& 3 Official Statistics Indicate Pillette, Leverette, Robert- son, Blankenship, Ogden, Brillheart and Syl Johnson Also Have ‘““Arrived.” BY IRWIN M. HOWE. Official Statistielan, American League. N the selection of a pitching staff the prime consideration ability of the men chosen to deceive the batters. skill in this direction, it has been the custom for man pitchers according to the number supplementing this rating with the and lost.” Neither of the above methods ! hurler’s effectiveness, therefore the table herewith is ng just “how hard to hit whole story of submitted, ‘show were during the season of 1922. It the As proof of their vears to rate of earned runs allowed opponents, winning percentage of games “won nor, even, both combined tell the American League pitchers should be understood that this table is not intended to supplant the statistics already published, but rather to add these interesting data to those previously given. It was explained when the regular pitching records were published that a very emcouraging feature of Amer- ican League hurling during the past seafon was the number of sterling youngsters that came to the front as the season progressed. This table further verifies that statement. Of the first twenty-five men who were most difficult to find for safe hits, no less than eleven were serving their first or second year in fast company, and toward the close of the campaign Znearly every one of these was taking his regular turn on the slab. Pruett Leads the League. Leading the league Herbert Pruett, the young left-hander of St who in 120 innings held his on to an_average of .235. Pillette, Detroit, and Victor Leverette, Chicago. were the most brilliant and relfable of all the new comers, partly because circumstances demanded that their respective man- agers give them every opportunity to make good, which they did most em- phatically. Pillette was not only the best winner on the Detroit club, but also led the Tiger staff in the earned run averages. - In more than thirty games he held rival hitters to an average of the leader among regulars for the season being Frank Davis, St. Louls, followed by Urban Faber, I and George K. Murray., the latter a Yankee recruit who ~was only al- lowed to finish games. Pillette shut out opponents four times and hurled three two-hit games. Leverette Also Starred. Victor Leverette, working 2 nings, allowed an average of only : ‘like Pllette, shut out oppos- ng teams four times and pitched one is in- three-hit game. Chicago, besides un covering Leverette, also found places for Charles Robertson and Ted Blankenship among the regulars of the White Sox. Robertson startled the base ball world by hurling a per | fect game on April 30 against De- troit, the opposing pitcher being P lette. Besides this remarkable per- formarce, Robertson worked one two | hit and one three-hit game and shut out opposing teams three times. Of the other young pitchers not al ready named, Warren Collins of the eighth-place 'Boston team won six straight games in August and (@ tember, furling one. {hree-hit ! two four-hit games and scoring th shut-outs: W. Ogden, a collegian, w joined Philadelphia late in the se on: Sylvester Johuson. Detroit J. B. Brillheart. Washington, e places on their respective teams. Faber Tops the Veterans. Of the veteran regulars, Faber. Chi- | cago. adds to his other laureis an | opponent’s average of .252, four shut outs, three three-hit games, one four- hit game and eight extra-inning games. Besides the four above named. Wal ter Johnson and Jack Quinn each shut out opponents four times, while George Uhle, Cleveland, blanked ri- val teams five games: being the league | leader in this particular. Bob Shaw- New York; Alex Ferguson, Bos- and Ed Rommel, Philadelphia. pitched three four-hit games while Stan Coveleskie hurled a lke number of three-hit contests, sharing the league honors with Faber in this respect. Joe Bush, New York, was the only pitcher except Pillette to turn in more than one two-hit game. while no one achieved the honor of holding a team to a single safe blow THESE FIGURES SHOW EFFECTIVENESS OF HURLERS. 1n the following table pitchers ar average of opponents more innings. Player. Club, ¥ Seden Phnsichhia T e elphi W. 1. Bayne, St. Louis ..+ F. T Davis. St Louls: U. C. Faber. Chicago - L. 3. Bush, New York . 1l Georgs K. Murray. New York . IR, Shawkey. New York . Pillette. Detrolt - W. B. Wright, 8¢, Louis " V. Loverette, St E. A, Rommel, Philadelphia . W. P. Johnson. Washington . 7.3, Quinn, Boston 2 W. C._Hoyt. New ¥ork E.R. Vangilder, St. Louis . . 3. Shocker, Et. Louis THE . Jones, New York ... Zachary. ington . Brillheart, Washington George Mogridge, Washington . Guy Morton, Cleveland .. 6. Erickson, Washington . | Ehmbke. Detroit Slson., Detroit - .- . M. Schupp, o L W. Javs, New: Fork . C. Robertson. Chicago . eorge Dauss, Detroit . . E. Uhle, Cleveland ‘Harris. ' Philadelphis . H. Fullerton, Boston W._Mails, Cieveland . C. Eolp, §t. Louis . §. Gourtney, “Wash..Ci . Peanock,’ Boston William Piercy, & . C. Danforth, St. Louis . Oldham, Detroit . B, Naylor, Philadelphia . . C. Edwards, Cleveland . ert Gole, Detroit ........ Russell, Boston 11l E. Stoner, Detrai Heimach. Philadelphia. | Eiert, Philadeiphia - K, Lindsey, Cleveland D. _Moore, ' Phila.-Det - G Bagby. Cleveland ... . Bullivan, Philadelphia FUTURITY NOMINATIONS " FOR 1925 SET RECORD NEW YORK, January §.—A record total’of nominations already has been made for the 1925 rnning of the Fu- turity, one of America's turf classics, run annually at Belmont Park. The Westchester Racing Association to- | day announced the listing of .1,434 candidates. Entries have been received from every state; in addition to Canada, England and France. The list of efries is topped by Harry Payne Whitney with ninety- nine. ‘Wonder What Mer: Opponents. IP. AB. Will Say Today? e rated according to the lowest batting All pitchers are included who worked forty-five ot Shut hits Ex. In. Outs, Games of few 1h. 2& 3h. 4h. Gams H. Pet 0000000005000000000-00000HONHO0OHO0000HE00000H0E0000WOONOOH0 B 900000-20000000000000000-00H000000000HOUSOHNONOOOHHE0000NE000 B 0000000000 HEENEO N HONOOOHOOOHO NS OmE S N H OO EH NS 000000 00NEOH O 00000 S 1D OO S NN OO S BN N GO B0000~0000=100 MmO S K-~ 0N OHUO NS NNNIANO<AOESOSRNOOO 2000900000000000000000000000000000000000000005000050000000000 erfect game against Detroit, mo well a3 a shutout. ashfngton. " With these sdditions the wbeve |WORLD SPEED BOAT MARK IS ESTABLISHED BY W00D LOS ANGELES, Calif., January $.- | Garfield A. Wood of Detroit establish- | ed a new international salt water rec- | ord for dual motered speedboats yes- | terday when he drove his Miss Amer- ica I at the rate of 75.43 miles an hour |in the channel oft Long Beach, near here. | Wood failed, however, to break his own fresh-water record of 76.665 miles an hour, established at Algonac. Mich., in 1930. | His previous salt water record was | seventy-three miles an hour. Opesn Daily TIIl 6 P. M. 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