Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-03

The Percentages for the Season-wrecker
OF the League.

The Percentages for the Season-wrecker
OF the League.
by inc averages OF 'ne league players TOT tn'
entire season. when nave just been compiled
the Washingtons rank ninth in batting with
percentage OF .2s5. and tenth in fielding with ,
| ror.ar..o. of o,o OF. I-.y, -
=. so' Nouis,ne "nN
o. LOUIS are io"er III oattinS ana baitmor'
and New York are lower In fielding. The Phila
delphias, with the Brooklyns. rank first il
batting and rink with Cincinnati; frat in field
a.. m. :. ..,..;.,, :-,,n -, ~,
ing fanny q" en'aDie feeoio io'
| the Vuakers ana snow tnat they should RAM
higher than fifth in the league If records
amount to anything. As a matter of fact
| records do mot er,o,,+ 20 ,,roh Thav do M,
-. =. - o. w -"
auouiis " nuen ioI ,ne reason .na' cer'ail
things are not included in computing records
n nnon alJ ialse iactoi In winning games.
as. ;1siS hI1uhg ana oase on o ,.
1.r,s1u thronnh .h Su a. s.ies nre Won anu ,os ,
| '.ou 'uese 'he 'eani averages uo HUI
pr"''.. ne S:ins power OF a a Team.
the iist of batsmsrp w;,b - s ,Do 81 ssa
| Ew;rn who 80. AZ. pe..eH e.. " 1900
seo.o1 ia fytaan.h y; " nrJ o., ~ .i,o whnie
season With = rs-cnn.nna - ~ aa.' I;n,
O'Ronrle Tho MI h;,.;,tH e VI Uy -, WI.
in,.o1, S,aaS =" saa,,.e neiuSi WV Nm, sa
| .2s5 to his credit Sbocb mbon Wasbincton
| let go without a trial ANY. ahoxa ali the men
! nah m En,Nf harr base <xf
| shoch has heep laid mn a. Prsot ar nsrt Of The
second season from n hrotan limb Jnrkin
| heads The local team In b;ttina standing
| twentv-tbird with a nercent.oe of 2s5 Mill,
gan comes neYt with 97O Tben comes How.
| with os9 n tic with Kins,ow He outrank,
| sucb hatsmen as Jnbr Ward Corntbara and
Denny LYONS Radford follows with a ner
| centare of ga Then comes Dnffee and Dowd.
who are tied for seyenty-eighth place. with a
| percentage Of o41 McGuire follows. with
/ .23s. tieine McA,eer and Joyce. Richardson
with .2SI: Killen. with .2O3. Twitchell with
! .199; Robinson. with .176; Abbey, with 100.
and Meekin. with .OO4. complete the local team
Considerable complaint has been made of
Richardson's hitting but the record shows that
he outranks such hitters as Latham, Curt
| WEIGH, Crooks, Wilmot, Farrell, Commiskey,
Bassett and Twitchel
The record also shows that Hardy Richard
son, who was discarded for Yank Robinson.
considerably outranks the latter player in bat
ting. Nevertheless il was AN of year for Hardy
| at the bat.
Harrington Of Cincinnati leads The catcbeIs,
with o Conner of Cleveland second Miigan
GU my ue Api - p."Se
Miligan tied Virtue for seventh place, while
Larkln was twelfth.
erhee leo 'ha second oasemen' teaolnG
nAt," Oh" ~, a' L. IL IN $500: !" ie"
&C., sa,o,,d Roh;,'so, 49,, f,. - -
RaJso~d ,;ra.oon,L r. 'ee ~, or" ,i,a
- 80 =, .La,,r,h. ~ r.t.;n , VIZ.
P;ohnrIn,, ioI re shnrs9 - gig 80.
,oitI III 80 fsias.o-st D,,1 ~
taanty 800. -; ,bm. o';,in, IN .'i .
Prown;ne Iod tbo ldf, faIdars Tritoham -
.;abth ~ nufoa 81 ""'
Grifin ot R~oolIrn i.d tho oo,.or so,,or,
H. 10. bod ar oeT ya,r "a -. t,',h %.
Of :,renteen Nan IIaltran HEN. ,ba o,i, oar
T.ion ~, o NV 0"i' Pi"!'i
Wocd wbo WING M. oo,s;1oo, ooo,, o,.,,
.o - -. - 80, ~ Ws. sJou ehI II
n -, = e.. =! li'S on a. "a, a. 'n"u5n ",i
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ou' y, II Deoh1I anu 'ar ii',itieii
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- u " ~ roiA iu NC neio anu
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49, " ieuS 'no Pi'cneis.
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'eoo'. sno"hs 'Ia' ieSo,ua uo NO. amount 10
49,. rs anG G;nS 5en aoiiiE. A W:i
To- S nisei .. uoos hoDe "iu He' All
- "a n'oAe ''iue " VIC ioe-'i 'e''ih
'A"A O0'A VI '
RETURNING TO OLD CONDITIONS.
The phI,aa,,h;a 1.o,.;~o,. s,,,s. ..wi,h two
1900" Wv" :"
major organizations IN 1871 patronage was lar
better than 1t has been In 1892, and had the old
conditions and systems been adhered to base
| ball TODAY would be nearer its old-time popu-
larity than it is under the present twelve-ciub
| monopoly" The INQUIRE. is hot for n return
| to the old league and association clubs. The
magnates have the game right in their own
| hands now and they swould be fools to throw
| mn their hands The tveIve-clnh donhIa season
! scheme has been better for every Climb than last
| seasons arrangement WINS The heavy ey
pense OF b uyine out the old associa,ion climbs il
| what has brought mn the expenses of the clubs
Then. too the base ball war caused n number
I n Pfeffer. an n no Al