The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-19
BASEBALL. GOSSIP.
McGraw Leads the League In Hating,
With an Average of .s''S-

'Muggsy" McGraw now leads the League
in batting. with percentage OF -ssa. WINE
Flick of the Philies is second just nVe
points behind. The latter has played sixty :
one games To McGraws thirty-one- Ia
Ioie comes third. with .3sI and thirty-iiye
games PLAYED. Jesse Burket s,an ms
leaders hustle inside OF month II he
keeps up his present gait
Keeler of Brooklyn has failed to make a
hit in seventeen games.
Joe Kelley thinks his hitting is lighter this
year Tor -he reason that more pitchers have
mastered the slow ball
Cincinnati seems bound TO be ST. Louis
hOodoo. Almost every time Cincinnati has
faced St Louis II has been with tn. latter
organization weakened by injuries TO play
erS and the standing of cincinnati has be n
e.ped materially by the manner IN which
they have Toasted on ST. I-outs's ii-luck.
but there is reason for 81. I.ouiss downfall.
many of the men are crippsd.-New
York Evening Telegraph.
Pre- sident Ban Johnson of the American
League has decided to call off all Sunday
games in Detroit until adequate police pro-
lection Is assured.
SchrecSengost is unfolding the good rec
ord Of all ST; Louis cast-ofrs. II was his
Eit tina; scored the winning run for Buffalo
against Minneapolis on Monday.
Curing the last two weeks the pitchers
OF the League have had things all their
own way. They have built up large records
at the expense of the heavy hittsrs. and in
general disporting themselves a. IL they
cwne.i the earth and the fairness thereof
Not In years has there been such a cut
down ef base-hit percentages. One, two
ahd three hit games have been the order
Noodles" Hahn shut Philadelphia gu,
With never a bingle.
The sudden mastery gained by the slab
men Is one Of the puzziing features OF the
season Up to a couple OF weeks back the
batters were boosting the ball into the rhu-
barhs with great frequency. La Joie when
he quit the game with a bad thumb was
hitting .4is. Wagner was pelting them out
harmonious concert. the pitchers began to
close up shop and fool the batters. The
process Of fooling has gone on ever since.
Even the winning clubs have had few base
hits. The Chic; go team has won thirteen
out of the last fifteen games. yet the total
batting average Of the team for those
games Is but .I9
1t Is rather doubtful IL the batters will
pick up courage. The pitchers now have
the bulge: and are ap, 70 hold the margin
ting will be the highest in years. and the
lovers OF hard hitting will be bowling for
the pitcher TO be put back ten feet more
Cincinnati Enquirer
/ regard the outcome OF Fridays contest
as a good thing for the New York club
and for the League interest generally saws
Henry Chadwick. the journalistic veteran
Of the game. l think. too. that the change
in the management viii result in needed I'm
provement in the working of the team. as
II was evident that the great essential Of
harmony In the team vas wanting Mr.
Davis VIII now have an opportunity af-
forded him 10 show n he possesses man
agerial ability. and as he has the good will
OF majority OF the players TO sustain him
and also that of the club president II looks
as Il the turning point in the seasons
career of the Giants had been reached and
as IL better results were In store in the
near future.