The Washington times., 1905-08-13
KeeLer IS the Leader
In american League
Hard Pushed for Batting ionors by Stone
HueIsman Still Improves, and IS Hit
ting at 269 Clip.

Willie KeeIer now leads the American
League IN batting. but is having hard
time keeping ahead of George Stone. of
St Louis. who was to have played with
Washington under the Dwyer manage
ment, but refused for some reason or
other to play with the lonely Senators.
Stone has come up from the rear with
a rush during the past week and is
nov cIouting the sphere at a .32I clip
Keefer is smacking the leather at seven
points better
That the pitchers are more effective
and the fielding better than heretofore
is evidenced by the fact that only four
men are batting 800 or better. They
are KeeIer. Stone, Lajoie, and McFar-
land. Cleveland leads in team batting,
with the Athletics second. and the
same teams excel in extra base per-
formsnces.
Joss leads the pitchers in fielding and
Schreck the catchers. Carr. tops the
first basemen. Lajoie the second sack
ers, and Gleason the third basemen- Yea
ger leads al short and Barrett in the
field IN team fielding the fast Chica-
go outfit has the other teams d1stanced.
Frank Huelsman, who has been lead
ing The Nationals in batting nearly all
last week and increased his percentage
TO .2e9. He is still far ahead of any
other OF the local stickers. The batting
averages of the other Nationals follow:
Hickman. .259; Anderson. .257; Hughes,
255: stahi. 229: Hill, .216; Knoll, .2o3
Cassidy, .2o4; Jones, .199; Heydon, 1876;
Townsend, .I96: Nil, 1873; Mullen, -19of
Patten, 153; Kittredge. .148; Wolfe, .143;
Jacobsen. .128.
The Nationals are last in both club
batting and club fielding. but are max
ing big strides in the f1rst-named de-
partment OF the game and are now hit
ting 213 their highest mark Of the
season. In long hits by clubs Washing
ION is sixth. heading Chicago and St.
Louis. which are tied for last place
HueIsman IS the only batter in the list
of individual sluggers. He ranks eighth
with Il total of GA extra bases to his
credit. III baserunning Anderson shapes
up as oEe of the best In the league
only three players are ahead Of him.
his average Of swlped sacks being $50
In fielding the local slabmen rank as
follows: Wolfe. Townsend, Hughes.
Patten. and Jacobsen. Among the catch
ers kittredge ranks fifth and Heydon
eleventh StahI has taken brace re-
Gently and Is now third among the first
sackers. with only one point separating
him and Donahue, Of Chicago. Hick-
man mas now played twenty-four games
at the middle station and is next to
sast in fielding, heading only Rocken-
aeld, of ST. Louis
Xiii leads the local second sackmen,
with Mullen. the discarded National
second Hill is next to last among the
third basemen in fielding and Cassidy is
eishrk down the list Of shortstops. a
couple Of miscues by Jones recently has
landed him one point below Anderson
in fielding The other locals who have
guarded the outer gardens rank in this
WISE: Hickman. Huelsman, and Knoll,
" no Is last in the league.
Jacobsen still continues 10 be the
p inning rWirleF for the Nationals. with
nine victories and six defeats. Adams
! is next, with one game w0n and one
lost As Il result Of the Nashiugtons
winning streak, Case Pattcn and Ton:
iiagbts have made great strides and
eacn has now won ulne games and
lost IWeIyc. Wolfe has won i've and
lost thirteen, ana Townsend has won
three and lost eleven. almost equalinS
his record OF several years ago, when
he received, II Is said, $500 for winning
Il single game. his record for that sea
son being one game won and eleven lost
IA pitching feats fom Hughes has tLa
| oRher Nationals twisIers beaten 70 q
I whisper.
| Ihe records Of the league up to Iasl
/ Thursday follow: