Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-03
SURPRISING FACTS
SHOWN BY FIGURES
Last Seasons Heavy Hitters in
Departmental League Have
Low averages.

The batting averages of the Departmental
League for May, the first month of the sea-
son, snow number of surprising facts
Rube Clark the renowned swatter On the
Fost once team, who led the league last
season, has shown a complete reversal of
FORM, ana IS now SO Tar down among the
tailenders that 1t will take a gigantic spurt
10 land him in0the front row at the close
or the present season in August BRYAN
Kraft. Hughes and Sutton Of Navy, who ali
patteo Wen over 300 last year, have fallen
back below $50. This Is also true of
number of players on the other teams.
notably War, Treasury and Justice Pitcher
Wolfe OF War played through the entire
season last year without making a single
hit until the last game. This year, in the
opening game of the season, he hit the first
ball pitched for good, clean single This
one hit gives him average of 800, plac-
Ing him among the leaders. McMorrice of
Post Office is at the top with 1000 but he
has participated in only part of one game
making a hit the only time he went to bat
For this reason he can hardly be noted as
the real leader. Hilman Of Commerce and
Labor, second with 500, was una bic to play
the early part of the season on account of
his law examinations, and in one game he
got four hits out of fve times up. Herbert
of Commerce and Labor third. has 81 in
two games.
The laureis for the first month of play
should therefore be given to Bacon of Post
Office and Evans of Commerce and Labor,
by their respective teams. and are tie for
fourth, with 500 each
In all, there are thirty-one men batting
300 and over.
A glance at these tables will quickly ex-
plain why Agriculture is lea ling in the
pennant race, Every man on the regular
team. with the exception of Brown and
Doyle, Is batting over the 800 mark, and
the two men mentioned are not far away
with .23s and .27s respectively. The Farm
ers also lead in CLUB batting with aver
age OF .339. and in club fielding with an
average of $50. They the only aggre-
cation in the league batting over 800 as
team, Commerce and Labor being next
nearest with -2S3
1t Is not a remarkable coincidence that
the standing in club fielding is identical
with the standing in the pennant race with
but one exception. Commerce and Labor.
sixth in the race, is at the tail end in this
respect with an average of -S15.
The Farmers are the real leaders in every
vidually and as a team, being larger than
those Of their rivals. They are credited
with 53 runs, Sc hits and 10 stolen bases. In
the matter of base plifering Commerce Is
second with IA and Post Office third with
q. The others are all pretty even. In
teriors, last In team batting. have the small
est number of runs and hits. their totals
being II and 90
ting are Stevenson, Agriculture. .444: Hill
man; Commerce and Labor, 500: Wolfe,
war. 500; McMorrice, Post Office. LOO;
Harveycutter, Justice. .45a; McCsrron.
$50 each. and c. Wahler, Interior. .455.
The batting averages OF the teams fol-
low: Agriculture $3.50; Commences and
Labor. .2s8; War. 254: Post Office. $50:
Justice, 2s3: Navy. .229; Treasury. IA;
Interior, .1s8.
Tbe fielding averages of the teams follow:
Agriculture, 952: Post Office 935; Justice.
's1,: Interior .912; Treasury. $40; Navy.
$50, War SS6; Commerce and Labor. $40.
The individual batting averages follow:
McMorrice, 1000: Hilman 500: Herbert.
ST.; Bacon, 500; Evans. 800; Wolfe. 800;
Haryeycutter, ass; c. Waller. .455; Orri-
son. .455; Stevenson, .444; Sabins. III;
McCarron, 1856: Winston. 1881: Hoffman.
schmidt. .se5; volkman. 1865: Kinney.
ar: Weber, .353: Rapp. .333: Smith. 333;
Graves. $50; Shelor. 1913; Fenwick, 1893;
Eengia. a33;3 Wiley. 1888: Ravens. .Ss353;
Iangford. 30S; Taylor, 800; Brown &C.
aI.s. 800; Bielaski Gus.). 2ss: Brown {Ag5.
Fulcher. .267: Bielaski (Treas.), 267; As
ouith. $50: Miller .250: Bolts. $50; Adj
ans. $50; Shoemaker. 250; Erwin, $50;
Townsend $50: Dougherty. $50; Bur-
Mccarthy NJ Ca 2s1. Frantz. .2s1 Geib, .222::
Bryan. a14; Bareys 200: Hunter. 200,
sutton. 200; Wire, 200: Finegan. 200:
Haring. 200: Donaldson, .1SS. Pierce, 1872:
Stevenson. 1872; Halloran, 1872; Pomeroy,
1877: De Mar, .167: Garrett, 1857: Fenton.
.15i. Dorcas, IA: Kraft IA. v. Wahler,
IA: Madden. ,125: Pennington. III: Me-
Mahon. III; Carr. 100: Tracy, 900: Hunt.
or; Spillane. OFT; Clarke, OIL.
The following have failed to make a hit:
Sasscer. Cleveland, Pleasant, Lacorini,
CANNED. Webster, Beatty Bateman. Du-
game, Wright Hutchinsen.~Reed, North
Schreiner. coicock, Kirby, Rapp and Judd