Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-06
Anderson Bobs Up.

The major league champions were dotted
with many notable individual batting
stunts, but none Of them was record
breaking. No player made six hits In a
game in either league. Big John Anderson,
Arthur Brouthers and Socks Seybold in the
American and Fred Clarke and Frank
Schultz in the National reaped quintet Of
safeties in nine-innng contests. Jack
Knight ripped off five hits in the big game
in Boston September 1, which lasted TWEEN
ty-four rounds. Kitson was the pitcher
Seybold pounded for five hits. Tannehill
was Brouthers' victim, while Anderson lit
onto Winter. Fred Clarke maltreated
Sparks and Schultz maSsacred the combined
deliveries of L. Taylor and Ferguson. Play
ers often made four safe swats in games
and not 1nfrequently two home runs were
secured by players in games. In the Amer
lean this last-named trick was turned by
Harry Davis on April 10 in a game with
Washington: by Chief Bender on May s
in game with Boston; by Branch Hickey
on August q in game with New York and
by Frank Delehanty on August 81 in a
game with Washington. The Nationals
sole performance OF this kind fell to J.
bentley Seymour September 10. School
Master" Sam Lever pitching for Pittsburg
BENDER was not pitching for the Athletics
when he made his two home runs, but was
subbing in left field in the place Of Hartsel
who had been hit in the head by foul and
bat three times else he might have ap-
preached nearer to the late Ed Delehantys
feat 1t was in a siX-inning contest that
Frank Delehanty gathered his two home
runs. and he secured triple and single
besides out of the five times at bat. Sey-
mour's two home runs were of little avail
to the New Workers. for they were defeat
ed by the Pittsburgers to 4. OF the seven
hits made off Lever two were home runs,
one double. one a triple and three were
singies-a total Of sixteen bases.
Feasted on Local Pitchers.
While Frank Delahanty on August 81 was
making single. triple and two home
runs off Pitchers Hardy, Hughes and Stan
ley of Washington he was putting to his
credit the individual batting stunt Of the
campaign. His hits totaled twelve bases
Fielder Jones earlier In the race having
hit for eleven. The Chicago leader, who is
generally mark for left-handed pitchers
found Case Patten for pair OF doubles. a
triple and home run on May 49, On Sep
TENDER II Laporte sWatted Ed Barry for
an aggregate of eleven pillows, getting
single. two three-baggers and a four-bag-
ger. Fielder Jones was the lone Johnsonite
to get four long hits in a contest. but sew
eral players copied three. as follows: Del
ahanty, two home runs and a triple; H.
Davis, two home runs and double; La
porte. two triples and a home run; Chase
anu L lin, tWo triples anu d uOUOlS, w d.
lace, ''Jiggs Donahue, Lajoie, Ferris,
Monte Cross and Murphy, three doubles
On Decoration day Harry Bay put seven
hits to his credit against the st. Louis
pitcher and Harold Chase duplicated this
performance in a double-header played
with Washington on August 80. In the
National nine was the limit of bases Sc
cured by players in single contests. Sey-
mour made this total on September 10 Zone
single. two home runs), as did Alperman on
October Zone single. two doubles, one
home rum. Wagner twice had two doubles
and triple to his credit In games. 1t will
thus be noticed that there were far more
red-letter performances In the American
than In the National