The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-02-16
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league Tor the ason sof rs are II
teres ting 10 inns Following ate some
of tie facts disclosedib ~ the records;
Mathews hit but one man d1rinl
the entire season.
Hahn averaged lea than one base
on balls per game
Fraser, Boston, allowed creates ~
erage bases on balls per game. .ss.
tAmes struck out tie most men PEI
game, average SIS!
Lever led IN percentage Of Veto
ries, 800.
Pittinger and Nc Glnnity pitched IN
the largest number otgames. 90.
Mcfarland, st. Lopls, allowed great
est number Of hits 81 per game!
\ Elliott New York, allowed smallest
average Of hits per game. Al.
Mathewson allowed smallest aver
age runs per game, 9
Mitchell. Brooklyn allowed largest
average runs per game, Ill
Did you ever see the heck hit the
hotel dining room where they have
on the table and the little red
shades over the incandescents TO give
evervthinc a dim cathedral hue. asks
d New York sport writer2 The first
thing that gets him Is that his boots
make no sound save their own creak.
Ing, on the Administer. He steps high
as IL he we're fording . creek The
waiter in the open front throws q
scare into him. He has him already
sized up as the boss Of the whole
shack.
well, can you blanc him ?"
When the heck sits down, on the
extreme outward edge Of the chair, he
nusters up sufacient courage to call
for " a oyster stew. An oyster stew
is the gastronomicc high card where
he comes from.
The man who plays the next base
and who has graduated from the heck
class. throws over a bill Of atre,
.'You don't want that he says,
knowing how it was once with himself
Order by the courses.
The next day the heck Is wise, and
being there with the bucoltc appetite,
developed by plenty Of air and a con-
science free from the choke damp Of
a crooked world, he lay severything in
sight across the board He'll absorb
pigs feet and cream puns: put horse
radish on his pie and season his lady
fingers with all the condiments on the
table. S
There were times when the lamented
Nike Kelley played right field in an
emergency for Boston. One Of these
times happened years agoiu Cleveland
Il was the last game Of the series and
The Bostons. having boon badly upset
by the Clevelands in all Of their en-
counters but one, were anxious to win.
thinner, for Cleveland, was at bat,
ind Kelley, in his Characteristic style.
oSpiated toythe bleaches On The weak
ness OF thinner as a batter and ftlrs
thor aroused the combstive spirit Of
the fans by declaring that the Bostons
Observed to be fined $500 each for los
Ing a game TO such q lot Of "dubs9 as
the Clevelands. Just at that time the
olevelands were playing as well as
any club in the league and the bold
stand they had made was the talk Of
Tie baseball world. The bleacheEites
resented Kelley's remarks and some
even went up to the railing Of the
stand to shake their fists at the Joker
In the right field, Kelley was highly
amused and walked toward the seats
md announced that as thinner was
never known to make q base hit in his
life he would play in behind the sec
ond baseman to catch his out on a pop
ny.
In one respect Kelley was right for
thinner seldom or never batted the
ball in right field. In trotted the
chuckling Kelley and zlmmer landed
fairly on the very first ball over the
plate and knocked II a mile over Kel'
ley's head. Had the Boston manlbeen
where he belonged there would have
been a chance for him to catch the
ball. AS 1t was thinner scooted
around the bases and Tie hit really
won the game for Cleveland. The
roar Of exultation that arose from the
hleachers was like a wild Niagara!
It took Kelley three hours on the
train that night to square things with
tho remainder Of the Boston players,
who would not speak tohim when he