The Washington times., 1906-01-07
HITS NOT ALWAYS
GOOD FOR TALLIES
Singular Instances Where
SattiesCOunted for Naught.
WASHINGTON WAS LUCKY
Made Five Runs On Five Hits, Whereas
Phillies Got Only -Four On
Seventeen.
WASHINGTON WAS LUCKY

1Hal the results are so frequently out or
proportion to The form O coutending
teams. that is. the form as Indicated by
The figures. Skillful team work and
quickness in seizlng opportunities often
Offset superiority by the other side in
hits and errors. and seasons scores
reveal number of games ia which the
Tuns-thc measure OF defeat and victory
are out OF all proportion 10 the hits
and errors For instance:
There was a combination OF figures
that do not explain IN an American
league game on May / between the
Washington and Athletics. Five runs
from five hits was what the Washing
tens did, with the Athletics realizing
CnlS four runs from seventeen hits The
1etrOits on June made two more hits
than the Washingtons and four less
runs, while on june the Bostons. with
Tour hits, defeated the Browns . TO l.
the latter team making more than twice
as many hits The Bosyous shut the
New York Americans ou1 on June "a
their TWO hits being coed for three runs
while the New Yorks' six hits made not
q run. Twelve hits for the Bostons
Against seven for the Athletics on July
could not win the game. The score
was . 10 in favor of the Athletics. and
Busy Batting Days.
SiXty-three base bits were made I'm
tWo American League games IN phila-
delphia on July s. which is about as BUSY
8 batting day as baseball has known.
few days later the Cleveland team
was shut out, although il caressed the
bulb for nine hits and made no errors
The Bostons with one less hit and two
errors made six runs The Washi1gtons
made fifteen hits 10 Detroits seven on
July p, but lost the game. s 10 6. In
this case, however. the score column
SHOWS the wherefore. the Washingtons
being charged with seven errors. The
Wahingtons got their revenge fen
days later, when they made two runs.
1our hIts and four errors 10 DeU0its
one run, seven hits and two errors.
The slXteen-inninss game of August
is, between the Browns and Athletics
presented noticeable sameness in fig
uTes. Each side made tnree runs.
thirteen hits and one error. on August
"a with no appreciate difference H.
the error column, The CIevelands ex-
tracted only six runs from seventeen
hits. while the Bostons squeezed out
eight runs from ten hits. New York
on August %. with six hits and four
errors, defeated the CIeyelands. who
made nine hits and only one error. The
Bostons made three hits to the Ath-
letics' ten on September .. but also
made three runs TO their opponents two.
Hits Counted Here.
The game of September between the
Detroits End Chicagos was conspicuous
not for contradictory figures but for
their striking trueuess IS bearing on the
result. Detroit made no runs. no hits
and five errors; Chicago made fifteen
runs, twelve hits and no errors. Chicago
deserved that victory. On September -
the Browns made no runs off ten hits:
five days later the CleVelands made ten
hits and no runs to WashingtOns eight
hits aud six runs. and on the same day
the Chicagos made fifteen runs of nine
hits
in a game last May the Chicago
team of the National League was shut
out, Notwithstanding the fact that IL
made ten base hits Ten hits and not
a single run theTefrOm is most un-
usual proportion, indicating either poor
base running OF ability or Inc opposing
pitcher to do good work with men on
bases 20 an eNcepConaI degree.
st. Louis the Hoodoo.
On May 3 last. the st. Louis team.
with only nine hits as opposed to fif-
teen for the Pittsburg team. won the
game, making i've runs to Pittsburg's
four The Brooklyn team on May 30
defeated the crack New Yorks four
runs to three, and yet made four hits
and three errors while the New Yorks
were making eleven hits and only two
errors Things break that way some
times on the diamond but il is sell
faf D.. ~ - s.-rFH hot nj
outneld a team and lose.
Making ten hits 10 BOstOn's four on
June u, the Ptttsburgs nevertheless
were beaten nVe runs to three and
there was not enough difference in the
nelding To account -Or the dispropor-
ton. An unusual game was played
between the st. Louis and Chicago Ma
uOnals on June "A. Al tn rate the
Cardinals made runs they would have
needed tweuty-eight hits to have even
tied the game Their rourteen base
hits yielded only one tally. while the
Nups made two runs from eleven hits
A game In which the scoring was big
ON one side in proportion 10 the hit
ting and correspondlngiy slim on the
the New XoTks and Philadelphlas The
New 4orks made their ten hits csunt
FOR nine runs, while PhiiadPfDhia' &
eleven hits were productive OF only
one run.
Runs Came Slowly.
The Hincinnals made oul five runs
from twelve hits i'm a game with the
New Works oH july 26, while the New
Yurks made six runs out of five hits
THE twenty-i1ning game on August "A
between the Chicagos ana Cincinnatis
sbounded in base hits but runs were
few ana far between There were only
two errors in the game. and. despite
the fact that thiTty-one hits were made
there were only three runs The pro
portion of runs 10 hits was I 10 10
The PittsbuTgs beat the 81 LOllis
Cardinals. on September .. , runs To 4
Pittsburg making four hits and three
errors and St Louis making fourteen
hits and one error. BY all the laws nf
figures, st. Louis should have won cas-
lily. A game i'm which figures lit in with
results just as consistently was D!avCd
on September . between PhiladeIDhi4
and Brooklyn The RrOOk, ynsi twelve
hits We're good for only three runs. buf
philadclphia's four hits We're good for
seven runs. The New Yorks got zen
runs out of seven hits on September IA
and on September g. while the Pitts
burEs were wasting hits u the extent
of harvesting a meager three runs from
nfteen singles. the Cincinnatis were ac-
cumulOtinE cight runs from thirteen