The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-06
Wagner, Leach and Clarke Head
Nationals Batting List.
In Order Named Have Stolen 30,
% and "a Bases.
so SACRIFICE HITS,
TieWiIIis, the Pittsburg Pitcher,
Has a Great Record.
Been Holding His Opponents
Down to Few Hits.


Chicago. Aug. 6.@Three men OF
Pittsburg lead the National league IT
batting. They are Wagner, Leach ano
Clarke. In the order named the three
men have stolen So, % and "a bases
the three combined have made 81
sacrifice hits.
Doyle, the young recruit whom NC
Graw has on second base replacing
Larry Corcoran. is really secoho Ia
the batting list with $40, but ne mas
only worked in twelve games. whhe
the averages are based on the oIllclaA
rule of fifteen games or over. -
McCanu first baseman or New
york. is hitting with an average OF
.a72, with stolen bases and sacri l.
batting .275 and has stolen 20 OaseS
and made 8 sacrifice hits
DOYLE. second for New York. is pat
ting $40 for twelve games. he mas
stolen no bases and secured no sa 49,
fice hits. Against him is Evers with
.227 average, rs stolen bases and 3
sin DahIen at short has .26s with
stolen bases and sacrihces- INNER
bats .211, with stolen bases ana .
On third Devlin bats .26s. with Is
stolen bases and &c sacrifice hits.
Sfeinfeldt hits .ZSi, Win SIoAcH
bases and Is sacrifice hits
IN the outfe1d Shannon has .233,
with 81 stolen bases and 4 sacrihces
TO Sheckard's .266. with Is steals and
20 sacrifice hits.
= SEYMOUR in center has .274, with II
stolen bases and sacrifice hits.
SlagIe bats Pas, with 90 stolen bases
and sacrifices. Hoffman hits -271,
with II stolen bases and Is sacrihces.
Browne in right bats 1858, with
nd 50 PTifc6S
bats 1895, with stolen bases and
sacrifice hits.
When 1t comes to pitching games
with few hits all the other rubber art
lists have to take their cap off to Vic
willis of the Pirates, for the tall
pitcher has it on them in this respect.
Up to last Sunday Willis had pitched
I'VE games in which not more than
three hits had been made Off his de-
livery.
In three of the five games he has
held his opponents TO two hits. His
first game in which only three hits
were made was at Chicago. May 4,
when. with Lundgren opposing him,
HOFFMAN, was the only one to connect
the all-round man for the Cubs crack
ing out the only hits Willis lost the
game. as Chicago scored the only run
o. the engagement. Chance walked,
stole second and scored On Hofman's
YIctor's other two games in which
tories. The second two hit game
vas against Brooklyn at Brooklyn in
the second game of the doubleheader.
He was opposed by Mcintyre. Pitts
burg winning 10. Like the Chicago
game, but one man. Ritter. scored the
only hits, one of them a double. His
third two-hit game was also on for
eign grounds This game was the one
in which Vic defeated New York by
a score of 20. Like the other two
games. but one batter. Bowerman,
was able to connect with the tall fell
lows slants. big Mike" like Ritter
in the Brooklyn game. made a single
and double. Besides the three two
hit games. Willis has pitched two
three-hit games. At Cincinnati April
IS, with Mason as his opponent, he
held the Reds to a trio of bingles. Da-
Wis. Mitchell and Mowery getting all
singles. His second game OF this de-
scripuon was at home against Boston, |
June 6, when Lindaman put the rec
ord for bases on balls at eight in five |
innings. Tenney, BouItes and Dorner |
pitching feat performed in either !
league this year. The second man has |
not done as we'll by two points.
Big JEFF Pfeffer of the Bostons
comes the nearest to Willis work of
all the others. He has no-hit, the
only game pitched in either major
league in which no hits were made, |
and two three-hit games. His one
AT Sdn4S was CINCINNATI May
s, at Boston, and, by the way, the |
only no-hit game ever pitched on the |
National League grounds in Boston |
Pfeffer allowed three men to reach |
first. CANCEL in the third. when he |
was hit by a pitched ball: Schlei who |
raced to second when Brain threw
the ball wild to Tenney, and the same /
player when he was sent to first via |
the walk line, in the third Not a |
player reached first after the third
inning. one-two-three was the order |
in which they walked right up, went
right out. and walked right back
again. His other pair of games were
three-hit affairs. The first game of
the season he held Brooklyn to this
number, which he won against Ruck- !
er. while five days later against New
York, with Ames opposed to him, he
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