The Washington herald., 1908-08-17

money power" They have grown 10 ex-
pect this big bonus as a natural sequence
At that it viii probably help some OF
them. for II VII mean that the magnate
with his money for himself. viii be able
TO give out better contracts TO those who
have done the heavy work
While they are all talking about ~Cy~
Young's marvellous work. the fans and
the baseball writer's are overlooking a
modest athlete. who says but little. but
who has helped a lot 10 keep 'Cy- Young
at the top Of the heap among the pitch
eIs. and that is Lou Criger- "Cy" himself
Z praises Criger. and says that he owes
much % the lanky catcher, but the base
bah world in general forgets the man be
hind the bat. Yet. If they would look
back a couple OF years and examine the
/ dope" tie year Criger was out of the
game. the fans viii find that Young had
the poorest season Of his career. winning
fourteen and losing twenty-one games.
But 'Cy" gets the glory. and the cash as
( well
Manager Jones. Of the White Sox con
firms the report that he has bought
Pitcher James Scott. the premier right
handed Jwirler Of the Western Associa-
/ ton. for S2.000. Scott viii not report until
next season
Scott was drafted by Wichita from the
I Iowa State League last season. and has
been one Of the pitching sensations Of the
Present season IN the Western Associa-
ton he holds the league strike-out rec
|ord-sixteen-and he has won two-thirds
/ Of his games He is big fellow, over
+ He has fast-breaking curves and fairly
good control Major league scouts passing
through the Western Association have
H pronounced Scott 10 be one OF the most
( promising twirlers in the minor leagues
/ The deal for him was engineered by
Frank lsbell. partial owner OF the Wichita
I cICo and second baseman for the White
( Sox-
/ The million mark in attendance figures
may be passed az the major league
parks in Philadelphia this year Several
times in past seasons the Quaker clubs
Z have approached seven figures but they
[ have never quite reached them This
year the mark may not only be reached
but il may also be passed by quite a
considerable margin
Last year the grand total vas g920 COO.
Z LL-dLr AF OF t-ar-lH az Lle AIl45l4IS
/ grounds and 341.G60 at the PhiIies'
grounds n championship games. and
$500 in the spring series between the
Z clubs This was an average Of $40 for
each OF the championship games This
| year Tor one hundred championship
games al the two parks 6I.l10 persons
have paid admission. an average Of $50
for each game This 81 ght loss OF thirty
persons per game has been more than
OFFSET by the fact that the spring games
betwee. the clubs this year were wit
messed by nearly 500 persons as against
-6.e00 in IsCI The biggest crowds nat
urally turn out when the championship
race is the hottest and IL was during
the month Of September last year that
the Athletics shot their total up past the
6-A1C5 mark
This year the PhiHies. owing 20 the
! big rur1-outs at Philadelphia park this
month have slightly outdrawn the Atl-
I Ietics per game. They did this. too. de-
I spite the loss Of their Memorial Day
I games here owing 20 rain This Is the
+ first time since 1e1 that the Quakers
have made such a showing against the
Z Athletics Il only proves that the pee
! pie Of Philadelphia are loyal to both
clubs and that the better team gets the
biggest patronage.