The Washington herald., 1909-03-07
BEAT OUT DETROIT
Washington Scored More
Runs During 1903.
BOSTON ALSO RANKS HIGH
Interesting Da of the American
League Defensive WOrk-DetroIt
Found New York Easy, while M
tionaIs Had Little Trouble in TAX
Ing the Maps Measure.

Both Boston and Washington surpassed
the pennant-winning Tigers in defensive
work last season. only SIS runs being
scored against the Boston Red Sox and
5S7 against Washington. as against 558
against Detroit
Philadelphia was almost on a par with
the Tigers in defensive work. holding its
opponents 70 So runs, or more than De-
troit- Against New York opposing teams
scored 7l3 runs. an average OF almost l0s
for each team, and more than 70 each
game
Detroit scored most rans against New
York. ils- Il fen 20 below this total
with PhiIadelphia. Chicago held the II
gers 20 p runs. Boston 70 50. Washington
70 s. and 81. Louis 10 s.. while the Tigers
found the Maps a big stumbling block.
scoring only 3 runs against LajOles
crowd
Like Detroit, Cleveland found New York
easy when Il came 10 scoring runs. Il
ran Up total Of 10 against the Highland
ers and almost equaIed the number
against Detroit, scoring I0l. Il counted
g times against Philadelphia 81 against
Boston. . against Chicago. s. against ST.
Louis. while Canrillon's Washington
crowd lived Up 20 its reputation as Nap
hoOdoOs BY holding Larry's boys 70 s.
runs.
Boston counted 81 times against Phls-
delphia. Sc against Detroit, 50 against St.
Louis, p against New York. 75 against
Chicago. 3 against Washington and Cleve-
land.
Easy for st. Louis.
St Louis also found New York easy.
scoring los runs. following with s.
against Washington. 4 against PhHadel-
phia and Detroit, g against Cleveland. s.
against Chicago and 81 against Boston.
the latter club being almost as big a hoo
doc 10 the Browns as was Washington 10
the Maps
Chicago scored 90 runs against New
York. s. against Boston. % against De-
troit and s.. Louis. 2 against Washing
ton, and only s9 against Cleveland. this
latter being the smallest total runs scored
by any one team agsinst another in which
two teams played 3 games Instead OF 2.
the scheduled number. Philadelphia. sixth
in the list. scored % runs against New
York, IS, against Detroit and Washing
ton s. against Boston, So against Cieve-
land. SO against Chicago. and a against
ST Louis.
Washiugton's ASI runs were scored as
follows New York. I4: Boston. IS. Cleve-
| land. u: s.. Louis. s.; Philadelphia. s.:
Chicago, 55. and Detroit. A. Washington.
however. played only 2 games against
Detroit compared 10 the . played by
/ Chicago against Cleveland.
Strangely enough the tsI-end High
/ landers scored more runs against Detroit
than against any other team. - IN rum
Der. They. scored s. against Washington.
S against Philadelphia. Sc against Chi
] cagO. and f1 against Boston. An the
| teams except Boston scored most runs
/ against New York. the Red So1 scoring
us highest number against Philadelphis-
Washington Trims Cleveland.
/ IN runs scored against or On offensive
play Washington set pace against Cleve-
land. leaders in this departmsnt. with g
runs. followed by Detroit and Boston. %
St Louis. g; Phnadelphis. So. New York.
s., and Chicago. s9.
/ Chicago. next in line. hsd Detroit mark
( up @ runs against them. followed by Bos-
/ ton. .; Cleveland. 3; st Louis. g.; PhiIa-
delphia. 50; Washington. s. and New
York 80.
Detroit led against s. Louis with s..
/ followed BY Boston, 50; Chicago. %:
/ Cleveland and Washington. &. New York,
5s. and Philadelphia. A.
y Detroit led against Boston with S.
/ against Washington with S. Philadelphia.
%. and New York 1i9 Chicago tied De-
/ troit against Boston Cleveland counted
81 times against the Red Sox. Washington
/ 7s. Philadelphia S. St. Louis 81. New
/ York 4. New York was only one run be-
hind Detroit against Washington. St
/ Louis scored 81 runs. Philadelphia IS. Bos-
ton 3. Chicago -. and Cleveland 81.
\ Against Detroit Cleveland led with l0l.
Z followed by New York, 20; Boston. 81.
/ Chicago. 7s: St Louis, 4; Philadelphia,
76 and Washington, 4.
/ Cleveland followed Detroit against the
Athletics with g. Boston scored 81. Chi
I cago g. ST. Louis =. New York So. and
/ Washington s.