The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-04
The Sleepers Are Climbing Fast
FIGURES SHOW
BARONS SHOULD
BE SUCCESSFUL

New Orleans leads the Southern League
in two-base hits with 80 half-ercui
bingles Birmingham is second with IS
Montgomery leads in three-sackers will
&c. and Atlanta leads in home runs will
10, and Montgomery and Little Rock arr
tied for second place with seven hits
having advanced their men 100 times
Birmingham leads in stolen bases witt
100, and Atlanta is second with 12o.
Here are the figures through the games
played Friday;
Two-base hits-New Orleans 80, Biz
mingham So. Montgomery sc, Memphis
SO, Little Rock SO, Nashville so, Mobile
IS, Atlanta g.
Three-base hits-Montgomery So, At
lanta 80, New Orleans %, Nashville q
Birmingham %, Mobile II, Memphis II
Little Rock 10.
Home runs-New Orleans 10, Montgom
cry 7, Little Rock Z, Atlanta 6, Birming-
ham 6, Nashville 5. Mobile 5, Memphis 2
Sacrifice hits-Atlanta $50, Birmingham
IA Nashville 14O, Montgomery 12S Mo
bile 124, Memphis 122, Little Rock 1oo,
New Orleans 30.
Stolen bases-Birmingham 1870, Atlanta
40, Montgomery lis, Little Rock ia, Mo-
bile &c. Nashville. 92 Memphis 30, New
Orleans 49,
Memphis leads the Southern league team
in fielding through the games played Fri
day July 80, with an average of 1854 At
lanta comes second with 1868 and Mont
gomery third with 1862. Memphis has ae-
cepted the most number of put-outs with
2560, Montgomery is second with 247s, and
Atlanta third with 246S. Memphis has ac-
cepted the most number of assists with
1880, Mobile is second with 1898, and
Montgomery third with 1890. Atlanta has
made the least number of errors with 141.
Memphis and New Orleans are tied for
second place with 143.
Birmingham leads the Southern league
teams in hitting through the games
played Friday, July 30, with an average
of .23S, Montgomery is second with .233
and Nashville third with the same figure.
Montgomery excels In scoring runs, the
Climbers having made 339 trips to the
pan through these games. Nashville is
second with 300 and Atlanta third with
299
Montgomery also leads in the total
number of hits made with 7O7. Birming-
ham is second with 697, and Memphis
third with $751;
Bill BARLEY, the Atlanta twirler secured
from New Orleans in exchange for Bert
Maxwell, is the leading twirler of the
league through the games played July 30.
BARLEY has twirled in Is games, winning
IA and losing 4. This gives him the swell
percentage of IT'S
,I- -
with percentage of .7O6 and Rogers of
Atlanta and Case of Nashville are tied
for third place with an average of 700.
The figures include all the pitchers who
are now twirling in the league, but do
not include the tie games pitched by
them, the games won and lost being all
that is given.
Newton's Sacrifice Hits.
AL Newton, the Atlanta shortstop, leads
the players of the Southern league when
it comes to sacrificing his man up base
He has made Al to date. Here are the
figures of the players who have made Ii
sacrifices or more through the games
played Saturday. July 81:
Newton, Al; Wiseman, 20; Kerwin, 20;
ELAN, q; McMurray, %; Sentell, 81; De-
mont Is; Moran, 16; Babb. 16; Baerwald
49, East, 16; Sabre, 16; Daley, 16; Robe, 10;
Noyes, Is; Molesworth, 10; McGilvray, 10.
Bayless Scored Most Runs.
Dick Bayless, the Crackers CENTER
fielder, leads the Southern league play
ers in runs scored, with 81 Daley of
Montgomery is second with 50. Here are
the figures of the players who have scored
40 or more runs through the games played,
Saturday, July 81:
Bayless, 81; Daley, So; Persons, 81; Bay,
46; Wiseman, 46; Kerwin, As; Moran, A;
Dexter, A; Henline, A; Sentell, A; Wei
mer, AZ; Robe. 40; Wheat, 40
Molesworth's Two-Baggers
Gladys Wordsworth leads the Southern
league hitters in making two-basgers. the
round Baron manager having bingled
safely Is times for half-circuit clouts.
Weimer of New Orleans is second with
IT, and Couson of Memphis third with 16.
Here are the figures of the players who
have made 10 two-baggers or more through
the games played Saturday, July 81
Molesw orth, IS; Weimer, IT; Coul-
son. Is; Dexter, ID; VIII heat, ID; Ker-
win, Ii; Rock enfield, IA; Moran, Is;
Huelsman, 10; robertson, 13; Collins,
IL; Raftis, IL; Daley, IL; Jordan, IL;
Casey, IL; Cocash, Il; Baerwald, 10,
Cranston, 10; Wheeler, 10; Sentz, 10;
ELAN, 10.
Weimer in Total Bases.
Dutch" Weimer, the Pelican's right
fielder leads In the total number of
bases made on the hits he has bin
gled with 1913 safe drives on "a hits.
Daley of Montgomery is second with
124 bases on So hits. and Wordsworth
third with 1913 bases on 95 hits. Here
are the figures of the players who
have made 100 total bases or more on
their hits through the games played
Saturday, July 81:
Weimer, 1928; Daley, 1924; Molesworth,
1928; Henline, 1922; Huelsman. ia; Coul-
son, 113; Dexter, 112; Sentz, Ill; Bay
less. 1917; Wheat, 107; McGilvray, 106;
Robertson, 104: Gygli, 103; East, 1902;
Kerwin, 1O2; Baerwald, 100.
eysli Base stealer.
Gygli, the fast Baron, is the best
base stealer in the Southern league,
having purloned 80 sacks. More, of
Atlanta Is the second with "a. Here
are the figures of the players who have
stolen Is bases or more through the
games played Saturday, July 81:
Gygli, 32: Moran, "a; Henline, %;
Jordan. 21; Wiseman, 81: Bayless, 20;
Robertson, 20; Demont, 10; Sentell, 49,
Daley, 10; Kerwin, 49, Persons, 10;
ELAN, IS: Baerwald, II; Couson, II;
Cocash, II; Pope, II; McMurray Is;
Dexter. Is; Bay, Is; Collins, 15' Per-
ry, Is.
DaIey's Triples.
Daley, the fast outfelder of tn e
Montgomery Climbers, leads the South
ern league players in making three
baRgers with IL. Moran of Atlanta
comes second with 10. Here are the