Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-03

All sluggers look alike to Walter john
son, the Idaho hot boy. Be it against a
Cobb or a Lajoie. the strikeout king and
slab mainstay of McAleer's Washington
troupe travels the same nerve-racking
clip when shunted to the mound. With
a few more hurlers Of Johnson's iik noted
wallpapers striving for automobiles and
swatting honors would have tough sled
ding.
In the American League batting race
recently ended returning Cobb the master
of 'em all, Johnson stood head and Shout
ders above his fellow fingers. an obstacle
in the pathway OF the two scratch men
Tyrus and Larry. Figures compiled yes
terday credit Cobb with four hits in
eighteen times AZ bat against Johnson for
an average Of .222. while Lajoie in twenty
times up against the Washington marvel
picked four safeties, earning an aver
age of 100.
Tyrus Mauls Yankees.
Interest evinced in the neck and neck
race waged by Lajoie and Cobb all sea-
hickories. BLACK Betseys" and Louisville
and laid aside for the winter.
While not engaged in bombarding the
Yankee slab experts Tyrus derived great
pleasure from his encounters with the
White Sox stars. In seventy-siX times at
bat against the Highland fingers Tyrus
packed a record Of thirty-six safe knocks
for an average Of .474. He did not stick
less than 300 against any team in the
league. and found two of the clubs good
for percentages Of over 400
Duffs white-hosed knollmen were nick
ed for grand count Of AGO. with White.
Omstead. Walsh and LANCE all coming
in for their bumps.
Mackmen Bother Cobb.
Connie Mack's brilliant band of box
men-COombs. Bender Plank and Nor
gan-gave Cobb several setbacks. for in
all his attacks on the championshir
forces the Tiger club swinger totaIed an
average of only .31S. Against the Cleye.
land pitchers Ty averaged 1893. while he
hung up marks of 1862 against Boston, .:s6l
against st. Louis and 1856 against Wash
ington. always slumping. however. in
games against the Senators when John
son was taking his turn on the firing line
Just as Cobb found the Mackmen easy
so did Lajoie. whanging Comics pen.
nant-winning staff for a total of % hits
in SO times at bat, acquiring an average
of .326. He also pounded the leather above
the 800 notch against all other teams.
finding the st. Louis pitchers the easies,
in the circuit, going to bat So times for
Al hits and an average OF .494 In one
respect Larry had the edge on his De-
troit rival, going over the 400 mark
v,.t hAfR S,f$ >,sf-
ton.
That the Tiger stan was not any bug
aboo for King Larry may be gathered
from slant at the figures showing how
he averaged 40 for the season. Against
McAleer's corps the Naplander estab-
lished percentage Of .422. His batting
against other clubs was as follows: Chit
cago, .326; New York, 1853; Athletics, 1926,
and Boston, 300.
Repeat 1909 Triumphs.
BY some freak in the fortunes of base
ball the two sterling Differs did their
best work in 1910 against the same teams
they found SO easy in the season previ-
ous-St. Louis and New York, respectively.
Perfect averages were secured by Lajoie
against five pitchers-Hunt of Boston,
Nelson. Petty. Strommel and Waddell of
st. Louis. His next best mark was
against Bob Groom Of Washington, finding
the tall twirler safely in twelve out of
sixteen trials, for an average of $50.
Russell Ford, the spitball find Of the
Yankee crew. proved the easiest sort Of
picking for Cobb. Strange to relate, this
same Mr.. Ford had Larry's angora nailed
to the stockade, bafiing the Cleveland
walloper with an allowance of four hits
in twenty-one times at bat. yielding an
average Of 100. big Ed Walsh, the
Sox star. and leading moist ball singer Of
the country, failed to head off Lajoie. In
twenty-one trials against Walsh the
Clevelander poled eleven safeties, good
for a percentage Of so.
Find Hoodoo Fingers.
Four pitchers held Tyrus hitless during
the championship struggle-Waddell and
Powell of the st. Louis Browns and
Kirsch and Berger Of the Maps. OF this
quartet but one. Powell. remains in fast
company.
Lajoie failed to find the horsehide
against nine heavers-Criss and Spade of
st. Louis. Loudell and Stroud of Detroit.