Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-08

Sherwood Mngee travelled OH high
speed last week and passed all other
National league strikers. Magec has
only one point on Vincent Campbell.
| however. Snodgrass and Crandhll
nrc even at 1928. Wagner has 800.
The figures show the best batters to ba
pretty well punched
Wagner still has an excellent chance
for the leadership. With only five
points to overcome. the great Dutch-
man should be able to get across befora
Oct. lG. Magee scclns to be the mau
he will have to beat out this year.
AS well as leading hitter. Magee IA
likewise the grand slugger OF the
league. In this respect he far eclipses
every body. lie has swatted for "a.
bases and sc extra bases. His average
for long distance cnlliding is .407.
Brooklyn is one point ahead OF the
Philics in team fielding and Pitts
burg exccls Chicago in team hitting
and long hits.
Two of tho Maps latest acquisitions
namely Jackson and Hohnhorst. have
in such glib manner that they have be-
come exceedingly popular here. but
they have also established themselves
as very prominent big leaSuers. They
have batted so we'll that they are tied
for third place in the list of heavy hit
ters In the American League. and with
I.ajoe and Eastcrly give the Maps four
800 batsmen. -
Jackson and Hohnhorst are batting
1862. Jackson has played in - games
and IIohnhorst 10, but they have eacf,
been at bat AZ times and made II hits
AS IL alugger, though Jackson has M
n terrific clip SINCE breaking into tho
big show. He has one double. four trip
les and one homer to his credit, which
ncf I'm
some players viii mako all season. Fla
has stolen three bases. Hohnhorst has
pilfcred three bases. Iajoie has only
two more triples to his credit than
Jackson. but Nap leads the league IN
two base drives. He has doubled 81
times and has four home runs.
Ted Ea,sterly boosted his hvoraga
from .2ss to 300 the past week by driy'
Ing out 1c hits. Ty Cobb made sub
stautial gain, getting II hits. which
boosted his percentage to $40.
Judging from the records some clever
Young pitchers have been dug up by
American league scouts this year. Ncl-
son, Blanding. Caldwell and Skeels have
taken tho first degree IN the big snow
and escaped injury while some OF the
other recruits have been sufficiently Ell
rectivc to prove satisfactory.
Nelson the Clcvelander who pitched
SO well for Akron and Is now with tho
Browns. has oificiated In five games
ana won four OF them. The other garne
was charged to Boyd whom he relieved
viii, the bases full. Blanding. the Nap
recruit, has worked i'll parts of four
games He has won two OF them, ono
bcinE n shut out. Caldwell and Skecls
have one victory each.
Russell Ford IS now Bendor's nearest
rival for pitching honors IN tho Amer
lean league. The New Workers. splitter
t,i,,, ~ tn rrflyT
der has won 22 games and lost five.
which gives him IL margin of just 15
points on Ford. Jack Coombs won ono
game last week hut was passed by Ford
nevertheless,
Three excellent pitching feats We're
brought to II focus the past week, mo
principals of which were Coombs.
Johnson and Mitchell, Chicago broke
l,oombs' record by scoring ono run after
the Philadelphiun had held the oppos-
ing teams runlcss for SO innings. john
sons feat set IL new strike out record
for the big leagues, Up to date tho
sucedy National Ginger has famed so1
bntters this season which ecllpses tho
former record OF 301 made by Waddcll
in 1000 Willie Mitchell, the Maps port
| side hurlcr. won his ninth stralgnt
game. While this Is not record It
Is n mighty creditnble performance and
| an unusual occurrence.
| Alberts Of St. Louis Is the latest Ma
| tona, league pitcher to attain Il per-
centage Of 1000. He has been in two
| games and has won both of them.
Phillippi Is registered Mt $40 now..
having lost IS points lately, but he Is
| fa,. ahead OF his nearest competitor--
| King Cole Tho latter is now carting
| away victories with the regularity Of q
month ago
Mathewson has gained n few polnts.A
| He leads in strike-outs withEl7d. Matty
would have to start all over ofain were
\ ho to excel Walter Johnson.