The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-05
The Sporting World

For the first time in five years Hans Wagner didn't finish as the leading hitter of the National league Sherwood Nagee grabbed the laurels for the season just closed He bat ted BPS for l5i gam s. while Wag ner vas in 159 games and yielded the stick for an average Of BIS.
 PHILADELPHIA Oct. Is - T. was announced here last night by R l.. Hedges that Fielder Jones will re turn to baseball and manage the St. Louis Browns next year. Jack O'Connor. who brought the Browns home in last place this year, has been fired
 Jones was induced to take charge of St Louis when he was offered chance 10 purchase a big block of stock in the club. Charles Comis- key. of the White Sox. is ready 10 waive his claim on Jones.
 PHILADELPHIA. Oct 15.-The final game of the series between the All-Stars of the American league and the Philadelphia champions to- day resulted in a victory for the latter 3 to O. The series stands four for All Stars, one champions. The Philadelphias put up the best exhibition of the week and their work was almost perfect. Bender, Plank and krause each pitched three innings, the former allowing two hits. and Plank one. and krause none.
 CHICAGO. Oct 21. - Oryal Over all. who has been one of the Chi cago Nationals star pitchers for several seasons announces that he has pitched his last big league game.
 "I don't mean to say that I won't work again in this series" said Overall. ''I will if Chance asks me to but I won't he a pitcher on the Cub team or any other club next year. and am in earnest when say so. I am not going 10 quit be- cause of anything that has happened in this series CT al any time this season. am just tired of the job and I don't want anr more.
 The life of big league pitcher Is unsatisfactory al hest. If you are good you get along all right and no one has any complaint to make But if you are bad even for little while, or if your arm goes hack on you. you are up against it and you cant help yourself
 T like baseball and would be glad to play any other position. If some one will try me as an out fielder. a catcher CT a first base man. may stick 10 the game a while longer. I think l could make good in one of these positions and I would like the opportunity of try ing. But I am tired of pitching, and I will be all through with that part of it as soon as this series is at an end"
 PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 20. - This may be Frank Chances last season as manager of the Cubs and in base ball Chance is wealthy, and wants to quit He would have quit last year had not Charles w. Murphy got down on his knees and begged him to come back this season.
 A close California friend of Chance here to see the worlds series. told of the "peerless leaders" desire to step down.
 Prank is worth s75000" said his friend, whose name is Crosby '1 was with him two years ago when he bought an orange plantation for s46O00 cash. The investment has been profitable and needs his at tention. It would not surprise mo if Frank went home this fall never to come back
 CHICAGO. Oct 15. - For the third time in his baseball career Ty Cobb of the Detroit Americans was ac corded the undsputed title of the worlds champion batsman, in a statement issued tonight by Presi- dent Ban B. Johnson. of the Amer ican league. announcing the official averages of Cobb and Napoleon La joie of the Cleveland team. his near est competitor Cobb will be award ed the motor car offered by the Chalmers Company as a prize for the champion hitter, and Laioie will be presented with duplicate ma chine in consideration of his great record for the season. When the final averages were footed up Cobb and Lajoe were found to be batting at so near the same average that the percentage had to be figured down to six decimal places, Cobb being the winner by 000S6. Accord ing to the official average Cobb was at bat 509 times, made 196 base hits and finished with a percentage of .3S5O6. Lajoie, 591 times at bat 227 base hits, percentage .3S409.
 In awarding the honors to Cobb, however the charges brought after the double header at St. Louis Octo- Der 9, alleging that Lajoie made his eight hits on that day because of the St. Louis infield laying down" to him, are declared to be unfounded Third Baseman Corridor of the Browns was vindicated of any inten- tion to assist Lajoie in his race for the honors by failing to field his hits.
 O'Connor of the Browns told him President Johnson said that he at tributed Lajoies success in beating his infield hits out that day to his shrewdness in switching from the driving system he usually employed to bunting, thereby springing the unexpected on Corridor, whose ma jor league experience is limited and whose regular position is at short stop.
 NEW YORK, Oct. 21 In his fight last night with Willie Beechen Young Corbett was no match, and could not come back to the work Of his fast aDtapODiSt