Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-25
SOME FIGURES WHICH SHOW
REAL VALUE OF BATSMEN
Batters Whose Averages Are Low Often
Help Their Teams to Most Runs
Some Interesting Dope.

7 Fifth inning, Leroy ptching-Drove
long fly to Niles and sent Milan home.
| Sixth inning. Leroy pitching-Hit to
center for home run, chasing in Milan,
! Schaefer and Lelivelt
| Eighth inning, Collins pitching-Fouled
to Lord. Milan then being on second.
The next best individual feat in the
timely hitting line frs credited to George
Moriarty. who. like Elberfeld, used to
guard third base for the Highlanders.
Moriarty was responsible for six of the
| 1fteen runs piled up against the Maps by
the Tigers September 10, polling a single
in the first inning that scored two men
making another one-spot in the fourth
session that drove in q run. singing
again in the eighth when man was on
third waiting to gallop home. and repeat
ing the stunt in the ninth under similar
conditions. Moriarty himself twice crossed
the plate and figured as a participant in
eight of the fifteen counters harvested by
the former champs.
Sam Crawford Hal Chase. Bill CARR
gan, Frank Baker and Reuben Oldring
were the Johnsonites who last season
/ turned the trick Of driving home five
men In contests. 'Wahoo Sam broke
into the glory circle i'm the first game of
| the season. but, despite his able willow
WELDING. the Tigers were beaten by the
Maps in ten innings by score of to l.
Hal Chase'S nifty performance in the
timely hitting line was in the game with
Boston May 6, the Highlanders winning.
a
ting demon July Is in a contest against
Chicago. won by the Speed Boys, 6 to .
Jim Scott of the White Sox probably
Will remember to his dying day the per-
backstop that afternoon. Carrigan made
only two hits-a single and a double-but
these drives meant five tallies for the
h1relings of John Irving Taylor In the
second Sc inning Bill. taking his stand at
the plate. discovered that the bases all
mad occupants. He promptly emptied
the cushions with a double. In the fourth
inning, with athletes on second and third.
Garrlgan singled and drove them home
DUFFY at the same time telling Death
valley Jim he could go to the clubhouse
Frank Baker and Reuben OldrinR Of
the White Elephants starred as timely
nitters In the game played In Cleveland
August 49, the Mackmen routing their
adversaries IS to 3. In the eighth inning
OF this fracas Baker and Collins each
made two hits, and Oldrine was kent
from eaualing the performances of his
TWO pals because he got only one oppor-
UNITY 10 race the elongated Falkenberg.
Iwenty-three players batted In a quar-
lel OF markers In a game MOriarty or
Detroit turning this trick thrice and Cree
or the Hlehlanders. Unglaub of the Sem
pllsh1ng the feat twice. Pitchers '.Kicka-
poo Summers of Detroit and Frank
Lange Of Chicago We're among the ath-
letes who hit in such fashion that they
got their names In the glory circle. The
manipulation Of the knuckle ball batted in
four tallies in the game played against
the Athletics, in Detroit September 6,
then making brace of home runs off
Harry krause. Summers, prior to this
date, never in his career in the American
League had made a hit good for more
than two bases. Lange sent four of his
comrades galloping over the plate in the
game played with Detroit October g. the
Chicago pitcher putting the Sox in DOS
hy- Mt
with double.
1t was fortunate for the Highlanders
that Cree went on batting jamborees on
May 20 and July 49, The first mentioned
Sox, to 3. the forestry expert batting in
all his teams runs. In the fourth inning,
with Laporte and Roach on the sacks.
Cree hit to right for the grand tour.
Three innings later Birdie tried for
another pair Of shoes. but could make
only three bases on his hit to right, which
brought in Roach with the winning rum
The Chicago pitcher was Jim Scott.
Cree more than earned his days salary
in the game played in Boston July Is,
which the Highlanders won, 5 to 4. hav-
ing something to do with the scoring of
every rup. Cree started to make the
Boston populace and Charley Hall weary
in the first inning, triplins to the right
field barrier and scoring Hemphill and
knight. After Roach walked. Cree. with
his assistance. pulled off a double steal
and scored. That made the score Cree 3,
Boston .. In the third stanza the little
outfielder smashed the ball into the left
field bleachers when Jack knight was
on first.
"Rube" Oldring of the Athletics prac-
tically beat the Sox all by his lonesome
August 20. driving in four runs and scor-
ing once himself. The White Elephants
got six runs that afternoon to Chicagos
four.
Twenty-nine times last season hits were
made when all the bases had occupants
that cleared them. One Of these clean
up wallops was a single, ten were dou-
bles. fourteen were triples and four were
homers. The athlete credited with the
odd stunt of driving three men over the
plate by merely singing was Northern of
the Browns. the incident happening in
the game played with Washington Sep
TENDER ~. In reality Northen's clout was
worth two or three bases, but the young
ster, surprised to have made such a noble
wallop against Sir Walter Johnson, hug
ged first.
Players who made doubles when the
bases were in an Intoxicated condition
and cleared the cushions Of their inhabi>
tants were Doc Gessler and Walter
johnson of the Senator's George Moriarty
and Sam Crawford of the Tigers. Eddie
Collins and Frank Baker of the Athletics