Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-05-12
OF INTEREST
TO THE FANS

For weird fantastic. crazy bop.
sided and utterly freaki~h baseball
THURSDAY Ma, %. iei1 should bs
SOFT a-Il, "a rcd letter day IN the
history of u. national pos,ine. To- be
remembered by All the bugs and told
10 their srandCh Idren.
tn, games ut yesterday should
quiet 10, rroakiuss 81 those unhappy
ones who have h,moancd tho dccad-
enc" ot ia" gentle art at swatting the
leather and Who are wont 10 gather
around tn" stove IA the session Of the
Wint,r lcasuc and pratt 81 the good
old dHNs whom there were sluggers Of
r"noNn whom no pitcher past or
present could subjugat, 81 Vcstor-
day L. To- bo taken AZ sample the
good old DAYS have returned. aud "
vii soon ho necessary for the scorers
q" b, furnished with cash registers
ana adding machines in order o. app
proNimatc an accurate record of the
proceedings
Just look az the returns from yos-
tcrdnNs battles. brother nug. and
then take a poncu and piece OF
paper aud figure IL out for Yourself
First look At the GAMES Ia the Ma
ttonal league. Remember this IL tho
National league. the oldest aud COM
sidorcd hA many the strongest has"-
ban organization iu existence. aud not
q contest between the iiiuuVille mr.
fcrs aud Tho HOLY Torror- of p"hbs'
F'rt3 in the four gaines played IN
this league Yesterday "a total of 80
runs Was secured. or an average 81
| NOR" than nine runs per team ana
moro than ~ rims per game Win
| the exception ot 81 louis ana New
Nurk the smallest number of runs
| mad" b, amy team in the National
leagu" Yesterday was %. scored by the
victorious cubs Vhl, the largest
number was 40, accumulated hy phu-
Hdc lphia Tho number pt hits mu.'
by the various teams ~ this league
runs up To- th, magnificent total 81
~, ur an average nf ~ per team.
This is merely an average A. mat
Ter of fact PHILADELPHIA scored ~
hits u che gam, against Ptttsburg.
lCinciuulu 49, ana Bronklyn and chit
cugn o. oarh. 81 l.uuis. with three
hits. seems tu have b"vu the only
team unahl, go locate tho bah 60 any
considerable extent
The American league was only
slightly b"hind It's Older rival IN tho
matter uf crazy hasrbai White the
lrun-gcttiug was not So uorcr. totaling
only 81 runs 'or the four games az
Ian average ut about Sis runs to The
team as against nine and fraction
iu IN" National the number ot hits
required 10 score ihosr runs was So.
only six lcss than the grand total OF
the National maiSins an average of
more than iois hits per team.
when II is considered that thcs"
r"markabl. scores were made on
some of the best pitchers In both
tongues. the wonder grows the great
cr In the words at tn. poet. can you
beat n
II viii b" recalled chat last yeai
labcut this time "A mighty roar Wen
NJ from bnllplaycrs all over the coun
try over the new styl. cork ccnte,
balls that had then Just been intro
duccd into the game to replace tbs
} old ruhbor-c"ntcr hnlls, and "A nun
her of weird performances on tn,
diamond when star pitchers were
| hattcd All over tn" lot like greer
youngsters fresh from the bush. wer'
cited as proof of the contention tina
the new ball was responsible FOR these
freak games. Yesterdays conglom
Grafton of nightmares would seem q
lend strength To the Kick against tn
cork ball
II has been stated that the extor
tons OF the rubber trust made /
necessary 4" substitute cork FOR rub
her ia the manufacture Of bascbulis
II this can ho proven, ana IL can als'
be established that the cork centc
! ball ~ responsible for the wild an'
WoollS baseball that was pulled of
' Yesterday, the angry fans ar. likcv
80 come IN ana do some trust bustinl
Z on their own account that will bi
y more effective than all The speechc
OF an the perspring patriots On tn
stump ia TIA" country.