The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-02-16

The New England league last sea-
son apparently did not have the bat
ters that we had. There were only
two men in the 300 class, Burkett of
aWallce Of Lynn, .312 for 88 games.
Pop" Foster Of Holyoke led the Con-
necticut league batsmen with .342 and
there were eight more in this league
who hit above .300 These figures
are taken from the Official records"
which are as good as anything, but
not necessarily correct. 1t must be
rors in scoring in the two leagues
and that batsmen in one league might
have suffered or profited by the scor-
ing of a different set of chroniclers.
However, the figures hint at some
thing. and that may be right too. The
in batting and fielding for 1910 the
figures showing a league batting mark
of .239 for our league, .233 for the
other league; and for fielding the Con-
necticut league was .949, as against .947
for the New England.
There were some nifty pitchers in
the Connecticut league last season and
they were not always with the clubs
that could make the most Of their
good work. Many a man worth a.
better record was with a sleeping nine
and his record suffered. However,
taking all allowances for the Connec-
ticut league, the other league seemed
to be better off in pitching. Van
Dyke led the New England league
defeats. and his club, Worcester. fin
ished third in the race. It's percen-
tage of victories was a great deal
less than the pitchers. No man in
this league won with such frequency.
Pruitt Of New Bedford won Is out of
IN "o.@ - Ir,l~
10 out of 26. New Bedford won the
pennant. But Brockton, the ta.lend-
err in the campaign, furnished Pape,
who won 10 and lost nine. This is
showing which compares well with the
most successful slantistS in the Con-
necticut league. Wolfgang of Lowell
won 20 and lost 10, and Parsons Of
the same club won IL and lost six.
Lowell finished fourth.
In the Connecticut league the Off
cial ratings credit Waller of Bridge
port with q victories and 10 losses.
Snyder of New Haven had rating
of lis; Lundgren Of Hartford, 6-3;
of Waterbury, FLIP and Foster Of
New Haven, 20-11. This half-dozen
was hot the best in the Connecticut
league last season, but the records say
so, and if the six New Englanders
mentioned were not the best in that
league, then the odds are still with
the New England pitching. Two Of
the six New England sextet are for
mer Boston American pitchers. There
were good pitchers in both lea gues and
many more could be mentioned, but
enough has been taken from the rec
ords, to get comparison. just as ac-
curate as any, and more interesting
than most.
The clubs Of both leagues meet in
exhibition games. but of course such
matches offer anything but a clew,
though it is. poss BILE for just this thing
to show Exhibition games as a rule
are worthlesst for comparative pur-
poses. The big leaguers allow them
selves to be beaten by the minors and
will cut their mines in half, if neces-
sary to get the absurd result. The
coming games between the New Eng
land and Connecticut leagues may
give a line, and they may not. Fans
in both circuits have their own ideas
Of the strength of their circuits and
are only satisfied if the team in their
own city is as good as any of them.