The Washington times., 1911-06-12
BETTER FIELDING
SHOWN BY WEEKS
AMATEUR FIGURES
Fifty-six Games Played in
District, Which Is a
Record.
BATTING AVERAGE
DROPS THREE POINTS
Twelve Perfect Hitters Against
Only Six For Previous
Week.

Figures compiled from the games
played by the different teams in the
amateur leagues last week show a de-
cided Improvement over the previous
week. While the batting has decreased
three paints, fielding has increased
eight.
Fifty-six games were played, the
greatest number in any one week.
Many were closely contested, and
twelve were won by one run. There
was one tie and seven shut-outs, which
fact speaks well for the pitching and
felding displayed by the teams per-
forming the feats
The felders had ALI chances. There
were 900 put-outs, l,I5S assists. and 437
errors, a fielding average OF .S6 over
.SS7 during the preceding weeks play.
AT this rate there were 7.S errors made
in every game played.
While only six men were able to bat
perfectly the previous week, twelve
did so last week. Sullivan, of St.
Stephens, established a record for the
season when he hammered out five safe
hits out of as many attempts. His rec
ord for the day was two home runs,
triple. a double, and single Four
men-Moye, Eastern Athletic Club;
Rawlings. Manhattan; Handiboe, Of
WaYerley, and DeLeary, of Naval Med
ical School-landed for four safeties.
Those who were successful three times
We're Widmayer, Aloysius; Wilkinson,
ST. Martins; Brown, Kendall; Hol-
bruner, Southern; Graham, Baltimore
and Ohio; Frabbe. Andrews, and Lynch.
Manhattanl
The fielding of the different teams i'm
proved greatly and would be more no
ticeable in the general average had not
some Of the weaker teams beaten their
former records for miscues. There were
six erroriess contests-Adams, Alloy
sius, Brightwood. Cornell, Interstate,
and Woodland participating. Teams
making only one error numbered ten.
Commerce and Labor and Eastern A,
c. on two occasions qualified, while
American Security, Commissioners,
worth, Second National, Sewage Pump
ing Station, and Willard came through
with one nlisplay.
There was some excellent pitching.
four no-hit games being twirled. Chism,
of Parkview, lowered the colors of the
Petworth team from the top of the
ladder, when he held them hitless and
scored the only run made by his team.
Smith, Ingram, Powell, Bureau Of En-
craving and Printing, and Garland and
Martin, Walford. also won their games
without a hit being registered against
them, from North Carolina, Govern
ment Printing Office. and Havenner,
respectively.
6OEley, MduIldAldllB 4IOl4pSOl'
ern, and Hanvey, Car Department, let
down their opponents with one bingle,
while Williams, Southern, and McMaon,
Kendall, pitched two-hit games. There
were eight three-hit, ten four-hit, and
nine five-hit games pitched. The fact
that in thirty-six of the flfty-six games
played five or less hits were made
speaks we'll for the pitching and shows
that the twirlers have struck their
true form.
The number of strike-outs was 1888,
Hummer, of Moses, having seventeen
to his credit in one game, followed by
Boteler, District National, with six
teen.
A peculiar record was established in
the game between B. and o. and Car
@ Department. in the Railroad League,
when a total Of twenty-one bases were
stolen by the last named team.