Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-01
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Washington Players Manage
to Find Indian With Success.
BATTERS HIT 200 OFF HIM
Nap Lajoie Gets But Four Hits in
Twenty-Four Times
at Bat.

Ali hail the chief. The mighty chief OF
the Chippewas and also the chief of
chiefs among tho splendid body of twirl-
ers known as pitchers in the American
League. Charles Albert Bender.
J.. is smaI, wonder indeed that Connie
Mack had such an easy time annexinS his
third pennart and incidentally world $
cham piCnship. when he has such doughty
warriors as the big Indian on his hurting
, mound
True. Bender wasn't the most worked
pitcher in the season just past. Ford,
, Coombs. johnson and Walsh having par
t!cipated in more games than he, but the
Indian never was known as a glutton for
work and always showed better when
worked every four or five days, and his
excellent record in 1910 is only another
evidence of the astuteness of the willy
Cornelius in not working him oftener
and the main reason that the dusky
pitcher was the premier of premiers and
like Abou Ben Adhem of old. heads the
list.
During the 1910 campaign the 1nman
was called upon to conquer the naughty
white man in 80 innings, during which
time 10 players faced him $40 times and
hit safely 1S2 times for an average of
80 his average was much better than
Mullins. the star pitcher of 1909. Mulin,
more innings and held the American
League batters to average of 300,
Bender beating that mark by forty-eight.
BENDER came close to equaling the record
set by big Ed Walsh in 1908, when he
Kept the batting average Of the American
League in games which he pitched to
.202.
Bender was exceptionally effective
against St Louis. keeping them to a
MARI. .h OF 100 strange to say, the team
off owl,
soive was second division club. the
erstWhlle much despised Washington
team. The Nationals headed the list in
batting against the Indian, facing him
s 1e .,mes ior - hits and the MOTTO be-
sneezed-at average of .2j4. Detroit's
bunch of s!uGgers were also camping
on the red mans trail getting an av
ge of .23G
While Carrigan of Boston and White
OF Chicago each had an average Of
1.WO against Bender. they are not the
real leaders. having batted against him
only once. Clyde Milan Of Washington
Is the leader de factO. facing him II
times for q bingles and an average of
.545.
Lajoie Is Puzzled.
Cleveland was fifth. with an average
Of 1877. Al hits out of 2Os chances.
Rath. koestner and Land being the
only ones to bat over 300, and thew
faced him on but few occasions. East
eriy duplicated his feat of 1909 in lead
ing his team in batting against the
leagues best pitcher. getting 5 hits
out of Is times up. for an average of
.2Is. LaJoie. the wizard Of the ash.
was dismal failure when batting
against Bender. getting hits out of
"a attempts. for an average of $50.
The real hOnOrs of the league belong
to Milan, Washington: Stone, ST Louis:
Cobb. Crawford and d. Jones, Detroit
and Knight, Elberfeld and Cree of
New York. all OF whom were credited
with ten or more times at bat and still
had averages of 300 and over
The exact doingS of the American
League batters against Bender during
the season follow. batters who faced
him less than ten times and failed to
hit safely not being tabulated: