Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-19
HANG
UP FREAK RECORDS
SOME c. A. MEN BROKE LEAGUE
RECORDS AND OTHERS BROKE
WORLDS MARKS.
SULLIVAN IN LEAD

SULLIVAN I'm LLAD
[ ocaI outfelder Set Up Unique Record
-Galesburg Pitchers Human Tar.
Get shooters-Many Others
Make Freakish Records.
During the course of the Central
association pennant race OF 1912 a
number OF freakish records were hung
up by the C. A. athletes. 1t Is doubt
full IL any other professional baseball
league in existence can boast of hav-
ing as many freak stunts pulled on
during one season as the G. A. did
during 1912 Yes, even some league
records were broken and again some
worlds marks were established.
Harry Stanley Of Burlington, who
was sold to the st. Louis Browns and
who was either first or second in every
department Of the averages led the
league with the largest number OF
errors while John Sullivan Of the
Speed Boys led the league with the
largest number Of home runs as we'll
as striking out more times than any
other athlete. In mentioning the name
OF Harry Stanley it reminds us that
next season the fans Of the c. A. patch
will see younger brother Of Harry's
whose middle name Is "Clouter," gal
Looping around first base for Ned Egan's
Speed Boys. If young Stanley can
set up as good record as his older
brother he will be next seasons star
recruit.
Now getting back to those records
we wish to mention that Boothby Of
Muscatine has forced his way into the
freak column by winning one game out
OF thirteen pitched and the game he
won was the thirteenth game he
pitched.
sullivan's Eccentrictles.
One Doctor John Sullivan of the
Ottumwa team, set up q mark OF
universal note, when he led the league
in strikeouts and home runs and took
the lead in these constrasting depart
ments without competition on either
side. Sullivan made 81 circuit
drives, six more than Harry Stanley,
his closest rival, while he famed 124
times to sc for Alperman, his closest
rival. Both OF these leads are sure
ly decisive. Not only that, but Sui
ivan was second in the league in the
number OF walks secured. having 70
free transportations to the IA accu-
INFLATED by Smyth Of Hannibal the
leader in walks. furthermore, Sui
livan made the creditable batting
average Of .316. The record of this
man, who kept the catchers cool and
the pitchers hot all year, will likely
stand for all time.
Human Target Shooters.
Next to Sullivan and his two-faced
exhibition comes the performance OF
the Galesburg pitching staff. They
sidetracked from the usual custom OF
using home plate for their target and
shot at the opposing batsmen instead
II their records don't mock politi-
Clans Their four regular hurlers
ranked one, two, three, and four In
the noble art Of puncturing ribs and
other portions Of the batsmen. Magee
hit 81; Beach, 20; Adams, %, and
Mitchell, 20. The work of these four
Galesburg pitchers indicates that
most of the teams who opposed the
PAYERS had cripples on the sacks most
of the time. No other man in the
league succeeded, in hitting more
than II men. These four pitchers
all belong to the same hunting club
and were trained by their manager,
Ducky Eberts.
Stanley Breaks Records.
Harry Stanley tried to duplicate
the feat OF Sullivan and he also tack
ed up worlds record In that he was
either first or second in all the fol-
lowing departments: Individual bat
ting, the number Of hits. total bases,
home runs, three baggers runs scor-
ed, brilliant plays, baseball ability
and errors. That the most brilliant
player ever seen in the league and
g leader in all departments, who
broke the league batting records for
all time, should lead the entire or
ganization in errors is almost incred-
ible. Yet that is the distinction
gained by Harry Stanley of the st.
Louis Browns in his first year in pro-
fessional baseball.
Manush's Work.
In contrast to Sullivan's work in
home runs and strikeouts George
Manush, his teammate, who led the
league in batting, had but two circuit
drives, and carrying this same thread
on around the spool, Manush did
som thing Of the decidedly unusual
when he got each Of these. One Of
Manush's homers went over the
COW sign in Galesburg, the farthest
point in the grounds, and the other
went over the center field fence in
Ottumwa, the deepest fence in that
park.
Boothby OF Muscatine also deserves
with the record-breakers.
The strangest thing Boothby did was
to win a game. He suffered dozen
defeats, but was unlucky and won the
thereby spelling perfect
losing record for the year.
Davy Milligan. the left fielder for
the Hannibal club, went through the
entire season without single error.
This also is a good exhibition in al
line Milljoan took mart IN