Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-18
TEAM LEADERS
FROM 1907 TO 1911

The base-cleaning doubles made by Bris
Lord juno 16 and by Napoleon I-ajote
July 1 deserve more than passing men
ton. The White Elephants fly chaser
first inning Of the game with the White
SoX, Irving Melrose Young being pitch-
ing at the time. The MacEmen had bat.
ted around. Lord thus getting two OPP
portunities to bat i'm the same stanza.
On his first trip to the plate the Quaker
had touched Jim Scott for a single.
1t was in a s0rmish with the clan OF
COmiskey that Monsieur Lajoie delivered
his noble drive, incidents of the extraor-
binary that pertained to the joyous jab
being that the Forest city favorite was
assuming the role of pinch hitter and
that he hadn't previously appeared in a
nine days. When Larruping Larry en-
tered the passaEe-a arms the count was
knottcd, . to 2; when he left 1t after
driving the cork-centered cOn4rivance
over Jimmy John CallahanS bean, the
Edward Trowbridge Collins. best known
of Columbia University's graduates,
smashed out two drives for three fur-
longs last season, each Of which account
ed for e. trio of markers. The great sec
ond sacker of the title holders Of the
universe cleaned up with a triple in the
game with Boston April Is, Joe Wood,
Nemesis of the Highlanders. pitching.
and repeated the exhibit in the contest
with the Highlanders October IS. Roy
Caldwell twirling. In the debate between
the armies of Mack and Wallace May
10 Danny Murphy, pride of the A. o. H.,
welcomed Red" John Powell. relief
cushions all had occupants. slanlrning the
first bail served. Lee Ford Tannehill did
practically the same thing eight after
Moons later. his resonant rap being made
off Charley Hall of the Red Sox. who
had just gone to the rescue Of killilay.
Tannehll, however. did not pole his drive
on the first ball served by the relief gun
ner, but on the third.
The year witnessed seven loop the-loop
swats torn off when the stations were
occupied by~three men. as against four
sucI, drives in 1910 one in 1909. three in
for the circuit In former years with the
cushions crowded were Norman Fiber
field, Garland Jacob StahI. Owen Bush.
Lee Tsnnehill. Frank Baker, Herman
Larry Jaioie. The 1911 heroes were Joe
Jackson, Ty Cobb. Ivan Olsen. Bill Cum
ningharn, -Stuffy" McInnis, Roy Hartzelf
and Frank Iaporte. Cleveland haying
two men in this list and New York.
Philadelphia. Washington. ST. Louis and
Detroit each one.
Jackson's havoc-creating homer came in
the twelfth inning OF the game with st.
Louis May Z and was responsible for the
registering OF to 2 win for Earl
YmgIing over Jack Powell. Eleven days
later ole Olsen raped for the grand
tour with the bases jammed. the injured
pitcher being Tom Hughes, who, in 1906.
had the Maps on his staff to such an ex-
tent that he fitted coats Of white on them
five times.
OF the other hurricane homers. Cobb S
was made May Is off Ed Karger, Cum
ningham's June of Mitchell OF De-
trcit, McInnis June 81 off Hall, Hart
zoI,'s July IL off Petty and Laporte's
August % off Danforth.
Bobby Groom OF the Nationals had
four cleanup wallops made or his de-
livery. Jack Powell three and Ray Cald-
well, Harry Morgan, Charley Hall, Bar
ney Petty and Jesse Baker each two. The
full list of artillerists whose feelings were
Bosto,,-On Hail. 2: Karger, 1, Moser,
l. +. Smith. 1; Wood, 1.
Chicai,o-Or Baker. 2: Scott. 1: Walsh
!: Young, 1.
C,eveland-on Hardness. 1: James. l.;
Knapp. L: Mitchell. 1.
Detreit-Of Mitchell. 1.
New York-Off Caldwell, 2. Brockett :;
Eoff. !.
Philsdelphia-on Morgan, 2: coombs.
/: DaIforth, 1: Krause. I.
st. Louis-On Powell, 3: Petty, q
Wasiington-Of Groom. 4: Becker, L;
Hughes, L.
For the first time since 1907. when the
stunt was pulled on once. runners chased
| in frora second to the plate on fly balls
| Five years back in the game played May
| IS in Cleveland. between the Maps and
! the Senators. Bob Ganley and Charley
| Jones scored on Charley Hickman's fiy
| to Bill Hinchman, Jones being the past
! timer who made the journey from the
| halfway bag. The first player who
equaled Jones stunt last season was Ty
Cobp, who in the etro:t-Philadeiphia
game. July II, scored behind Owen Bush
on Sam Crawford's lift to Oidring. Ac-
cording to a veracious member OF the
| Base Ball Writer'S Association OF Amer