The Washington times., 1912-02-04
FRANK SCHULTZ TO (
+. TRAIN TWO WEEKS
BEFORE HIS TEAM
Wants to Wipe OuG Free
mans IS Home hIns
Record.

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A Chicago report says Frhk schultz.
the champion home rum cltter In the
DHJor leagues, is going to "ext Baden
two weeks ahead OF the cubs this
spring 10 get in shape n, wiRe out
suck Sreenan's record of ,wenty-five
circuit drives made with th Washing
uon club in 1909 Frank ways will
| believe. In his own modes way. that
ne would have done II las geasoon IL
somebody had not broken 'ds pet bat
iunt when he was going a. top speed
and clearing the fence with xhit about
every third game. r,fsss ,ss;8
| Schultz nrishad the seas 4 1911 with
twenty-ore home runs to hiserelit. His
4 next nearest competitor A. the biz
leagues was First lSasenlaI, soderns, of
the Phillies. who hung I'D a aeod reeurd
of sixteen homers while shrwcod Ma
gee, another Quaker CITY ttsa,ith,
came in third with fifteen TIPS around
the bases. ~
With the returns all in and major
league records added up, tF> National
LeagLe hitters led in home hun drives,
having walloped the sphet for 312,
while the American LeaglI swatters'
home run column only fo4s up Is2
Home Run Baker, of tn Athletics,
slsmIned out nine homers, 4iile Tyrus
liaymond Cobb and iris Sfaksr were
tied for seconl place with aght apiece
n the American League ~
| Bues Is King! -
4 New York dopester has set out u
report that Arthur Bues. the Seattle
third basrnIan. who will be given striai
10y the Giants, Is the king Of home rtt
hitters. having earned total Of TWEEN
ty-seven of these long drlyes aeainst
the Northwestern League hurlers las
s"aeon, Home Run Cravatl's friend,
Will he UP in arms at this report, a!
me former Minneapolis slutygcr. arnasseC
Just tSentY-nine home runs with thC
Nlillers in 1911. leading the minor ant
ma ior leagues with his war club.
| Cravath joins the Phillies at the train
ing camp at repairing time.
| Outfelder Buddy Ryan, of the Port
] land champions In the Pacific Coas
I League. who puts on a Cleveland uni
form this year, is tied with First Base
man Tate, of the Youngstown club, il
the Ohio and Penn League with twenty
three circuit drives 10 his credit.
First Baseman Metz, of the San An
tonic club in the Texas League Genes
next en- the list with twenty-five.
n Tim Jordan. the Maple Leaf walloper
led the old Eastern League with p
First Baseman Kraft, of the Film
| team, was high man in the Southern
Michigan League with nineteen. Jim
my Hopkins stood just behind witt
. eighteen as a member of the Saginaw
club in the same circuit. Hopkins vii
join the Grays at the training camp II
] Georgia.
| .--, Seventeen Home Runs.
Frank Hurlsman, the eX-Royal out
fielder. laid up against the pill 70
seventeen home runs with the Grea
Falls team in the Union Association
In the Southwest Texas Leagu
Catcher Sweet with Bay City cloute
- out nine homers,
o. A pitcher named Collins was tn
$ leading home run hitter in the Wes1
. | ern Canada League, driving out te
n home runs as member of the Moos
Jaw team. Collins hit for .294.
o George Cockill. the eX-Royal, led th
| Tn-State League in home runs Wit
twelve lusty clouts to his credit wit
Reading. Pop Foster with New Have
/ and Eley with Bridgeport were tied fc
" the Connecticut League honors wit
seven apiece. Pep is an eX-Gray viii
J EIey is former Skceter.
Thomas, the Lincoln first basemal
s was the leader in the Western Leagu
Tony Walsh, the Fall River slugge
raped the ball for twelve homers an
= led the New England League. \
II though outdistanced by CraVath, Hol
;" Ferris, OF Minneapolis, and Ham II,
= att, of Kansas City, were tied for Sc
a ond place in the American Associi
d ton with fourteen home runs apiec
Hyatt hooks on again with the. Pirat'
for another trial, while Ferris, wi
3 halls from this city, will try to he
o the 1912 Millers win their third su
e cessive flag in the American Associ
q ton.