The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-12-18

or MUCH INTEREST
Showing What a Number Of
Former Major League
Players Did

CHICAGO. Dec. 1s-Former ma
joy league baseball players sand
our prominently among the leading
pitchers and aeldezs o. the American
Association. according 70 the Onc1sl
averages ,so- the season OF 1912, IS
sued today By Thomas N Giving
ton. president OF the organization
Two former Cleveland pitchers,
Krause and Falkenberg. OF Toledo,
head the pitching list Krause's
name appears first with thirteen NC
tories and four defeats. giving him
Ian average O. .z6e. Il was his re
mzrkabIe showing with Toledo which
caused him 70 be returned 20 Cieve-
land n mid-seasoa- His second en-
trance 70 the major league Vas
marked by a string Of defeats. how.
ever. Although FaIkenberg Il
named second on the Official list. he.
was the real league leader. with
twenty-five victories AID eight de-
.ea1s. q percentage OF rs Falkeo-I
berg vas With washington before he
vent 20 Cleveland This was -4cy's''
first year in the minors since he ie1r
the American League.
Packard. a Columbus pitcher SUI
fered the sane number OF defeats as
FaIkenbe-g bu1 Won one less so he
finished third with mark or $50
RieEs-. Of 81 Paul. lead thei
pitchers n fielding. having a clean
record n twenty-five games He ac-I
eepted ffty-one chances RuosI
waddeI's name toots the list He
feIded SIG.
Among the z-sr basenen. Jones
OF milwaukee. the old American
league PLAYER. took first honors-
making o.aly rwenry-six errors n
$50 games and establishing a PEI
cea-age Of -Ssz. DeIahanty. o
Minneapolis, set mark of 1856 bua
he participated IN only rweaty-One
games.
Otto Williams. Who has been II
the association Tor many years, top
ped the second 5asemaa with a mark
Of ysze 5o- I45 games. Rocksnaeld-
0. Kansas City, who viii be seen n
the western League this year. made.
a percentage OF -sT9. but he was II
only t<enry-eight games
Eddie Lennox. Eho stared the
season with the Chicago Nationals
went 70 Louisville and finished n
Kansas City All aelded -e55 AZ third
base in elgh,y-six games Wester-
I'll. O. indianapolis. set marx o.
SOS n .1Iaeteeo games
A. saortstop NlcKeehaie, o. s.
paul. aeIded .sz6 n to-ty-oce games
and was listed first BeaCuiller. O.
Louisville. -anked fourth officially
but n z0S games he made marx
I Of .s23. Coriden, ~ho kansas CITY
sold % Detroit and <ho recently Fes
sod 20 Cincinnati n the TIMER
deal tor s 200 4elded OILY 500
Johns. Of Columbus. accepted
afty-e5ght chances n the outseld
without an error and obtained frst
on -az list Bu-cs, 0: Toledo. how
ever. accepted 2s1- chances and SET
2 marx Of -szs. 50. he probaoly
should bs regarded IS ths leading
outseIde-.
Eel ding aono-s II the catching
depa--na7- belong 20 Owens. who
worked behind -Ae bat last season
cor Minneapolis n l3s games h
made only fourteen errors, setting
marx o. $50. Ray Schalk. Who
came . ne chicago Americans froT-
Milwaukee. made seven errors il
eighty games. and IS credited with
: PERCENTAGE % So
The indianapolis club ds1ded -s55
as = team and led The lsague- max 7
.zg = evident that they were weak
Il the batting department else they
night have finished higher u7 II
the peaaz.1t race oths- teams
fslded IS follows
Columbus $50. Toledo $50. Mn
azapoi1s 81. s. Paul s5I. Louis
VIE $50. Kansas City -ezs and
Milwaukee 81.
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