Evening journal., 1912-08-01
LET'S
Get
Together
Sporting Gossip
and Comment

Stanuy Coveleski, now with Allan
TIC City, has been purchased from the
Chattanooga club, to which he be-
longs, by Connie Mack. He is a
Drotner OF Harry. "the Giant Killer
formerly with the Phillies.
Umpire Walker has asked Pres
ident Carpenter to release him from
all duty Tor a week. Tom has a bad
cold and he wants to treat IT, Walker
is having his best season as an UNI
pire.
DOME Bush of the Detroit Tigers
nas made run for every time he
reached INST base on a hit The mid
get has cracked out 70 safeties out Of
Sll times at bat and his batting
average is nearer the bottom than the
TOP, but his run-getting ability place
ed him near the top in this division.
even though he has a harder time
getting on base than some others.
his fO-run mark has been bettered by
only hve players in the League and
tnese all rank among the seven best
nltters. iris Speaker is The leading
scorer with "a runs, Eddie Collins is
second with 81 Cobb IS third with
7s, Baker fourth with rs and Jackson
fifth with 70.
Mutz Ems, first baseman of the
Galesburg team in the Central Asso-
ciation, who had a trial with the Chi
cago White Sox in the spring. was
sent to Birmingham and thence back
to Galesburg, will be given another
cnance by Callahan on the good show
ing he has made this season. Ems is
hitting .355 and has scored more runs
than any other man in the Central AS
sociation.
Boston, Washington and Chicago
each the owner Of a great pitcher, led
the American League in the matter
OF shut outs, each of the three having
whitewashed opponents on eight oc-
casions. Walsh has turned the trick
for the White Sox; Johnson has
oianked his adversaries five times,
while Wood has let his opponents
down without run four times.
Cleveland. Philadelphia and De-
troit have blanked their opponents In
six games, and the Browns have
turned the trick three times. The
Yankees have had but one shut-out
victory to their credit and Caldwell
pitched that one at the expense of
the Maps week ago.
New York and Detroit have been
easiest to shut out, each drawing eight
strings Of goose eggs. Cleveland
comes next with seven. Chicago has
been blanked six times. So has st.
Louis. Washington and Philadelphia
have suffered four times each, while
Boston has met such fate but three
times-the Maps adding the third last
week.
George Kahler of the Maps has
taken part in a bunch Of whitewash
parties. He has turned the trick three
times and has been shut out four
times himself. Walter Johnson also
has been in seven such games, five on
the big end
After playing 70 games without an
error and accepting 15S chances, Out
fielder Billy Hunter of the Flint.
Southern Michigan Club. made his
first misplay on Friday. Besides field
ing perfectly Hunter has been leading
the league batters by a comfortable
margin. He has played in every game
this season. Hunter was sold to
Cleveland a week ago.
Detroit has made more changes in
its pitching stan this year than any
club in the American League. That
! is, more pitchers who have worn Tiger
uniforms in games since the opening
Of the season are now back in the
minors than have departed from any
other club.
Eight Tiger twirlers failed TO last
through the season. They are Sum
mers, Burns, Covington, Remneas,
Bailey, Pernoll and LATTE. The Ath-
letics and Nationals are second with
hve releases each. Cleveland has got
rid Of three and Boston. 81. Louis and
Chicago, have each found two of their
pitchers unfit for big league company.
Ho6 is the only Highlander twirler
who worked in a game who so far has
failed to stick.
Dave: If a runner is on first bas,
and a batter fouls a ball, does the bat.
ter have to step out of the box until
the runner returns to the base?
CB.
Yes.
Dave: Who holds the major league
record for extra base slugging in one
game? G. P.
Ed. Delehanty and Bobbie Lowe holt
the record, each making rour hom,
runs and a single in a single game.
Dave: When did Rube MarquarC
lose his first game this season?
FAN
July s, at Chicago, the final score be
ing Z to 2. Marquard was knocked
out of the box in six innings, being
relieved by Tesreau.
Dave: ID A batsman drives tn,
ball to deep right field and reaches
third base on hit. The first basemal
claims the runner did not touch first
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