The Washington times., 1912-12-22
Nationals Manager Cannot
See New Method Of De-
termining Leader.
WANTS TWIRLER TO
60 AFTER GAMES
Records Of Wood and Walter
johnson Thought to Have
Influenced.
By "sINAT0R."

Dan Johnson's proposed scheme OF
crediting pitchers on . basis Of hits
yielded per inning or the number Of
earned runs made. in the next batch Of
oflcial averages sent out from his OF.
'ace. 10 opposed by Manager Clarke c.
0rinith.
0fiR In no way figures that Johnson's
method 10 proper either ~ an incen.
tive to pitchers or for players In backing
UP the hurler in his efforts to defeat the
enemy. Moreover. 0riR says that In
no possible way can Johnson's proposed
scheme help the fans or players and
that It IL not true test Of pitchers
ability ~ much a. the games won and
games lost columns show.
The hsa promulgated by Ban johnson
Some days ago at meeting in Chicago
was to the effect that In future the
games won and games lost column
would not be in the ofYicial averages
sent out by his once. II ID not unlikely.
that the American League head was IN
huenced BY the controversaries which
arose during the past season when Wal
ter Johnson and Joe Wood were smass-
Ing their long strings.
AZ that time. johnson was delused
with letters and telegrams asking him
which pitcher should be credited with Q
win in the event that he started or m
At that time Johnson ID said to have op-
tories and after Msrquard, johnson and
Wood were finally routed. the big boss
Sn ns 9s. sInIS ntusa sad Il eePsd sRs sS
mseting. 7.
Not Worked Out. s.
Tho proposed method has not been
fully worked out. but President johnson
- quoted a. being "oR" the present
method Of calculating the pitchers aver
ages. Just what will be done 10 q mat
ter Of conjecture. but It 10 thought that
the April averages will have something
about the new scheme or will at least
show what Johnson's method Is going
Manager orifnth does no. want ne
won and lost columns stricken from
the records IN future. "
I'm after the games and 20 are the
run. esrnsd Mas ess' Of him pshfr aSa ss want ps
inning. pitcher either wins game or
loses and the breaks In the luck have
nothing to do with II. It Is not . fair
te.t Of pitcher,s ability,
and lost four under the new system
proposed and still be under the average
OF pitcher who has won and lost 10.
Some pitchers work differently than
others and manage to win games where
. number OF hits are made of them.
Goes After Games.
"0lve me tho man who IL out after
the game and doesn't fgure on how
many hits are being made every inning
or how many earned runs are being
brought across the plat, one who 10 out
to win. many runs or few. many hits
or few" says the Nationals boss.
There are several other ways Of
looking Ct y. I admit; Because a
pitcher Of mediocre ability IL with .
Ean,eu he sets credit for his wins, and
unless his average II closely studied his
strensth cannot be determined.
AT the same time there are pitchers
win nine times out Of ten. start them
against other teams and they will be
pounded hard. Now there 10 no possible
Wy ;,,. to- 70 determine n :. by hits per inning
As the records now stand II 10 not
difficult to figure the number Of hits
per inning and the number of earned
runs. At the same time the number Of
wins and losses are the things which
Under Ban Johnson's recently prom
ulgated system It would be unnecessary
TO count the number Of games won and
tOut per team IN uecitTlHH tHe p0uHout
winner. His method might be adopted
IN this.
It Is possible under the johnson sys.
tenn for team to win q pepnant and
yet score less earned runs. less runs,
make fewer hits and total bases onl
hits than team In third position. III
the pitchers were rated In this manner
II would be reasonable to suppose that
the teams might be rated In the same
way.
Johnson's scheme is radical change
which 10 not likely to be met with ac-
mining the leading pitcher and II Ia al
most safe conclusion to draw that the
won and lost column will be found next
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