Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-07-12
SPEAKER HlRD on
WESTERN SLAB
WORKERS
Statistics Show Red Sox Star
and Eddie Collins Did as
Well At Bat as ny Cobb and
Joe Jackson

Boston. July li.--During the first
tonr o. the east BY she Wsatern clubs
of the American league the baseball
siatlstlclans heralded daily the
achievements 81 those eminent aiitters.
Tyrus Raymond Cobb. and Joe Jack
ron. the pnrvevors 81 dope evidently
forgetting that Edward Trowbridge
Collins and TristfAm Speaker were
striking telling blows Cor their teams
and doing even more valiant work
wllh me willow than the two whaling
ensternerR The Georgia Peach hit a.
.sif clip on the trip. the city IN
which he enjoyed his least success In
manufacturing hits being philadel-
phia. The quaker CITY also was =
hooaoo town for the cionting Cieve-
lander. who hit for 2ss on the jauni.
lnx'a batting average shrunk when he
fnced the Washington pitchers. but
went up when ne batted against the
flosfon boxmen.
Cugilna g3atted Wen at Home.
Collins piled az m average of .875
at slaihe Park against the western
huFlers. batting most effectively IN the
81. Louis series. and least so IN the
eet-tos with the Maps
Speaker in the gnmea az Fenway
Park amassed a percentage Of .31a,
having a record 90 $50 IN the Detroit
series. .si2 IN the 81. Louis series. see
In The Chicago series and .s3i In the
Cleveland series. He got nineteen
safeties in me games against the
western leans. while Collins procured
twenty. T.. Trowarldge scored four
teen runs AGAINST the Tris's thirteen,
cobb IN the games against the east
nrn teams made the same number Of
hits and runs az speaker. bus went 90
bnt ten more times JacksOn'G record
WAS Zen tailIea and fourteen safeti@s
In forty-nine Journeys 10 the platter.
Collins led the quartet In timely hit
tlnRs driving - ten runs a. against
nine sof C0Oh. seven for Speaker ana
ak for Jackson. Cobb showed the way
IN long -distancink punching. his nine
lengthy blows heinz good fos eighteen
extra bases. Speaker got nine Ions
clouts that Yielded fourteen extra
bases. Jackson eight that yielded four.
teen and Collins seven that yielded
twelve.
speaker the Hariest 90 FITCH 90.
Of these four men the one hardest
10 pitch 20 evidently Is speaker. He
drew fourteen passes and was winged
once Jackson tVudged twelve times
many Of the gifts he received being
purp0sely awarded. Cobb got eight
bases on balls and was hit once, and
collins secured six cemplimentarieS
and WAS hit twice. oddly enough,
Mack's second sacker passed through
the 1912 campaign without one"
reaching Arst on casualty pass
In the intersectional clashes Cobb
struck out seven dimes speaker thrice
ana Jackson and collins eRch twice.
The cieveinnder was whlned by Joe
Wood and walter Johnson, the phil
adelphian by willie Mitchell and Joe
Lake
These figures show what Collins and
Speaker did 10 the western pitchers
and what Jackson and Cobb did 20 the
eastern arsiileFists.
eddie Collins.
A. bat. So times. runs. -; hits, 2h'
douhleh. 3. triples. . homers I runs
haited w. 10. bases on balls 6. hit by
pitched balls. struck out 2; batting
average. .377
Iris speaker.
Al bat. "a times. runs, q; hits. ls'
doubles. 4. triples. 8 runs hatted IN u
bases on balls. a. hit by pitched ball,
}: struck out 8 batting average, .s13
Ty Cobb.
Al bat. 81 times runs. is; hits ~.
doubles. 9: triples. 3 homers. 2; runs
batted Ia. .. bases on balls, q; hii 10y
pitched ball. struck out. Z battine
average. 3ii.
doe Jackson.
A. bat 80 times. runs. i9' hits IL
I doubles. homers O.. runs hatted IN
/ G.: bases on halls, ~; struck oyt' ?
/ batting average, ESQ.