The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-09-18
CRAVATH AFTER
"HOMER" RECORD
TO BEAT YEBENATD lEA1V.
10 Tar This Season Ii KAS Dscur,d
Eighte~n Home Duns-Brook1yn
Has 1sld HIM Down

II Gavvy Cravath OF tho PhilIies shat
tiers the National league record for homo
runs established by Bucky Freeman IN
1893. the Brooklyn pitchers will not be
to blame. They have refused 10 allow
Dooin's fence breaker to once put the
hall out Of tho lot this season The
same cannot be said OF any other set OF
National league slab men. for Gavvy hys
obtained four four-baggers In the games
with the Cardinals, three each In the
games with the Pirates the Giants. the
Reds and the Braves. and two in the
EaTnes with the Cubs. Thirteen OF his
fnur-cushion blows were struck al home.
Two IN St LOUIS. one in Cincin nRti. one
10 hoston and one In New York
IL was by hitting for the grand tour
THIS season lie was doing bench dutv
Tor Doom until Monday. May 6. The
previous saturday, acting a. - pinch nit
ter for Bill Kjlllfer. cravath Rad with
out hesitation and on the firHt hall pitch
80. nfted the serve ~ Christy MatheW-
sons among tho Gcniz"us OF the lef,
neld hisahers. In the regular lineup on
the following Monday CraVath wnalcI
another homer and ne has been contrib
uting them pretty regularly since.
Cravath seems TO he a patriotic sort
Decoration lay and another on the
Fourth or July. on Independence Day
trhNath was acting ~ sub swatter
August IL cravath got two four baxEers
or Mordccta Brown. OF the Reds. in one
game. Tho Quaker swatsmith hasn't
yet hit for the fun distance with all the
bases occupied but ne ~ likely TO do 50
before the season ends though said
season IL no longer in ats Infancy.
Good Pinch Hitter.
Eight OF Cravath's four-haegers hav,
been made when the cushions were un-
Inhabited. seven were torn off when on,
Atnlefa waiting Ia I'D
were manufactured when there were .
pair or runners on what * occasion
ally alluded To as the twopsths. IL IL in
tercsttng to note of Cravzth'. ability 70
manufacture homers and hit In tn.
pinches that the New York G ANTS dur
ing ian Test the other day. though
that Cravath would DE the winner % ~,
Chalmers Car offered for the Nation.
Leagues most valuable player IL wa,
the Giants opinion that Joe jackson
would got the American League trophy
The homo runs made Nv CraVath thi
season are fully described below:
four saggers Made at HomS.-l3.
Nay or Mathewsnn. New Yurh
one man beint on base CrRvath wa
utter and hit the nrst ball pitched u
May 6-OG Marquard. New York. n
May l3-Or Csmuitz. Pittsburgh
one man being on base
July +-Off Rudolph. BOSTON. tW-
men oelhs on base. CraVath bate
/ for Becker
July or Periue. Boston. two Ins
! being on base.
July or Cstnnitz. Pittsburgh. on
| man being On base.
! Jufv le-pT G-yer. -. Louis. tv
/ men being on base
July is-OG Grinsr, St Louis IN
MAJ being on base. Nit decided gam
! IN Phlilies favor
! july 2e-Or Lavender. chicago. n
! one being or bsse. liit decided gam
| IN Ihiihos favor.
! August i4-Dr Brown. Cincinnati
-. FIRST homer made WIN NJ on. q
[ base. second with one man uu base.
/ August 20 on Lavender Chicag.
l no one being ou base.
August 2A--On Lehrseu. Pittsburrl
one man being tI bss-
Pour Baggers Hade Abroad.
| May 3o-On Frumue. sea YORK r
! on" being on hare
June 2s-pn James BOSTON. No on
/ being or base
August > 90 SuFEs. cincinnati. n
Z ono heiug IN hAs.
August ON Harmon. ST I4ouA
. one man being on has.
/ August S-pn Harmon -. Louis. Il
: one being on base