The Washington herald., 1913-11-24
GANDIL LEADS
GRIFFS HITTERS
Official American League Bat
ting Averages Show Chicks
Mark to Be .31S.
COBB IS LEAGUES BEST
Climbers, as Team, Rank Fifth.
Georgetown Alumnus Makes Plea
for Virginia Game.
COBB IS LEAGUES BEST
by WILLIAM FEET.

by WILLIAM FEET.
Irwin NJ. Howe, Ban Johnson's statis-
tician, comes TO bat with the official
American League figures, published in
another column. The averages show
that Comedian Dutch Schaefer also
pinch hitter extraordinary, is the leading
slugger OF the Nationals for the 1915
season, with a percentage of 80 for
fifty-two games.
As a matter of fact Chick Gandil is
the real leader with .SlS to his credit
Chick took part in 17 games. came to
hat 800 times, scored sixty-two runs
and raped out l75 hits
Behind Gandil is CIvde Milan, 800
performer, who could only bat .299 last
season for 1I games. At one time it
looked if Milan would not finish
higher than go hut he came with a rush
the last month and is hardly losing any
sleep because he failed TO land within
tho coveted 800 class
Catcher Al Williams batted .2S3 and
Ray Morgan hit .272. The others bat
ted about their normal stride. with the
exception of Danny MOeller and Kid
Foster. The latter. owing to illness
early in the spring. was handicapped
greatly. while Moeller never could
seem to get started.
Pitcher Joe Engel. together with
House. of Detroit, bring up the rear OF
to bat forty-nine times. and amassed
the wonderful total of three hits. My
Poy Joe" really made four hits, as il
will be remembered that one day in
Cleveland he cracked the ball to deep
right field for a triple, and was de-
clsred out for failing TO touch first
base.
The lea que leader. of course was Ty
Cobb. of the Detroit Tigers, with
mark of 800. Joe Jackson, the Cleve-
land slugger. batted 1873.
In team batting the Nationals ranked
fifth. trailing Philadelphia. Boston.
Cleveland. and Detroit. and leading St
Louis, New York, and Chicago.
In reply to Il question as to George
towns + feeling regarding the rumors
that Virginia was about to do away with
the annual football game, the following
letter was received:
Sporting Editor of The Herald.
Dear Sir: You ask for my opinion IN |
relation to recent articles in the news |
papers concerning the University of Vir- |
ginia severing football relationship with |
Georgetown. and 10 play Harvard. l |
have no authority to talk on George |
towns behalf. but l do think that such |
statements have emanated from some |
one on the outside. rather than from one |
who really has the University of Virginia |
at heart.
The sU9dent body. as we'll as tine
alumni. at Georgetown have always CON
sdered Virginia as our friendly rivals,
as they have us. and this statement |
comes from the student body and alumni
OF both institutions. regardless Of what
has been printed TO the contrary.
For Virginia to cancel the annual
Georgetown game would be most disap-
pointing to the alumni of both institu-
IN HI
lie in this section OF the country, and I
can hardly see where Virginia could eN-
Iect to play Harvard annually and make
the game a popular affair. In the first
place, there is only one Harvard and
Yale game. and there is only one George
town-Nirginia game. and the games
played for the remainder of the schedule
by these institutions are only of A sec
ondary nature-the feeling and the spirit ]
is not there; neither is the money. Not
only are these games drawing card
from a friendly standpoint, but from a
financial one as well.
1T means nothing for Harvard to play
Virginia in the stadium at Cambridge
yearly. and as for Harvard ever playing
Virginia in Washington or Charlottes-
vile seems most unreasonable as well
as unbusnesSlike. when they have such
worthy opponents in their own neigh
borhood. like Dartmouth, Brown, Will
ldIlSr amherst, f1Oly CrOSS, luIJS, Mdlne- |
Bates and Boudoin, to say nothing OF
their annual games between Princeton
and Yale. Harvard this year did not
give Dartmouth date on their sched-
ule, for some unknown reason; but the
sport-lOving people of New England de-
mand this game. as well as the strong
Dartmouth alumni in Boston, and the
game will again, no doubt, be an annual
affair when the proper authorities meet
again.
Georgetown and Virginia severed re-
lationship in 19O3-19O4 and we then had a
cry from the alumni Of both schools to
play again; we sincerely hope their
wishes will be given consideration, and
not the talk Of some dissatisfied outsider
No game played by either GEORGETOWN
or Virginia will ever supplant their an ,
nual engagement here, regardless of who
or where they play. ,
Georgetown as well as Virginia has
capable men governing their different
branches of athletics and the alumni Of
both institutions have and will continue
to have faith in their judgment II
there has been any dissatisfaction per-
tanning to eligibility rules between these
two schools. and there now should be
none, these matters will be cared for by I
those in charge and not by disgruntled {
outsiders. y
"As an alumnus of Georgetown, and ]
with many friends at the University of
Virginia, l would be sorry to see these
two schools break again, because the J
alumni and sport-loving people repre- !
senting both these friendly institutions I
demand this annual game. Hundreds and I