El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-28

w ALTER JOHNSOR not only
I w twirled more victories last sea
son than any other American
league pitcher, he pitched more COM
plete games than anyone else. The auto
mobile winner went the route % times
only being knocked off the rubber once.
Another hard worker was Jim Scott of
the Chicago White SOX. Death Valley
J I'M labored in &c complete games
While his teammate Reb Russell did
| almost as well, figuring in %.
George Baumgardner of the Browns
pitched "a full contests, Vean Gregg
ana Pred Falkenberg of the Maps each
%, George DausS and Jean Dubuc of
the Tigers each q and Ray Collins of
the Red SOx and Roy Mitchell, of the
Browns each 20.
Of the champion White Elephants,
Eddie Plank pitched more full games
than any of his team mates The Get
tysburg Guide was in IS, while CHIEF
Bender was only in thirteen. The in
dian was often used by Mack as a
rescuer, none of Mack's young pitchers
except Shawkey showing much clev-
eTnesS at being able to go the distance
Mack Greatest Pitcher Changer.
Mack changed pitchers oftener than
any other American league leader. The
Athletic slabmen twirled only 81 COM
plete games, the Browns gunners
turned in 1O4 full contests. The num-
other hurting staffs was as follows:
By New York, rs; by Boston, &c; by
Washington, IS; by Chicago, "a; by De-
trOit, S. and by Cleveland, 90.
All told, there were just Il gunners
who were able to twirl complete games
last year, the men who pitched 10 or
more full contests being as follows:
Complete Games Pitched.
Johnson. Washington, %.
Scott, Chicago, rs.
Russell, Chicago, Is
Baumgardner, St Louis, "a
Gregg and Falkenberg, Cleveland %.
lDaUGS
Collins, Boston, and Mitchell, st.
Louis, 20.
Hamilton, St Louis, 10.
delphia; Cicotte. Chicago, and Wiilett,
Detroit, Is
Groom, Washington. and weilman.
st. Louis II.
Mitchell, Cleveland. 16.
Ford, New York, and Blanding, Cleve-
Fisher. New York: Caldwell, New
York, and Leonard, Boston. A.
Bender, Philadelphia, and Leverenz,
st. Louis, 10.
Wood, Boston. u
Brown. Philadelphia, IL
Daubert's Rise to Fame.
one OF the many peculiarities of
baseball crops up in Daubert being con-
sidered by the Trophy commissioners
the player most valuable to his team
in the National league this year. for
in 1907 the Brooklyn captain was de-
clared not sufficiently competent to
hold his berth with Cleveland This
year he wins the automobile. That
same season Larry Doyle, who won the
car last year, was looked over by a
scout for an American league club
while he was playing with Springfield
Of the Three-Eye league and the scout
advised against his purchase.
Doyle cost the Giants $500 which
was record price FOR minor league
infielder in 1907 Daubert was acquired
by Brooklyn through the draft process
in 1910 for the sum of $1,000. the Giants
also putting in a draft for him and
losing out in the draw. "Sir Jacob"
never was in danger of being sent back
II the minors after he reached the ma
JOrs for the second time. and bv June
1910. had been dubbed the Hal Chase of
the National league. He failed to OBJ
tain membership in the society of the
Three Hundred" the first year he was
in the National league, but in 1911 he
hit at .307 clip and in 1912 his record