Evening star., 1914-08-16

One of the methods we applied (but
did not invent) to find out the worth
Of a batsman was to take the num-
Der of runs he batted in. We now
are going to use a part Of this method
to show which teams In the major
leagues have the most powerful at
tack, to use the language OF the grid
iron. and which the weakest ohense.
This is the brand of dope we are going
to use to make our deductions:
The runs that are actually batted
home on safe hits. not the tallies Sc
cured on safeties, sacrifice flies ana
infleld outs.
We are of now and we can say with
out hesitation and fear of contradic-
ton that the major league teams with
the most powerful punch are those tnat
represent the Quaker city. The Ath-
letics. incidentally, have better at
tack than the Phillies, who, also incl
dentally, have better attack tnan the
Giants. This is the way the poison
works out, said poison peine caAco-
lated to August /:
In the American League the Atnletlcs
have driven in the greatest numper OIL
runs on safe hits. Detroit ranking sec
ond. Boston third. Washington 1o1Ttn.
Cleveland fifth, st. Louis sixth: new
YORK seventh and Chicago eighth.
In the National League the Philies
have driven in the greatest numpef OF
runs on safe hits. Chicago ranking sec
ond, New York third, st. Louis fourtns
Brooklyn fifth. Cincinnati sixth, bos-
ton seventh and Pittsburgh eighth.
The Athletics, who next fall probably
will again get the lions share OF tne
series, have by far the best offense Of
any major league club. Baker, Collins
& Co, have driven in this year on saIe
hits, 301 tallies. Magee, Luderus q
Co., 2S6 markers. The Athletics are
first in their league because to pow
erful offense they add a near perfect
defense and excellent pitching. The
Phils are sixth in their league because
their splendid attack is not supplement
ed by good fielding and strong tWiriing.
Mackmen, ]. Franklin Baker. a young
man who has attended severa! worlds
series and who hopes to attend several
more before he settles down to peace
full life in Talbot county. Maryiand,
elams Just a1opt mosa
graduate. has batted in Al runs; j.
Stuffy McInnis. 81; Amos Strunk. -;
Wally Schang, 81; Reuben Oldring. ~;
Eddie Murphy. 1S, and Jack Barry, H.
not interfered with his work is shown
in the case Of Sherwood Magee. who
has batted in 55 Of the Quakers' count
ers. Fred Luderus has hammered home
40 markers, Gavvy Cravath (who is
having an off season, more or less), 81;
Beals Becker. 80; Hans Lobert, 81:
Dode Paskert, "a; Bobby Byrne, IL, and
Will Killifer, IL.
Two hundred and eishty-four of the
Cubs runs have been pushed over the
plate on safe hits, Heine Zimmerman
having batted in fifty-four, Victor Safer.
forty-six; Thomas William Leach, thirty !;
Wilbur Good, twenty-eight; Frank
Schultz. twenty-seven; Bill sweeney
twenty-one; Roger Bresnahan, twelve,
and Johnny Corriden eleven. -
The Giants attack Is almost as strong
as the Cubs, for the dope shows that NC
Graws Magnificents, who are not living
up to their title just at present. nave
cago's total being 2s4. Fletcher mas
been the responsible party in placing
thirty-five Of the Giants talfies on the
records, Larry Doyle for thirty-three,
Fred Merkle for thirty-two. John Meyers
for thirty-one, Milton Stock for twenty
three, George Burns for tWenty-three
Fred Snodgrass for twenty, and BOP
Bescher for twenty. The Giants, you Will
obsenve, have been hitting in the plnches
very unevenly and lack man with
punch like Frank Baker or Heine Llm.
The Cards of st. Louis have batted m
262 runs on hits, Jack Miller setting the
mace with forty-nine, ]. owen Wilson fol
lowing with thirty-nine. Lee Maeee WIN
twenty-our, Zinn Beck with twenty
three, Alva Dolan with eighteen, Ivy
Wineo with seventeen, Miller Huggins
with fifteen, and Art Butler with Iour-
teen. stick Miller's record of batting III
runs on safeties is up against 70 hohe.-
chy's. when you come to the hsures on
the Pirates. once the pfeei p
nounder Of the country.
saven of the big clubs in o. BIS family
have about the same power In their at,
tack this year; nasea n on are .i'e netroit. with
243: Brooklyn. with 242; Cincinnat1; win
o3a. Boston (NationaD. with 2SI; Boston
1American), with 234; Washington, win
232. and Cleveland, with rs. lnsteau ~ u.
living the records of eight men on eacn
Of these seven clubs. as we have been
doing in the cases OF the Wnite Eie-
nbants. Phillies, Cubs, Giants and Cafos,
We will give the records OF the three pese
men on each combination. Here they
"T;pers-crawford, 50; Burns. 33; Veach,
OF Piease observe that Tyrus Raymond
Ccbb 10 not among the trio. The scrappy
south erner has battedIin just 70 counters
this year. .,., .o s+a,
.eI 81 Last wear Smith led all the SUI
nerhas in batting in tallies, CutsnaW
ranixine a close second. This season the
second baseman has knocked IN only 20
markers. 49,. 90. ,r,ua- "a.
None of these athletes played unoer JOG
l1ansu 1Rarsvas@s1aranville, 80; Schmidt %;
Connolly. %. One hardly would think
that Maranville would be the Braves
hest man in the pinches. Toss some
bowers at Charley Schmidt, the butcher
hov who was in the International League
last season and who, like several other
Braves. is an American soiag League % si driwins
IN runs his first real season In the fast