Evening star., 1914-12-27
Detroit Slugger Wallops Sphere Timely
Enough to Send liz Men Across
Plate Baker Drives Over97.

eceiver scored McInnis three times on
3 hits anu Strunk twice.
Eddie Murphy was the second OF
Aack's Mavericks to bat in five runs
a game. He did this against Chi
| ago June 16, driving in two TALES
While "Reb' Russell was pitching. and
nree while Mel Wolfgang was oper.
| ting on the mound. Murphy's first
ait sent the portsider to cover. and
| lis second-a triple--was manufac-
| tured when the bases We're jammed.
J. Franklin Baker. ten days later,
got busy in a contest with the Sem
| ators and made carbon copy of the
| 5chang- Murphy performance. In the
| first and third inning, batting against
lancey w. Ayers, the Trappe Thumper
drove the ball out of the lot for
man being on the paths waiting to
score. Then, in the eighth. }. Frank
| lin pounded OUT long sacrifice fly and
| the Athletics acquired their fifth
counter, Jake Bentley then being
/ Washington slabman. They made an
| other marker in the tenth and won,
| 6 to 5.
Jimmy Walsh. July IS. hammered
cago, which Philadelphia won. 10 to 6,
| all these tallies being batted in be-
| fore the fourth inning. The White
, Sox hurler was Russell
Red Sox Also Do Well.
The Red sox. like the Mackmen. had
| the knack of batting in five runs in
games. The first of the Clan of Car
! rigan to 90 this was Larry Gardner.
He accomplished the feat against De-
trot June l3. his last productive swat,
made In the ninth, giving the Carri-
gans their winning margin Of two
talhes: Cavet and Reynolds were
| The Tiger twirlers who were unable
to battle Gardner when runs were in
sight.
Harry Hooper also picked a contest
| with the Tigers in which to become
leated Detroit. . to 3, Hooper singing
| two men home in the third and
| tripling three in in the sixth Jean
Dubuc was the gunner for Tue Junga.
leers.
George Edward (alias Duffy Lewis
got hve hits the day he batted in fve
runs, which was July Is against Cleye-
land The Red Sox won this game,
to s. The Boston outfelder drove
| markers in the ninth that sewed things
| up and one in the eleventh that un-
knotted the tie. Vean Gregg and
Zerah zequiel Hagerman were the
Maps artillerists.
The other player to bat in five runs
was Steve ONeill of the Maps. He
got busy June II against the WASH
ingtons and procured for Birmingham's
ooys five of their seven runs The
ed. Tailed twice.
Piayers who hammered in four count
ers IN games were Pennock, Baker.
OIdr1ng. Bush and Walsh Of Philadel-
pnia, crawford. Veach. High and Burns
ler Of Washington; jackson, Turner
and Egan of Cleveland: Williams. MuI-
len and Maisel of New York and DEM
| mitt of Chicago.
players aver. Of every club succeeded in
producing long hits that cleared the
pags OF their three tenants The Red
Sox came through with eight noble
oIows, Lewis driving In nine runs with
Two doubles and triple. Duffy's first
havoc-creating two -bagger was made
on Ayers of Washington, his second
on Bowman of Cleveland. The triple
was manufactured while Gregg was
Napman. Speaker doubled and
'rrpied ne "a when there were three on.
VI the Yankees, Manager (then pri-
vate) Peckinpaugh produced a pair
OF triples when the bases were clog
ged. both hits being made against his
tormer associates-ths Maps. No other
emptying the bases of their trio Of
runners with long drives.
Scored Three With Single.
Leslie Nunamaker Of the Yankees
mad the distinction Of scoring three
men with single-it was made of
Walter Leverenz Of the Browns Au-
gust 2S-and Walter Johnson Of Wash
| ington and Ray Demmitt of Chicago
| smote homers with all the sacks oc-
! cupied The sufferers were Boehler
Of Detroit and Hagerman of Cleveland
and the dates they suffered were June
Il and July 5. Shore Of the Red sox
was twice located for triples whom the
| bases were jammed September Is, Ivan
| Howard and Derrill Pratt Of the
| Browns being the men who did the
locating. Sam Crawford's only clean-
up smash Of the year was made Sep
tember 6 of Weilman Of St. Louis and
| came on his second appearance at bat
| in the fourth frame.
| Cleveland's pitchers were touched for
the most cleanup drives. Willie
Mitchell being nicked for three. Abe
Bowman yielded two. 90 did Jean
Dubuc of the Tigers, Ernest Shore
| Of the Red Sox and Ray Heating Of
! the Yanks.
American League Runs Batted In