The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-25
DAUBERT AGAIN PROVING
OF GREAT VALUE TO TEAM
Figures show lie IL Getting More
Than lila Proportion of Hits
and HUNS.
ny ERNEST L.. LANrc.N.


Brooklyn. \. Y. May 2<.--liad tho
Superbas played at homo on May IL. in
stead of In Chicago. Colonel Ebberts
could have had q Jake Daubert Day.
for the Brooklyn captain then was
celebrating his twenty ninth birthday.
II Jake keeps up his present gait at the
bat and In the field, he stands an ex-
ccllent chance OF again being voted tho
player most valuable to his team In tho
National League and consequcntly in
line to get another Chalmers car In
ms Hrst sixteen games. RoDinson's first
Lieutenant amassed Il batting average
OF .424. going without n safety only In
has been punching his wallops this
year, having made one hit in each OF
three games, two hits In each OF FIVE
games. and three hits in each Of four
games. Jake reached tho quarter cen
fury pole In base hits in Chicago on
Wednesday. OF his twenty five safcties
three have been doubles, three triplets
and two homo runs.
Figures show that Daubcrt has been
getting more than his proportion of
Brooklyn's hlta and runs. The super
has have crossed the plato seventy five
times. Daubert having made fourteen
round trips, or almost 20 per cent Of
the Robins tallies. Tho figures as 10
base hits show that the Robins have
TO their credit l52. of which Daubert
claims twenty five, or about IL per
cent II Daubert had been content to
make just one ninth OF his teams runs
and hits he would have been credited
at the present time with tribe moro
than eight tnllies and O trifie moro than
sixteen swats.
Daubert Is folding this year at a
1894 clip, making only one error IN the
first sixteen games he played. This
hobble did not come UP until after he
had handled l26 chances withou. a
break. Daubert has taken a hand In
ten duplex killings. though he hasn't
started any
JOINS NATIONAL LEAGUE
IN 1910 IN PHILADELPHIA
Daubcrt played his first game in the
National League on April IL. 1910. in
Philadelphia. Then batting against
George Washington McQuillan. now
with the Pirates. Jake went hitlcss Tho
next day Daubert Jared Lew Moran,
the millionaire kid, for a brace OF sin
giles. He failed To get hit on the
day he made his debut locally, which
was April 90. 1910. MoQuillan pitching
for the enemy. and he also failed to
do any damage to Lew Moran's delivery
on April Il. Moving over to the Polo
Grounds. Daubcrt hit like a fend, pay
ing particular attention to the manu-
featuring of triples and soon the talk
about his not being Rs good az Tim
Jordan died.
Another able athlete who had a birth
day May 10 was Tony Smith. former
Superha shortstop. now with Sioux City.
Tony then WAS thirty years old. Sec
retnry Herman Sickerson. OF the Bos-
ton Braves. is to-day celebrating his
forty fourth birthday. and business
Manager Charles Williams, of the Chi
caeo Feds, Is celebrating his forty
third. Ere the month ends these promi-
nent FASTENERS viii be older:
Elmer Steele, former Superba pitcher
Will be twenty-nine on May II.
Babe Adams, OF the Pirates. viii be
thirty-one on May Is.
Ed. Walsh, OF the White Sox, viii be
thirty-two on May 10.
Eddie Grant. OF the Giants, Will be
thirty -onc on May 81
Zach Wheat, Of the Superbas. will be
twenty-six on May %.
Fred Jacklitsch, of the Terrapins
will be thrty-six on May "a,
ID. Leroy Reeves, secretary to Ma
tional League President John Tener
viii be thirty-two on May 81.
Jim Thorpe. OF the Giants. Will be
twenty-six on May rs.
Mike Donlin. OF the Giants, will be
thirty-siN on May 90.
"Rube" Oldring. OF the White Ele-
plants. VIII be thirty on May 30