Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-07-27
PROSPECTS FOR THE FINISH IN
RACE FOR LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
tBy Associated PressJ

(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, July 27.-lnteresting
insight relative to the work of the
big league baseball clubs is furnished
by the figures compiled for the first
half of the present pennant season.
The data, while not official, is col
lected from the daily box scores and
for the purpose of comparison is suf-
ficient to show the strength and
weakness of the sixteen clubs com
posing the National and American
league circuits Eliminating the
games won and lost, as shown in the
daily standing of the leagues, the
total number of runs, hits, errors and
left on bases are indicated for the
first three months of the season and
the resultant averages give a clear
idea of the reason for the respective
standing of the teams.
Giants in the Lead.
In the National league the New
York Giants have scored $50 runs in
70 games, the average of hits being
a trifie under two per run while
the error column shows a percentage
of about IL per game. With the ex
ception OF Cincinnati, the Giants
have had fewer players left on base
than any other club in the senior as
ISOLATION. The Chicago club, playing
eight more games than New York has
scored but one more run, eight hits
less and made fifty more errors, in
addition to having almost 100 more
players left stranded on the bases
The st. Louis Cardinals figures indi
cate that while winning close to 81
per cent of their games they failed
to score within fifty runs of the
leaders, although credited with al
equal number of hits. Next to Pitts
burg and Boston the club is charged
with the least errors in the league
ranks, while but two other team.
have fewer base runners left. Gin
cinnati scored runs at the rate of on,
for every 1893 hits in addition t,
averaging but 1872 errors per game
In men left on bases the club ha
the best record in the league, tn,
figures being 42S in rs games.
In the second division Philadelphia
scored 312 runs and 612 hits in q
games, made 161 errors and had Al
players stranded Brooklyn in al
equal number of games made So
hits, 2S4 runs. 1913 errors and 46
players got on the paths to be lief
there. The Pittsburg record for Z
games is 237 runs, SIS hits, 1914 Ell
rors and 491 base runners left, Will
Boston In an equal number of cor
tests made 26S runs, SCI hits, 10
errors and had SOB players left be
tween first base and the home plate
American League.
The American league figures. whic
include the games in the same mar
ner as in the National organization
records, furnished some surprisin
information. The worlds champio
Philadelphia Athletics, while leadin
the league in number of runs an
hits, have had more base runners lei
ON the bags than any other club i
the circuit except the Detroit Tiger,
Three other clubs have made fewe
errors. but none can equal the re,
ord Of runs and hits totaled by Coz
ME Mack's men at the midway mar
of the season.
In 50 games the Athletics score
1862 runs, 500 hits, 1919 errors, an
had 539 players left on base. d.
troit in one game less fell II hits an
46 runs short of the Philadelphia re,
ord, while making IL more errors an
leaving IL more men on base. Wasl
ington's figures for rs games wer
2S9 rms, 607.hits, 120 errors and as
runners stranded The Chicago Whit
Sox, playing one game less, score
577 hits, 249 runs, 149 errors and AZ
Chicago players reached first an
were left on the paths.
The st. Louis Browns, Will
charged with more errors than an
other club in the league. had the few
est players left. their record bein
265 runs, sos hits, 157 errors and AZ
left on bases in so games The Bos
ton club led the league in clean play
ing, but 10 errors being CHARGE
against Manager Carrigan's men il
81 games. The Red Sox made So
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