The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-27
Virginia League Magnates Will Hold Meeting Richmond January
SAMUEL CRAWFORD IS
REAL BATTING KING
Detroit Outelder Drove in liz Runs During Last Season.
"Home Rum Baker Ranking Second With 81 to
His Credit-Williams Made Record

Of philadelphia. showed the way in
registering teammates on infield outs.
Four runs were the greatest number
hammered home by Leader Crawford
in any one game. Smuggling Sam had
three such performances to his
credit--one against Washington, one
against New York and one against
st. Louis.
William Raped Rail-.
Alvah Williams, of the Grifithites.
claimed the banner performance for
batting In runs in one game-seven-
and by one of those oddities that crop
up SO frequently in baseball ne went on
this batting jamberee in game against
a team with which he formerly played.
Batting against Rankin Johnson and
Guy Cooper, of the Red Sox. on July
8. williams. in fives trips to the plate.
poled q double, triple and home
run. His two-bagger. CLEANED OIL
johnson, scored Moeiler and Fos-
ter: his triple. garnered OF Cooper.
enabled Foster and Milan to tally. ana
his homer harveted on the former ma
rine. found Harper and Milan on the
bases.
The next best performance was
credited to iris Speaker, OF the Hed
sox. Sir Tristram welded his bludgeon
Wyckoff and Plank, of the White Ele-
phants. on April %, that his team be-
came possessed Of six runs. He singled
Bedlent home in the third and knocked
in Bedient and Hooper in the fourth
with a. one-timer. In the eighth. with
the bases loaded, Boston three runs IN
the rear and the game ready to De
called Just as the third out was record
ed. Speaker. batting against Plank, VINO
had just been rushed to J. Weldon
wyckou's relief, doubled and did the
cleanup act. The hit was lucky one
to left that Pete Daley could not quite
reach. and when he got near 1t he fell
down. This game resulted in to
tie.
Athletes who batted in Ave runs In
games were j. Franklin Baker, Steve
o'Neill. Larry Gardner. Wallie Schang.
Harry Hooper. Eddie Murphy. Jimmy
Walsh and Duffy Lewis. The frst play
er to turn the trick was Wallte Schang.
Batting against Ray Collins. OF the Red
Sox. on June 8. the Athletics receiver
scored Mcrnnis three times on his hits
and Strunk twice.
Eddie Murphy was the second OF
Mack's Mavericks to bat In Ave runs in
a game. He did this against Chicago
on June Is. driving in two tallies. while
Rob" Russell was pitching and three
while Mel Wolfgang was operating on
the mound. Murphys hrst hit sent the
portsider TO cover and his second--a
trtpIe--was manufactured when the
bases were damned.
]. Franklin Baker. ten days later, got
busy in a contest with the Senators and
made a carbon copy of the Schang-
Murphy performance. In the frst and
third innings. batting against Yancey
w. Ayers, the Trappe 'Thumper drove
the bali out Of the lot for homers. on
each occasion one Mackman being on
the paths waiting to score. Then. in
the eighth. J. Franklin pounded out
a long sacrifice ny and the Achletics
acquired their nfth counter. Jake Bent
ley then being washington's slab man.
They made another marker In the tenth
ana won, 9 10 5.
Jimmy Walsh, on July Is. hammered
home Ave runs in the game with Chi
cago, which Philadelphia won, 10 to 4,
all these taliies being batted in before
the fourth inning. The White Sox
hurler was Russell.
The Red Sox. like the Mackmen, had
the kxack of batting In Ave runs in
games. The first of the clan OF Car
rigan to do this was Larry Gardner He
accomplished the feat against Detroit
on June Is. his last productive swat,
made in the ninth. giving the Carragans
their winning margin of two tallies.
Cavet and Reynolds were the Tiger
twirlers who were unable to banle
Gardner when runs were in sight.
Harry Hooper also picked contest
with the Tigers in which to become
batting hero. On August 81 Boston de-
feated Detroit 9 to 2, Hooper singing
two men home in the third and TRIPPING
three In In the sixth. Jean Dubue was
the gunner for the Jungaleers.
George Edward talias Duffy) Lewis
got Ave hits the day he batted in Ave
runs, which was July 25. against Cleve-
land The Red Sox won this game
to g. The Boston outfielder drove in
one tally in sixth session, three mark
ers in the ninth that sewed things up.
and one in the eleventh that unknotted
the tie. vean Gregg and zerah Zequiel
Hagerman were the Maps artillerists-
The other player to bat in Ave runs
was steve O'Neill. Of the Maps. He got
busy on June II against the Washing
tons and procured for Birmingham's
Boys ave OF their seven runs. The
Senator's. for whom Jim Shaw pitched,
Tailed twice.
Players who hammered in four count
ers in gan,es were sPennock. Baker,
Oidring, Bush and walsh, of Philadel-
phia; Crawford. yeach. High and Burns.
OF Detroit; Foster. johnson and Moeller.
of washington; jackson, Turner and
EEan, Of Cleveland; Williams. Mullen
and Maisel. OF New York. and Demitt.
OF Chicago
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