New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-25
Crapath of Phillies Greatest
Run Maker in National League
His Ever Ready Bludgeon
Drove in 1923 Tallies
Last Season.
MERKLE SHOWS WAY
TO GIANT SLUGGERS
Two Members of McGraw's Team
Find Places in Selected Nine
of Timely Hitters.
~, ERNEST J. LANIGAN.

By ERNEST j. LANfbSN
clifford Carlton Cravath. OF the Phillies.
a PLAYER who was released by three Amer
lean League cams. and who started last
season a bench warmer, led the National
League for 1918 in driving in runs putting
the finishing touches to l29.
The hard hitting Quaker by hammering
home this number OF tables set a ne"
record for the league in which ne per-
forms. for previously the high water
mark was l2i, reached by Frank Wildhre
Schultz. OF the cubs. in 1911, when he was
winning Chalmers automobile offered TO
the player most valuable 10 his team
t-ravath is the third representative or
A keystone State team TO show the way %
National League players in driving m
runs. Hans Wagner. Of the Pirates. was
the honor man in ieO7. 1905 and 1873. ana
Sherwood Magee. of the Philies. carried
off the lsurels in 1910 In 1911 Schultz OF
the Cubs. excelled in timely hitting. wniie
the 1912 field Of opportune clubDers was
led by Henie zimmerman. also an EN-
plove OF Charles Webb Murphy.
Zimmerman had to be content with the
rurner-up place in 1913. batting in runs.
Vic Saier his teammate. ranking third
! in the list. batted i'm 80; Jack Miller, OF
Pittsburgh. ranking fourth batted IN -
Fred Luderus. Of Philadelphia ranking
fifth. batted in s.; J. Carlisle smith u
Brooklyn. ranking sixth, batted IN -
George Cutshaw, Of Brooklyn. ranking
seventh batted in IS J. owen Wilson OF
Pittsburgh. ranking eighth. batted in 10
! Fred Merkle, OF New York, ranking nlntn'
! batted in a. and Ed konetchy' OF 81
Louis. ranking tenth. batted IN ~ DICK
HoblitzelI was Cincinnatfs leader at driN-
ing In runs. with IS to his credit ana
rank OF fifteenth, and Joe Connolly was
Bostons. with 80 and a rank OF twent!
third.
Three cubs. two Giants. two Pirates
one Phillie and one Superba would com
nose the National Leagues timeliest MT
ting combination OF 1913. This suppose
! ,itlous combination would have for ITS
battery Adams. Of Pittsburgh ana
Meyers. OF New York; for its ihheideis'
Safer and Zimmerman, of chicago Co'-
shaw. Of Brooklyn. and Doyle OK New
York (Cutshaw being placed at snort
position re played in the minofs) am
for it's outielders Cravath, OF Philaoei-
phia: Wilson. of Pittsburgh. and Schui'e'
, OF Chicago.
| Crsvath hit consistently for the Philles
all season. His greatest achievement III
the timely hitting line was In the gam
with Cincinnati. on May q, when ne
added the finishing touches to six OF tne
| dozen markers that the Dooiniues o.
tained. Fred Williams, OF Chicago oa''eu
| IN six runs in game with Brooklyn on
August ) and Heinie Zimmerman OF 'he
same team. made the same record as Crs-
vath and Williams eleven days later IN
nsesage-at-arms with the Phillies.
PLAYERS who batted in FIVE runs In
games were Schultz, OF Chicago Manu.
OF Boston: Rariden, OF Boston LA n
| of Cincinnati and Murray. of Ne" VOTE,
| Sherwood Magee. OF Philadelphia ana
Toe Tinker. of Chicago, thrice hahihereu
home a quartet of markers last season.
while men credited with twice perform
ing this trick were Fletcher OF Ne"
York. Cutshaw, Of Brooklyn. wilson, OF
pittsburgh: Cravath and Luderus. or
pbuadelphia: Magee and Konetchy. OF 81
Iouis. zimmerman and Safer. OF chi
caeo: Sweeney, Of Boston, and Bescheb
Of Cincinnati.
There were forty-fve long distance
smashes manufactured in the National
last season which caused "tor Kent
signs 10 he hoisted on the three bags.
These drives consisted OF twenty-five dou-
bles seventeen triples and six homers'
snd were distributed among thirty-tnree
nlavers Three men erkle. Of New
York: Cravath. of Philadelphia, and
Safer OF Chicago-thrice cleared the
bases Of their three inhabitants by pro-
iecting doubles, triples or homers SAFER
record was a mite the better because ne
tuica tripled with three men on and once
bit for the circuit when trio OF his
mates were waiting TO score. The three
base-cleaning drives contributed by the
two Fasteners consisted OF brace OF
doubles and a triple. Tinker. OF Clncin-
natl. and Neednam. Of Chicago, also
drove in three men on two occasions by
doubling last season.
PLAYERS who hit for the circuit with all
the bases occupied were Larry Doyle. OF
the Giants; Joe Connolly OF the Braves
Vic SAFER OF the Cubs, Lee Magee, OF
the Cardinals: Bill Rariden, of the
Braves. and Fred Williams, Of the Cubs
The Philadelphia pitchers allowed the
most cleanup blows TO be struck-eleVen
Five were charged against the Brooklyn
boxmen and two against the New York
artillerists.
The leaders in batting in runs follow:
| Z.fc Inned