The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-11-27
All Three Organizations
Boast One Game With |.
~ Total Runs:

Federal league. The record OF one.hit
games shows that nine occurred in the
Il National, twelve in the American and
SIX Ia the Federal league. Two:hit
contests were more frequent, the
American league leading with, twenty.
six, the National second with twenty.
i've and the Federal third with seven.
teen. n
Two nineteen.i inning, games were the
longest contests Of the season, one
being played In the ational league
and the other In the American. A
sixteen-inning struggle was the. feature
match in this respect in the Federal
organization The National league also
led in the heavy hitting department OF
the game. TWO twenty:f four lit contests
being recorded. The Bederals were
next with one hit game and
the Americans third with two twenty.
one hit games. s.
An three Organizations boast one
game In which the total runs reached
the twenty seven mark. In the Nation:
al League Chicago won a game from
st. Louis IL to 10, the Boston Ameri.
cans defeated the Detroit Americans
15 to 10 and the Baltimore Federals
won from the Kansas City Feds IL to
~. In extreme scores the National
League aIHo takes the palm, for Boston
defeated St Louis 20 TO q; the Ameri.
can League was next with a, 316 to o
game won by Chicago from sc. Louis,
while the Federal leagues best offer:
ing in this respect was athe1S st. Louis
triumph oyer Buffalo by a - to Q
score. "a :
Tie curtailed racing season Just end:
ed In England Is regarded as satisfac.
tory, even from the point of view Of
racing men. The figures for attend
ance at NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. gsthat at the
ordinary meetings there was ar ,sln-
crease Of visitors, while ell the extra
fixtures wer we'll pa tronized.
with the meeting at EPSON, Ascot,
cbodwood and Doncasterf abandoned.
the prize money for the season natur.
ally showed a big falling off The list
Of winning owners Is headed by. Lud-
wig uenmann, with total earnings Of
$4,000; last year j. T! Joel lied with
$4,000. Other owners who agurs
we'll up In This years prize list 5aresi
Sol Joel. with $50 900 :!sJ..i B! Joel, $49;-
900; q. Hutton $4,000; Lord Rose.
berry, $4,000; Lord Derby, $24 900;
August Belmont, $4,000, and Morti.
mer Singer, s12,s 20. The King had a
very lean year, his horses earning only
s4,S75.s n rs ,.Ir
Polymelus heads the list OF winning
. sires, his progeny having taken! sixteen
races of the value OF ss9, 900. Undoubt-
edly Pommer1 was the best three.ysar-
old OF the season, and tu.f critics be.
lieve that he will turn! out to be a horse
far above the ordinary classic stand.
The list Of winning Jockeys, with
percentage q arsts ste their credit, in
s. Donohue, 1886 W. Huxley ti;14 40; ;
F. Bullock, 1855 u Huxley q 1856; NJ.
Wing, 11.Sa. The leading trainers.
with the amount of their winnings,
are: g. Peck, $4,000; p. P. Gilpin.
$4,000; r., G. Dawson, $40 900 /; I. q!
Lambton. $4,000. Tits. 4. = = ~ Z, !
A Harvard graduate writing to the
Alumni Bulletin, attacks Summer
Baseball" from a novel angle 6 His let.
tor Ii, In part, as follows: Z,
The endless discussion Of. Summer
baseball ~ rendered fall the more
tiresome because the real point at, Isl:
cue Is usually missed. 1t Is not a
matter OF social distinctions, / as some
newspapers intimate; NOR Is itI even a
question OF tearing down the fence be-
tween the amateur and prof essioaal
paddocks. The real danger Is that IL
summer baseball or any form; OF lit
should be allowed II would soon be
considerd desirable. Under the pres.
sure of intercollegiate competition.
members offthe baseball squad would
soon come to feel an implied obliga,
tion to devote their summers TO the
game in order to insure victorious
teams. This situation would be scan.
dal In itself and the cause kof endless
dissatisfaction (
The winner Of the Army.Savy foot.
ball game IN New KotkI City this after.
noon once again goes Into the lead In
the race for gridiron lonors between,
the two Service Academies. At the
present time the elevens of the Sol.
games, while one resulted in Ia q to- Is
tie. Since the series started in 1890,
nineteesn games have been played
breaks having occurred from 4 S94 to
1853 and again from 1908 to 80 In
total number OF points the Cad cts lead
with COZ against the Middles / 80. The
highest score ever made IN an Army:
.Nnyy game was that OF 1908 when the
Z Cadets defeated the Midshipmen 40 To
g. On two occasions the Navy woniby,
the marrow margin ofla field goal !, the
aerial score being the only points reg;
istered IN these two contests.
The leading batters In the various
leagues which have made public their
oiilcial ayeracea to date. giving name