Evening journal., 1915-11-30
COBB BETTER With
BAT ON HOME Field
TyruS Hits AZ Points More
on Navin Field Than
on Road
INDIANS PITCHERS
ARE HIT HARD


hit AZ points better on the home
grounds of the Tigers last season
han he did on the road. his average
at Navin Field being 392. and at for
egn parks $50 The Dixie Demon
was most precise in the way he col
lected his safetes. for he got l0f OF
them at home and the same number
abroad The pitchers who troubled
him most were those employed by
Clark Calvin Grifith, OF Washington,
Ty's stick credit against Walter john
son & Co. being 1903. Cobbs batting
lveragc against ST. Louis boxmen
vas .342; against bostons, 1858
ygainst PhiIadelphia's, .374; against
New lork's. .3S9; against Chcago's,
.403. and against Cleveland's, .420.
There was only one spot on the b.
b. Johnson circuit where Tyrus, the
Thumper. didn't turn IN a 300 batting
notch. This was Washington. In VIII
sonville Cobb hit for scant .244. His
percentage at the other stopping
points OF the Tigers ranged from 1906
IN Philadelphia to 463 in New York
In ST. Louis he hit for $40. in Chi
cago for .341, in Boston for .357 and
IN Cleveland for .439.
Only II Of the II pitchers Cobb got
an opportunity to bat against last sea-
Son lsome Fingers he faced were cagy
and passed him) succeeded in preventing
him from tearing Of hits The / heroes
were Wood, of Boston; johnson, of Chi.
cago; Collamore, of Cleveland: Russell
and Cottrell. Of New York; Morisette. of
Philadelphia; Sislcr and Koob Of 81.
Louis, and Harper, Dmnont and Rice. of
Washington. Jy batted against Wood
once, against johnson once, against
Coliamore once, against Russell once
against Cottrell once, against Morisette
once, against Rice once against Dumont
twice, against Harper twice. against
koob. three times, against Sisler five
times.
Fans can see for themselves that most
Of the hurlers who last season kept
Cobb from making hits were men with
whose deliveries he was absolutely un-
familiar. Harking back TO 1910, one
ncoyers the fact that the first time
lyrus faced Jim Vaughn, now with the
Cubs, then with the Yanks, he didn't
send the ball out of the infeld in fvol
attempts. Last season man who had
the Indian sign on Tyrus was Bert
Galia, of the Senators. Cobb's batting
average against him was Just OIL. de-
rived from one swat in IA times at hat.
And Cobb made this hit on Gallla
the fourteenth time he faced him. II
was double. poled when the bases
were full. and it left tho sacks empty.
Cobb probably will even old accounts
with Messrs. Collamore, Russell.
Koob. Rice. Dumont, Morisette sisler
and Harper in 1916 If he doesn't 10
MIN ID hrgatten tIo.s uto L., Al. ...t...-
leagues
Bats 1000 Against Seven.
Cobb batted 1000 against seven
pitchers, the best-known OF whom is
Jim Shaw, OF Washington. lately in
1ured IN a hunting accident near
Pittsburgh, and he binglcd 1888
against Fritz Coumbe. a Cleveland
southpaw. who distinguished himself
by stopping the White Sox last Spring
when they were having an extended
winning streak. II reflected no great
credit on Cobb TO hit 625 against Jack
Warhop and 600 against Jim Walker
and Leonard Cole for the first two
men named we're released by their
managers and the last mentioned
suspended. Cobb's average OF .5S3
against Jim Scott OF the White Sox.
the best curve ball pitcher in the
American League. and his record OF
.556 against Eddie Cicotte, OF the
same team. knuckle-ball artist.
must have pleased him and peeved
them. The only men who kept Cobb
from batting at 800 clip we're, be-
sides the ii men earlier mentioned.
Ray Fisher, Weldon Wyckoff. Willie
Mitchell, Tom Sheehan. George Fos-
Ter Chester Hon, Carl Weilman, Mel
con Woltgang, Sam Jones, Bin
Donovan. Cy pieh GUY Morton and
Bert Callia. Tho avcrarc of cob1,
against each American League pitch
er last season will be found below:
Sobh's Batting Average Against All
Pitchers.
lo0o-Carter cleveland: Brown. New
York Pillion. Eccles and Nabors
Philadelphia Baumgardner. ST
Louis: Shaw. Washington.
.S33- Coumbe Cleveland.
.625-W Warhop. New York.
.60o-Walker Cleveland; Cole New
York
ss-scott. Chicago.
.571-Pennock Philadelphia-B Boston.
.556-Cicotte. Chicago.
.s28-Lowdermilk. St Louis.
-ooo-Mays, Gregg and Collins. Bos
ton; Steen. Harstad and Klepfel
Ni"fNlhNIs Mfi1dlc ana hehIlnt
New York: Shswkey. Philadelphia
New York. Perryman. ST. Louis
Hopper. Washington.
Hamilton. 81. Louis
ffi-knoWison. Philadelphia: James
Sri Louis
-ffszerman. Cleveland
alf1. Boston; Bressler. Phila
tz
t'f-fsl -rsI. Nev York
1i-l1--sc- Washington.
-1Is1r EEiczgu
-scet---E- Washington; Bush,
a
-t-gzter rtrzzr
rrs ard L.sCrzri. Boston.
el rzE1 f-e1tor. Cleveland.
lItKf NfV Trrt FlIlfrrfar
81. LarE. ~ scertls Hoet. 81
lrlE
trrag zrrr
-tttsr HeV TsrE
TrErr ~ sfe,-rz
80 Arrte reFsart. -reerar
FcFier. Bostcr. Hot. 81 ION
-tl-tt ei.-z- 81 Lcria
z9u-N Noligzrz Cfezes. E1fos Oh.
cagoi Jones. Clepelzrf- pish A..
Donovan. New York.
.l25-Morton. ClegelzrL-
,Vt4-Gallia. Wasliret0r
.oo0-WoOd. Boston. Iotrscr. "a.
cago; CollamOre. Cleveland. Got
trell and Russell. New York. Nor