El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-01
COBB HITS BETTER At HOME
GROUNDS THAN ON THE ROAD
Batting Average at Detroit is 1892 and at Foreign Parks
$50; Walter johnson and Other Pitchers Of Wash
ington Worry Him Most; Gallia Let Him Down
HitIess; Only IL Kept Him from Getting Hits.
BY ERNEST J. LANIGAN.


- YRUS RAYMOND COBB, annual
batting leader Of the American
~ league. hit ~ points better on
the home grounds Of the Tigers last
season than he did on the road. his
average at Navin Field being .3s2 and
at foreign parks 800 The DlNle De
mon was most precise in the way he
collected his safeties, for he got 104
of them at home ana the same number
abroad The pitchers who troubled
him most were those employed by
Clark Calvin Griffith Of Washington
Tvs stick credit against Walter John.
son & company being -SO3- CObb's
batting average against St Louis.s
boxmen was -342; against Boston s,
.35S: against Philadelphia's, -Sl4;
against New Tork's. $50. against
Chicago's. .4O5, and against Cleveland's,
Below 800 ut Washington.
There was only one spot on the b B.
Johnson circuit where Tyrus the
Thumper didn't turn in 800 batting
Wnsonville. Cobb hit for a scant -244-
His percentages at the other stopping
points Of the Tigers ranged from .306
in Philadelphia TO .46S in New York In
St Louis ne hit for 30, IN Chicago
for .341. in Boston for .357, and in
Cleveland for -43s.
Only IL Pitchers Held Him.
Only II Of the Il pitchers Cobb got
an opportunity to bat against last sea-
son (some Fingers he faced were cagy
and passed him) succeeded in prevent
ing him from tearing OF hlts- Iney
were Wood OF Boston. johnson OF Chi
cago, COllamOre OF Cleveland. Russell
and COttren Of New York. Morisette
st. Louis and Harper, Dumont and Rice
Of washington Ty batted against
Wood once, johnson once. Morisette
once. Rice once. DumOnt twice. Harper
81
five times.
Low Average Against GRIIia.
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 absolute
4 " unfamiliar. Harking back to 1910,
the first time Tyrus faced Jim Vaughn,
now with the Cubs. then with the
I Hanks. he didn't send the ball out of
the infield in five attempts. Last sea
on Tyrus was Bert Gallia OF the Sena-
tors. CObb's batting average against
Z him was just Oh. derived from one
swat in IA times at bat
And Cobb made this hit off Gallia
I the 14th time he faced him. 1t was
double. poled when the bases were full.
and it left the SACKS empty Cobb
/ probably viii even old accounts with
| Messrs. COllamOre. Russell. Koob. Rice,
Dumont, Morisette. Sisler and Harper
( in 1916. If he doesn't il viii be be-
! cause they are in the minor leagues.
Bats LOGO Against Seven.
Cobb bstted 1000 against seven
! pitchers, the best known OF whom Is
| Jim Shaw Of Washington. lately in
J Jured in a hunting accident near Pitts
burg, and he bingled 1913 against
Fritz Coumbe, a Cleveland soUthpaw,
I who distinguished himself by stopping
the White SOx last spring when they
were having an extended winning
streak. It reflected no great credit on
Cobb TO hit for -625 against Jack War
hop and 500 against Jim Walker and
I Leonard Cole. for the first two men
named were released by their managers
and the last mentioned suspended.
CObb's average of 583 against Jim
Scott of the White Sox. the best curve
! ball pitcher in the American league,
and his record of $50 against Eddie
CicOtte Of the same team. q kuuckle
/ ball artist, must have pleased him and
peeved them. The only men who kept