Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-13

marks-one is Samuel Crawford, the slugger, who follows him in the Detroit
 batting order and drives him around
 pretty often; the other is that the Georgian dislikes to pound his legs
 the way he has to do when he slides
 into the bags to steal them. But if Cobb does go on stealing as he has so far, he'll wipe out Milan's figures cas- fly.
 The path to new fingers" and addi-
 tional fame is not a clear one for Tyrus.
 In base hits he is being pursued by
 his annual rival, Joe Jackson, who slapped the baseball safely 51 times
 in the first quarter. Safer, of Chicago.
 was the leader in the National on
 June l with AS bingles. Eddie Collins
 is chasing Ty for honors in runs
 scored; the White Sox star tallied AT
 in one-fourth of the race. Safer was
 credited with 30 runs in the course of
 the first month and a half. Fritz
 Maisel, last years champion base pur-
 Joiner, stole 16 sacks up to June l,
 while Safer was the foremost National
 Leaguer with 12.
 Really, if you were anxious to lay some money and could be assured that Tyrus Raymond Cobb would be in at
 least 150 games this season. wouldn't you risk a jitney that the Detrofter would wipe out some old "hggers and write scmc new ones
 There are two other departments of the national pastime which are nred
 at by aspiring record busters each year-one pitching and the other home run hitting. In the twirling set, the big leaguers seek to get new marks for victories and strike-outs. And, be- cause Grover Cleveland, Alexander and Walter Johnson are rated as the two greatest pitchers in the game today,
 they are the pair who are shooting at | the "hggers' most earnestly.
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 race, was credited with eight wins;
 maintaining that pace he would get 32. That is the number that Johnson captured in 1912. Walter grabbed of | seven triumphs in the first month and a half which was not a gait destined | to put him ahead of or on a plane with
 G. Cleveland by October7. But in the good old days. such Iron Men as A. C.. | Spalding were wont to win 50 and 50 games in a season, so neither Alex nor Walter can equal their marks. Any how, the statistictans are ranking | pitchers on basis of earned runs nowadays.
 In the sos they struck out more op- ponents, too, but the pitching rules were different then. Therefore, the
 'iggers" that Alexander and Johnson look at today are the 34S victims cred ited to Rube Waddel in 1904 and the SIS whiffed by Walter himself in 1910 | Alex. in the first quarter, famed "A of the enemy and that clip continued
 would land him 296 for the year, He'd have to increase his pace trifle to | top Johnson's figures and he'd find fl necessary to fool opponents a whole | lot faster to jump above WaddelPE modern record. He probably won't dc I,either. But they haven't been whiting l|em so consistently in the last few lyears and Alex. might surpass John eon's 225 of 1914 and his own 214 of 4 the same year. Walter was credited ltwith 50 strike outs on June 1, and he must put on high speed to pass the 1Phil hurler.
 They Thrive in Two -5is-League- Cities Home-run hitters, for some reason
 ,eeem to thrive best in Philadelphis Land Chicago. Cravath, Luderus and IfBalSer, of the Quaker City, and Schulte i Safer and Zimmerman. of the Windy Lefty, are notable examples. Since II 1900, the highest mark was thel21 cir cult clouts of Prank Schulte in 1911 'iThe man who has been hammering al 1.-the supports of Schulte's record fol 1.-two seasons is none other than Charle. IClinord Cravath- He drove the bal out of the lot 1e times in 1918, and re- peated the performance ins1914. In tho first month and a half of the 191i campaign, Gavy hit mine homers. Mul. tiply that by four and you have 36 However. in past years, he hasn't hii
 'em as frequently in the later months of the season At that he stands z good chance. of beating Schu1te,s mark
 His principal; rivals so Sfar r.are-Becker