Evening star., 1915-01-10

oI the ElraCeS.
Five Homers Won Games.
Most of Cravath's four -masted blows
| were struck when none of his COM
rades was on the towpath He made
twelve homers when the sacks were
| empty, three when one Phillie was on
and four when two Quakers were de-
| sirous of scoring.
Five Of "Gavvy's'' circuit clouts won
! games for the Pennsylvanians. May 20
| the Phillies downed the Braves, 3 to !,
| Cravath's homer off Bill James in the
fifth settling the issue. June IL the
Quakers took a 8 to fall out of the
Reds, Cravath breaking up the battle
in the tenth with a four-bagger, CLEAN
ed off Earl Yingling's delivery. August
the Rhinelanders fell before the
Pennsylvanians. to 3. in eleven ses-
sions, the knockout blow to Phil Doug
| lass being administered by Cravath,
who put the ball into the bleachers.
Cravath's team subdued Brooklyn Sep
tember T.. to 4, "Gavvy" bringing in
homer. obtained off Pat Ragan. The
Phillies were able to defeat the Cubs
September 25 by a score of to in
| ten innings because Cravath knocked
the ball out of the lot.
Cravath did not let a single month
| of the playing season go by without
making a homer. He manufactured
one such drive in April, two in May,
| five in June, one in July, one in Au
gust, eight in September and one in
October. He had the habit of Jumping
his four-bag blows. In the combat of
! June 2 with the Giants ''Gavvy" got
brace of circuit hits OFF "Rube" Mar
guard. This feat he duplicated Sep
tember % against the Cubs. Lavender
pitching. In each section of the bar
gain bills of September Z with the
! Brooklyns and of September 26 with
the Reds Cravath came through with
hOmerS w bn
ed were Ames and Lear, the Superba
twirlers Ragan and SchmutZ.
Always slugger.
Cravath, in the last nine seasons, has
hit for the circuit on 112 occasions
Of these homers forty-nine We're made
in the National League for Philadel-
phia; two in the American League, for
Boston and Chicago; forty-seven in
the American Association, for Mime
apolis, and fourteen in the Pacific
Coast League, for Los Angeles His
banner year in four-baggers was 1911.
when he pounded out twenty-nine.
That fall seven major league clubs put
in drafts for Cravath, these being De-
troit, Philadelphia and St. Louis, in the
American, and Pittsburgh, Chicago,
Brooklyn and Philadelphia in the Ma
tiona1. Cravath is one of the Skiddoo
Brigade, having been born on March
%, 1882. in San Diego, Cal. Before de-
Gliding to earn his living playing base
ball he was telegraph operator Ray
Caldwell of the Yanks and Dusty" Bob
Rhoades, the old Nap hurler, also are
knights of the key, or were.
Cravath led the National League in
batting in runs in 1913 and ranked
second in this respect in 1914. One of
men with a single. This he did in a
game with the Braves, Crutcher pitch
ing
Cravath's Home Runs-1914.
Cravath's home run record for 1914 is
here given:
Against Boston,
April 22-Of Rudolph, in fifth inning:
no one on base.
May 29-Of James, in fifth inning.
no one on base. Hit won game.
May 30-Of Cocreham, in eighth in
ming; no one on base.
September 2-Of Rudolph. in sixth
inning; no one on base. |
Against Cincinnati-4.
June 11-Of Yingling, in tenth in
ming; no one on base. Hit won game.
August OFF Douglass, in eleventh |
inning; no one on base. Hit won game. |
September 26 (frst game)-Off Ames,
in first inning; an no one on base.
September 26 (second game)-Of |
Lear. in fourth inning; two on base.
Against Brooklyn-4.
ming; two on base.
September (first game)-Off Ragan,
in fifth inning; two On base. Hit won
game
September Z (second game)-Of
in first inning; one on base.
October 1-Of Ragan. in second in
ming; no one on base.
Against Chicago.
July 30-Of Lavender. in seventh in
ming: no one on base.
September 23-On Lavender. in fifth |
inning; one on base, and Off Lavender
In sixth inning: two on base.
September 25-Of Pierce. in tenth
inning; no one on base. Hit won game.
Against New York;.
June 2-Of Marquard, in second in
ming: no one on base. and Off Marquard, |
in fifth inning; no one on base.
Against Pittsburgh.
June 6-Of Adams. in second inning; |
no one on base. >s