Evening journal., 1915-07-26
Alexander STINGY
WITH THE BINCLES
Stick Credit Against Moran'S
SharpShooter is
Only .179
BRAVES LEAD
IN THE ATTACK

Grover Cleveland Alexander. the
Phillies' wonderful boxman. mas done
even better in keeping batting aver
ages TO a low limit this season than
did Walter Perry Johnson when he
was having his greatest year in 1913.
During that campaign the Fire Ball
King graciously allowed his unfortu-
nate opponents TO compile a batting
average of 1855. Alexander the Great
this season is even stingier than was
Sir Walter two years ago. for his adj
versaries only have acquired a stick
credit of .179. Richard w. Marquard.
who is no fence breaker, was l79
hitter last season.
Up to Monday ST. Paul, Neb's
best known citizen had permitted his
opponents to make 1873 safeties in 713
times at bat OF these 1913 wallops
the Braves possessed 80. the Giants
20, the Cubs 10, the Reds IS, the
Cardinals IA, the Pirates II and the
Superbas 5. Bostons batting aver
age against Alexander this year is
.24S. Cincinnatis .246, Chicsgo's .1S6.
New York's .167, st. Louis .152, Pitts
burghs Ill, and Brooklyns .096 And
Brooklyn is one Of the few clubs that
the Nebraskan plainsman has been
pulled out against this year. The day
he was derricked the Superbas nick
Ell him for four hits in seven innings
but the hits we're punched.
Only on two afternoons this year
has Alexander been swatted at a 300
clip by his enemies. The first time
this happened was on May 20. when
the Reckless Reds got II hits off him
in 3S times at bat, and the other oc-
casion was on May rs when the Buoy
ant Braves collected nine safeties in
e trips to the plate The batting
average of Alexander's opponents in
each contest was 1888 Grover Cleve-
land drOppeds both these controver-
sizes, and small wonder, for when he
faced the Reds his supporting COM
pany gathered only two runs and four
hits and when he stacked up against
the Braves they harvested only a pair
of tallies and a trio of swats.
Generally Alexander keeps his ad-
versaries hitting under the 200 mark
and frequently Moran's master me-
chanic is working in such smooth
form that his opponents are lucky to
bat 100 against him. In 1914 Aleck
held the teams that faced him to a
general batting average OF PA, which
shows how much better he is this year
than last Charles Sebastian Doom
had an unfortunate habit of pitching
Alexander out of turn-a habit that
Patrick J Moran does not possess.
Reckless Reds Lucky.
] L.
been able 70 run up double figures in
hits on Alexander this season, the
Reds obtaining II safeties of him
on May 90, when he met with his third
reverse Of the year When the season
has ended and the Nebraskan's list
of low-hit games is printed it proba-
bly, will be found that he has es.ab-
lished q new record The memory Of
dopesters does not carry back 10 any
individual in former years who hurled
trio of one-hit combats inside of
months time. Charley Burlington. a
Phil pitcher in the eighties, twirled
two one-hit games in rapid succession.
which is a performance out Of the or
binary; in 1SS7-one on August 6
against indianapolis, and one on Au-
gust 2. against Chicago.
OF the 100 National Leaguers who
have batted against Alexander this
season, 40 Cor about As per cent
have gone hitless. OF course. most
of the athletes who have failed to bin
gle against Alexander this year are
pitchers, but not all of them. For in
stance, Bill Hinchman. of the Pirates
/ still has TO know the satisfaction
/ that comes over one when he gets
wallop off the Quaker gunner. and
Bill has batted against him in three
games Jimmy Viox, one OF Hinch-
mans teammates still has to set his
| first 1915 hit off Alexander, the Pitts
burgh infelder having batted against
him the same number Of times as the
outfielder. Daredevil Dave Robert
son, Of the Giants, who is about the
hest hitter McG-aw has. according to
the records, has faced the plainsman
In FIVE combats and hasn't driven the
ball in safe territory once.
Men Who Haven't Hit Him.
This is a full list Of the men who
still have to get their first hit off
Alexander this season:
Boston-Gowdy -four games. Ira
gesser, Rudolph. Egan. Strand. Ca
lHtI anu tdtu one game
Brooklyn Myers. Daubert. OMara
and Cutshaw, each two games; Miller.
ICoombs and Dell, each one game.
Chicago-Zabel. Knisely, Humph-
ries and Standridge, each one game
Observation-Disclosures. two games;
Wingo. Schneider. Lear. Clarke and
Dale, each one game.
New York-Robertson, FIVE games:
Marquard. Schauer. Ritter and Per-
rift. each one game; Stroud and Ma
thewson, each two games.
Pittsburgh-Hinchm Viox and
u Costello. each three games; Gibson
and Baird, each two games; Conzel-
man. Schang. Gerber, Harmon. Scheer-
en- and McQuillan each one game
St. Louis-Dolan, Meadows and
Roche, each two games; Doak, Con
sales. Griner and Niehaus. each one
game
Before printing the list of the men
who have made hits off Alexander this
season. said list being a little longer
than that of the men who haven't at
tontion should be called to the Iact
that Max Carey. Of the Pirates; Ed
ward Henry Fitzpatrick and John J.
Evers. of the Braves: Wilbur Good
: Of the Cubs: Zach Wheat. OF the Su-
perbas. and Charles Lincoln Herzog
= and Wade Killifer. of the Reds. this
season have done something approach
2 Ing the marvellous by getting hits of
Alexander in every game they have
hatted against him.
Carey was in three contests, Fitz