Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-14
'SLUCC|NC TEAMS
SOMETIMES LOSE
Records Show That More Than He.,,
Hitting Is Necessary fer Club to
Win Pennant.
ROCKFORD LEADS THREF.Eyr
Syracuse and Desser Only Chief R,.
ting Mines to Take Flags in Re. !
spective Leagues. s

New York, Dec. 14.-That heavy hj,
ting alone will not win baseball nen.
nants is demonstrated by a comparison
of the records OF the winning club N
Is Of the leading leagues Of the country
In but two cases did the team which
led in batting also capture the pen.
nant. The average position Of ths
heaviest hitting club in each league al
the end Of the season was third and
the average batting strength .273. The
list follows:
American-Detroit, .26s; finished
second.
Nationalist. Louis, .254; finished
fifth.
Pacific coast-salt Lake. .ss4; fin.
.ished second.
Central-Terre Haute, 26S; finished
fifth.
Three-Eye, Rockford, .26S, finished
second.
Northern 49, Duluth, .279; finished
fourth.
South Atlantic-Albany. .272; fin,
ished %third and fifth.
Ohio State-Portsmouth. 81.
Georgia State -Dotham, $50; fin.
ished second and third
New York Syracuse. .2S2; fin
ished fifth
western-Denver, 2s2 finished fifth.
Virginia Rocky Mountain, .2Sl; fin
ished second
Texas Waco. go. finished first.
Internationally Providence, ga: fin
'ished second.
*Double season.
70 Protect Horses.
With a view to the advancement O
the breeding and protection Of younl
thoroughbreds, the Jockey club at it
recent meeting amended the rules 0
racing SO that no two-year-o odds shall
be raced before the first of April he
ginning with the season Of 1917. Il
other words the new rule will appl,
for the first time to foals dropped thi
year. Captain Edward B. Cassatt.
prominent race horse owner and breed
er, proposed this change over a yea
ago and its announcement then brongh
forth a storm of protest from associa
tons which conduct winter race meet
ings. In the meantime, however. tn
Kentucky race governing bodies Al
well as the Canadian racing association
concurred in the change and the recen
faction of the Jockey club was the re
lsult Of general acceptance of the prop
osition.
Captain Cassatt framed the rule in
THE interests of home breeding and ID
insure a sturdier race of thorough
breds. Heretofore many promising
colts and FLIES have been injudiciously
raced at such a tender age that thel
/ became prematurely old and cripplet
so that they are practically use
less for either racing or breeding pur
poses, when they should have been il
their prime
The penalty that will he imposed al
soon as the amendment becomes op
erative is the horses disqualification
from all races under the jurisdiction
Of the Jockey club for the remainde
of the two-year-old season.
Big Leagues Gather.
/ The annual meetings of the big base
ball leagues are the outstanding fea
lures Of the present week ia sport TIL
International league holds its confer
ence in New York Dec. ~, and tn
! National league follows a day later
Tomorrow the American league mag
mates gather in Chicago for their an
inual session. On the boxing program
the opening Of bids for the Freddie
/ Welsh-Charley White Lightweight
championship bout, viii be an event Q
/ interest TO all followers Of pugiiism
/ Eastern college circles are interested
in the report that Barrett The famoui
sprinting halfback OF the Washington
and Lee eleven may enter Cornell mex
fall. While he would not be eligible
for The 1916 teams, Barrett would be
football factor at Ithaca 10 1917 fully a.
important as his namesakg. who led
the Cornell eleven 10 victory during tht
/ past season just closed.
Before completing your Christmas
: eho,,s,,.. ..o.,e,r4 ma .. ,Sverfis.