South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-18
ROWLAND FAILS
TO PRODUCE IN
HIS FIRST YEAR
Sex With Best Collection of
PLAYERS in American League
Fail to Cop High
HOnOrS.

NEW Work. sept Is-Clarence
Rowland. In his year as major
league manager. seems Co have iilrFer-
ed. The White SoN are out or the
1915 race. The best they can do this
year is third place-a position that is
fairly high mp, set one SO low that II
has disappointed the huge bulk of the
Chicago fans who were certain that
the Sox would mingle In the world
series.
ON paper the White Sox look all
powerful They have one OF the
greatest pitching STATS ever put to-
gether They have hitters and their
men can field. Eddie Collins. the
brains Of the Athletics in other years,
has thrown his whole heart and soul
into the tight this year-yet the SoN'
after a good start. wODbled and have
continued TO wObble.
Ii was felt at the outset of the sea-
son that the acquisition of Collins
would better ChicagO's chances. Ana
when the Sox later secured Memo
TsefboId from cleveland, the speedy
Eddie Murphy from the Athletics aId
the slugEing Joe Jackson. from cleve-
land the ChicagOans felt that the
pennant was cinched.
But no pennant flag viii wave from
any masthead I'm Chicago this year
and Chicago inclines TO the belief that
it's almost wholly because of poor
management on the part OF Rowland.
who jumped from the bushes last win
ter 10 the job Of plotting the SOX
Batting Battle i'm National.
The battle for the batting leader
ship in the National league furnishes
"A side issue almost as interesting as
the league race itself. Five men are
in the fight. and they have been al
ternating i'm the lead for over
stretch Of three months.
Just now, Buderus. the Phllhe
slugger. has the slightest advantage,
clouting around 1925. Doyle of the
Giants. is close on his heels with 500,
while Snyder, the St Louis catcher, is
running a close third. with BIS. Long
and Gonzales, also of St Louis, are
fourth and fifth respectively. less than
points behind the leading Luderus.
and close enough 90 overhaul him II
they should connect with a batting
streak that would carry them through
to the end Of the season.
Batters Didn't Help Cards.
The Cardinals, as YOU note viii,
have three men clOuting above 800.
No other club i'm the league has more
than one-vct the Cardinals are i'm
second division. This just bears out
our remarks some weeks ago that it's
the pitchers who turn the trick for "a
ball club. Had Huggins been given
any kind OF pitching. his club would
be considerably among those present
probably SO far ahead of the seven
other clubs that the st. Louis fans
right now could 90 out and make res
ervations for their world series tick
cts.
Cobb Cinchcs CIOuting Title.
Ty Cobb has cinched the title as
batting champion OF the American
league. No other batter is within half
dozen miles OF him. and Ty is so
far TO the good now that he probably
could hit less for the rest of the year
and still win.
But it is unlikely that Ty viii real
ize his ambition this year-to finish
above 400. He's clouting for $40
now-and out of the slump that af-
fliCted him for several weeks But
mathematical experts dope" il out
that Ty must average five hits out of
every 70 times up TO get under the
400 wire before the end of the sea-
son.-which is quite a job even for
the wonderful Georgian.