New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26
Quaker Slugger Rolled Up
Total of 118 During
the Past Season.
GRIFFITH, OF REDS,
FOLLOWED WITH So
Giants, vi FORMER Members of
the McGraW Team, on Hand
When Long Hits Counted.
BY ERNEST J. LANIGAN.

4aSL SEASON tAt LNNs man iH s4'N
oral League in driving in runs,
being the second campaign
So" as he is known in the East.
Wooden Shoes" as he is called IN
West, has set the pace in this i'm
rottant particular of offence. The
Quaker in 1915 failed to equal his
high performance OF 1913 also high
for the Tener organization Of hitting
home 129 markers, being eleven short
OF that huge total.
OF the Il5 TALES driven over the
plate By the free-hitting Phiisdelphlan
last season all but a dozen were the
result of safeties, Cravath raising hVe
sacrifice flies and scoring seven runs
on his fnfcld outs. lie was the lone
century plant among the players OF the
Tom Griffith. Of the Reds, Boston
discard and a reformed pitcher ranked
second among the timely hltters' WIN
a record Of 50 runs knocked III. Sher,
wood Magee, Of the Braves the !9I3
leader. had 10 be content with thiru
place this last season. lie Grove
home 81 runs. The other team lead
ers were Arthur Fletcher. for the I'll
ants. ranking fourth, 81; Bill linen
man and-Hans Wagner. for the Pirates
ranking fifth, rs; Jack Miller, for the
Cardirals. ranking seventh. rs; Zach
Wheat. for the Robins. ranking tenth
IN and Frank Schultz, for the Cubs
ranking eleventh, 60.
OF the twenty eight players VINO
drove I'm fifty or more runs hve were
Cubs. five we're Giants, four were
pirates. three were Phillies, three were
Robins. three were Braves, three were
Cardinals and two were Reds. Classl-
fving these players by positions SHOWS
that twelve were outfelders, six we're
FIRST basemen. four were second base
men. three we're shortstops, two were
third basenen and one was a catcher'
The best team OF timely hitters IN
Tho National last season would nave as
its battery Rudolph, Of Boston ana
SNYDER. of St. Louis; as It's lnnGioerS
miller. Of St. Louis; Wagner, OF Rus
brrcb. Smith. Of Boston, and Fletchef'
Of New York; and as its outheIders'
Cr;fEtb Of Cincinnati; Naeee. OF Dos
ton. and Cravath. Of Philadelphia.
The best three men in each positlon
in hating in runs were as follows
pitchers Rudolph. of Boston u;
Tesreau. Of New York, p; Alexander
of Philadelphia. II. III 20.
Catchers Snyder, Of st. Louis, %;
Gowdy. Of Boston, 50; Gibson OF
Pittsburgh, 81. =. III.
First basemen- Miller, Of S. Louis us
70; Luderus, OF Philadelphia ~
Merkle, of New York, e ,rv-,.
Second oasemen-Doyle' OF Neg g' orS'
6S; Cutshaw, Of Brooklyn, DO; AlihHeI-
man. Of Chicago. 81. ,, "a.
Third basemen Smith OF Boston, o4i
Groh. Of Cincinnati, 81; Getz' OF DrooA-
Ign, 43. ~ vorL
81; Wagner, OF PITTSBURGH 90
Of Chicago, 90. .o,,-I.,uLio
us; Griffith, OF Cincinnati co. -N"s'''
of Boston, 81. ..,..
Cravath's name crops up frequently
IN the timely hitting performances OF
the last campaign Once he drove IN
eight runs in a contest, thrice ne was
credited with FIVE and twice with -FOUR
The Californian's biggest afternoon was
on August 8. in Cincinnati, when ne
hammered home eight runs and scored
tbree himself. being mixed up IN eleven
~ tho fourteen runs his team accumu-
lated off a quintet Of Redland pltch-
ers-Dale, Benton, McCloskey, Ioney
Cravath. the afternoon be fayed tho
Red artillerists. twice cleared the bases
with doubles, Jean Dale being the nrs'
sufferer and Fred Toney the secoho
N has been years and years since
major Lacquer drove out IN the seeohC
rame. two doubles that scored SIX runs
Harry Davis doing so against V"'
Brooklyns in the mldd!e hiheNeS
Nack's first lieutenant then was
member Of the Giants
Tba davs Cravath drove in five runs
we're July q, against CINCINNATI Au
pust %. against Chicago, and Septem
her 10. against New York. On the las
mentioned date he knocked the ball GU
n the lot when there we're three OF MS
team mates on bases. The man Wn'
served the ball was JEFF Iesreau' 0
the Giants. 49,,
other National Leaguers who bate,
in five runs In games were bo'
Bescher. Of the Cardinals. against hl,
cd team mates, the Giants, on June ~
Reals Becker. Of the Phillies, on JUNE
10 against the Cubs; Hans wagner
OF the Pirates. on July %, against th'
Sunerbas. and Joe Connolly, OF tn'
Braves. on September Is, against th'
PLAYERS who did as we'll rs Cravat
and twice batted in four runs In game
we're Johnston. Of the Pirates; Fran
S.vder and Jack Miller. Of the Cardi
mails: Fred Merkle, Of the GIANTS
Charley Schmidt, Of the Braves an
Fred Snodgrass, once during ms catee
with New York and once during M
stay with Boston. The odd thlhg aoou
Snodgrass's two timely hits was Una
both were against the same team
Pittsburgh.
Tweutv-eight long hlts were manu-
featured in the National last seSso'
that cleared the bases Of their thre'
terants Ten OF these were for hal
the circuit. thirteen for thrce-quarter
II n and five for the entire distance
PLAYERS on every team save Chlcag'
were credited with two or more o
these hits The Braves made seven
the Cardinals six. the Phillies five IN
Giants three, the Reds three, the 81
perbas and Pirates two apiece.
Cravath was the lone individual Y
make a pair Of two-hargers that sen
three men home. Sherwood Magec. o
fostoI, on May p doubled agains
Grover Cleveland Alexander, OF TN
phillies, witN the bases full, the m
meaning n defeat Tor tho Quaker star
Other National Leaguers besides era
vath and Magcc who doubled whe'
necessary were Schmidt and Smith, o
Boston: Mollwitz. Of Cincinnati; Snod
grass. Of New York; Paskert. Of Phils
delphia; JohnsOz Of Pittsburgh, ant
Miller, OF s.. Louis.
The timely triples were all made b,
different PLAYERS Schmidt. Gather an
Connolly. Of Boston Myers and Stsn
gel. Of Brooklyn; Groh and Killefer
of Cincinnati. Lobcrt and Doyle. o
Kew York; Ludcrus, Of Philadelphia
and Long. Miller and Hyatt. Of 81