New-York tribune., 1916-02-06
Otherwise Moranites We,.
Generally Outclassed
in Hitting.
CARDS FINISH SIXTH.
LEADERS IN HITTING
McGraw's Giants Lead in e..
important Branches Of
Aggression. A
BY FRANK O'NFIII

The New York Giants finished al.
nal last in the National Leays. ~, -"
Dent race last year. while .bs p,
plunged on through % yie,o-v & r.,'
they encountered the Boston Pes e.
in the worlds series. Ye, In .ss ~, -
black type % Spalding's record 49,.
McGraw's men. Extensively. wer. b..,.'
than the champions Indeed pbI,5.1
phia established its supremacy (, ~.
one department other than that +, "a.
aged 70 win the greatest numbs, !,
games. The Ph.li.es laced ov, s. s,-.
runs. with C.. G. Craya,h con,r,b.,i.,
no fever than % of these. The c.,
ranked bang up second in N. k,-.
run producing industry. witt "a ;,
their credit. The Giants and Pine,
tied for third honors With "a eir,si
cinchers.
In FIVE q the main branches 0, .s.,.
siye baseball the .owiy Giants ,ho,.i
the way 20 their exalted bre,hr,- =
the City Of Brofher.y Love. Th,7i..
ished third in club batting, with r
average Of .25l, while the Cs,di,,r
who came home sixth in the psr-,.,
race. led the league. hitting VIZ
mark % .25s The phil.ies .a.,..
Hfth in club batting, with rs,s !,
pa. McGrsw's men made 1872 n,
for total Of i7l5 bases, Will. q.
Philiies, with Cravath shooting the h,1
over the fence time after time. ccri
get only 1870 bases out of 1915 ~.
The Giants c.outed ou, 81 ,rirl. I.
80 for the champions. and pllfere3 rs
bases 70 l2l The Phiil.es lad Ia.
on the local team of : runs, gs,h.r,i
in $50 70 5s2. and they had more .sy.
fee hits than the Giants. The .o..i
in this last named depar,men. YER
lsl for the Phiiiies 10 i22 .or gu
York.
But where the Giant: fell dow, !:
aggressiveness there we're other ss-l
70 harry the hold Of Pat Moran. "a.
wart lads. and in the coalition q.
philiies were pressed backward. 4
told previously, s.. Louis led z,
league. and the Reds. who lsnis.
seventh place IN the race. were ss,c,.
with 253, with the Giants third a..
Brooklyn fourth. lust one pon, :, q.
'ce OF the Phillies. The Csrirsi
scored more runs than any other iss-
in the league, getting 500. bg, ter
made only one more than the Phl.a
The Braves and Giants were tied .,
third honors. with 5s2 runs, while u
Cubs made $40.
Il remained for the Cincinnati Esa |
- al rar ~ -
picking out 1923, while the Giants ~
second with 1912. The Chicago -
got only l.246 hits. but they mad, e,
most Of them in point Of nlnbs
bases. Bresnahan's men got Lac hs.
on their drives. which included :
doubles, &C triples and 80 home r. ,
The Reds were second In total ei.s
getting 1880 out of their drives. j.
Boston Braves, who ranked lss, in q. +
batting. topped their competitors u =
matter Of two-baggers. They pea
out 23l. and the Cubs we're second -
2i2, while the Phiilies were third ~
2O2.
The Cardinals took Up the rcn,l
when Il came 20 three-bagger.' q.
poled out -, which gave them ''i'
lead over the Pirates, who got ;ogs'ls'
for ql The Reds were third VIZ
and the Superbas fourth with o. ~
Phillies got only 80 triples. TIE eis-
pions. however. came into their oVa /
pounding OUT ;he froicsome home =
They gathered DO p. while the l-a
were nex. with 81. The P.us5-'f +
Pirates lust naturally refused q :