Evening star., 1916-12-25
MARK NOT EQUALED
Cravath Knocked Out Eighty
Four Homers in Five Seasons.
STARTED STARRING AT 80

NEW YORK. December 25.-During
the league meeting here Pat Moran, the
silent manager of the Phillies, did lot
of gumshoeing up and down Peacock
alley. and every now and then Fitch
burg Pat would wish some fellow man.
ager into a corner and whisper some
thing to him about swapping outfield-
ers. However, trade winds were not
blowing we'll at the Waldorf-Astoria
and Pat took nothing back to Fitch
burg with him but the insult of fell
low Fitchburser.
'rll give you Good for Schultz" said
Pat TO Jimmy Callahan of the Pirates.
Il know you will, but l don't want
Good. But as you are fellow citizen
of Fitchburg I'll help you out. Pat. You
can have Schultz, and I'll take Whitted
or Stock"
Pat appealed to some friends to hold
his hands. so he would not lose. his
temper.
Hard Task for Moran.
All of which is interesting, but what
is more to the point is that Moran has
quite a mans size job in front of him
to find a substitute for Cactus Cravath.
his hard hitting right gardener of
former years. Moran wanted Schultz
to fill old Cactuss shoes, as the cele-
brated home run hitter has asked for
waivers on Philadelphia and announced
that hereafter all his home running will
be done in the more salubrious climate
of his native state, California.
The passing of Cravath from the big
leagues brings out the fact that in his
soiourn with the Phillies Cravath hit
more home runs in five years than any
other PLAYER has ever knocked out IN the
major leagues in a similar period since
the real early days when scores ran all
the way to 100 runs and over per game
Cravath came to Philadelphia IN lsll,
and during the next five. seasons ne
drove out 81 home runs an average OF
almost II a season. Cravath started
with II home runs in 1912. Jumped 10
1a in 1913. repeated with 1s IN l9if,
reached his top figure of "a in the
philadelphia pennant year. 1915, and
receded to II, his 1912 figure, last
season.
A Remarkable Record.
Raker. Schultz. Wagner. Harry Davis,
Seybold. Crawford and other Famous
long distance hitters have never ap-
preached the five-year figure which
Crayath set up during his stay in Phila-
delnhia. The short fences in the Phila-
de,nhia park unquestiona5ly helped
swell Crayath's home run output. but
he also made his share of home runs
on other fields. Next to the Philadel- |
nhia cigar box the Polo Grounds was
favorite home run setting, |
and during the past five years there |
seldom was time that Cravath visited |
Gotham without pumping at least one
ball into the right field grand |
stand at the Brush Stadium
Cravaths feat is all the more note
worthy as he was far past the recruit |
age when the Phillies purchased him in /
Ia12 and he was not considered regu- |
lar until he made a pinch home run on |
Matty in 1913 while batting for |
pitcher. During the 1908 and 1909 sea- |
sons Cravath was up in the American |
League, and went from Boston to Chi |
cago to Washington before he was sent |
ba ok to the minors. During his career in |
the American League Cravath displayed !
little ability. hitting .256 in 1908 and i
1854 in 1909. iris Speaker succeeded him
fore he put on a Philadelphia National |
uniform.
His career should be an object lesson |
to major league discards in the minors !
that it pays to keep hustling. However,
Cravath could hardly be called come.
back, az he did not really ARRIVE" until
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