New Britain herald., 1916-12-21
.IS WILL MISS
 CACTUS CRAVATH
lily Outfelder Has Been a Re- ]. sn4rAable HOrSehide Founder

# NcW York, Dec. 21.-During the &e. cue meetings here last week, Pat # I@1', the silent manager of the m -lAcs, did a lot of gumshoeing up # d down Peacock Alley, and every @ " and then F'itchburg Pat would FN tiSk some fellow manager into a ner and whisper som ething to him # aout swapping outfelders. However. 8 lde winds were not blowing well at Rf he WaldorfAstoria last week, and #Pat took nothing back to Fitohburg @with him but the insult of & fellow HFitch burger.
 8 "I'll give you Good for Schulte' $Eaid Pat to Jimmy Callahan of the Pirates. q know you will, but don't fzWant Good. But as you are fellow Elcitizen of F1tchburg I'll help you out, Pat. You can have Schulte, and I'll take Whitted or Stock''
 Pat apepaled to some friends to hold his hands, so he would not lose #his temper. ''7=a' N' 8 Hard Task for Moran.
 All of which Is interesting, but what &s more to the point is that Moran has [huite a mans sized job Tn front of him Ao find 8 substitute for Cactus Cravath, Ehis hard hitting right gardener of Former years" Moran wanted Schulte ko fill old Cactus shoes, as the cele- #Prated home run hitter has asked for waivers on I Philadelphia and an- 2Snounced that hereafter all his home Running will be done in the more falubrious climate of his native state, #Ea1ifornia. N I The passing of Cravath from the big 4&pc h,-i,, tIo foo ot hot hi Bojourn with the Phillies Cravath hit Anore home runs in five years than any #bther player has ever knocked out in
 he major leagues In a similar period [kince the real early days when scores ran all the way to 100 runs and over #Per gam ~-@F.. -~7.s-'@
 \ Cravath came to Philadelphia in #912, and during the next five seasons Ehe drove out S4 home runs, an aver hge of almost r a season. Cravath Etarted with Il home runs in 1912,
 Bumped to 19 in 1913, repeated with
 9 in 1914, reached his top figure of R4 in the Philadelphia pennant year,
 915, and receded to his 1912 figure last season, II.
 A Remarkable Record.
 Baker, Schulte, Wagner, Harry 8Davis, Seybold, Crawford and other Famous long distance hitters have 8aeverf approached the five year figure which Cravath set up during his stay
 n Philadelphia. The short fences in
 the Philadelphia park unquestionably Hhelped swell Cravath's home run out X4put, but he also made his share of 8hon1e runs on other fields Next to Sthe Philadelphia cigar box the Polo Grounds was Cravath's favorite home run setting, and during the past five 4years there seldom was a time that Cravath visited Gotham / without humping at least one souvenir ball into the right field grand stand at the Brush Stadium.
 Cravath's s feat is all the more note worthy as he was far past the recruit $age when the Phillies purchased him 1n 1912, and he was not considered a regular. until he made a pinch home ruin off Matty in 1913 while batting for a pitcher. During the 1908 and 1909 seasons Cravath was up in the American league, and went from Bos- ton to Chicago to Washington before he was sent back to the minors Dur ing his career in the American league Cravath displayed little ability, hitting .256 in 1908 and 1884 in 1909 Iris Speaker succeeded him in Boston. Cravath was past 30 before he put on a Philadelphia National uniform.
 His career should be an object les- son to major league discards in the
 minors that 1t pays to keep hustlng
 However, Cravath could hardly be
 called a comeback, as lie did not really
 "arrive'' until 1912.