Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-09
cobb's wild rush through June

DESP1TE Cobb's wild rush through June
- and early July, when he sailed forth
upon his famous batting rampage, there Is
hardly chance that he will equal his
greatest campaign-bacli in 1911,
Six years ago Ty delivered the greatest
assault ever known in baseball. In his 1911
campaign Cobb smashed all records by sCor-
ing 147 runs, making PAS hits in 146 games.
The record of 147 runs and 24S hits in a
season has never been equaled, nor even
approached.
So far Cobb has just passed the 1OO.ht
mark and has scored in the neighborhood
of fifty runs in a trife more than seventy
games. In the eighty-odd games that re.
main he must pound out more than 40
hits and score more than 100 runs to climb
up TO his 1911 peak. This can be done,
but it is well beyond probability, unless Ty
can maintain his June and early July squirt
the rest of the way. This will call for
batting average the remainder of the sea
son around .450. Yet for the last six weeks
he has been up around .460 in one of the
most remarkable demonstrations ever
known.
The Red SOx In the West
The Red Sox are now facing an import
ant tour through the West. Heretofore
they have played their best ball in the
western country, and it is there they have
always fought their hardest.
If they maintain their old standards on
this trip and stick around the crest, they
must still be considered pcnnant favorites,
as for the last two years they have done
all their best work from the start of the
stretch. The club starts West in fine con-
ditiOn, well placed in the race. 1t has not
been called upon to bear the burden Of
pacemakng, which is a burden in a pennant
race, just as it is any other sort of run
ming.
The White Sox look more formidable this
season than they have ever looked before,
but they still have fine ball club to beat,
club that undoubtedly will hang on to
the finish The sprint between these two
is sure to be the seasons leading feature.
Ouimet's Appearance
The competitive appearance of Francis
Ouimet in the western amateur at Midlo-
THAN this week will be an interesting addi-
tion to golfing lore.
1t has been two years now since Ouimet
fell before Jimmy Standish, of Detroit. in
the amateur championship, and this defeat
marked his last appearance in competition.
Since that date the Bostonian has played
any amount of rare golf, but none OF this
has been given in tournament competition.
There would be greater national interest if
both Evans and Gardner were entered, but
as it is, Ouimet will have a hard field to
overthrow before finishing first
If Ouimet should win, the complication
ensuing would be abnormal. We would
then have the western amateur champion
| living in the East but unable to compete In
| the east as an amateur
If that isn't complex enough we are foiled
| for a rebuttal
Limerick of the Links
A golfer t0ho topped all his rndshies,
| Aud cut the golf ball into ddshies,
| Exclaimed tUith each miss
| But in telling you this
| am forced to use and
Not Yet
War may have dislocated many enter
! prises, especially those attached to sport
| But so far it has failed to upset baseball.
The game so far has known more than