Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-20
DAVENPORT PREMIER EAN ARTIST
IN TIE JOHNSON CIRCUIT

IN THE JOHNSON CIRCUIT
On. able athlete among the John
son!tes last season averaged moro than
one Whit 20 the game. He was Dave
paverport. OF the Frowns, pitchers
getting him As 2 victim over the
strikeou; .:ne fosty-eish, times in
forty-scvca contests. Eddie Murphy
who helped w.n the pcnnan: ro- TIE
White SoI through his wonderful 2bii-
il% 10 come through when Used az Z
Finch hitter. only famed o1ce In fifty
three controversies.
Loren Bade". Of tho Red Sox taxi
ing part In fifteen engagements, d!du',
strike out a, ~. Tie nearest approach
to q strike out for Loren Y. Tas when
81 s-rap with him under the stand III
ComisEey Park.
OF the American Lcasucts who were
in 100 or more games, .t,ulando Mar
sans. who started tho year 81 Brown and
finished Il a Yank. did the least Whit
inS-nine times in 100 debates. iris
Speaker only has famed fourteen times
in u. games. oscar Fi;t did almost
as we'll being retired on strike. III
teen times IN 40 MISUNDERSTANDING
Other team leaders in avoiding strike
outs were Eddie Collins, Jacl; Mcinnes.
George S!sic.. Eddie Foster and D:cE
HohtitG-i.
The ceniU." PLAYERS who did the
most striking ont .or the ciEh, clubs
were. some OF them. among the mos,
dangerous @. -i!!ow -vicldc.s. BOBBY
Roth. OF tho tribe. set the pac. with
seventy three Iaiss.s. V'nr other seven
ware Duffy Lewis. Swedc Risbcrs,
Harry IIc:lInan. Waiter Pinp. Roy
Grover. B:il Jacobson a.i Mike At.-
nos'iey. The Boston lett fielder was
Que SEQ wai!oper among these c!eh,
SOME OF TIE PLAYERS
WHO ARE itARD To FAN
These we're American League players
on each team who Were hardest 10
strife out. according 70 rccordu:
For Boston = Hos!i,ze! twenty-five
strike outs III 40 games.
For chicago II Collins. sixteen
strike outs in !5j games.
Eo- C.rvcl.nI - Speaker. fourteen
strik.ou;s IN i+2 games.
For De,Eoit--N,,t. at.een strike outs
in i40 games.
Fog New Yorh-Marsams, n!ny strike
outs in 100 games.
Tor Fhi!ade!ph!. -Mclnnes nineteen
strike outs in $50 games.
For s.. Lou.s-S!s!cT. nineteen strike
outs u 100 games.
Scr "aSh!nEtoa - Foster. lTcut.-
;hr"e strike outs III li& games
And these wereA9?.yn1., among the
regular. who we.@.oasiest victims o.
pitchers. when Il caric 10 swinging 4,
The third on" o. watching !, Goat over:
For T;op;on Lewis. i:tyfou- strike
outs n los games.
For "hicaso-Hishe:e sevcnty-;hree
st!i.c outs III ia1 games.
10. Detroit - He!.mau, 80 strike
70. %,w yoTk-c;rp A.,y-=!z stF.He
outs If, III games
For rhila1r, ph,:-rirover, nHy-,h.ce
sir!k, outs IL lN games.
For 81. Louis --jacoh5ca, -iXty-sevea
a,v.Ie outs in i4S games.
Tor Washing 49, MeHoslcy. fifty.
I've %,-Ge ouls II IA games.
osCAn rIIsrH SON STAR.
SHOWS GREAT IMPROVEMENT
New hat we have taken Up this
ihins of E;rikin:, out il l. aporoprta,c
10 consider win il the case Of one
Oscar c'IiapPy'D F-isch holdc" o: the
american League record tor putou;s.
and ono" chs Of the W.id Swinscrs or
baseball
BACK IN 1875. which !a quite a while
since, ss baseball GOES. Henry li:llelea.
Of Nilwauhe" dropped iuto the Office
OF chs r!es :. Ionaike%. Il vas ono
Of those !aH.'. iHGi@crou; summer al.
ternoors. n'h"n The scr.bof 20 20 ;np
bali ?ard carly ant are disturbed when
anybody says lis ten minutes to game
t:,no. kl!ic!ca wos ~'clcOrol "a q
fresh subject who !a!ah. have Il new
item concealed IN he baggage After
the nlinera! water was Passed, the
M;iwau kce naaSnate declared:
You've cot ri.h; hero on ,nc South
Side one or The creates, hGzeban pros.
poets that ever came in;o tue Amer.
San tcssue. mean oscar I'c!sch
Whenever tc quits striking out he's
going TO b. one Q! the greatest o, the
greats"
: otservant scr,bes opincd q. how
"Iiap' could 60 &c. en-, but they
Trough. possibly Kiiicle. wa a BIZ.
optimistic he he;rr sponsor cor the
bi3ndc outG@ldor. The record o: o
Falsch h"rcnit is printed. the G2urc,
G. -t.E. II. 50. Aye
Fslsch. chicaso.!is as lS4 s. 90!
I'eiach. Chicsso.l5s 575 u, - 20.
the Two seasonc and vow Will observe
that Felsch las s.aaon famed abou,
once IN three days. "'hcrcsa In 1915
ne struck on, every cthor day. This
ma! or ma" no; have he'd TO do With
boosting his swattire mark seven
points. but it did have d LOT 70 DO with
HID worth 10 the bali ciub.
ROTH EXPLAINS Uis SWINGING
AND rtT OSr ARGuMENI
On the other tack, bobby Roth lets
loose asrnc interesting language on The
subjcht of atririaE out lie was one
or ths athletes t,sd.d by the White Sox
to Cleveland in the Joe yackeon de,,