El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-17


A PRILs short baseball month though
n It was, produced a goodly num-
Der Of startling happenings. Fred
Williams OF the Pills. not consid-
cred = remarkably proficient per-
former with the willow, tore off Il
blows in Is trips to the plate for an
average OF .55s, being used exclusive
y against right handlers. The Notre
Dame graduate (hs was a great
sprinter and hurler at the Holy
Cross Of the West) and former Cub
never was able to maItreat left
handlers and IL Is doubtful If Jack
Coombs viii allow him to bal. at all
against members Of the sotthpaw
brigade this year.
Rain Was Bad.
Jupiter Pluvius' average was some
200 points under Williams, but
nevertheless the Storm King showed
his old time ability TO deal telling
blows on the pocket books Of the
hopeful magnates. out Of So games
that were scheduled 19 were post
poneds the National opening in Chi
cagO and the American opening in
Detroit having TO 90 over
J. p. prevented four Saturday
games and one Sunday combat,
the magnate he hit best against
being J. Christopher Dunn Of
CleTeiands The Indians couldn't
get into action on opening day
IN Detroit and were idle on their
first Sabbath date In st. Louis.
This was Jupiter Pluvius' April
record:
PostpOnements In American.
At Detroit, three, including opening
At New York three. including
Saturday.
At Washington. two. including
At St, Louis, two. including Sun
day.
Postponements in National.
At Boston, four, including Satur-
day.
At Chicago. two, including opening
day
At Cincinnati. two.
At Philadelphia. one, Saturday.
A 20 inning game, such as the
Phillles and the Brooklyns played on
April 30, was novelty for the pry
off month Of the season, made pos
sible by the daylight saving law.
Previously no 20 round contest in
the majors had been played prior TO
June 30, Chicago and Cincinnati en-
gaging in q scrap OF this kind In
1892 and neither winning nor losing
It The score was to z, in Phila-
delphia the tally was to g.
Went Entire Route.
Burleigh Grimes and Joe Oeschger
by going the route, entered the ex-
tremely small and select circle Of big
leaguers who have pitched 20 or
more consecutive innings after hav-
ing been their bosses pioneer box
selections Jack COMBS and Joe
Harris went q sessions; Rube Mar
guard, Babe Adams, George Tyler
and Mule Watson, p. and Rube Wad-
dell Cy Young. Tony Mullane, Ad
Cum bert, Ed Reulbach and Frank
Sparks, 20, previously.
Mr.. Grimes, one Of the two
pitching heroes of Wednesday,
April 80, was a batting hero on
Wednesday, April -, for then, in
the ninth. with the bases packed.
the big loser Of 1917 and the
large winner OF 1918 smote a
double off Pat Raglan of the
Braves that emptied them.
Grimes noble wallop was not the
only cleanup drive Of the month, for
in the American. on April %, Chic
Gandu Of the Western SoZ scored
three men with a double CLEANED off
Dave Davenport OF the Browns and
on April % Oscar Witt OF the Eastern
Sox tailed three players with a
triple procured off Walter Johnson
Of the Nationals.
Some other Hftters.
Scott Perry Of the AS, when he was
batting. didn't do anything like
AIessrs. Grimes. Gandu and Witt. He
made 10 appearances at the plate
during the month and famed eight
out on three coca
sions in a 15 inning game with
Johnson pitching. and