El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-11

First Sackers Of American
League Hit Indian HurLers
Hard And Jim Dunn Is Sore

president JIM DUNN OF the In
dams ought TO engage some super
SPY. Ike Il. Harrison Frazee sus-
pects umpire George Hildehraud OF
being. or the man in the Cohen and
Harris success. Three Faces East.
20 find out WHY first basemeu hit so
heavily against the pitchers OF his
ball club. Guardians OF the getaway
sack are supposed 20 hit and they In
Variablv live up 20 their regulations
In games with the Tribe. the dope
showing that last year Heiiman- Nc
Of .296 IN controversies with CIeve-
HeIImnn Leads 'Em
Heilmau took the lead in the as
sault on Stanley Coveleslzie and his
associates. hitting for .5s4. Jack Nc
Innis ran up an average OF -35i in the
Cleveland series. Joe Judge OF -324
-Z53. George Burns OF $50. and Wally
Pipp OF -232 Sislsr and Gandl. while
they were shy 800 MARKS when play
ing against the Indians. made up for
this omission BY knocking in more
runs than any Of their fellow players
1IcInnis also proved 20 be Bostou's
timeliest hitter in the contests with
the Sixth City team. and drove IN
what proved 20 be the winning c0un-
ter in three OF the four Red Sox sue
NEErEa VI AAA" TEa=aa DALE RUIN aaaa
the other BostOnian on the game
wrecking job.
The only first basemsn who didn't
do anything wonderful a Eainst the
Indians in 1878 we're George Burns
and Wally Pipp. Each man. however
blew himself 20 one home run in the
series, and FOUR other long hits be-
sides
while Sisters 1919 batting
average against the Indians was
16 points below 800. George
Harold ran M n higher record in
total bases than any OF his rivals
Almost half his blows off Cleve-
land pitchers were for e1rru dis
tnnce. He made n dozen short
hits and II long ones. his eoI1ec-
ton OF the latter Including six
doubles, one triple and four
hOmers- All these knocks were
worth q cushions and his total
base average was $50.
George Hit Hard
Sisler grouped three OF his long
hits two homers and doublel in the
game OF June 3. the fifth session be-
larry proficient. since then he manu-
featured one blow good for half the
distance and one good for the full
distance. the first off Jameson and
the second Off Phillips. Sisler batted
in five runs IN this game. the Browns
scoring "A times
Another first baseman who made
two hits IN one inning in a game
against the Indians last year, and
Datted in five runs. was Chic Gandl.
Sixth Cltyite IN 1916 He distfn Euished
himself month later than Sisler. the
pitchers who suffered being Morton
and Phillips. and the inning in which
they suffered being the fourth. Nor
ton was touched for a single that
scored two runs. Phillips for a triple
that scored three
MeInnis Helped. Too
Sisler. the day he drove in five runs
made three hits: GandT. when he
duplicated George Harold's total OF
TALES sent home, made four These
were three singles and three-bag-
ger.
Jack McIunis was the other guard
Cleveland pitchers for a quarter Of
safeties in one game last year On
August 5 Stuffy collected three one
spots and double from the combined
deliveries Of Bagby, Morton. KEEPER
and Uhle.
Manager Iris Speaker probably
hopes that in 1890 opposing first
oasemen VIII not play as well against
Cleveland as they did in 1918. when
their records were as follows.
HARRY HEILMAN. Detroit -
Hutted SEA. scoring II runs and
making y hits. Of which six were
doubles. two were triples, and one
was for the full route Batted
In II runs winning run three
times.
JACK M'INNIS. Boston-Batted -55I.
scoring runs and making IS hits, OF
which one was a double and two were
triples Batted in IS runs. winning
run three times
JOE JUDGE. Washington - Batted
.5z4, scoring 10 runs. and making q
hits. OF which seven were doubles and
one was a triple. Batted in S runs,
run three times
GEORGE SISLER, St Louis-Batted
ze4, scoring IS runs and making % {
hits, OF which six were doubles. one
was triple and four were for the