Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-21

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snnr.,ma contdence is the jsnirit
rb;ct nrnyaiIs an,nne tb. Ebi,e Soy
Tbey annear TO he firmly CONVINCED
bay nnssoss 10 class IN every do
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- ~, No ~ u.;,b , DISCRIMINATION
mnrtbr Of thsir cnai Tbair moor
.ho,, 10y ~ rfd s.,ias last f.Il
RS ne, c.,sed 70 r,nlie and thew
nacer for another onnortunity to
Idamonstr,+a +ba;r s,n.riority
jackson shaking stump
One feature of the play of the Sox
which has caused Gleason considerable
concern is the slump in batting which
has gripped Joe Jackson. his chief can
nonesE Over stretch of nine games
recenSy General Joe, who shoulders the
Responsibility of cleanup walloper.
made only four safeties in nine games:
uoseo py tnt eNecu.ioii ne a1Soilipli,sht;u
yesterday When he comn;Ied five bingles
In nine times at bat. the skiddins of the
A,ississinnian already has ended. how
yeyer I've of his Svats went for the
k-ircrit TOO
J@ntii two weeks ago If annesred Jack
,on was destined to raneat his feat of
rear he sIueeed at a .4OS elm. being
osed ont for tho cbamnionshin nv Ty
(ohb who Registered a mark of .42O
ince 1919 when Cohh attained an aver
lee of a1o to give him the distinction
N beinr the only modern base ball
hlsver to bit over 400 in two successive
saasons M bis 1eapue nerformer has
ftained a seasons mark of 400.
Taioie vas The first major learuer
h;t 800 tban ano in Season and
70 M, ,npfe 81 may aao be s s,a in 1a0I still
sfsnds as the modern high record.
BACK in 1897 the wizard. willie Keller.
ndtb III The q Raitimore orioles rang up
the femres Of 400 hut conditions pre-
HAVING ali the better of it. In the
history of the game only forty-one
men have hit higher than 400 and a
large majority of them attained TINS
Idlstlnctlon IN the oloaays "hen bases
on balls counted IN the averages tne
same as hltS In modern base pdii
less than haif a dozen players nave
done 1t.
Sisler Likely Candidate
a fortnigb+ h,cL cislar SNEAKER and
IT, a,lear Ill ,,ara iiS+ad in the mira
$500 ;th p,ha pnth close 70 i, hut
80, -. ~ tba
80 ra,,a;nira tba nrosnect that
@ae III r,saa,,no ,no,bar An ,n.rEs
~ VIII piou ~. 5anend ,,nOn whst
s,eS,!,eo 80, 80 Sotobar The
D ps iso~ anu - rea,,i,r n1sxar
;atnS ir ~ nl. nou, he b,v;no a
arI 81 aIn according to the latest
ma " ~, aIo-' S "iiS ~ 49, fo,,r
hoiiciai 5sei P,,.h -tnnd IG
points unoer the Inc ruin slahoiis
az $50 JachSoI' -oou.
II is lmpropapie tnat any NdtioHdi
League player VIII attain an average
representing two hits Nn every nve
times at bat. Rogers Hornsby OF the
Cardinals is the only candidate pre-
sented by Heydler's circuit and he
now is far from the goal with an
average of .374. 1t seems certain,
however, that but for the fact that
the intentional pass rule is being
kotally ignored Babe Ruth would land
above the mystic mark this year
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John McGraw Is not what might De
termed kindly, gentle soul Ihe col
prfui part owner and plot OF the New
york Nationals has been the central ng-
ure=ln more thah one pra"l ana nsnt
after MS stormy career as an aStite
prayer ehued' anu ne nov 10 the supJecl
pr an inves'isa'ioil 10 oelsiniiie .ne
ponsioiity LOT serious MUIR es Ineei ~.
py one OF ms companions on an di- h!snl