The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-24
THE TEN.YYAR WALLOP.

Who is the hardest hitter in
baseball over a 10-ysar stretch
The odds are that off-hand you'd
never guess 1t.
The compilation was recently
made in The Baseball Magazine"
showing that this honor belonged
to Sherwood Nottingham Magee.
who only recently drew his release.
And No. on the 10-year list was
Luderus OF the Phillies, with Larry
Doyle third and Heinie the Tim
fourth.
Magee's extra base average was
.se4. Babe Ruth has only had a
ive-year shot at the mark and in
but two OF these he was an every
day regular. Yet in those five
years the Babes extra base aver
age is .474, $50 points above Ma
gees.
1t might also interest you to
know that among the sluggers Ty
Cobb ranks as 2Sth. 1t is the low
ly single and the double upon
which Ty builds the bulk OF his
yearly averages that outclasses the
field. Although up to the last year
or so the more flashy triple has
been one of his standbys. But Cobb
was never much at the home run
stuff. In this field he has many
superiors.
STAMINA-THE LAST WORD.
For over three hours Joe Stecher
had been giving battle back and
forth in the hardest match OF his
career.
In the few concluding minutes he
had been subjected to Stranger
Lewis deadlock on four successive
occasions, each one being a crush
ing, Furnishing grip.
After the fourth hold OF this style
type Stecher was naturally groggy
Yet he had enough strength LEI,
with which to lifht the 325.Dound
Lewis OF the floor. toss him in
mid-air, and thereby conclude the
joust. >
II this isn't the last word IN
stamina we'd be much obliged te
get it.
! TIE KIDS AND BASEBALL.
What provision have the mag
| mates made for young boys to SEE
baseball?" writes a veteran ran
"None at all. l like to take my II
year-old grandson to the game. but
| SIS cents for an 11-year-old boy II
a little more than ! can afford. ie'
these young boys are the ones WING
| in future must support the game.
This is q big point There srt
thousands of fans today because 81
.boys they could afford the 25-cen'
admission. They developed q love
for the game. Few OF the younger
xeneration can afford prices charg'
! ed today, which means that the
! natural interest OF thousands o.
would-be fans is being DESTROYED
This doesn't show now. But II VII
show in the gate receipts 10 and Il
years from now.
Some provision should be madt
| to handle the youngsters It greatly
reduced rates. This provision coule
be curtailed or shut OF on. Sundays
and holidays. But through tne
| summer there are any number o.
days when the addition OF . thou
| sand or 50 youngsters would SUI
leave sufficient space. Or Why no
have a kids day at least twice
| week? Kids day, where the "a
mission price to all below Is q
| Is is fixed at reasonable scale!
The Crown and the Champion.
Why writes Harry Warden
should the crowd always be pail
ing against the champion, destrinl
his defeat?
The great English golfer 1
wrong. The crowd doesn't take an,
such hAbituai stand.
When John L. Sullivan vas beat
en- the country went into moa4niAg
Who, outside ol Coebett hfmsel
and his few hackers, wanted to se'
the old gladiator cooQuered!
The crowd 1t lrIo wanted TO ses
both johnson and Willard heater
because ndthsr was popular. Bu'