Evening star., 1920-05-20

-3o1 as against Cobb's 1883. and when
Joe shot up to 1854 in 1918 Tyrus
ianded>2S percentage points better
jackson maintained his clip last sea-
son with 1854, but so did Cobb. who
had a card of 1884.
Jackson this spring has gotten
away from the mark at a pace indi-
eating that 1920 is the year he is
destined to attain the heights, but
unless he clouts the ball as he never
did before he faces the prospect of
seeing his rival steadily climb in the
averages through the summer months
to point where a slump on the
part of the South Carolinian will
1orce him again to be content with
nothing better than second place, for
COBB is almost certain to add 100
points to his present average and the
chances are it will be even more. 1858
being the lowest level Cobb has reach
ed in the last decade
sox Very Much I'm Race,
Although the White Sox have failed
since their invasion of the east to
record victories with the frequency
that marked their efforts when feast
ing on the Tigers and Browns in the
west, they have shown enough to
demonstrate they must be regarded as
Factors in the race again this year,
start to wind up in the second di-
vision. 1t was anticipated there would
De dlSsension in the ranks to wreak
havoc with their morale, their pitch
ing stan was tipped as shot to pieces
and the loss of Weaver and Gandil
ing of the champions. But the scrap
py Kid Gleason has them pulling to-
Eether with as much harmony as ever.
Weaver returned to the fold and Gan
dirs absence apparently has not been
felt with Jourdan holding up his end
at first in acceptable style
As for the pitching, Williams appears
to be in better form even than last sea-
son. and Cicotte, too. has shown up with
all the stuff he ever possessed. while in
dications that Faber will return to his
1917 form and the promise shown by
young Wilkinson make the outlook for
pitching far from dark. To date Dick
Kerr, one of the heroes of the losing
fight the Sox staged against the Gin
cinnati Reds in the title series last fall,
has not measured up to expectations,
but it is believed he win strike his stride
in time.
Schalk stin ON the Job.
The peerless Schalk still is back of the
bat almost every day, getting every
thing there is to get out of the pitchers,
and the rest Of the array is the same
with the exception of Jourdan in place
of Gandil at first as that which copped
the bunting last season. Charlie Ris-
berg temporarily is disabled, Weaver
being shifted over from third to his
place at short. but the lineup is little
weakened with Fred McMullin at the far
corner and all the rest of the athletes
are on the job-Eddie and John Collins,
Jackson. Felsch and Leibold. with Eddie
Murphy and Harvey Mcclellan on hand
for emergency roles.
Cicotte's defeat by Harry Harper in
Boston yesterday dropped the White
Sox to within one game of the Nationals,
who have a splendid chance to climb
into the'first division by winning a ma
jority of the four-game series starting
today. Either Erickson or Courtney
probably will pitch for the locals. while
Faber is expected to work for the Glea-
sonites.
Memo Leibold. who plays in right
for the Sox when right-hand pitcher
is opposing. is having trouble with his
eyes. Eddie Murphy may sub for
him during the current series.
Grover Lowdermilk. the altitude
nous hurler for whom Comiskey re-
Gently is said to have refused an offer
of $4,000 from the Columbus club of
the American Association, is not with
Boston. 1t seems Grover was flirting
with some industrial club, his sus-
pension being a disciplinarian meas
ure. 1t is probable Lowdermilk's
services will be disposed of. Spencer
Heath. the young Chicago semi-pro
has been assigned to Growers upper
in the Pullmans.
Bad weather necessitated cancelIa-
ton of the exhibition between the
Nationals and Baltimore Dry Dock
team yesterday.