The Washington herald., 1920-08-08


the National League eight years /
might have had a trihe more than
tired from the second before it wa!
The new Washington innelder is.
tne same O'Rourke who played in
slxty-one games with the Boston
Nationals during the season of 1912,
being the predecessor of Walter J.
haranville as shortstop of the Hub
team. Hitting. in 1918, was not
ORourke's strong point. for the av-
erages calculated by John Arnold
heydler, then secretary (now presi-
dent) Of the National League,
awarded him a mark of .122.
O'Rourke got his average of .122
by making twenty-four hits in 1876
times at bat three of the blows
being for extra distances. Two
were doubles, one was a triple.
That was in 1912.
on to n Good start.
On the day the championship lid
Of the new International League
season was lifted this year-Thurs-
day, April 22 Jupiter PIuvius saw
to it that most Of the teams couldn't
get away from the barrier the day
oefore)-O'Rourke helped himself
to six sateties. half Of these being
for extra distance.
Frank James couldn't get more
than six hits the first day, because
he only oatted six times.
On Saturday. July 3, in Toronto,
ORourke, making six hits again.
this time against Rochester. would
nave had seven trips to the plate
had he stuck to the combat all the
way along. This the new National
didn't do. for after the seventh in
ming was completed Frank retired
to have his leg bandaged in time to
catch the train for Rochester. He
was replaced in the batting order
by Bader. who went to center field.
In the eighth O'Rourke' successor
got chance to hit, popping to
Allie White, former Catholic Uni
Nersity boy and property OF the
Giants, for the third and last out OF
the inning.
O'Rourke, the day he was beating
up the Rochester pitchers, did no
popping. His harvest for the after
noon was three singles, one double
and two hCmers. The two bagger
and one Of the four-baggers were
propelled in the same fTame-the
seventh.
Another thing out Of the ordl-
nary accomplished by the new
Griffman this year is to score from
second on a sacrifice fly. Frank did
this-in the ninth inning at Toronto
on Wednesday, May II, in a game
With Erel Syracuse club, John Enz-
mann pitching. The score was
knotted when the Leafs took their
last turn at the bat and Enzmann,
now with the Philiies, retired the
first two men. O'Rourke then
doubled. Vernon NJ. Spencer. who
now is with the Giants. hit a long
fly to Howard McGraner, a pitcher.
who was covering center for the
StarIess stars The moment the
ball was caught O'Rourke lit out
for third a. his fastest clip. He
l-ept on going and beat the relay
to the plate. McGraner pulling
something new in the pastime and
r1akrng the return to the infeld via
Ieft-the long way home, in other
words.
Stars in International.
O'Rourke has been a bear cat in
the international this year. He Is
credited with having a weak arm
and a pair of legs that are not up
to par. yet no shortstopper outside
of Boley. Of Baltimore. who really
is a better prospect than O'Rourke
Cbetter because youngCr) has turned
as many sensational plays.
Frank heretofore always has
been a bloomCr in the majors. The
Braves had him as far back as 1912
and then he averaged almost one
strikeout to the game. whiting fifty
times in sixty-one contests. The
Reds had him and so did the Su-
perbaS His last major berth was
with Brooklyn in 1917. During the
time Frank played in the National
he hit 1870 being in 1875 games,
batting 3s4 times. scoring twenty
nine runs. making seventy-one hits
(hfty-nine singles, ten doubles and
two triplCs). sacrificing fourteen
times and stealing twelve bases.
This is what the new Senator did
In his two large days this year:
At ReadInE-ApriI II.
Three singles and three doubles
in six times at hat
First inninC-SinEled to right.
cut trying to stretch hit into
double.
Third iuninE-DoUbled to left.
Fifth inning-DOubled to right.
Sixth inning-Singled to center,
scoring two men,.
Seventh inning-SingIed through
third.
Eighth inning-Doubled to left.
At TOronto-JuIy 3.
Three singles. one double and two
home runs in six times at bat
First inning-Slngled to left
Third inning-Singled to center.
Fourth inning-Singled past thir1
Fifth inning-Planted home run
In riEht-held stand. two men scor-
Ing ahead Of him.
seventh inning (bstted twice.
Doubled to center and planted home
run in right-feld stand. two men
scoring ahead of him.
Then. as told, O'Rourke quit the
combat to have his leg bandased.
Had he stuck to the game he would
have had a chance to strike seven
blows, or seventeen less than he
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