Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-08-23
ASSISTS FOR THF. FANS
tBY FRED LANE

ting is fair about that of the aver
age shOrtstop.
Manager Iris Speaker, of tht
Cleveland. club of the American
league must have had a "hunCh
when with the league leadership a
stake, he sent Clark, a recruit, II
to pitch against st. Louis. Any
way, the youngster won his game
letting the Browns down with fouI
hits and the lead was retained.
A winning ball team must have
good pitchers, among other things
and there is no room to dispute that
Connie Mack has a flock of pitch
ers who have class. For etVer1
weeks the Athletic twirlers have
been showing ability that is sure tC
win ball games if properly support
ed in other departments, Mack'S
team is at the bottom but has beer
showing ability of late and next
season, with his present staff OF
moundsmen, he ought to make
the other teams travel if he car
Ddltll ~ II Low "Nih cINt''
Cleveland has never won a pom
nant, yet. ii was in near "Wor DIS
series" in 1892. In that year the
National league. of which CleVe-
land was a member. was composed
of twelve teams. The season was
split into halves. Boston winning
the first half and Cleveland the
second In the playoff Boston won
five straight games after holding
Cleveland to a 90 tie in the first
contest, which was called owing TO
darkness. Old Cy Young pitched
the draw for Cleveland while Stlv-
tits was on the mound for Boston.
Ragbv, of the Indians. is the
leading pitcher in the American
league with twenty-siN victories
and seven defeats. Crimes. of
BROOKLYN, leads the National .eague
with sixteen victories and snven de-
fcatS
Club fielding records show Cleve-
land leading with a percenla|c OF
1872 ana Chicago second with $40;
Detroit comes next with $50 and
New York follows with .3CS.
Pittsburgh leads the National IN
fielding with a percentages NJ .S69
and Cincinnati is secord with 36S,
New York third with .y61 and
Brooklyn next with $3.50
The American league cl1r lat
terry leadership Is held by Ctevc-
land at 40. ST. Louis leads the
National with ,2S2.
Chief Bender, the good old In
dian, who helped pitch Connie
Mack's Athletics to several PEN
nants and who now is managing
the New Haven team of the East
ern league, is wanted by the New
York Giants. Latest reports are
that the Giant owners have offered
$4,000 for the Indian who has
been pitching a brand of ball that
probably is better that many of the
in the big leagues have
been able to show. Bender is old,
as ball players go, but he has a
knowledge of pitching, coupled
with his control and cunning, that
would return him a
winner many more games against
big league batters. But the own
ars of the New Haven team seem
to think they need the chief as
more than they need the
offered.
Babe Adams, Pittsburgh's old
time pitcher, who still is among
the best in business, recently let
the Giants down with two little
hits and then won his own ball
game by cracking out a home run.
After Adolfo Luque, Cincinnati's
little Cuban pitcher, whipped the
team three times,
sport writer referred to
him as IAN international menace"
who should have been taken care
If by immigration officials before
he was permitted to land in this