The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-08-04
LEHI BASEBALL CLUB
OFFICIAL BATTING AVERAGE
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sen. No pitcher, including the fam
GUS Ed Willet former Detroit Ameri-
can league twirler now with the ogden
Gunners. has been able to stop the
little third baseman. Alb went against
the famous big Lacquer when Lem
played ogden last month and found
him for his daily base. hit. In most
games Webb has been able to connect
for a brace of singles for the records
show him leading the club In two-Dase
hits with 10 and also In three-Dase
hits with three. His average for all
games played this season Is .4lS.
Ted Thrasher. the first baseman has
hit safely in every game this season
except one. Lefty" Kinney, Provos
star hurler, stopped Ted July 10th at
Provo. However, he Immediately re-
sumed his clouting streak and has
hung up the good record OF $40 for
20 games. Thrasher Is tied with
pitcher Alvin Jackson for home run
honors with four. He has hit one
triple and six two-baggers.
Harmon Atwood is third in hitting
with an average OF .343 for 10 games.
Harmon has made % hits in SO times
at bat which includes Ave twO-baggers.
Grant Roberts who Is no longer with
the team comes next I'm line with a
mark OF 1893 for four games. Kelly
Wilson, pitcher rounds of the list OF
300 batters with 3O7
With the exception of Webb, Thrash.
err and II. Atwood the remainder OF
the regulars are hitting between .279
and .212. Slater, College. A. Jackson,
u. Atwood. A. Atwood, Barnes and j.
Jackson finished in the order named.
A noticeable feature about the aver
ages is the lack of sacrifice hits. The
whole team has not made more than
two dozen sacrifice hits all season.
Perhaps this explains why a total of
.241 hits for the year only resulted In
1909 runs being scored. In this depart
ment Frank Barnes and II. Atwood
lead with four apiece. Thrasher,
College, A. Jackson and Allen Atwood
have each made three sacrifice hits.
In base stealing Tommy Colledge is
away out in front. The Wasps' second
baseman has pilfered 10 bags In "a
games which Is splendid record.
The nearest rival of College is Webb
who has defed the opposing batteries
seven times. Allen Atwood has stolen
five bases and his brother Harmon has
taken four.
Webb has been most successful in
drawing free transportation to first
base having been walked six times.
Colledge, II. Atwood and A. Jackson
have worked the pitchers for five
walks each. Barnes and Thrasher
have only walked three times each
this season.
The players who get the longest
distance to their hits are apt to strike
out the most times the averages show.
A. Jackson who has hit four homers
and six two baggers has famed 10
times. A. Atwood with seven two
baggers to his credit has also whitfield
10 times. Barnes has famed IL and
Il. Atwood II times.
Four players who were not retained
on the team because Of inellgibility.
inability to obtain work here and other
reasons made great batting records
while With the Lehi club. ping" Ny
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Lehi before trying out with the Salt
Lake Bees. In this game he was at
bat four times made one run and two
hits and handled seven grounders
without an error and besides assisted
In working three double plays. His
average for the day was 800. Art
Peterson batted 500 in the game he
played as did also Norm Holmstead.
Carl Lefty" Williams, for whom
many OF the fans are pulling to come
here next summer, made a great bat
ting record also. In five games, most
ly Independent exhibitions, Williams
was at bat 25 times and got II hits.
He made a couple of two-base hits
and two sacrifice hits and stole two
bases. His averae is .444. This play
er expects 10 come to Lehl to make
his home. With this clever left-hand-
ed pitcher on the roster Lehi can ex-
pect TO regain the posltiOn she once