Evening journal., 1922-08-19
Carey First " L. Man
to Score 100 Runs This Year;
Williams is Home Run 1 ing

Rogers Hornsby. OF the Cardinals,
tops the hJtters with a percentage OF
.574. secured the greatest number OF
hits, 1874. and also heads the sluggers
with 20 home runs. Max Carey. OF
the Pirates. leads the run scorers
with 102 runs; he Is the first major
league player 10 tally 100 runs this
year. sarey also shows the way
along the paths, with 81 stolen bases
Lou North. OF the Cardinals. occu-
pies hurting honors. with seven vic
tories and two defeats for pitch
ing percentage OF .77s.
Art Nehf. OF the Giants. after cop
ping ~ successive Victories from the
Pirates, was defeated Aug. Is by the
Bucs; II was Nehfs first failure from
the Pittsurghs since Aug. 81. 1920.
when Nehf failed 70 hold five-run
lead and was defeated by count Of
s TO 8. Nehf against the Bucs has
won a total OF rs and lost 10 games
for pitching percentage OF 1871.
With the Giants. Nehfs record
against the Pirates reads at 16 sue
cesses and failures for a percent
age OF .s42.
Wilbur Cooper OF the Pirates turn
ed in his NTH consecutive victory
over the Giants without a defeat for
the current season. Cooper's latest
success was his eighth straight vic
tory. This equals Walter Ruether.
OF the Dodgers and Eppa Rixey. OF
the Reds. Both won eight games IN
a low for the longest winning streaks
in the majors this year.
Fred ICY" williams. OF the Phil
lies, went on a batting rampage that
endured for 13 straight games. when
Pete Donahue OF the Reds applied /
the brakes on Aug 10. While hit
ting them Fred punched out 22 safe
ties in 55 tries for batting mark
OF 400. -
Max Carey for the Pirates is the
first major Lacquer 10 score 100 runs
this season. The feet Pirate garner
ed his century tally on Aug. is OF
the Giants.
Curtis Walker Of the Philiies after
scoring seven runs in six games, quit
Aug. II TO the Braves.
The Phillies on Aug. u held two
Pirates who were on scoring streaks'
Walter Maranville scoring 10 runs
in nine games while "Reb" Russell
had tailed 13 runs in six games
Charley Grimm OF the Pirates.
after hitting safely his last II games, |
was stopped Aug. IA by jess Winters
OF the Phillies. during his period OF
hitting them. Grimm banged out
IS safe blows in 81 trials for s>hgure
Of .2e5.
The Pirates created major league
history when from Aug. TO 10. in
elusive, they staged Ave successive
games during which every player in
the lineup secured one or more hits.
In one contest there were ~ players
and in another IL players engaged, !
yet every player In each lineup |
flashed forth with one or more hits,
and in their sixth game in which nine
players took part. Jim Tierney was
he only one that failed TO produce a
hit. This is a record that never was
eaualed and bids fair TO endure for
all time.
Max Carey Of the Pirates conolud-
ID a hitting streak that lasted IS
games by going hitless Aug. IL to
Eppa Rixey. During his stretch Of
hitting Max rammed out "a hits in
IS attempts for a percentage Of
4s6.
John Couch and Adolfo Luque OF
he Reds stopped two Pirates who
we're enjoying healthy streaks of
lifting on Aug. 13. Carson Bigbee
lad hit safely his last 13 games
md gotten 26 hits in SIS tries for a
mark Of .473. and Walter Maran-
lille in II games came through with
4 hits in Sc trials for .42s.
Charley Hollocher. Of the Cubs,
mote three triples during the game
4 Aug. 13 off a trio of Cardinal
urlers, coming within one Of the
major league record held by George
trief of the Athletics on June 25,
ss5. and Bill Joyce OF the Giants
n May IS 1897.