Evening star., 1924-03-02


Here are a few of them:
Harry Helmann set up a batting
average of .4O3 as American League
champion in 1923. Ruth wants to
beat 1t. Heilman also wants to beat
it. Cobb has beaten 1t. Speaker
never equaled it, but would like to. 1t
would jolt everybody, including Arch
deacon, If Archdeacon We're up there
at the end of the season, but George
Stallings says Archdeacon is In the
majors to stay, with a'surprise party
for those who think that he can't
play ball
Ben.iey Real CIouter.
Hornsby set 1884 mark for the
batting supremacy Of the National
League in 1928. Bentley of the
Giants hit over him. If Bentley were
not a pitcher. but solely batter,
1t is a macaroon to soda cracker
that he would lick HornSby Tor tne
batting championship.
Bentley can hit better than 400 for
more than 800 games III he gets
chance He is entitled TO the cham-
utonshIp whenever he can do that.
Young of the Giants made the most
runs In 1923 in the National League
and Ruth made the most in the Amer
lean League. Pretty good WAGER ,na.
be kept away from Ii If the pitchers
continue to work him with bases on
balls? Some day the pitchers VIII
drop to the fact that Ruth scores
he does on actual hits-perceutage e
basis--and they will stop elbo~ing
him to first all of the time
Duncan Consistent Scorer.
Duncan of Cincinnati scored a run
In twelve games In succession IN
1so3. Hauser of the Athletics scored
in ten successive games the odds
against either performance are tre.
mendous, and it's quite possible that
neither will be surpassed in ls24.
Frank Frisch OF the ,,t ttan,s IL ii'aa 1sss
Jameson did the same thing TOT
Cleveland. Frisch has not played
ball as long as Jameson. rrahkls' S
he hasn't played long enough 70 pc
good that they can't keep him from
It. Frisch made 22s singles. jamie
son made 222. ..,,on
iris Speaker led the Anler iea -
League in two-baggers last year ana
also made a new record for the
league. He hit ffty-nine OF them.
,rris is the hittingest two-base MT
ter that ever moved ABOUT III tne
American League. He can't get 70
first without trying to make tne neXl :.
station, and usually he makes II.
Roush Of the Cincinnatis led the Ma
tional League in two-base hitting'
but he didn't many any record.
Luque Tops Twirlers.
Luoue of Cincinnati was the boss
pitcher of the National League last
year. Managers all over the circuit
are betting right now that he won't
be in 1924. Pennock was the best
winner of the American League.
pennock had lot more to do with
winning the championship for the
Yankees than some folks may con-
cede.
Ryan OF the Giants and Jonnard OF
the Giants each pitched In forty-fve
games In 1929. No one ever thought
about that record. And Jonnard.
with all Of that work. only won four
games and lost three! That's the
freak side to the records of the
nitchers. Some of them carry the
nod all of the time. but never get a
ray Of the glory. Rommel OK the
Athletics was in fifty-six games
That was more than one-third of all
the games of the season. Who will
be the iron men this year? Mighty
hard to tell.
And one thing more. Which club
will be the most patient at bat in
1924? The Giants drew 4s7 bases on
balls in 1923. The Clevelands led
their league, with 633. Very little
the talk is loudest concerning bat
ting. But its the bases on balls that
help to put up the batting averages
and make clubs dangerous even when
some folks think they are not doing
so well.