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Copyright, 1113. International Ncwa
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By Tad
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Rational League Averages Are An
nounced— Cravath Runs Sec
ond With .341.
(Vtioial Ifational League bat-
tm* av»ra«»». rel.Med to-dev,
sbw ,T*.ke D««b*rt. the Dodger*'
fe .a-krr, *nd former Southern
flame player, leads the list In hitting,
■al# smashed the ball at a .350 clip for
■he season.
] g and McDonald both top Dan
L rI hut neither played in many games.
I a the real runner-up, with an
I,.rage of Ufa
1 nvoinwlni are ihe averages of the
|, - more for the
T leant A B. R. H- Cat,
■inlttng. Brooklyn. ..60 IX 33 .383
■rtwnaM. Cin.-Bos.. .1** ?» 2“ -j|$
Baubert. Brooklyn ...e08 .6 1.8 3o0
Hil.e*. I’hiladelphia 8. » 30 34o
travail Phlladelphia.6J5 .8 178 .341
t'alsh', Philadelphia . 30 3 10 .333
lotllaa, Boston * 3 ,1
irnan. Boston 34 3 U .3.4
I ttsburg 43. 88 lo6 .117
i , nnati 882 4. 121 .311
Xjker. I’liila .114 64 131 .316
Kartlev. New York. ...19 4 6 .316
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Hess. Boston S3 9 36 .313
■levers. New York . ..3 • 8 3< 118 .313
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J L 4 9 . 16 .306
■Vheat, Brooklyn ...5.35 64 161 .301
Robert, Philadelphia .573 08 172 .300
m Hgner. Pittsburg 413 51 124 .300
Eooper, New York .... 30 11 0 .300
fletchei New York . 538 76 16(J .297
I 436 4'. 1 IL29 Li*.
I , Bos oi 269 88 kb 31*.
■inn Boston 138 15 41 .297
■ 640 70 100 296
■takes. St Louis ..539 60 158 .293
■nodgrass. New York .457 65 1 S3 .291
■aier. Chicago ..519 94 150 .289
■dams Pittsburg ...114 13 33 .2*9
1 46 8 18 .289
New York .600 7 4 146 .287
Reach, Chicago . 456 99 131 .287
Burns. New York . .605 81 173' .286
Berzog. New York ..290 46 83 .286
IlcLean. St. L. N Y...227 10 65 .286
•
. Chicago .. . 446 81 127 .285
ins. St Louis...382 74 109 .285
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Eonnolly Boston . ..427 79 120 .281
Rroh. N Y.-Cin 399 51 112 .281
Royle. New York. 482 67 135 .280
Butler, Pittsburg 214 40 60 .280
plbson, Pittsburg . .118 6 33 .280
I
rates, Cincinnati 107 63 113 .278
Carey. Pittsburg . 620 99 172 .277
Konetehy, St. Louis 504 75 189 .276
fDOcmick. New York 80 9 22 .275
rf.vert, Boston 524 74 143 .273
Hendrix. Pittsburg 99 13 27 .273
ping. Cincinnati . 209 20 57 .273
Miller. Pittsburg 580 75 158 .272
Mongel, Brooklyn 138 60 119 .272
Miller. Brooklyn . .320 26 *7 .272
Kelly, Pittsburg 82 11 22 .268
Murray, New York 520 70 139 Lf7
futshaw, Brooklyn 592 72 158 .267
Magee. St. Louis. 531 54 142 .267
nscher, Brooklyn . 165 16 44 .267
^ I Ison. Pittsburg 580 71 154 .266
Mitchell Chi.-Pitts. 478 62 127 266
Moran. Brooklyn 515 71 137 .266
£rcher, Chicago .368 38 98 .266
Pyme, Pitts.-Phila. 506 63 134 265
Uarke. Cincinnati 330 29 87 .264
Pevore, N. Y.-Cln. Ph.277 43 78 .264
Knab* Philadelphia. . 571 70 150 263
Cuderus, Philadelphia.588 67 154 .262
r.sher Brooklyn 474 42 124 .262
I? il* ’ f 'i 1 ila<J el ph iat.. 454 83 119 262
ibmeida, Clncinnat i.. . 130 14 34 262
Ijerkle, New York . 563 78 147 .261
Itarmon, St. Louis ..92 7 24 .261
llowrey, St. Ivouis 450 61 117 .264*
Prmer, St. Louis 81 7 21 .259
Blackburn, Cincinnati 27 1 7 259
pJSs« eP b Cin . c . innatl • 5ri 8fi 132 258
In ’ Br S. ok, yt> 31 6 8 .258
l>nDin ne nu^ OS , t0 , n 502 65 129 .257
I™’ Philadelphia 129 6 33 .256
lames. Boston 47 5 12 .255
p ingo, St. Louis 307 25 78 254
k m£rv-f hi '■' Bos1on 142 20 36 254
fuggs. Cincinnati . ... «t 7 17 254
& u,°f lon 407 54 103 .253
trifPitu hicago 91 11 23 .253
Boston 127 16 32 .252
Kan's B 2f t0 i n 235 22 59 -251
Ihelan Ph ^ U,S 245 18 61 - 24M
1'ieian < hicago 261 41 65 uq
lirn^D Vll |v' Boston 571 68 141 .247
£ tr £w-” ” » :iii
hS?' phla .:S 11 !5
[naiing, Boston °il 2” 51 °42
r*r ■ ii,s 2 « ^ 242
■ridwell ?r.°. ok| y" 87 3 21 .241
liiduLh' ' hlca * to 405 86 1*7 .240
LShlm .88 11 21 .2.29
llrkp SL.. hlca *" - 42 5 10 .238
ferl,h.r B u 248 « 58 .226
Kikm rw 08,0n 246 31 fi * 236
lb ah pJu a S?. 21)3 33 4* -236
■man. 1 hil.-Pittg.. .259 37 60 232
Lr; r rs Hr pi, , t r bur8 155 if 3« 232
E n B,okls ' n 28 1 8 231
rylln, Boston ..210 19 4g 229
|hlth a ''ko«. t,SbUrg " 83 U I* 229
Knahan 285 35 « 228
I ■&*";. . h,c *«" 182 20 37 .228
]• elDs h iS a «° -15* 17 35 .224
J 1 Brooklyn is n a v'°
hr»a„. N>w Vork ; •* • « ; 222
|_ Louis ...404 44 *9 .220
IOMlin ard bi *m‘' W Vork -105 5 23 219
Lpo-v 1 Philadelphia..518 av in 218
te’ l S; r T ( ’ i, | 188 2 * 41 .318
>k‘ d n,. , i Lon ‘ M 40 « 32 88 .217
lather it S nC, « nnatl • 79 < 17 -215
p ner, st. Louis 183 16 39 213
fialmers. Phila.. '
irant ri n v- 7;
s' i.oui* . ‘JJ ; 4 2 |!
pft«e' New v"*! 1 ' 48 8 : - 88
Bo,',™ York , 2 t , 2 « 2 ;;*
b, n « s i t nc te t ‘ 84 2 t! :In
L'r'p'l^'J'^buhg . ? ?5 Joi
Milwaukee Closes
Two Corking Bouts
15 i S, a?7a 8 tV;„^ W t ‘ w U 0 k «'|te P h r e° 8
t” ,lBh,y uftractive to
f»t J ' s * n <> Promoters. The
P M;Perife k i frr>t tl '“-night, alien
fcth over itf”' an<1 -lack Britton
[her i s si '« ten-rmiiul route. The
Irnttiy iol l“ r December 29. when
F ' I'-orge rw wln . endeavor to polish
[■ -n •••'Icwe'Shi ” d w m,k t hl * cl a'ru to
l'e.1 0 e Rhl championship tindis-
| E L T E. R b matched.
I' ; Is. Barrett' CL ' — Ki(l Graves
, 4'rett. local aspirants to the
1 I.iit'rhave been matched
tihUn^d t’" 1 " before the South
c ,' ‘c Club, of this city. Tburs-
I be pail met in Brooklyn
1 - a *w «Ver since each bn 82
- ^»r fi„Vi Ctn , rv , n I fr his rival. In
I ' t hi k Rodrnond and Hall
[ 0( «u lightweights, will clash
BRINGING UP FATHER
By GEORGE M’MANUS
NDTLET LDDSE
Jake Daubert and Wheat Are Also
Fixtures With Brooklyn
Team for 1914,
By Sam Crane.
B ROOKLYN, Dei'. I. — President
Ebbets, of the Brooklyn club,
and the McKeever Brothers all
deny that Nap Rucker will be ex
changed for Marquard and Herzog, of
the Giants, and Ebbets also took oc
casion to say that Manager Wilbert
Robinson will have to keep hands off
when It comes to a case of the dis
posal of Daubert. Rucker or Wheat.
Club owners do not look with pleas
ure on a manager or anyone else but
themselves bothering with their club’s
assets, and players are in that class.
But, nevertheless, while that is
right in a way, still it is those man
agers like McGraw and Mack who are
given free rein and absolute author
ity to release and engage their play
ers who have been the most success
ful and have made the most money
for their employers.
Interfered With Tinker.
It was because of President Herr
mann's interference with Joe Tinker
in running the team that caused the
munager to take a sensational fling at
Herrmann last seaso and It was be
cause Tinker insisted on full power
for next year, which was not granted,
that Joe was not signed as manager
for next year.
It was because President Hermann
did not want to take the burden of
Tinker’s release cause on his own
shoulders that the officials of the club
were induced to sign the statement
giving the reasons of Tinker's being
thrown down That the Reds will be
a second division club next season
seems to be a foregone conclusion
After being in baseball for a year
or more club owners get the foolish
idea that they know how to run their
teams as well as, if not better than,
the managers they hire for the job.
Then comes the friction between the
magnate and manager, and the jig is
up as far as the winning power of the
team goes.
McGraw a Real Manager.
John T. Brush, when he engaged
McGraw as manager of the Giants
was wise enough to give the latter
full power over his players, and he
never withdrew his manager's abso
lute control. This was one reason why
McGraw has been so remarkably suc-
i essful. What McGraw said was law.
and there was no going behind his or
ders. There was no appeal, not even
to Mr. Brush.
President Hempstead has followed
in the footsteps of his lamented fa-
ther-ln-law. and the result was that
the Giants were again w inners of the
National League pennant, and more
money was turned into the coffers of
the club than ever before.
Athletic Club Five
Opens Basket Ball
Season Saturday
The basket ball season will be inau
gurated by the Atlanta Athletic Club five
next Saturday night, when they clash
against the Bessemer Athletic Club,
from Bessemer. Ala.
The local team has been practicing
for the past ten days and should be in
gr£at shape for a tough game by Satur
day They are looking for a harder
game than they had with the Bessemer
squad last year, as reports state that
the visitors are much stronger this sea
eon.
Following is the probable line-up of
the Atlanta team:
Du bard, center (captain*: Forbes.
Mnith. Abbott. Wight, forwards; Carter.
Weaver. Locke, guards.
The line-up of the Bessemer team
will be:
Houston, center: B. S. Clay <cap-
tainl, Donaldson, Bailey, forwards; 1
Clay, Edmondson, Filmore. guards. ^
Johnny Dundee Gets
New Orleans Match
With Joe Rivers
NEW ORLEANS, IaA., Dec. 1.— J.>e
Rivers, the Mexican lightweight, who
defeated Leach Cross last week, has
been matched to box Johnny Dundee in
a ten round bout here on Christmas Day.
T. D Tortorich. promoter, closed the
match yesterday.
This bout should prove a corker for
local fans. Dundee has been coming to
the front rapidly lately and 1s hound to
give the Mexican a tough sc rap
C. Nunnally Will Aid B. Smith
"*"*"*' +•+ +•+ +•+ *>•+ A M II A II ■»> __
Will ‘Shop’ for Players Together LOOKOUT FOR
B
Riders Work Out in
Six-Day Cycle Race
NEW YORK. Dec. 1.—The entire con
tingent of sixteen teams entered for the
six-day bicycle race in Madison Square
Garden, which starts at midnight Sun
day. December 7. began final training
to-day on the roads in this vicinity and
at the Vailsburg, N. J.. motordrome.
The (ierman team. Packe Busch and
Applehaus, and the French team.
Perchicot and Breton, were out for
practice. Perchicot is also entered for
the feature event in the preliminary
races next Saturday night against Frank
Kramer. .Jackie Clarke and Francisco
Yerri for the world's short distance
championship.
This year, for the first time in the
history of the six-day race. foreign
teams overshadow the American en
tries. There are only six American
learns in the contest There are five
distinct foreign teams and five combi
nations. four of which are composed of
( ne American and one Australian each,
and one in which an Englishman will
ride with an American.
Among the prominent entrants he
sides those already mentioned are
Clarke and Hehlr and Walker - and Pye.
of .Australia the Australia-American
combinations of Coullet and Fogler.
Grenada and Moran. Root and Mc
Namara. and John Bedell and Corry.
Fred Hill and Rysn and Walthnur and
Collins, America, and Verrl and Brocco,
Italy
PLAYERS SOLD.
DECATUR. ILL., Dec. 1 Pitcher
‘Rube' Hildebrand and Third Baseman
Toner, of the Great Falls club of the
Union Association, were purchased by
the Decatur Three-1 League club. This
is the first step taken for tlu* reorgan
ization of the club for the 1914 season.
By O. B. Keeler.
ILL SMITH expects to have
some active support in his
gum-shoe endeavors in New
York about December 8 and 9. when
the Naticinal League annual meeting
comes off. C. T. Nunnally. a direc
tor. is going on to New York on
business Monday and he told Billy
Saturday he would try to wait over
for him and chaperon him through
the toils and pitfalls of the session.
Bill grinned and took unto himself
a hunch that with the Hon. Nunnally
of well-known generosity in baseball
matters back of him he could loosen
up a few notches when it came to
picking up a couple of infielders,
which is what Bill will be trying to
do in New York.
As to the prospects. Bill has no
more to submit just now than that
the Pittsburg bunch has a Ibng string
of youngsters and B. Dreyfuss is
a trading kind of a bloke.
T HE Cracker management is book
ing exhibition games for the
practice season. These games already
are arranged:
Louisville. American Association.
Mar< h 16, it an<i 18
Cleveland Americans. March 19. 20
and 21.
New York Americans, March 26.
Rochester. Eastern League. April
7, 8. 9. 10 and 11.
The Boston Braves—so-called be
cause it was sheer bravery that kept
them in the National League for
many seasons—also want a three-
game series here, and invite the
Crackers to visit Macon and play
them there. Dates will be arranged
as soon as possible.
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DY the way. the Braves’ communi-
cation, written T>y George Stal
lings. manager, is a very cordial
epistle, and includes an urgent invi
tation to Bill Smith and the At
lanta club's directors to spend some
time at Mr. Stallings' big planta
tion, “The Meadow,” near Haddock.
Ga.
After requesting the exhibition
games. Mr. Stallings writes:
“If we have anything that will do
you any good>> we will be glad to
help you all we can.”
That refers to players, of course.
For the invitation—
“The biros are plentiful, only too
tame: they need someone to stare
them up a little. Tell Messrs. Ryan
and Nunnally if you can lure them
this far away from the big city we
would be pleased to have them with
us and will try to fix up some real
city food during their stay.”
Messrs Ryan and Nunnally. hav
ing tried the said hospitality last
year, agreed that no special induce
ments would be needed to lure them
down to "The Meadows” if they
could possibly arrange the visit.
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B ILL expects lo leave Atlanta
about December 6 for New York.
He may possibly go a bit earlier and
stop over at Washington.
local Manager to Leave on Scout
ing Trip Saturday—Will At
tend National Meeting.
Food for Sport Fans
SPORTING SIDELIGHTS
T Y COBB did his best stick
work against the Boston.
Philadelphia and Cleveland pitch
ers in leading the American
League batsmen for thf- fifth con
secutive season. The Red Sox
pitchers were the easiest of the
lot. In the last campaign he
faced the Boston twirlers seven
ty-nine Jimes and banged out
thirty-five safeties for an aver
age of .4 43. He made seven hits
off Collins in fifteen times up.
eleven off Leonard in twenty-
two tries; eight off Bedient in
nineteen chances; three off
O'Brien in the four times he
faced Buck; two off Anderson in
four attempts. and three off
Moseley in ten chances. Cobb
faced Joe Wood three times, but
didn’t get a safety- nor did he
get a hit off Foster in the three
chances he had against the Kid
Wvckoff. of the Athletics, was
real meat for Tyrus. who found
him for five safe hits in seven
tries.
T ut; appointment of Wilbert
Robinson to succeed Rill Dah-
len as manager of the Superbas
has met with great approval
among the umpires of the Na
tional League.
“Lord” Byron declares that lId-
ova ner of the Brooklyn learn could
not have picked a better man
than Robinson to handle his team.
There is a reason for “His
limps” madness. Bill Dahlen
haunted the umpires night and
day, while- on the other hand.
Robinson, mild and good-natured,
rarely if ever gets Into a con
troversy with the czars of the
diamond.
W r ILBERT ROBINSON'S first
move as manager of lin*
Brooklyn team is the suggestion
that involves the transfer of
Charlie Herzog to the Brooklyn
club. The Giants’ inflelder would
be used at shortstop if the deal
is completed. Since the release
of Bob Fisher to Toronto, the
Brooklyn club is left with two
candidates for snort field—Movie,
a New York State League re
cruit, and O'Hara, of the Fort
Wayne team of the Centra!
League.
DIRECTORS RE ELECTED
COLUMBUS. Dec 1. \t the annual
meeting of the stockholders of the Co
lumbus Baseball Association, ihe old
hoard «>f directors was rn-Hected. At a
subsequent meeting held by the direc
tors. George S Hamburger, a manufac
turer. was elected president of the as
sociation The general impressions pre
vails that .lim Fox will again be elected
manager of the lea in.
B ILLY SMITH, manager of the
Crackers, is not satisfied with
the players he has on hand for
next season. This much was settled
yesterday when the local manager
stated that he will leave Saturday
morning on a scouting trip. He will
also attend the National League
meeting at New York December 9.
Smith plans to stop off in Wash
ington en route to New York to have
a conference with Clarke Griffith.
Smith would like to get another in-
fielder or two for next season, if pos
sible, as from the present outlook of
things the Cracker manager will be
able to use a good man
At present Smith has Eible for first,
McConnell for second, Jennings for
short and Manush for third. Eible
and Jennings are unknown quantities
and Smith would like to have some
one on hand in case either happened
to fail to deliver ihe goods
McConnell should have little trou
ble in holding down the middle cush
ion during the entire season. He was
a star in the American League until
he injured his legs, and should be
heard from next season in this cir
cuit. He is a fast man and a corking
player to lead off.
Manusli is well known around these
parts. He proved a valuable player
as substitute for the locals and is a
good veteran to have on a team, espe
cially when some of the players In
the Infield are youngsters.
Basket Ball League
To Close Season
SOME JOB.
7 hr fjrnta who own the basvball club
are always in his iray
And (toss him on the slightest
provocation:
I'hc creatures in ihe bleachers swing
the hammer every day
And fill his soul with sorrow and
vexation.
He yets it from the owners and he I
yets it from the mob
And stands enough abuse tit drive
him batty.
/ thank the Lord I dit*not hold the\
wretched person's job
Who tries tit run a team in (Jin-
cinnatty.
Leading a team In Cincinnati is a
great little job except that the leader
is suposed to remain seven blocks in the |
rear.
The report that the Kenosha club has
signed Jimmy Clabby ano Packey Mc
Farland will be news to Jimmy Clabby
and Packey McFarland.
Not detracting one iota from Mr. Mc
Farland’s record, but reports from
Windsor indicate that Brewer fought
like one.
Recent events lead one to suspect
that Garry Herrmann is the Fred Mer-
kle of the. baseball magnates
JOE SHOULD BE WORRIED.
Joe Tinker t up and answered thus:
“I do not care n 'Tinker's runs
'east. The Hot Stove League has a few
hundred more jobs to wish on him.
Mr O'Brien, of Harvard, is accused
of having pulled a boner in the Yale
game, but an investigation reveals the
fact that it was the rules committee
that committed the Merkle.
Automobile drivers next year will race
for- prizes amounting to $105,000. some cf
which will not go to the undertakers.
MISSED.
A city huntsman killed a stay.
A stay of noble size.
And straightway hurried home to
brag
About his prize.
"How queer! How wondrous queer!"
they cried.
And yet it teas not queer.
For he had tried to shoot his guide.
And killed the deer.
COOMBS LEAVES HOSPITAL.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 1.. Jack
Uoombs, the Philadelphia American
League club's pitcher, who has been a
patient in a hospital since before the
world’s series last October, left the in
stitution to-day. Coombs contracted t>
phold of the spine during last springs
training season. He expects to he in
condition to join the Athletics next 3’ear
J0BACC0 HABIT , v ;
The National Guard Basket Flail
League will play Its final games this
week
Three games remain to be placed, two
Wednesday night and one Friday night.
The battle Friday night will be n all
probability for the championship of the
league Company G and the Governor's
Horse Guards regulars will meet Nei
ther of these teams have lost a game
ye?
The Horse Guards have played and
won six games, while the Company G '
team has only played four, two of their
games being postponed
The Horse. Guards have experienced
little difficulty in winning their games.
Joe Tinker aver* that he would rather
work for Charlie Murphy than for Gar
ry Herrmann. Gee, but Garry is a cop
ular guy!
Having played a world's series with I
the. Athletics, the Giants ought to be (
accustomed to rough going
Football also has its economic advan
tages. A young man who has been cheer ;
leader for four years is highly quail- |
tied to ballyhoo for a moving picture
show.
I
Eddie Collins refuses to work for $15.-
i 000 a year in the Federal League, evi
dently on the theory that it is impossi
ble to pay the butcher’s bill With stage I
money.
Valuables worth nearly $10,000 were
left In the Harvard stadium, to say
nothing of Yale's goat.
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that the White Sox are weak hitters,
but vou c an t make the Cub pitchers I
believe it
It is hoped that Joe Tinker will not
s-qn a contract for a few months at
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