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m1 n t II i :!: .1! TWO ' - ; - ; . THE WORXJ$WS$0$&g?: ED. KONETGHY, PIRATE FIRST MSEf,, LEAD IIATIOIIAL LEAGUE AT FIELDING Jake Daugert, Leading Bats man Holds Second Plac6 PIRATES BEST FIELDERS Firate Crew Had Leader at Six Alne Positions, and Bad a Club Fielding: Average of .964 For Season. of New Tork, Dec. 6. Ed Konetchy, first baseman of the Pittsburgh Pirates, lead the National League at fielding for the season of 1914, according to the official averages made public by Sec retary Heydler here today. Big Ed was only absent from four games of the 15S contests pulled off by the Pi rates, and out of 1,677 chances taken, is credited with 1,576 putouts, 93 as sists and eight errors, for a percentage of .995. Lee Magee, of St. Louis, also a first baseman, had. only one error out of 441 chances .accepted, but only saw service in 39 games during the season. His percentage is .998. Jake Daubert, of the Brooklyn Dod gers, leading batter of the parent or ganization, also comes in for his share of fielding honors, having done duty in 126 games, accepted 1,153 chances. With 1,097 putouts, 48 assists and eight errors, for an average .of 993, John Mil ler, fit. Louis, in 91 games, having the same percentage. Taking the different positions, John ny Evers, of the Boston Braves, leads the second basemen of the league, hav ing played in 139 games, accepted 715 chances, executed 301 putouts and 397 assists, perpetrated 17 misplays for a standing of .976. Miller Huggins, of St. Louis, stands second, with 784 chances accepted, 32S putouts, 428 assists, and 28 errors, for an average of .964, being followed by Cutshaw, Brooklyn, .959; Doyle, New York, .958; Sweeney, Chi cago, .954, ar.d Viox, Pittsburgh, .939. The third station men are led by Mc Carthy, of the Pirates, who only play ed in 36 games, for an average of .975. Mowrey, also of the Pirate crew, in 78 games shows an average of .960 out of 214 chances accepted, and Getz, of Brooklyn, comes third, with 55 games, 214 chances, and a standing of .949. Hans Lobert, of the Phillies, is the leading man who saw service in the bigger part of the season, having offi ciated in 133 games with a standing for the season of .943. Wagner, o the Pirates, leads all shortstops, having played in 132 games, accepted 785 chances, for a percentage of .9ii0, Miller, of St. Louis, out of 60 games played in. showing up with .944; Fisher, of the Cubs, with 15 games played, standing third with .943; Her! zog, manager of the Reds, having played in 137 games for a percentage of .939, and "Rabbit" Maranville, of the Braves, coming next, hayjirg missed enlistment in only two of Boston's 158 games, accepted 1,046 chances, engin eered 407 putouts and 574 assists with 52 errors, for a standing of .938, fol lowed by Sherwood Magee, of the Phils, LEADS SECOND BASEMEN AT FIELDING Is I m Wm if WrL tt 0 I with .934. and Zinn Beck,-of St. Louis, next with .931. Of the outfielders, two National Leaguers closed business with a clean slate, these being Murray of the Giants, who- served in 49 games, and accepted 58 chances without a misplay, -and Hummel, of Brooklyn, who in 19 games, receptioned 32 opportunities In error less style. Wilson, of St. Louis, is the leading regular service man, having played in 154 games, accepted 352 chances, made 312 putouts, 34 assists and 6 errors, with a standing of .983, followed by Gilbert, of the Braves, with .979 out of 60 days work; Fred Snod grass, of the Giants, with .977 out of 96 games, and Cruise, of St. Louis, with .976 in 81 games. t Frank Kafora, a Pirate catcher, leads with a clean slate, having officiated behind the plate in 17 games, and han dled 32 errorless chances. Bert Whal ing, of the Braves, having played in 59 games, and taken 370 chances for an average of .981 is the real leader, while Frank Snyder, St. Louis Backstop, hold ing it down in 98 games, shows a total of 561 chances accepted and an aver age of .978, this mark being tied with Bill Killifer, of the Phillies, and Roger, Bresnahan, of the Cubs. George Gib son, of the Pirates, saw the" thick of 101 battles, and accepted 497 chances for a standing of .974, while Tom Clarke, of the Reds, was in 106 games, and handled 596 chances for .973.- Big Chief Meyers, of the Giants, handled the position in more games than any other .catcher, being engaged in 126 affrayF, and maintaining an average of .970. Seven pitchers, who saw service in 15 or more games kept their slate clean throughout the season, the procession being led by Adams of the Pirates, who twirled 40 engagements and has a field ing average that is perfect, Conxelman, another Pirate pitcher, with 33 games, O'Toole, of the Giants, with 29 games, Nap Rucker, of Brooklyn, IS games; Smith, of Chicago, 16 games'; Baum gardner, of Philadelphia, 15 games, and Mattison, Phillies, 15 games. Bob Har mon, of Pittsburgh, officiated in 37 con tests, and shows a standing of .985, while Crutcher, of. the Braves, with 33 games, has an average of .981 at the fielding stunt, Griner, of St. Louis, and Robinson, of St. Louis, tieing for next position with .979. Grover Cleveland Alexander, ot the Phillies, comes next with .976 in 46 contests. McQuillen, of Pittsburgh, is - just or.e point below Alexander the Great, having done duty in 45 games for a standing of .975, and Slim Sallee, of St. Louis, with 46 games, having a standing of 974, tied with Jim my Lavender, with 37 games and a standing of the same, Dick Rudolph, of the Braves, twirling 46 contests, show ing up with .973. The Pirates led at club fielding, hav ing the leading fielder on six of the nine positions. The Pirate club ac cepted a total of 6,469 chances, execu ted 4,211 putouts, 2,035 assists and had a total of errors of 223 for the season, average of .966. St. Louis came second with an average of .964, Boston third with .963, New York fourth with .961, Brooklyn fifth with .961, Cincinnati sixth with .952, Chicago seventh with .951, and the Phillies bringing ,up the rear with .950.- Parcel Post Sale, Ladies' Aid Society, at St. Andrew's Memorial Hall tomor row night, 8:30.' advertisement. 3 THE MORNING. STAR, WILMINGTON, il-C, -MONDAY-, DECEMBER-7; vnz mi.D0AI(,0FST. LOUIS; Leads All National Twirlers IriThi Respect V Rudolph and; AlexanderTie for Number ; ,WWr the - letter Also r Holding " " ": -'StitteWaxReed Vfoir' ''; ! " " 'C' . 1814 Season, .William I-DoakJf StiLouts-: wound up the 1S14 eeasoiv with the -honor of having been forked , for less earned runs than any -ther. twirler in thor Na tional League, acocrdirtg to pfficial-records - issued :yfe.sterday by: . Sperstaxy Heydler in New.York. ; Doakofficiated in. a total of 36 games, completing the daily task on 16 different -dates. ' He is; credited with" winning 19-games and losing, 6, and" seven of "3 His victories were shutouts. - A total of 1,016 bats- -men faced the St. Louis " twirler, but solved him for only 193. base hits.- He issued transportation to 87 batsmen, while 118 feel victim to his curves. The total number of runs -ehalked against him was 79, of which 49 were earned, giving him an average of hold ing the opponent to an average of 1.72 runs per nine-ining game. Big Bill James, of the Boston Braves, comes next in the tabulation, having twirled in 46 games, won 26 and lost 7. He is credited with a total of 156 strike o-jts for the season, and hedd the op ponents to an average' of 1.90 runs per game. Next in order follow Pfeffer, Brook lyn, 1.97 per game; Vaughn, Chicago, 2.06; Sallee, St. Louis, '2.11; Cooper, Pittsburgh. 2.12; Zabel, Chicago, 2.18; Rudolph,' Boston, 2.36; Perritt, St. Louis, 2.36; Alexander, Philadelphia, 2.38; Tes reau, New York, 2.38; Strand, Boston, 2.45; .Griner, St. Louis, 2.51; Harmon, Pittsburgh, 2.53; Cheney, Chicago, 2.55; Douglass, Cincinnati, 2.56; Mayer, Phil adelphia, 2.58; Adams, Pittsburgh, 2.58; Tincup, Philadelphia, 2.61, and Ames, Cincinnati, 2.'64. ' , . - , Christy Mathewson, of the Giants, is sued an average of three runsto each nine-inning game over which -he pre sided, there being 29 such affairs in his season's work. Marquard gave 3.06 earned runs per game, and Demaree 3.09 for each 'contest. The largest num ber of earned runs per game are charg ed to Cochran, of the Braves, who twirled in 15 contests and allowed an average of 4.86 runs per complete con7 test. Dick Rudolph, of the Braves, and Grover Cleveland Alexander, of the Phillies, tied for honors for the largest number of games won for their re spective clubs, with 27 victories each. Next comes another tie between Bill James, of the Braves, and Jeff Tesreau, of the Giants, with 26 contests each to their credit. Rudolph and Alexan der also tied for shutout game honors, with a half dozen such affairs, each to their credit. Tesreau twirled eight shutout victories, the highest, number during the season by any twirler, Doak, of St. Louis, following with' seven, and Alexander with an 'teven hal$ dozen,- Lemuel Ames, of the Cincinnati Reds is charged with losing more games for his team than any other twirler, with 23 defeats chalkedjup against nim, with lowed by Rube Marquard, of the Giants, with 22, mayer, of the Phillies, wicn 19, and Cheney, Douglass and Re ul bach with 18 each. Douglass twirled more innine8 than any other pitcher, with 339 for the season, Rudolph following with 336, and James with 332 innings for the season. , Grover Alexander was the Strike-out King of the season's play, with 214 for the season, his nearest rival being Tesreau of the Giants with 189 and Jim Vaughn of Chicago with 165, fol lowed by James, of the Braves with 156 for the season. The taubuatled record of Christy Mathewson for the season is as follows: ; Number games twirled in, 41; number complete games, 29; number innings pitched, 312; games won, 24; games lost, 13; shutouts 5;-batsmen facing pitcher, 1,251; base hits, 314; hit batsmen, 2; bases on balls, 23; strike outs, 80; wild pitches, 7; total runs, 133; runs earned off pitcher, 104; average earned runs per nine-inning game, 3.00. SUSSING MAN LOCATED Mr. Barknead,. Who Left Wilmington, Heard From in Savannah. (Special Star Correspondence.) Whiteville, Dec. 6. Relatives here have received from, a brother of E. Gayle Burkhead, who is' located In St. Louis, a telegram stating that Mr. Burkhead, who so mysteriously disap peared out of Wilmington on lasf Mon day morning and whose whereabouts remained unknown up until the receipt of the message yesterday,' had wired him-from Savannah, Ga., and the mes sage from the. brother in St., Louis brought assurance of his safety. His destination, or reasons " for lea,ving without imparting to even his most in tlmav friends- or relatives here, any information-as to his motive" in leaving Wilmligton, .remain unknown. One the orv here is that' yohng 'Burkhead has gone to Campbell, Fla., tt entefvthe i mercantile business. He was employed there several years ago with Mr. J, A. Maultsby, a native Whiteyilllan, and it is thought altogether probable.: that he has . gone .back to his "flrsjt love." A NEW STAR EACH DAY" -i F'EDlBRAiiS PREDICTION St. Louis, Mo, Dec. ; 6. -"There wJH be ,a star jump from organ- ized ' baseball .to the Federals ev- 31 ery-day "for 'at . least two weeks:" w This is the gist of a statement . made by Phil Ball, the financial ! backbone' or ' the St: JLouis Fed- JL erals, today, x - : k 31 JL T?lank;", continued? Ball, "was J 4 the first star to jump. . Next day L it was Johnson. Mserquard fol JL lowedand yesterday it was Ben JU der. This will continue each dayi X JL for at least two weeks.'V i. JL Ball first made hls "star a day" J 4' statement the day that Plank J ; Jumped. He is the biggest money JL man in the St.. Louis organiza- , .tlon,' andv events so "far have J. borne , out every advance tate-Y ment made , by the St.' Lou 1m J . BRAVES' ACHIEVEMENT BESULTS.OF STICKING Were; Mostegular Workers In National League Walter- "SlaranvJlle.'; Worked In More - Games -Than ay. tker National ' - Leaguer Johnny Eyera - He- - . rd ,jfor..9eaaon " IT - - " A;:Vt 1t - - ' . "Walter Maranville.V the: diminutive demon, sjhprtstop of the Boston Braves eclipsed, all reedrds for continuity of service during th'e' 1914 season, by of ficiating in' tb hortfield in ; 156 of the frames' staged by Sellings' tribe of World Champion's. - The-, reason is plain, and-f oxey. Stalllngs-played his -caVdi'well fokmbnjg-all. National Lea gue shortstops " working during the season of. 1914, fRabbftStood. fourth. in fielding ability, and, also hit the bill ,at. opportune "moments when most needed. Boston showed a club of . "stickers" throughout the season, which accounts, probably, for the niche in the baseball hall of fame which they occupy to day. -Charlie Schmidt, their, first base-" man, saw services s in 139 games dur ing the season. "Dutchy", too, stood well up on the fielding .end, standing fifth among initial cushion tenders of the parent organization. Johnny Evers, who led all second stationmen at. fielding during the sea son, exposed his rugged countenance on the battleline on 139 different dates during the season, leading the League at fielding around second by a-matter of twelve points. Johny gave way to George Whitted late In the season, in order that this promising ' piece of world series timber might be smooth ed off. Johnny Smith, the unlucky Brave third baseman who broke his leg just a f ew" days before the world series, officiated in probably every game play ed up to the time of his accident, be-( ing credited with appearance in 150 games during the season, probably eight games having been played after his fateful accident. Among the Brave outfielders, the Connolly-Mann -Moran trio held their own pretty -regularly also. Connolly engineered outfield doing in 118 games, Mann was in the thick of 123 battles and Morgan saw service in 148 battles of the Braves during the season. "Hank" Gowdy, the hero of the world series, was also a regular reporter for duty behind the bat, having done duty in 115 games, ? being, excelled only by Big Chief Meyers of the Giants who donned the mask on 126 different days during the season This is a remark able record, for a catcher. "Big Bill" James was a Brave twirler who had sticking qualities, having en gineered the ball delivery in forty six games during the season. "Dick" Rudolph came second among Brave pitchers, with forty-two games twirled and George Tyler executed various and sundry curves ' around batsmen's heads on 3 different- occasions, these three" twirlers having officiated in a total of 126 of the Braves games dur ing the season. " Only two ' twirlers in the league pitched in more games than James, these being Larry Cheney, of Chicago, with 5f games, and Ames, of Cincinnati, with 47 games to his credit or discredit.. This dope on the 'stick-to-it-iveness" of the Braves, furnishes room for some interesting figuring on the cause of the Boston tribe's grand march during the last Weeks of the season, and. during that memoriable world series, and a possible solution to. the enigma.- EAT TONS OF GRASSHOPPERS Fllipinon Keep Down Insect Plagme by Driving Them Into Tank. (Manhattan, Kan., Dispatch.) "Dried grasshoppers are used as food in the Philippine Islands," said Henry Jackson Waters, president of the col lege, in a talk before the Agricultural Society, in the "Kansas State Agricul tural College.' ""Three thousand tons of grasshoppers were marketed in Manila in a year. Some good and tempting dishes, are prepared from them. . " - "There is a grasshopper plague every ten years in the Philippines,.' says President "Waters, "and the problem -of combating the grasshoppers in . a warm climate like the Philippines i3 more difficult than in countries where cold weather serves as a check. . "There are manj acres of unsettled country, which serve as breeding places for the grasshoppers. The method used in capturing the grasshoppers is to or ganize a drive, t A large shallow tank is constructed, which has wings of gal vanized lron The. tank Is filled with kerosene. The: natives then start the drive three or four miles away, . and close in gradually, driving the grass hoppers before. then into the tank. The Grasshoppers are then dried, and sent to market." - :; . ... y kss JOHN FLEM ING WTLSOM C j) (( J lMpy PECEl BER &1X5 Thr,lls ! j ' " r - V . S. . -v '1- ' ' . -j .- X -V' :'- ' 'V- S'v:r. ' -':.! s-'i-i. i , -?' vii-s, " "A., - j, . 't .L-f , - , v - - ... ... ).-. - X - : . r SEASON'S MOST -STEADY WORKER ' 1 ' "RABBIT" MARANVILLE. COMMUNITY LEAGUE IS ORGANIZED IN WILSON Progressive County Determin ed to Improve Conditions. Man Meetingr Held In Courthouse at Wilaon Saturday, When Leaa-ne Organized Hard Work of Cltlsena Meets Success. " (Special Star Correspondence.) Wilson, Dec. 6. Wilson county is determined to improve local conditions and bring about progressive measures if a thorough organization can do it. Saturday a mass meeting of Wilson county people . was held in the court house and the room was well filled. 1 This meeting was the final gathering of three days of Community Betterment work and followed a gathering of a dozen interested men and women who met several weeks ago and formulated plans for bettermenr work in the coun ty. Prior to tj?e meeting Saturday let ters were sent to 00 leading people in the county, urging them to be-" present at the mass meeting.and another letter 1 was sent to every school teacher asking for a statement of local conditions in the school district,, each teacher being asked to name briefly five needs In that district.; V'-"" - . 'r"-; " Rev. T.-W. Chambliss, as chairman of the committee, opened the mass meet ing Saturday with a statement pf the reasons, for the . call, and the purpose in the mind of the 'promoters of the movement. ' Temporary officers were chosen and the reports from the-school districts were read. It was striking to notice that the usual report was the need of drinking water in the country .districts, although there were a num ber of other important matters brought out in the reports. . - , Follow ing a discussion of the condi tions, Mr. Chambliss proposed a county organization, with auxiliary organiza tions in every Behoof district. The or ganizations to have six distinct divis ions or work: Social life; Educational life; Moral life; Farm progress; Health betterment; Home ; improvement,' in cluding Woman's- work.. .JThe organization- of the, Community League..-of - - - - JL. Wilson county followed, with the adop tion of a constitution and the election of officers. Next Saturday the Execu tive committee will meet and map. out aCplan-of work, proposing to organize the entire county and promote direct result during the year. V The officers of the County League aire President, Dr. S. H. Crocker. Stan tonsburg; -Vice-Presidents, one- frpm J each school district, to be named later; Secretary, w. J. Sloan; Treasurer, Mrs. W. A. Finch. Executive Committee: W. G. Coleraine, J. S. Edwards, C. fO. Armstrong, Q, C. - Hayworth, T. W. Chambliss, Mrs. W. A. Lucas, Mrs. &1. G. McNair. - ' The Hague, Netherlands, via London, Dec. -6. Since August lath, according THRU TRAIN SERVICE ATLANTA to RSEftfJPHiS over N. O. JSC ST. L. RY. FIRJST T II A IX SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13 Official announcement is made that, effective Sunday, December ISTmi the N. C- & St. L. Ry. will inaugurate High-Class Solid Train Service be.' tween Atlanta, Ga., and Memphis, Tenn., via Chattanooga and Nashville Weat-Bonad Schedule. Lv Atlanta . . Ar. Chattanooga Lv. Chattanooga Ar. Nashville . . Lv. Nashville . . Ar. Memphis . . 4.55 P. M. 9.15 P. M. 9.23 P. M. 1.40 A. M. 1.50 A. M. 8.35 A. M. This Service will be strictly up - to fort of passengers. The Train Equipment will consist of Standard Pullman Sleeping Car, Observation Sleeping Car, Dining Car Serving Supper, also "Breakfast, into Memphis. First-Class Coaches and Baggage Car, all running through Atlanta-Memphis without change. Reservations in Sleeping Cars, tickets and all information cheerfully fur. nished. Address J. A. THOMAS, C. P. A.s W. H. LEAH V, T. F. A. E. J. W ALKER, T. P. a City Ticket Office, Atlctata, Ga. C. B. WALKER, Ticket Agent, Union Station, Atlanta, Ga. 7 H. C. 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