fassraT i VH'r"- ' -- SswwaPASft ' .ffir i ' ? - .'!'- -- BVENiNd- PUBLIC --&1 ';if,T LEtfGERPHILADELPHIAV SATUKDAT 1 Ni . T- ,v iit'$? AND, TING AVERAGES OF PLAYERS IN AMERICAN NATIONAL LEAGUES OTHER SPORTS NE vvjfcS i T f THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS ARE THE HARDEST ORLD'S SERIES WON'T BE FEVERISH FIGHT FOR . '- my TTiTTue mij-,s- o mcrmam"; A C fweLL You ffioTb That's slicbd ofc ) M i school 1 () it i ABB GOtrOC To CADDY FOR Mt! GJOO- - GRovJ OP AMD' 8B A FlWst ABOUT HERE V r- - J tl FLIVVER DESPITE WAR YoO LOOK LtKC A MlfiHTr FlKiB MeW- - BS A GooX BOY AOP Mice ' -v. , - 1918 BATTING HONORS Rr Y- I To Yo0 Bo- what's Your "sa nidI"N - f ' CONDITIONS THIS YEAR IN NATIONAL LEAGU i 5 '' Reason to Believe That Receipts This Season Will Zach Wheat and Eddie Eddie Foster. Washineton! rNo -- ,w 3" m . 1 ll 1 . r 'X He Smaller Than in.11--Jfast HagMill wuds to Rousch Still Swatting iinrdoacker, on aeco: . .. ' Share in Spoils Ball Hard and Often me. JBattiniry bDree 'M s ! - Dy KGFiElVr v MAXWELL the season finished, the T71DDIE FOSTRre went nn nnnthM" I almost WITH JL battine- - nrnltflsA) Ledger for leading is ,a terrific mrM lita mt.f.nnA is 1tV" Sports Editor r.vrnlns 1'nbllr batter batting r.YV, one. Zack wheat Is settlnjr the pace, streak of the present season. EC nervous persons novo predicted that the world scries will be a but is trailed closely Rousch, went along his batting waya fori fop1 by Eddie thirteen straight Frank? flivver year and the magnates and National Commission Inst year's batting champion being only ramn until & terrible this two percentage Shellenback foiled him during his stretch will find it difficult to make both ends meet. These gloom spreaders aro points back of Wheat. of hitting. twenty B..5 The Reds, who hit at a .360 pacA In their Foster smashed out croaking over the new rule which rocs Into effect this year regarding the seven games flashed a one hits in fifty-on- e tries for an averaged the week past, of .412 fc distribution of tho spoils anions the first four clubs In each league. Under gain of 5 points In club batting.' and scored nine runs. '$ t? the recent arrangement tho winners of tho scries receive $2000 each and NATIOXAt, I.KAflUK AMERICAN LEAGUE EPS' money O. AH. n. ir. SB. tho losers $1400. Tho balance of the shall be distributed as follows: SB. Ave. Cohb. Del int Hon 76 146 33 &" 4 .863 nnrns. IO A Rrui.f per to clubs finishing second, 30 per cent to third and 20 11 Athletics 124 482 1A7 Fifty cent tho 23 3 .842 Slsler. St. L 43n. 67 148 40 Kf' Cin- g. Wheat. nklyn.lOl SH4 3D 134 7 .340 Sneaker, ill per cent to tho clubs in fourth place. Thus Pittsburgh, New York, Roush .Cine 450 01 143 24 338 Clev..,. 12,437 7i 147 27 Ill Griggs. Det 21 71 6 11 Piuthworth. Bn 2L-- 22 cinnati, Cleveland, Washington and tho Yankees will como in for some (op ALL THE ROTTBiO Pitts. 33 77 14 '.336 Acosta, Athletics 46 141) 20 46 I vfio'. Keep 1 groh. cine 11R 4X8 78 130 12 .328 N. To Lose That Now LtsTGM I S DID naker, Y 12n 482 62 145 8 coin if there is any coin left to divide. hate CADDteS WHY TH6Y Fisher. St. L.... fli) 287 8 77 8 ,825 Wood. Clev 115 eves-- oP The - Hollpcher. B7 4rt7 30 122 7 worry over shortage in receipts. True, BALL - AMD A STROKE Your Ball- VyuiaH VOU OH TO MB I! Chi.... 124 4S 156 23 .820 Johnson. St. I,.., 31 .in 7 4 .'sSSf Thcro should bo no cause for a - To ?uhert. Bklyn. .107 374 50 117 10 .313 Wright. St. 17 sn n Too- VAHERe'D VoO.fAARKj Camt afford BE Smith. Boat. 113 40(1 50 121 7 L... 5 a 22 there has been a falling off In attendance in the regular league games of BAL.L3-1'- M Terry .310 iium, Jfost, no 302 an no 6 iai CADDY f L0.3IMG Bost...... , 21 r4 16 26 n .810 Murnhy. Chi. R9 284 33 84 7 IT Ffhmandt. Bklyn.. 84 114 11 33 1 ,307 n late, but the crowds wlllturn out as of yore to see tho championship V . r PAYlMfi YoO Merkle, (Mldwtn. N. Y 64 l.-- 14 44 1 ii n Chi 123 4(12 K"i 141 21 .305 U. Jones Det.. 66 246 4n 72 7 reduced, tho receipts will bo pretty A CADDY turns. N. Y Jsn 7!) CO 6 series. The prices also have been but a A S IPtW Began, lin 133 38 looper. Bost... 12n 435 76 133 23 rino 53 27 n 8 1 .208 rMllan. Wash... 122 4S2 33 14n ,23 largo just the same. If tho attendance does fall off, however, somo one T'OT (JOT AS A Younir N. Y 11.1 4.14 (I t YeA3 ars t,. 61 184 10 .203 Demmltt. Sf. r. 113 MS 42 114 7 I , liA'feaS 4.TS '. It not be, players. COMVANIora HARDB4T Mae. Cine. ..112 57 127 18 .292 Schultc, Wash... R7 216 .12 71 4 will be stung, and will the xp JlllgPlgJieSfN Massey. Boston... fl7 ?03 20 50 .201 Weaver. X' Paskert, t Chi ins 4nr 34 11 2n Thcro aro forty players on both tho Red Sox and the Cubs who Chi 122 442 60 128 18 ,29n Pratt.?.. Y. ..,, 12n 4.1.I 3 129 0 about Taraert. Bos 20 121 14 35 4 .2R9 Foster.' Wash..,. 123 498 n.-- 30 14 are eligible for the series. That means $74,000 must be handed to them Schneider, rinc,.. 37 S3 ir 24 n .2R9 Ifellman. Det..., 79 287 34 80 13.27 T.anrns, Phils. , ,110 44R 23 MD 3 O S. gee .288 nush. Bost...... 33' n 7 27 ,27iJ to break even on that $2000 and $1400 basis. The attendance at the first Ma Cine... 107 3fin 42 inn 13 .237 Ollhooley, N. T., 112 426 50 IIS 2711 Fifigrratd. Phils.. 60 115 20 33 .1 .287 Oardner. Alh'lcs. 121 440 SO 121 IS J, four games must bo very large to get away with that sum; but Chicago Anderson. 8t. I,... 2n 17 31 n .287 Oandll. Chi 110 420 .274'! 7V JjiS Kreuger. ins n 49 115 always been a good baseball town tho bugs will turn out for tho of Bkln... an 7 4 25 .287 Veach, Dot 12n 471 35 129 .274 has and Cutshavr. Pitts... 121 447 36 t2S an .288 Tobln. St. L. .. 119 472 57 129 .273 4MI - games. The same applies to Boston. Last year tho total receipts for the Johnston nkln,.117 5t 131 23 -- 283 Roth, Clev 106 377 53 ins -- 2t Itornsbv. fit. I, ...loo ani sn 111 a" ,284 T. Collins l nn run 28 95 .272 six games wcro $425,878. Tho players' share was $91,841.07. Tho total Jiann Chi 122 4(in B3 131 20 .281 .ticinmn, Bost.... 110 309 37 108 .271 rarev Pitts 121 4.--.0 on 1S4 Hcndryx. I, was 181.G63, average of moro 31,000 each game. 58 .276 St. 88 210 22 50 KT attendanco or an than at Menael. Phil lis 44B 43 122 17 .27' McMullln Chi... 70 231 32 63 If tho attendance, averages 20,000 this year every one will make money. Paulette. St. I,..-.li- n 442 33 12n 10 .272 Mnench. Athletics 22 30 3 8 fi:l MS, U'. '' 11...; Cruise, St. f, 70 "40 Rf m n ."71 Johnson. Wash... 64 144 in 38 .According to reports from Chicago, there is a heavy demand for Stork. Phils, ..117 4fl 60 124 in .270 Shean. llnst 110 4tO 55 10S Chenev. Dk!n.... 31 fl.t .1 n. .270 Shotton. Wneh 121 4R4 61 127 tickets and the first three games out there will bo well attended. A record lm'ermnn. N. 442 41 110" 15 .2H9 Chapman. Clev.., 124 446 82 117 m Y.lin Lavan. Wash. expected game in Boston, so where do the croak- 33 62 11 .267 111 440 4n 115 't&7 crowd also is at the first tllMams. Phils.. S ho 43 87 in .263 Mianks. Wash.... 114 414 39 101 ers get off? Wlckland. Host... nil 33 1 61 R7 12 .23 Smith, St. U.... 85 273 26 71 ' nrimth, cine no sns 44 in n Nuna'lter St. L.. 83 269 2t 7n Heathcote. fit. i, ro 32 37 R4 13 .261."" Rogers. St. 28 5n 7 18 Thorns s. I... 44 14.1 19 nw ' lVA7"Tr "fAll.. MrCartv N, Y. at 242 15 61 3 .2W nisherg. Host.... 37 Seven . Players Will Be Eligible Mrt.. Allen, rinc 37 nn n 2", n .26" Chi 82 270 36 70 lUnrroft. Phils. .11 47l AS 123 12 Austin. St. L. ... ins 336 39 02 i" .237 Ttodle. N. Y 01 323 36 83 former Philadelphia laycra will be with tho Cubs in the big "Inao. Cine...... 04 sn4 34 7H 4 .237 Judge. Klrke. N. 13 1 n Wash 124 482 5.1 123 THREE line-u- p. Y...... 43 It .236 and, four wUl be In the Boston KUlefer and Flack. Cine 4.ir 64 117 16 .253 Lelbold. Clv.... 112 410 56 106 N.