AMERICAN LEAGUE PITCHING
RECORDS; STARS ARE SHOWN
(Compiled by In.Vin M. Howe—
Chicago.)
In the selection of a pitching staff
the prime consideration is the abil
ity of the men chosen to deceive
the batters. As proof of their skill
In this direction, it has been the
custom for many years to rate pitch
ers according to the number of
earned runs allowed opponents, sup
plementing this rating with the win
ning percentage of games "won and
lost.”
Neither of the above methods, nor.
even, both combined, tell the whole
story of a hurler's effectiveness,
therefore the table herewith is sub
mitted. showing just "how hard to
hit" American League pitchers were
during the season of 1922. It should
be understood that this table is not
intended to supplant the statistics
already published but rather to add
this interesting data to that pre
viously given.
It was explained when the regu
lar pitching records were published
that a very encouraging feature of
American League hurling during the
past season was the number of sterl
ing youngsters that came to the
front as the season progressed. This
table further verifies that state
ment. Of the first 25 men who were
most difficult to find for safe hits,
no less than 11 were serving their
first or second year in fast com
pany and toward the close of the
campaign nearly every one of these
was taking his regular turn on the
slab.
Leading the league is Herbert
Pruett, the young left hander of St
Louis, who in 120 innings held his j
opposition to an average of .235.
Herman Pillette, Detroit, and Victor
Leverettc, Chicago, were the most j
brilliant and reliable of all the new
comers, partly because circumstances
demanded that their respective man-!
agers give them every opportunity:
to make good, which they did most '
emphatically. Pillette was not only
the best winner on the Detroit club,
but also led the Tiger staff in the!
earned run averages. In more than'
30 games he held rival hitters to an j
average of .258, the leader among;
regulars for the season being Frank
Davis. Sf. Louis. .250, followed by j
Urban Faber, L. J. Bush and George'
K. Murray, with .252, the latter a
Yankee recruit who was only allowed
to finish games. Pillette shut out!
opponents four times and hurled
three two-hit games.
Victor Leverette, working 225 in !
nings, allowed an average of only
.264. like Pillette, shut out opposing]
teams four times and pitched one;
three-hit game. Chicago, besides un-j
covering Leverette. also found places
for Charles C. Robertson and Tad!
Blankenship among the regulars of
the White Sox Robertson startled!
the baseball world by hurling a per
feet game on April 30 against Do
troit. the opposing pitcher being!
Pillette. Besides this remarkable
performance, Robertson worked outj
one two-hit and one three-hit game
and shut out opposing teams three:
times.
Other Feature Points
Of the other young pitchers not !
already named. Warren Collins of
the eighth place Boston team won
six straight games in August and |
September, hurling ona three-hit and:
two four-hit games and scoring I lire*
shutouts; W. Ogden, a collegian
who joined Philadelnhia late in the
season; Sylvester Johnson. Detroit,
and J. B. iBrillheart, Washington,
earned places on their respective
teams.
'Of the veteran regulars, Faber.
Chicago, adds to his other laurels an
opponents’ average or .252, four
shutouts, three thrpe-hit games, one
fonr-htt game and eight extra in
ning games.
Besides the four above named.
Walter Johnson and Jack Quinn each
shut out opponents four times, while
Oeo. Uhle. Cleveland, blanked rival
teams five games, being the league
leader in this particular. J. It.
Shswkey, -New York; Alex Ferguson,'
Syracuse University Has
“Unkissed Kings.”
Thomas G. Lawrence ami Frank
Culver lai<l claim ..o the title of
"Unkissed Kings" of Syracus* (N.
V.) University, where they are
students. Culver is the Varsity ,
tooball captain. Culver has lost
his crown, however, a ditty blonde
waylaying hint on a lonely road
and stealing a kiss
Boston, and E. A. 'Rommel, Phila
delphia, each pitched three four-hit
games, while S. Coveleskie hurled a
like number of three-hit contests,
sharing the league honors with Faber
in this respect. L. J. Bush, New
York, was the only pitcher except
Plllette to turn In more than one
two hit games, while no one achieved
Iho honor of holding a team to a
single safe blow.
INTERNATIONAL DOG
DERBY IN FEBRUARY
THE PAS. Man., Jan. 9.—A north-;
land carnival and festivities exten I
Ing over a week will be added at-!
tractions of the International dog;
derby, to be run over a 200-mil''
course, starting February 22. Other
contests are to include skiing. snojf>
shooing, toboganning and a bonspiel |
Entries in the derby do not do- |
until the eve of the race, yet a mini 1
her rf prominent racers already j
have announced competition. Loi.iii
mashers now are on the trail g ating j
into shape, some of whom have been
doing from r,0 to 100 miles daily. C.j
B Morgan, 1021 and 1922 winner,
has entered a team, to he driven hyj
Bill Grayson, who drove to victory j
las! February.
ATTENTION A. N. B.
Election of officers of the Alaska
Native Brotherhood on Thursday
afternoon next at four o'clock. Mem
bers must come.
SEWARD KNUZ,
President.
—adv.
HOOP MEN WILL
LAUNCH SERIES
IN SHORT TIME
Basketball Activities Begin—
Wrangell Disputes Doug
las’ Title Claims.
Increased activity in local basket
ball athletics is indicated by an
nouncements of games scheduled for
the near future which were made
today. Three games are already ar
ranged between Juneau High School:
and teams on the Channel, two of
them to bo played on local floors an I
one in Douglas.
The local school five meets the
Juneau A. N. It. squad next Friday
evening, the game probably to be
played in the school gymnasium.
Friday of next week will see the
High School boys matched with the
Juneau City five and the week fol
lowing it will open its annual series
witli the Douglas High School, pres
ent champions of Southeastern A1
aska schools.
The local team has high hopes of
maklpg a clean sweep in the Doug
las series and is working hard to
accomplish that. It showed up well
against the City five in scrimmage
last night and will meet that team
in practice scrimmage twice a week
from now until the end of the season.
On the face of comparative scores
against teams which both schools
have played this year, the squads
seem to be almost evenly matched
and a close and exciting series is an
ticipated.
Douglas Title Questioned
As a result of the mid-winter hoop
games staged at Wrangell during the
lale holiday season, the right of the
Douglas quintet to claim the inter
school championship is challenged by
the Wrangell school, and pretty much
by all of Wrangell. Wrangell con
tends that the tournament, which
was won by its team, was held for1
the purpose of settling the cham-|
plonship this year and claims the
cup that was awarded to Douglas at!
the Southeastern Alaska Interscbool j
Meet held here last May. It is I
claimed by the Wrangell fans that a I
committee representing the five]
schools taking part in the meet last]
year agreed to eliminate the bas-j
ketball tournament from the meet]
this year and hold it at Wrangell i
during the holidays. Both Ketchikan
and Douglas dispute tills view and j
say that the final tournament to de
cide the championship will be held
when the annual meet is held here,
probably next April. Thu entire mat-1
ter was referred to L. D. Henderson.|
Territorial Commissioner of Kduca
tion, just before the close of the
Wrangell tournament for a decision.
Mr. Henderson sided with Ketchikan
and Douglas, saying it is his per
sonal opinion that the title remains
with the Douglas team until after
the next meet, when it will be!
played for.
Wrangell Wins All Games
In the recent tournament. Wran j
gell won decisive victories over,
•very team participating, but did not!
meet the local team, which was un-]
able to make the trip. She defeat-!
ed Metlakatla 28 to 18 and the latter]
Learn defeated both Douglas and!
Ketchikan.
SCORES OF RINKS TO
BE IN CURLING SPORT
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. Jan. 9.—
More than fiO of the best rinks In
the United States and Canada will j
participate in the North we tern j
Curling Bonsplel. which begins he-e
January 22 ^nd continues for one
week. Rinks from Chicago, De'ttih,
Tlihbing, Portage, Winnipeg, Grand
Forks, Butte and Havre, Mont., and'
other western points, will be among1
the entries, the president announ-ts.
It will be held at the new Minne
apolis Curling Club.
WARN AUTOISTS OF
CARBON MONOXIDE
BUFFALO. Jan. 9. -A lungful of
carbon monoxide is just as deadly
as a draught of carbolic acid to
which it is related. Dr. Francis E
Fronczak. health physician, says In
a bulletin issued to automobile own
ers.
“It is strange," Dr, Fronczak says.
"in spite of all that lias been said
on the subject, how automobile own
ers are generally ignorant of the
dangers of this gas.
"Steel and iron workers know its
properties and avoid inhaling it as
they would avoid drinking a deadly
poison, yet the motorist thinks of it
only as an ordinary gas.
“Illuminating gas, which we are too
careful to turn off, suffocates, but
does not poison like carbon monox
ide, which is just as apt to kill as
•the chlorine and mustard gasses used
during the war."
The bulletin warns against using
a rich mixture of gasoline and rac
ing engines in small garages with
closed doors, which is the most fre
quent cause of carbon monoxide poi
sonlng.
JESS WILLARD IN
NEW YORK LOOKING
FOR DEMPSEY BOUT
NEW YORK, Jan. 9. -Jess Willard!
has arrived here to confer with pro
moters regarding staging a bout with
Jack Oenrpsey for the world's heavy
weight title.
MANY TENNIS STARS
OF JAPAN MARRIED
—
TOK.IO, Jan. 9.—Three Japanese
tennis stars were married this year. |
Seiichiro Kashin being the Iasi J
when he wed Miss 'Ohiyoki .Niigata,
daughter of Rear Admiral Nagata,
president of the Kobe Higher .Mer
cantile Marine School, last month. I
Zenzo Shimizu and Ishiya Kn
mngae were married list January.
Kumagae and Kashin soon will go
to the United Stales with their
brides, where they expect to Join
Shimizu in preparation tor the Davis j
cup tournament this summer. Alii
will live in New York.
KETCHIKAN MASONS ELECT
OFFICER FOR ENSUING YEAR
(Ketchikan Chronicle.)
The Ketchikan Dodge No. jr>9 of!
the Free and Accepted Order of1
Freemasons held their regular meet
ing last night in Masonic hall at
which tlie following officers were
elected; Master. Thomas Torry;
Senior Warden, Claude Aikens; Jun
ior Warden, W. K. Spaulding; treas
urer, H. S. Dobbs; secretary, D. C
Cannon; chaplain. It v. R. C. Jenk
Ins; marshal. G. K. Dingerfelt; senior
deacon, F. S. Degas; junior deacon.
Peter Johnson; senior steward, H.
Pierson; junior steward, Dawrence
Frickson; tylor, J. W Hilton.
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SITKA NEWS NOTES
(Sitka Tribune.)
This city Is to immediately in
augurate the work of forming a Sitka
Public library.
Rev. A. Pontelaef. Arch-Pri :st afj
the Greek Catholic Church, ,s suf
fering from a nervous breakdown j
and must take a complete rest.
A public installation of the Gitka
Boy Scouts will take place Janu
ary JG.
Mary Howard, aged 90, *dic I a*
the Rant he last Saturday of ce, ihral
hemorrhage. The funeral was held
New Year's Day and was largi’y at
tended.
Thos. Blrkeland. Dan Zlranoff, Ole
Blrkeland, Johnny Jllim and John
Ziranoff have riled four additional
lode claims on Harbor Mountain be- |
I ’ ~ -
'Wl H— II I III >■ pr f V,
r—
Chick Evan*, golf champion, once •
caddy, now a Chicago banker, want*
•II caddies to have a college education.
iTo thi* end he made a series of phono
graph records imparting golf secrets to
player* of this ancient and honorable
Scotch pastime. The proceed* from
'the record sale go to the Chick Evans
Foundation which will be used for
college scholarship* for caddies The
(Western Golf Association is in charge
^•f tha jdan. '
ildes th s liirhor Mountain No 1
: hi ini.
Tom TUaon. Jr., lias filed a claim I
below Harbor Mountain No. 1 o'n’m.1
which has been named Harbor alonn
lain Extension No. G.
At. its meeting last Friday Mu >
3itka firemen decided to maxe a
proposition to the City Council for a
new fire and city hall. They will
Innate their labor for getting out
he logs for the foundation. The
opinion was expressed that tin new
mil could be used for a library. »c
■neetings and other community pur
poses.
SHARKS HAMPER FISHERMEN
LONDON, J,.n. 9.—■Sharks lale'.y
tave been causing havoc to fishing
lots and lines belonging to fisher
lien in the Firth of Forth. In three
lays the fishing fleet caught throe
if the great fish, one with seven
'cet of line in its belly.
The sharks were sighted in large
numbers at many of the English
lathing beaches last summer, and it
s generally believed that hundredsj
if them now surround the British!
Isles and are destroying valuable;
'ishing.
For engraved or printed calling
lards see The Empire.
ARCTIC BATH HOUSE !
and Barber Shop
TURKISH. STEAM. SHOWER I 1
AND TUB BATHS I 1
Lower Front St. (Van Atta’g old '
»tand) BILLY LOTT, Prop. I
Phone 414. {
THE JUNEAU LAUNDRY
Fmnklin Itreet, between From »na fcreona In. Phone ICh
| THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING
§ When the Taku is playing a tune
| Remember our plumbers are sleeping
! But they*!l be there next day before noon.
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And our motto is “Absolute
Cleanliness.”
JUNEAU DAIRY
PHONE 145.
MADE RIGHT,
Right in Juneau
& & 3.
CONFECTIONS
and ICE CREAM
Buy home products—in
this case a pleasure as well
as duty.
Bargain hunters always read The
"npire’s classified columns.
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‘ THE* RENOVATORY
I Expert cleaning of all onter
i Raiments. Hats cleaned and
blocked. Gloves cleaned , ,
Phone 394.
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' PRICES
ALWAYS RIGHT
Giov&netti’s Grocery
Corner Calhoun and Dixon tta. I
The store that sate* you money. |
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NOTICE
Mr. Krause is now In Ket
chikan on contract work and
will be (tone for several weeks.
For any information wanted
about the business, new work,
etc., please phone Mrs. Krause
at the Gastineau Hotel.
G. E. KRAUSE
i Manufacturer of concrete brick,
| block, rooftlle; sewerplpee;
[ automatic sealing burial vaults
I Chimney blocks with ventllat
j ing chambers. Postoffice base
ment. Phone 439.
,
I. J. SHARICK
Jeweler and Optician.
Watches, Diamonds,
Silverware
Jewelry
I
j Juneau Public Library
[ and Free Reading Room
City Hall, Second Floor.
Main Street at 4th. <
Reading Room Open From
8 a. m. to 10 p. m.
Circulation Room Open From
; 1 to 5:30 p. in.—7:00 p. a.
to 8:30 p. m.
Current Magazines, Newspapers
| Reference Books Etc.
FREE TO
Old bundles of newspapers at the
linplre, 25 cents.
FINE POULTRY
DELIVERY HOUR
Frye-Bmhn Market
FRESH SAUSAGE
EVERY SAT
Week Dayi, B p. m. Dally.
Saturday*, 10 a. m. and 2 y. m.
ARTHUR FICKXM, Mg*.
Beward Btreei
WHAT KIND OF BREAD WILL YOU
EAT THIS YEAR?
Bread is just about your most important article of food. You
owe it to your health to see that it is wholesome and nourishing
as well as good tasting.
For years PEERLESS BREAD has met the most exacting
requirements as ‘ your best food.” Start the new year right by
resolving to eat lots of PEERLESS BREAD.
PEERLESS BAKERY
127 Front Street Telephone 222
ALASKA MEAT COMPANY
Wholesale and Retail Butchers
PHONE 39 BEWARD STREET
PLENTY OF BAD WEATHER
to be expected yet. Old Winter has
a habit of ‘'lingering in the lap Of
Spring.” So don’t let your coal sup
ply become exhausted. Have us send
you a ton or so of fine, clean coal
that will insure you a comfortable
home and save the family from many
of those dreaded spring colds.
We also carry a full line of feed.
D. B. FEMMER
PHONE 114.
CLOSE TO THE MARK
No car ever ran 100 per cent perfect but we make them come
as nearly as possible. j *
Let us give you an estimate on overhauling jobs.
G. & B. MOTOR COMPANY