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Show LEHl BASEBALL CLUB OFFICIAL BATTING AVERAGES LEHl DABEDALL CLUD OFFICIAL DATTINQ AVERAQE8 INCLUDE ALL QAME8 Compiled by LoBloy Qoates. PLAYnii rosiTioN a ah n h an an mt sn sn nn bo ret. Nltonr BS 1412 oooiioo coo Petorion p 1201 0000100 S00 WlllluniH p 0 2S 1 11 .1 0 0 2 2 0 J 414 Holmitend l 1201 0000000 .C00 Webb 31) 24 98 17 41 13 3 0 2 7 0 0 .418 Thnulier U 20 81 li 30 A 1 4 3 3 3 8 .370 II. Atwood cf. , 13 CD 7 23 C 0 0 4 4 4 0 .343 Roberts c 4 1C1C 100 Nl 013 .333 C Wilson I) C13 14 0001013 ,307 Hlutor c IB 43 8 12 10 0 0 2 3 0 279 Col!i.Ko 2l 24 100 17 20 fi 1 1 3 13 C 0 .MO A Jackson p 18 03 7 10 0 0 4 3 1 5 13 2C4 K Atwooil rfy 23 72 12 18 3 0 0 12 fi 11 ,2110 A Atwood bb 23 80 18 21 7 1 0 3 fi 4 13 244 Tinmen If 23 8S 0 la 2 10 4 3 3 12 .213 J. Jackson O 10 33 37 2100022 .212 a, wnon p 2coi oooooio .mo JnckiVurnCy lb.rf 4702 0000004 .140 UoodUlri, rf 3801 0000004 125 Too Vnmcy n 3000 0010001 .000 Hnnilli rf 1200 0000001 000 Htrck P 1100 0000000 ,000 WalMer P 3400 0000000 000 Iclal avornges compiled for tho ivl baseball club lndlcato that tho As ore hitting tho ball woll enough In gnmoB in almost any sort of , Krofcs8lonal or amntour league Ire not out In front In club stand- Bocauso of Inferior Holding nnd of systematic team work. Tho rir team Is batting .294 which Is a ' fine mark for a club as a wholo, m hitter bolng In tho A-l cIobb no- lally. fa ntlng playors who aro no longer tho team thcro aro nlno athletes who havo hit ovor tho .300 mark. Tills is a whole team and Indlcatos that somo of tho best playors so far as batting goes, havo been unablo to stay with tho club bocauso of accepting accept-ing hotter positions olsowhero, ineligibility in-eligibility and other reasons. Albert Wabb, the local third batio-man batio-man has established what may bo a Central Utah Leaguo record and a now achlovomont for Lohi basoball hlBtory. Webb has hit safely in ovory game in which ho has played this sea-(Continued sea-(Continued on pago 8) ---IB tlMllt It tt-l-t I t"t"t"t- t t t f LEHI BA8EBALL CLUB OFFICIAL BATTING AVERAGE (Continued from pago 1) ion. No pitcher, Including tho famous fam-ous Ed Wlllot, former Detroit American Ameri-can league twlrler now with the Ogden Gunners, has been ablo to stop tho little third baseman. Ab went against tho famous big leaguer when Lohl played Ogden last month and found him for his dally baso.hit. In most games Webb has been able to connect for a brace of singles for the rocords show him leading tho club In two-bnso hits with 13 and also In threo-baBe hits with three. His average for all gamos played this season Is .418. Ted Thrasher, tho first baseman has hit safely in every game this season except ono. "Lefty" Kinney, Provo's stir hurlor, stopped Tod July 10th at Provo. Howover, ho Immediately resumed re-sumed his clouting streak nnd has hung up tho good rocord of .370 for 20 gnmos. Thrasher te tied with Pitcher Alvin Jackson for homo run honors with four. Ho has hit ono triple nnd six two-baggers. Harmon Atwood Is third In hitting with nn nvorago of .343 for 19 games. Harmon hns mndo 23 hits in 09 times at bat which Includes flVo two-baggers. Urnnt IlobortB who Is no longor with tho team comos next In lino with a mnrk of .333 for four gnmes. Kelly Wilson, pltchor rounds off tho list of .300 butters with .307. With tho oxceptlon of Wobb, Thrash, or nnd II. Atwood tho remainder of tho regulars are hitting botwoen .279 and .212. Slntor, Collogo, A. Jackson, IC. Atwood, A. Atwood, Ilnrnes nnd J. Jackson finished In tho ordor named. A noticeable feature about tho avor-ages avor-ages Is tht) lack of snerinco hits. Tho wholo team hns not mndo moro than two dozon sncrltlco hits all season. Perhaps this explains why a total of .211 hits for tho year only rosulted In 109 runs bolng scored. In UiIb department depart-ment Frank Ilarnea nnd H. Atwood lend with four apleco. Thrnshor, Collogo, A. Jackson nnd Allen Atwood havo each mado throe sncrlllco lilts. In huso stealing Tommy Colledgo Is nwny out In front. Tho Wasps' second baseman has pilfered 13 bags In 24 gnmes which Is a splendid record. Tho noarcst rival of Collogo la Wobb who has dolled tho opposing batteries Bcvon times. Allen Atwood has stolon live bases and Ills brother Hnrmon haB tnkon tour. Webb liUB been most successful In drnwlng freo transportation to first bnso having been walked six times. Colledgo, E. Atwood nnd A. Jackson hnvo worked tho pitchers for live wnlks onch. Ilnrnes and Thrasher linvn nnlv wnlkml thrcn tlmos each this Bcason. Tho players who got tho longest distance to their hits are apt to strike out tho most tlmos the avornges show. A. Jnckson who has hit four homers and six two baggers hns fanned 13 times. A. Atwood with soven two-baggers two-baggers to his crodlt has also whlffod 13 times. Dames has fanned 12 and E. Atwood It times. Four players who wero'hbt retained on tho team because of Ineligibility, Inability to obtnln work hero nnd othor reasons mado great batting records whllo with tho Lehl club. "Ping" Ny-berg, Ny-berg, shortstop, played ono game for Lohl before trying out with tho Salt Lnko Decs. In this gamo he was at bat four times mado ono run and two hits and handled seven grounders without an error and besides assisted In working threo doublo plays. Ills averugo tor tho day was ,G00. Art Petorson hatted .fiOO In tho gamo ho played as did also Norm Holmstend. Curl "Lofty" Williams, for whom many of tho fans aro pulling to come horo next summer, mndo a groat batting bat-ting record also. In flvo games, mostly most-ly Indopondont exhibitions, Williams wns nt bnt 2fi times nnd got 11 hits. Ho mndo a couplo of two-bnso lilts and two sncrlllco hits nnd stolo two banes. Ills nvorne Is .444. This piny-or piny-or expects to como to Lehl to mnko his homo. With this clovor loft-handed pitcher on tho roster Lohl enn expect ex-pect to rogaln tho position sho onco held ns n basoball town. i " - . |