Show I PITCHERS BOSS IN BIG LEAGUES I That the th pitchers rs are master of or the sit situation in iii the American n and National NaU nal leagues this season Is proven by the scar scarcity scarcity scarcity city of or hits a n batter can make In a game There are fire few batters b able to make f ul or five thc hits in a n these days daY and nd harder r Still to stretch these the e into extra bases basCa Catcher C KUng Of bt the Chicago Na Nationals Nationals has the best beat record for the sea season son Eon with a total of nine bases baMs In a game ame on May IS 18 at Chicago he h had a double a triple and a n home run off Nich Nick Nichols Nichols Nickols and McCloskey of the Philadelphia PhU team Of or course coUtE the thor record c rd made by Kling Kiln KUn does not for or a moment compare with the record of the major leagues In 1884 1534 Dave Dav Orr then with tho th St Louis Browns put nut the tho mark murk at ot thirteen total bases Two years later lalOr In ISSO Guy Hecker of Louis Louisville Louisville ville yUle and Dan Brouthers 3 of Detroit raised rai the figures to fifteen n Hecker against Pitcher r Dick DI k Conway and tind against Jim McCormick This mark stood for three years Larry Larr Twitchell of Clove Cleve land in tn 1889 1859 hoisted Jt t a n notch h by hitting Mike Madden for a it total of sixteen balias For Foi five years years vears this was the shining mark and then t Wit Link Lowe of the Boston team astonished d the baseball world by b making a total of seventeen bases He did this on May 30 SO 1894 In a game gam at Boston against the th who had Elton EltOh Chamberlain Ch in fn the box LOwb L w cracked out four home runs and a sin single In gle gb Two years later on July 13 1896 Ed EM Delehanty duplicated dU the feat Ho HoMas was Mas a member of the Philadelphia team t m In a game at Chicago he hit Bill Terry for four fout home homo runs and a single giving him a total of seventeen bases basOs bas s This is isnow isnow isnow now the worlds record ard bids fair to remain so for some time to tome Come |