Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-12-19 | Page 36 | Cravath a King in Total Base Record

Cravath th a King i in Total Base Record Speaking o of averages which is about the only thing we can find to speak of ot just now somebody has as again m made mhd de the frequently proffered sug suggestion estion that the system of keeping batting averages be revised revised so s as tomake tomake to tomake make the total bases figure in the percentage on the theory th that t a home run ron a triple or a double Is a more valuable asset towards the winning of ot a ball bail game than a a mere single delivered delivered de de- de- de I livered Jn tn a like situation writes Jim in Iii the Philadelphia Inquirer The Intense I silence In the vicinity of ot Laguna Beach Ca Cal is probably Clouting Cactus Cravath voicing his objections to this his plan We Ve dont don't suppose that any such system of at figuring the batting averages averages aver aver- ages will ever be adopted and we doubt that If it at this late stage of the game It would be advisable as it would prevent any Intelligent comparison comparison com corn parison of ot future records with those of the present plesent and past B But t Just the same if it batting averages were In Intended intended In in- tended to convey any idea of the comparative comparative com corn merits of ot ball players on at attack attack at- at tack tacIt which appears to us to bo be the only logical excuse for their existence we cant can't see why in the name of or common common com corn cornmon mon sense and reasoning power the guy who Invented the habit didn't be begin begin begin be- be gin with a system that would give an answer founded on the value value value-of of the licks delivered C If It such a system were adopted one Clouting Cactus Cravath would be bei just as consistent a leader of the batting batting bat bat- i ting averages in his league as Tyrus Raymond Ramond Cobb has been in the organization or- or ri r- r i for which he tons tolls And what's more considerably more perhaps per per- perhaps haps and then some this clouting right fielder of ot the Phils would be strutting around wearing the crown of ot the greatest batsman of the age instead ad of Tyrus Tyros Now dont don't lawf law at us and point the finger of scorn in our direction when we make the crack that under a Justifiable justifiable Justi justi- flable system of compiling batting figures the figures the basis or value on which I you yourself Judge hits when you are arc sitting out there pulling for your team to win and ana the basis on which they assay in the final result of the pastime Cravath and not Cobb is the king of batsmen We dont don't want wanti you to lawf at because us-because here aT are ie i the figures figures to prove It In the four seasons since Cactus joined the Phils he has hammered out a total of 1078 bases with the to 1004 for Cob Cobb has batted more runs over the plate each season than Ty andin andin and andIn In spite of the fact that he Is generally generally gener gener- ally any considered to to be as slow on the bases as Ty Is fast scored himself almost as many times as the speedy Tyrus beating Ty In this re respect respect re- re In two pf the four seasons You can for own conclusions about this too but If we were managing managing managing man man- aging a ball aU club and needed a couple couple- of ot runs to to win wed we'd rather have ahome a 3 ahome home run or a triple with a man on first than a single And It if home runs doubles and triples comprise a a. a gr great great- er batting achievement than case base hits nus and and we think they do o then those seventy four extra bases by which Cravath has exceeded Cobbs Cobb's effort during his four years In the big show give the batting honors of ot the baseball baseball baseball base base- ball world to Cactus Figures may not lie He but under the present system of ot compiling averages they frequently lead to the wrong conclusion Which is ver verging ing on the point of ot absolute falsehood