Grove end Vance Beat.Grove led the American League pitch-trs both in effectiveness end in games iron and lost, while the National League honors were shared by Daazy Vance and Fred Fltssimmons. The Brooklyn star was the most effective, while Fits-•immons* winning average topped thelatOne of the high lights of the season came at the finish when Babe Ruth returned to the box and pitched a full nine-inning game against the Boston Red Sox. beating them rather handily and demonstrating that he still Is something more than just a slugger.Oruver Cleveland Alexander, one of the most famous figures of the diamond. finally passed out of the major leagues, and after several emotional episodes in the minors eventually ended his career In organised base ball. ,Wiilism F Baker, owner of the Phillies. and William B. Hanna one of the games beat known historians, died during the year.