The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-06-27
PAT D0UGHERTY
BEST THROWER
CAPTAIN OF CHICAGO WHITE
Sox SAWS HE is KING OF
DISTANCE FINGERS.
EAS RECORD OF l52 YARDS
Official Record Of les Yards Is Held
by ed. Crane, Of New York-Nick
Altrock Also Claims 10 Be a Cham.
pion in the HesVng Line--Chieago
Fielder Also spe.1y Runner

Fielder Also spe.1y Runner.
Pat Dougherty can beat alybCdS
in the world throwing a baseball oyei
distance of ground" said Fieldei
Jones. captain Of the Chicago American
league champions. the other day When
he was asked whether Dougherty o.
Eddie Hahn had the best arm. A
press representative wanted to know
so Jones settled the question, but &c
make it more satisfactory Dougherty
and Hahn tried themselves out
Dougherty, standing at the homo
plate. slammed the ball against the
score board twice out of six trials.
while Eddie fell short seven yards in
the best of four trials BY actual
measurement then II was discovered
that the distance from the center OF
the home plate to the score board
in right field is III yards. which is
some throwing according to Train
er Bardell.
with practice can throw the ball
125 yards" said Dougherty. 81 once
threw it 1872 yards in Boston and Buck
Freeman. now with Minneapolis.
measured it with a tape to be sure.
/ believe IL had tried then while my
arm was good could have set a new
mark"
For long time John Hatfield held
the record of 1873 yards, 1 foot and L Y
inches. Ed Crane, of New York, has
an official record of 1875 yards, made in
1884. Larry Twitchell is said to have
beaten that by two feet, but no official
record was ever made of it.
Jimmy Ryan says that Crane threw
the ball 139 yards at Pendleton, O..
but did not get an official mark for it.
He also says that Ed Williamson.
shortstop for the Chicagos years ago,
had a great arm and he put the ball
1873 yards 1917 inches for the diamond
medal at Cincinnati
There is considerable talk among
the White Sox to the effect that
Frank Smith can beat any man on the
team at long distance throwing and
both Smith and Dougherty have back
ers, but Jones says he will not allow
Smith to compete in a match for fear
he might injure his pitching arm. Is.
bell is also willing to go into a con-
test, but at present his arm Is sore.
Even Nick Altrock has the fever and
says he can beat Danny Green, any
how.
In their trials Dougherty used a
new ball and his first three efforts
fell short about three yards. His
fourth hit the score board a few feet
from the ground and the fifth trial hit |
the fence just east of the score board |
The throwing of Dougherty and |
Hahn is one of the interesting feat |
lres of many games at the south side |
grounds. Both can heave a ball to the |
plate from most any part of their gar.
iens and unless they are a long way |
back they will get a man who at
-empts to go from third home on a |
iy out.
Also it is doubtful ii there is a man
n the American league who can out.
run Pat Dougherty for 100 or 900 |
Yards. Jones says he will match him
against anybody, even Bay, of Cleve
and included.
IF you don't think Pat can run
watch him cover ground going to first
u when after a long fy He takes
'uch strides that people who are
him never suspect that he is
;oing at half the pace he really is
aid the White Sox manager.