The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-29
.SACRIF ICE FALLS
UPON EVIL TINES
Baseball Managers Gradu-
ally Cutting Down It's
Application.

Il is rather strange that Wade EiIIIrer
should have made his record OF i've
straight sacrifice hits last Saturday Just
when the discussion OF the value OF the
play was attracting more attention than
for some years
Sacrifice hitting has declined In volume,
and II has been argued that this bit OF
baseball strategy was gradually being
discarded because the MANAGERS found q
heaithy swing a the ball more effiCa-
clous IN advancing a ruined and al the
same time giving the batter a better
chance 70 reach first base Ed Bang. in
the Cleveland News OF Saturday. dug
sacrifice business Lad declined IN recent
years He writes
One can readily see the passing OF the
sacriuce IN comparing the figures Of to
Gay with those OF Sesteryear- George
StOVall, Of the Maps. is the leading eI-
pouent or the fast departing art Brother
Lecfss IS credited with twenty-sIX we'll
pia4iLlou Scll-eLeCuLOls- Think OF IT.
tWenty-siX Of them. and the season Is
more than three-fourthhs gone, when =
the old days forty seIf-sacrihces in a
season was common occurrence Just
zen American League players have made
IS many as twenty sacrifice hits, StO-
Falif tWeuty-SlX- HOOPER. Of RosrOn
IWenty-IOur Bush. OF Detroit. twenty
three; Collins. OF Philadelphia; Lewis.
OF Boston, and 7. Jones. Of Detroit
twenty-five; Barry, OF the Athletics, and
hlllIIer, OF Washington, twenty-one. and
MCBr1de, OF Washington, and aTurphy
OF the Athletics, twenty
Boston leads the league IN sacrifice
MIS- with I33, Philadel Dllia following
with Ia, Cleveland. 49, washington
H. Detroit. 1ag- New York. L. CHICAGO.
l5f and St Louis. lI5- In the DAYS gone
by IL was not unusual for q club that
was making q specially Of the sacrifice
game 10 come 10 the front with 80 10
% such hits, but no team in the Amer
1cau L.elEr-1 VIII auTlTgarE thar frrrrrz
this season.
In 100 there were twenty-five players
who finished the season with twenty OF
more sacrifices 20 their credit owen
Bush, Of Detroit led with s. and was
followed by Ganley, Il Baker and AIUr-
pfly. "a. Keeier, g. Harry Lord Tom
Jones, and Austin, 81; TaunehiII. -;
Barry and pzlrteII -S- NcRride %
Parent %, Crawford. % Cobb. "a Milan
and Conroy- 3; Schmidt, - rDeIehanty,
Aluzer- Collins and DOuEherty. q Sto-
van, Isbel- and Bradley. ~
The sacrifice was Very. popular in 1878
and Bill Bradley. then a Nan SET r1s
hlgn-vvateT marx al g. He was follow
cd by Ga1ley, % Schae1er- a. Harry
Lore, %, Tom Jones 81 StOvau AMI
NICHOLS 81: George Davis. Laj0ie, and
FERRIS go Fielder Jones, 3; Shipke. IS
AitzsT. =; Crawford, Murphy, and
HartzeII. p Williams and C0nrov. -
Keller, Harry Davis, Wagner. Tame
hiu- and Sullivan, d Those tyvents-
three men had within ten as many sac-
riflce hits as the twenty-five leaders did
IN 1853. q total Of 675 70 sS3
In 1913 the Cleveland Maps had %
sacrifice hits, while II they continue at
The rate they have gone in Us games
this season they VIII be credited with
only 1S3 sacrifices, which in itself proves
the deCadence q the hunt game The
record OF the Maps does not begin 60
show how the sacrifice is sinking fn-o
oblivion. as the Cleveland team has used
Il more often than several OF the big
league clubs AicGraw started 20 dix
the grave for the sacrifice hit and All
Of the other big league managers are
glad 10 purchase flowers for the fu-
neral