Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-07-20
OLDT|MERS SWIFT
ON BASES
Looked as If II Was a Lost Art
Until Ty Cobb and Eddie
Collins Began to Chase
Around the Diamond.

u b. iu the base stealing depart
mrut thyt hr biggest difference be-
tween tho old-umr bali players and
tuuHc ot recent years is found Guth
the advent uf cobb and collins. a
,umpai lsnn between tHr ORuros eel
twenty wears ago aud those ~ later
years. showed remarkable falling
Off,
in 1856 n the National league
three men stole more than nuy
'usvs Harr, Stov'y led the American
association with ninety-siN steals.
ir 1887 Sto,,y broke an records los
stealing li3 bases. Arlc Latham VAS
% close second with l42 In the va
tounl l,tsur Johnny Ward led with
no steals. th, late Jimmy Fogarty
being second. with io2 In 1888
St1NeN mad. e record that win hard
ly Dec touched. he stole t5G Bases
Five other American association
players siniy NOR, than llu hasps.
Dummy HOY l,d IA, National lee que
with oIglty-tNu steals.
Hily Hamilton came tu the front
ns thH american associations best
bose runner u 1859. lie pat scvrn-
teen steals g. hts credit. leading
Sto,,y by two FogarN did the best
work u the Natousl stealing ninety.
min, bases. TW,utg-u.u, men In tn,
two loagucs went over an, Griy mark
since tho advent of Ty cobb and
Eddi collins has, running has had a
revival but the two American league
stars arp tao only PLAYERS who show
anything like tho base stealing abil-
Tics uf the dld-timors lu 1903 Coho
lrd with stV'uty-s,,rn steals coll
Inns was second with sixty-sc,eu Last
year collins attained his ambition
end beat ont cobb. stealing ,iRbi-une
buses to slVty-uVc for thu Tigrr
Hllly Hamilton. one 90 tho best
base runners OF all time, who In
three different years lod the country
'n stolen bases. rs of the opinion that
base running reached its height of
perfection years ago. The veteran
fails 10 see whore There can o., found
any nov tricks In tho art ~ taking
cond on pitch II Is the dpfcu-u.
the breaking up of steals that has the
iirld for development according 90
Hamilton
"WorN Ing r. pitcher. getting th,
lead OFF first tho quick star ANA The
fan away slide into second" says
Hamilton, "Wcrp an pretty wen
dopcd Out during the old twelye-club
National league and. in fact. away
back In that organization infancy.
Every year some chap bo0s MP who
r. moro or less ~ phcnom In steal
ing. but Il IN flcrtncss aud not any
thing new that mikps him shluo on
the paths
Tn my opinion base stealing has
r'trbcd perfection sn far aces one mn"
anncNiuu au extra hap New tricks
are pnssihlc Ia tho double steal or
other combination 1T tho d,Cousc or
whora The bail is In play Develop
mcut must come iu the defensive
work IN breaking up these combina
ton steals. Bat IL Is now largely a
cuso of arm and eye against the legs
ANA dash of the runner"
some fans may argue that thc
catchers Of the olden days were not
as strong as those of the present
time. 4 glance at the names OF the
catch RS ON the rosters OF the two
leagues viii refut, that theory Thcr,
never were any better catchcrs than
Ewing. Bennett elements camel
Flint, Mcclure. Kelly, Carroll Amo'
and Lave Cross, Bushlng. Robinson
ana snyder They would make 500,
| today.