The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-08-12
LOUDEN, FAILURE At
THIRD, PLAYS SECOND
WITHOUT SINGLE ERROR
Goes Through Entire Invasion of
Eastern Teams Without a
Miscue.
ACCEPTS NINETY CHANCES
Starts on His Way to Stardom
With Shift From Hot cor
ner to Keystone.
ACCEPTS NINETY CHANCES

Bill Louden, failure as a third base
man, went through the entire eastern
invasion at second bas without a
single error.
Not once did Bill make a miscue
during the series with the Athletics,
Nationals. Yankees, and Red >Sox.
Louden accepted 90 chances during
these l6 games, 81 assists and 20 put
outs. They were not all easy chances
by any means either, Louden putting
up som of the greatest fielding eX-
hibitions on hard chances seen on
Navin field during the recent strug-
giles there.
Louden had ISL opportunities to
err, during these games. He had TO
stop 81 batted or thrown balls cleanly
TO throw for putouts an equal mum;
Der OF times These constituted his
81 assists. Besides that he had 10
handle the ball 20 times. TO get crdit
for the putouts he did.
Added to the difficulties in making
this record was the fact that the
diamond was in anything out good
shape towards the latter part OF the
invasion of the fasteners The last
two games were played in that Ven
cradle sea of mud that you hear so
much about.
Some more brillisncy is added 10
Louden's achievement when 1t Isl
noted that Eddie Collins, who was
second in fielding second basemen
last year, had an average OF three
errors for evry 80 chances.
This same Bill Louden who has
been playing errorless bali al second
so brilliantly. is the same man who
couldn't make good at third. True,
Bill was fairly good third 6asemaa;
he got away with his work there, but
Jennings was never satisfied with
what he did and was constantly try
ing out other men there in the hope
developing a better player
Then Bill was switched to second-
To fill in when Delahanty wasn't go
inc as well as he was used TO, From
the first Bill made himself solid az
the keystone. He had his job clnched
after his first trial
Bill was always good Heller ~
third, but his peg was uncertain. II
was never quite decided where the
halls he threw were going and the
whole play was precarious ,when
ground ball came Bills way
But at second, away from those
long pegs across the diamond, loa-
den has proved himself solid rock
Nothing. gets by him; he covers lots
of ground. Once he gets his hands
on anything but hit, the man Is out;
his pegs are true.
s From faiiv& at third to a STAR AZ
second, is BilrLouden's startling &C
ord.
.Louden's hitting during the series
has been .266. This Is not what II !
should be, but II is near a mark mat
with his fielding. will make HIM
valuable Tiger next year, Only 2 te"
more hits in these games and Bits
hitting average would have been
enough closer TO the 300 mark TO
make his prospects brighter. He got
IA hits in 81 times at bat
Strange to say, when BIZ was 90
ing his best fielding he did his poor
est hitting. He accepted the greatest
number of chances against the Attn
letics. 81, and got the fewest WITS in
the greatest number Of times at bat,
only two in j.
He got five hits against the Red
Sox in 10 times at bat, and had only
II chances a-field.
II IL were not for the Athletic pitch
ers. Bills hitting average would have
been .316.
The Tiger infield star, Bush. had
nine errors during the time that Lou
den was playing errorless ball DOME
had 113 official chances, including 30
uutouts. That means that Bush had
ISL opportunities to err, 30 more than
I,ouden. Many of Bush's errors are
excusable. however, in that he takes
so many impossible chances that
other men would not attempt. He gets
away with a lot OF them that would
be untried for by other ielders, too,
Young Deal, who made his first ap-
pearance TO Detroiters in the arst OF
the games with eastern teams, had
very good fielding record for the
series also.
In 7S chances at the difficult third
corner. Deal had only two miscues.
That IS a better average than the
league leaders had for the season last
year.
Bush lead the three men mentioned
In hitting, getting IL blngles IN 90
times up. Deal got only IL in 90.
There we're many Tiger fans who
trembled from something besices the
weather, yesterday when John Dubuc
acted as II he we're letting the old
ninth-inning ink get the best Of him
again yesterday in the getaway con
test with the Red Sox.
Dubuc pitched good ball. fine ball
re repeated his performances against
other teams of late, letting the Soy
down with seven hits and two runs
while the Tigers took three from Col
ffns IN four innings and five from
Hall IN four. resulting in four runs.
I'd Wiliett worked well SATURDAY II
auuther muddy field. but Joe Woo
onpoeed him. That meant that th'
eox got no more than they deserved
In a Al victory. Wildness by Woo
presented the Tigers with their onl!
run without a hit.
FAINT BAKERY BURNS.
FLINT. Mich, Aug. 1.-THE plan