Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-24
TURNER LOUDLY PRAISED.
Cleveland Writer Raves Over Brilliant
 Work Of InfieIder

A Cleveland writer raves over Terry
 Turner Nine seasons he has played
 1or EieyelanC-SeVcn at short two at
 third base. says the scribe. During his
 last i've years at the shortl!eld job he
 Jed the league lu fielding. He has no
 rival in his playing the third corner
 curing the last two seasons. Nine years
 iF. fast company and to lead the league
 in fielding seven of those nine years is
 a remarkable record. The only flaw in
 Ile dope is the fact that he did not
 play enough games in either 1908 or
 1909 60 enJitle him to consldera ton as
 su iufielder. He played only r games
 iu 1908 and 26 in the following season.
 Iut his fielding in these sessions
 showed the same consistency as his record in other years.
 Not since 1907 has Turner been free I. om accident and long absences from
 The game In fact. he has had more or less hard luck since he started his
 career as a Nap. He was q victim of t-uucid fever his first year out and riayed only III games. Then he had three good seasons. playing 154, l4I end 1f1 games His two worst years followed H began 10 get in the game more often iD 1910, but not until last season did he set over the iGO mark szaln- lie might have made it l23 had it not been that he often retired G. le- some of the recruits have chance 10 show. During his nine years c- service as a Nap. Turner has played H,z games a- short or third. In those Es5 games he has made exactly 200 errors Nearly half Of the misplays v ere made turing his first two years ir the league In his last 332 games r- has erred but 5I times.
 His third base experience has been nothing short of phenomenal. as in l93 mes at the difficult corner Cotton las made only = errors. an average of one iU every seven contests. In 1911 b. erred only 14 times in J2 games, taking down the record of .970, the highest mark ever attained by an American iezs sue third Daseman- His rHIE rival was Bill Bradley, who field eH s5S iu 1906. Back in 1904 Bobby V allace put up percentage of .955 s- short Turner beat the mark four T mes during his career 8 st short his best record being .S-S in 1910, when he made only lt errors in s4 contests.
 since it entered the American league Cleveland has not had a. shortstOp nOT a third saeLer who has compared with Turner in fielding ability with the S-Dsle exception or Bradley For In auce. glance al Turner's marks and then take a. look at inc fielding records 'ratrered pE other Maps who have illayeG short. In 1901 Cleveland had three shortslops who fielded thusly: Mcclure .g4I. Scheibeck S95 shay
 ks&- Gochnaur took down a mark of e-q in 1909 and -S75 the following sea son. Then Turner dropped in for four sos when TeTrE'S arm went back on wears with -e45. PA. .960 and $50. In him. Bradley. PeTring and Hinchman tried to take his place Bradley sue essded to certain extent. acquiJtiug hi-1ScIf with an average of .951, while Terrin- quit with .92S and Hinchman vItn .S2S. Ball went at a -914 clip and StarLe at .SI5 in 1902. as compared with Turner's .e57 Turner came hack 5r 1910 with 973, while Ball went s'ou- with .927 and Knaupp with SS4
 That ended Turner's service a short. He reiincWshed that position 70 Olson. who Telde5 -ooa in 1911. PeckiOpaugh led in I212 with 9c4. followed by Olson vf-b .a1I and Chapman with .904. It will be thus seen that Turner's com I,oSito average Is far better than the ono-rear mark Of any other man who las played short for Cleveland in 12 years What great value he would have been 10 Cleveland had it not been fer the unfortunate fact that his arm has lost some of it's strength and he is subject to 9 kink in his neck which has recessitated a rest now and then. His fielding has been far better than his batting. as his records show he has never been -300 hitter in fast com peuy- Ills nearest approach to that ! rEure was in 1906. when he hit .291. Although his arm is not as strong as ii was his agility and ability to throw |! from any position. his speed in hand ! ling slow hit balls. make him the best 1 fielding third baseman in the league.