The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-06
TAKING A CHANCE ON BASES
BRINGS JOY TO MOST Of THE FANS
Majority Of Them Would Rather See Successful Steals or
Neat T%hrottling Of Attempts Than Anything Else
Coniskey's Browns Gain Fame in This Line.

|Sox, The real speed boys OF the Ameri.
can league. stole only 1876 times and
is the record Of the other clubs:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. steals, $50;
unsuccessful. 1853.
Clereland-Succcssful steals, 1875;
unsuccessful, 131.
New York-Successful steals, 245;
unsuccessful. 1874.
MISUNDERSTANDING steals, 262;
unsuccessful. ISL.
81 e Sh,sas9I ;sa steals sl2; un'
st. Louis@Succcssful steals, 176;
unsuccessful, IT'S.
Puzzle it out for yourself which
was the best base-running team in the
American league last season. I am
free to confess that ! can't. though
! will make a guess that it was Wash.
|ington.
AS to which team had the hes,
throwing corps Of hackstops. ! would
again say Washington from the fig
ures at my command. John Patrick
Henry. Alva Williams and Eddie Ain.
smith killed of l75 lei who tried to
burgle. each member OF the trio being
a good sharp ,shooters to the bases
Connie Mack had a nice set Of throw.
ers in Jack 14app. Ben Egan and Ira
Thomas. and between them they got
17s victims. That number also was
claimed by Comiskey's knights Of the
windpad and the Cleveland maskmen
fell only n under 1t. This Is odd
because az peggers the Forest City
backetops were great jokes. all except
Fred Carisch and Steve O'Neill. The
last named was a wonder at nippine
men who took long leads of first OF
third. Carisch IL q pretty throweI
a - n .
Archer. The Toledo recruit certainly
performed like a bear after he so,
back into fast company and It would
be we'll TO watch him ext season,
which, by the way, soon will be with
us.
Sweeney and Stanage Star.
The real ". Buckingham Ewine
and Charles Bennett Of 1912. how.
ever. we're Edward Sweeney Of New
York and Oscar Stanage OF Detroit
Gaze on their records and see II you
don't think 50. The rangy Highlander
nipped liza men. and his associates
behind he bat cut down only Is.
stanage. who ought by rights to be
hilltopper. since George Stallings sold
him to the Tigers when Frank Farrell
the Newark enterprise. tagged liz
men. while Onslow. Kocher and Nc.
CURE (the deacon caught a game 70,
the Tigers last year, were preventing
Sc l%arcenies. Here Is the number OF
men who were thwarted in their eff
forts to steal in the American league
chicago-l7s. Kuhn. 70; Block, 40;
Sullivan. SO: Schalk. &c: Easterly. Z
Philadelphia-17s. Lapp, 76; Eag.
an. &c: Thomas. ~.
Cleveland-l7s. O'Neill. a: East.
|erly, -; Carisch. 81: Adams, II: Liv'
washington-176. Henry. 72: Ain.
smith. 81: Williams, ~.
st. Louis--1e6. Stephens. 81
Krichell. so: Alexander. %; Smell. ii;
lCrossln, 3: Ketter. =; Criger,1.
New York-15s. Sweeney, ia:
Street. 81: Williams. II; Sterrett, 6,
B%oston--1s5. Darlington. SO: cady
40: Nunamaker. %; Thomas. 9.
Detroit-l49. Stanage. l13; Ons
low. %: Kocher, 12: Mcguire, 1.
Carisch had the highest ~percentag,
of thwarted thcfts per game-l.29-
and Livingston the lowest--O.l7. Thre,
other ran bag peggers ere Roche,
Of Detroit. Williams Of New York and
Easterly Of Cleveland and Chicago.