Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-20
IMP BASE RUNNERS
Stanage and Sweeney Lead
American League in This Work
BIG ED THREW OUT ia
Charley Farrell Holds Record for One
Game, and Jim Mcclure for
One Inning.
BY ERNEST J. LANIGAN.

Only> two American League -catchers-
Oscar Stanage- Of the Tigers and Ed
Sweeney OF the Observation-Disclosures out
100 or more would-be base stealers last
season, and each man, in order to do So
mad to play in over a century Of COM
bats. The eastern maskman tagged Ia
runners In ITO games and the westernel
cut down 113 gallOperS in 119 tussels.
While Sweeney and Stanage ranked
first and second in the number of steals
prevented, neither man was apparently
and according to the records the best
throwing backstop in the younger organ
ization. That honor fell to Fred Carisch
who joined the Cleveland Maps late In
the season. after having spent the other
part of the campaign with Topsy Hart
sells Toledo Mud Hens. Carisch, who has
twice been on the reserve lists of major
league clubs pittsburgh and the Phila-
delphia Americans both had him) took
part in twenty-four skirmishes last
year. and in these controversies pre-
vented thrty-One steals-an average OF
1.29 to the game. Other good peggers.
who thwarted more than one would-be
stealer per contest were Ben Egan OF
Henry of the Nationals. LA; Steve
O'Neill OF the Maps and Ray, Schalk OF
the White Sox, LIB; Ed Sweeney of the
Highlanders. 1O4, and J. Ira Thomas OF
the former worlds champions, 1O2.
Two men. who had weak-thrOWins
arms or misdirected aim were KOcher
of the Tigers and Livingston Of the
Maps. Kocher prevented only twelve
men from stealing in twenty-four games
and Livingston only nine men in nine
teen games.
Two Sensational Feats.
The greatest number of men thrown
out trying to steal in a major league
game is, according to veracious Stats
ticians, seven. Charles ('Duke') Farrell
got this number of victims when he was
catching for the Washington Nationals
in the late late nineties. Farrell will
help coach the Boston Red SOx pitchers
this year. Another veteran now draw
ing salary from an American League
club who established major league
record in nipping base runners is jim
Mcclure of the Tigers. When he was
with Brooklyn, in 1900, he saved game
for the Superbas by picking three men
off the bases in one inning. This feat
never has since been duplicated.
If Iris Speaker, who was voted by the
Chalmers jury Of newspaper experts the
best player in the American League. was
asked his opinion as to which club pos
sessed the best staff Of throwers in the
junior OTSduiZdtlOI, Ill IO1S, Tic WouIN
probably reply New York. The reason
for such an answer might be found in
the running account of the game played
between the Highlanders and the Speed
Boys, June %, when Speaker, who thrice
started to steal. was cut down each time
twice by Sweeney and once by Sterrett
Another player who was halted thrice
when he tried to pilfer was Martin OF
New York The man who stopped him
was Henry of Washington.
oil
were oftenest thrown out. Thus Ty
Cobb was cut down thirty-four times
Clyde Milan. thirty-one times; iris
Speaker. twenty-eight times; Harry
Lord, thirty-three times and Eddie Col
Inns, twenty-five times.
American League backstops who flag
ged five would-be stealers in one game
last season were Stanage of Detroit and
Carisch of Cleveland. The Tiger claimed
the Speed Boys as his victims and the
Nap picked the Highlanders as his prey:
The dates when the throwing wings OF
these two men were in such excellent
trim were August 8 and %.