Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-28

AS usual thing, the mere mention of
| the Boston clubs outfeld will stop any
arguments regarding the relative throw
ing merits Of the suburban residents OF
American League establishments.
Almost everybody is willing to concede
| that when it comes to pegging a base
ball swiftly and accurately the Red Sox
trio. consisting Of iris Speaker Duffy
Lewis and Harry Hooper. is absolutely
all alone at the top, says E. A. Bachelor
in the Detroit Free Press Yet any one
who will glance over the American
League fielding records for 1912 will dis
cover that there is another collection of
outer guards which had just as many
assists last season as did the supposedly
peerless worlds champions.
In fact, if one of the five assists cred
tied to a man who played the outfield for
two different clubs in the course OF the
season is given to the Hub peoples rivals
the scarlet-hosed gentlemen are forced
into second place.
The club which either divides first
honorS with Boston or crowds Stairs
men in the runner-up position is none
other than that Washington outfit. which
burned up Mr.. JOhnson's circuit in 1872
after having been content in the previous
years of its existence to Slumber in
second division berth. This may sound
strange. but it's there in black and
whfte-So assists for Boston and SO for
Washington. not counting as the Ma
tionals' any one of the five made by
Laporte, who is listed as an outfielder
by both ST. Louis and Griffith's team.
1t must be conceded that the Red Sox
have bit of an edge because all their
effective throwing from the suburbs was
done by three men-Tris, Duffy and
Harry. At least nobody else's efforts
got into the averages. And, as Lewis
played every game, Speaker all but one
much Of a chance for substitute to
distinguish himself. Hendriksen is cred
TIED with participating II thirtyseven
games. but most of these saw him only
| in the role Of a pinch batter. with no
fielding work at ali. He caught ten flies
! and made one error, but did not get an
assist.
Five Men in Washington.
1t took five men to give the Nationals
their eighty assists, Milan and Moeller be-
ing regulars. while Shanks, Schaefer and
Walker made up the scattering vote. AL
| though Speaker led the league in the out
field assisting way. with 30 occasions
on which he was an accomplice to the
killing of or baserunner. both second
and fourth places got to Washington.
| Milan is right behind Speaker with 81
assists. Then comes Joe Jackson of
Cleveland with 30 followed by Dan
Moeller with % Lewis ranks fifth with
23. Hooper sixth with ~. Cobb seventh
with q. and Shotten eighth with %. No
body else reached the - mark.
Young Mr. Moellers work in the throw
| ing department was really remarkable, as
| he participated in only 49, games while
Speaker. Milan and Jackson were in 153,
| 154 and 1o2. respectively.
When it comes to accuracy in outfeld-
| ing. the Boston club has good lead
| over Washington. Shanks is the only
| of the Red Sox trio. while Hooper is
ahead of even Mr.. Shanks.
Third Honors to Maps.
Third honors in outfield throwing as
club go to Cleveland. for which outfit
seven men piled up a total of IS assists.
Jackson gave the Maps almost half Of this
total with 30. Then comes Joe Birming-
ham. who in 107 games managed to flag
Is unwary path-burners. Ryan and
| Graney are credited with IL assists each,
Butcher with 3, Hunter with 1 and
Hendrix with !.
their display Of suburbanites. rank fourth
with 60 assists, divided as follows: Jant-
gen. 6: Hogan. IA: Shotten. 20; Williams.
II: Compton. o. Laporte. who Played in
the Nationals in few games. is given
five assists in the record book. but, as
already mentioned, there is nothing to in
dicate for which clubs he made them. 1t
Is safe to assume that he negotiated q
couple while with st. Louis, however.
which number is added to the other mems
totals to bring the grand total up to SO.
Following st. Louis Is Detroit, which
had six Outfielders who amassed a grand
| total Of 81 assists. Tyrus was the lead
| err with 81, while Crawford had 16. Our
various assorted left fielders did as fol-
lows: Jones. 13: Delahanty. g.; Veach, 5:
Witt. q In passing 1t may be remarked
| that Crawford ranks second among the
outfielders who played 100 games or over
I in the matter Of accuracy, having but
three errors in $40 battles. Strunk, who
played fewer times than Sam, but had
more chances by virtue Of being a center
| fielder, heads the list OF the century-tOp-
pers with only three misplays in total
| of 297 chances.
Speaker Is Busiest.
Speaker accepted more chances than
| any other outfielder in the Ban Johnson
| collection OF national pastiming talent.
| In the course of the season the Lone Star
| wonder shared 372 fly balls and had 81
assists. a total of 4O7 accepted chances.
! One man in the league caught more soar
| ing cloud-scrapers than iris, but was far
| short Of the Texans record in assists.
Bert Shotten of the despised st. Louis
| Browns was the fellow who bettered