Evening journal., 1914-04-14
TRYING TO Smash
BASEBALL RECORDS
Rockies Have Huge Task
on Their Hands This
Season
REVIEW OF SOME
OF THE PHENOMENA

Each season baseball players. in
dividually and as a team. start out
with a determination 20 smash old
records and establish new ones .3r
themselves. That they have some
task on their hands this season is
readily shown by a brief review Of
the marks set up by players In the
past
In 1909 George Gibson, the Pirate
catcher. worked 40 t40 consecutive
games In July 1908 Roger Bresna-
han, then with the Giants, did not
have an assist or a put-Out In To-
inning game An average of $3.50 for
the season was turned In 1904 by Joe
Sugden, who was with the Browns;
I'm 1906 by Jack O'Connor. of the
Browns. IN 1907. by Frank Bower
man, of Now York. In l9O9 by For
rest Cady of the Red SOx. and also
by George Gibson, of Pittsburgh.
In the pitching line, Charles Rad
bourne. with Providence, in 1882,
worked in 81 consecutive games and
won 2S. In 1854 he pitched a. games
in one season record that was du
plioated by John Clarkson, then with
Boston.
Keefe. pitching for the Giants i'm
1889, and MarQuard, pitching for the
same team, are tied with 10 consecu-
tive Victories in one season.
Charles Sweeney. pitching for
Providence against Boston. In 1885.
struck out 221 batsmon. Amos Ru
sic. in 1892. gave 261 bases on balls
i'm one season. In 1875. al. G.. Spald-
ing pitched 66 games and got am av-
erage $50 for the season In 1904,
"Rube" Waddell. then with the Ath
letics. struck out 343 batsmen In one
season.
Frank Chance. in 1910. while first
baseman for the Cubs. took unto him
self the remarkable average OF 1886
for the season. Jiggs Donahue, for
mer first baseman Of the White Sox,
holds the other three records in the
first hasing line In 1907. he accept
ed the highest number of chance
1856; In 1905 he had 23 chances In
one game. while In 1906 he had but
one chance In the game-an assist.
In 1905 Laioie of the Maps, turned
/ in the record fielding percentage for
second bascmon-9 900 Lobert, of the
Phnlies. holds the third hasing rec
ord having acquired 976 In 1912
Turner. OF the Maps, grabbed 1913
while shortstopping I'm 1910.
In the Outfielding limo Frank
Schultz. of the Cubs. hung mp a rec
4 ord of .992 in 1905 IA right, Patsy
/ Dougherty. of the White SoN O906)
and Fred Clarke of the Pirates
/ $500 are tied with .9S7 at left field
ings. while Harry Bay, Cleveland
+ 0g12l and Tommy Leach, Cubs
/ 1913. are tied with $3.50 at center
fielding
Clarke. OF the Pirates, made four
assists from the outiicld in one game
in 1910 and had 10 put-outs in one
nine-inning game in 1911, both being
record performances. George Nc
Bride. the Washington shortstop
enjoys the distinction of being the
only infieldor who ever went through
game without having one chance C
clutch the ball
In the clubbing line Hugh Duffy''
record of .436 for one season in 1894
Is the mark the star batters mus
shoot al. Ty Cobb. of the Tigers
made PAS hits in 1911. Brown. play
ing with Louisville in 1892. was a
bat COS times I'm one season. Th'
Phillies. back I'm the late SOS mad'
&c hits in one nine-inning game o
John Wadsworth. OF Louisville.
Clarence Beaumont. of the Pirates
got six hits in six times up in 1899
while Ed. Delahanty. of the Phillies
got four home runs and a single il
five times up. off Terry. the Chicago
pitcher in 1896 Buck" Freeman. tn
old Washington player, hammere
out 25 home runs in one season, IN
hest next achievement in this lin
having been by Frank Schultz. Of IA
Cubs. who annexed 22i circuit swat
In 1911.
In 1907. Hal Chase. then with th
Yankees, batted safely 27 consecutiv