Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-03
EASIER
/ To KILL OFF
THAN CAREY
piHsburger Turned Back on u
Occasions, While Senator Was
Stopped 80 Times.
By Ernest j. Lanigan.


IyDE MILAN, premier base
runner Of the American League
~ In 1918. stole thireen more
,,sbiors last season than Max Carey,
,oss oe the National Leagues pilfer-
mo- brigade but the catchers cut him
Gown oftcner than they did the Pr
r.ts The Washington flyer set out
- stea, on IO4 occasions last year,
and the backstops prevented MIN from
.cbieying his object 80 times. Carey
.,deavored TO execute IS thefts and
4 ,1e receivers kept him from carrying
ant his design seventeen times. The
bsse-rllnning percentages of Milan
and Carey. players who obtained
votes from the members OF the Chal-
mers Jury of newspaper experts Tor
their nrowess in other departments
B Of the garle. as well as for their speed
on the lines. were, therefore, III anc
i 7S2. respectively.
Milan ike Carey, was not highly
orsidared as a base-runner when ne
was serving his apprenticeship in
The minors. The last year Clyde spent
Win the little fellows, which was in
4 1907 in Wichita, he stole only 81
bases or SO less than he filched in
1918 Carey. previous to joining the
Pirates I'm 1911. was connected with
4 the South Bend club and in 1910 he
Hldnchei only Sc hassocks
4 OF NHlan's "A steals last year four
~ teen were secured In games
Eag1ms, cleveland, thirteen in games
4gainst New York, twelve in games
ga.ust Detroit, twelve in games
4 against BOSTON, nine in games against
Philadelphia. nine in games against
St. Louis, and five in games against
+. Chicago The speedy Senator never
was able To steal four bases in a
came but in two contests-one
against New York and one against
Detroit The was credited with three
larcenies Ed Sweeney was behind
the bat when clyde stole three bases
against the Yankees, and Henry Ron
4 deau was the Tigers maskman when
the Nationals flyer added trio of
d larcenies to his record.
Wndpaddists on whom Milan made
two steals in games last season were
Mckee Of Detroit, twice; Sweeney, of
New York, once. Thomas, of Boston,
once. Cady. OF Boston, once; Carl
gan. OF Boston. once, O'Neii. Of
Cleveland, once; I4app, of Philadel-
pha, once, Schang, of Philadelphia,
once and MCAllester, of st. Louis,
once Milans "A thefts were distrib-
uted through SO contests, he stealing
three bases in each of two games,
wo bases in each of ten games, and
one base in each of 4S games. May
was the month m which Milan show
ed his most speed and skill on the
bases, he then executing seventeen
steals He committed fourteen thefts
in June twelve in August, eleven in
April six in September, and two in
october
lSAM AGNEW, Of the Browns, and
y Ed Sweeney, of the Yankees, had
he honor Of turning Milan back oft
enest when he set out on thieving
expeditions, Each receiver frustrat-
ed four Of his attempts at burglary.
Jack Lapp Of the White Elephants,
nlpped Milan thrice, and so did Steve
oNeil, of the Maps, and Bill Carri-
gan, Of the Red Sox. The only wind
paddlst who tagged Milan twice in
one game was Agnew, of st. Louis,
sam turning the trick on June 8. Mi
an was caught trying to steal second
Is times, third six times, and home
once
The men on whom he made his
steals ana the men who caught him
Enen he essayed to pilfer are named
below.