Evening star., 1914-08-20
BUSH BEST WAITER
Shortstop Leads American
League in Bases on Balls.
BOASTS "a FREE PASSES
Danny Moelier at Head Of the Locals,
Walking to First 46
Times.
BOASTS "a FREE PASSES
BY ERNEST J. LANIoAN.

Owen Bush of the Tigers probably will
lead the pass getting brigade in the
American League this season. the tiny
Detroit shortstop having, In the first four
months OF the campaign. received four
teen more complimentaries than any other
player in the younger organization. Bush
set the pace in procuring bases on balls
In the american in 1912. but last year
the athlete who most often did the prom
enade act was Bert Shotten Of the
Browns.
Shotten is leading his team in being
walked by the pitchers this year, but he
does not come anywhere near leading the
American League In this respect To
August 1 the St. Louis suburbanite had
been favored with thirty-nine gratuities
by the moundmen. Bush. best at the
waiting game. had wended his way to
first over the four-ball route on seventy
four occasions. Second to Bush among
the pass getters Is Eddie Collins Of the
White Elephants. with sixty: third. Eddie
Murphy of the same combination. with
fifty-seven: fourth. iris Speaker Of the
lied Sox, with flfty-three. and ffth Roy
Hartzell of the Yankees. with f1fty-one.
The five best walters in the American
League last year were. in the order
y.
Philadelphia, Wolter of New York. jack
son Of Cleveland and Bush Of Detroit.
Toss-Up for Best Three.
1t is a toss-up this year which team
has the best three athletes at working
the hurlers for transportation-Philad
phia or Detroit. Collins, Murphy and
Strunk Of the Mackmen have drawn 155
passes. SO have Bush. Crawford and
Kavanaugh Of the Jenningsites-
The team leaders in procuring passes
this season are Collins for the White
Elephants, Bush for the Tigers Hartzell
for the Yankees, Speaker for the Red
Sox, Moeller for the Senator's. Graney
and Blackburne for the White Sox. OF
these men Bush. Collins. Speaker. Hart
zell and Moeller find places on the Amer
lean Leagues best waiting club. the
other members of this suppositious COM
bination being Murphy of Philadelphia.
Crawford of Detroit, Carrigan Of Bos-
ton and Faber of Chicago. These nine
men have acquired AS passes this season
or sixty-one more than the Yankees. who
are at present the most watchful wait
ers In B. B. Johnson's league.
The greatest number Of compliment
taries secured by a player in one game
this season Is four. Jack Barry OF the
Mackmen turned this trick on April "a IN
an eleven-innlnS game Win new 1OFks
Keating and Warhop being the peerless
leaders pitchers. On June Is Tris Speak
er of the Red Sox touched group OF
Detroit boxmen for a quartette OF COM
plimentaries. but by 30 doing the Chal-
mers car winner Of 1912 neither broke
his own nor his leagues record. Tris.
two years ago. walker ffve times In one
controversy. According to the best
available information on the subject the
m jor league record for getting . bunch
o; bases on balls In one game - six
Walter Wilmot Of Anson's old Chicago
V h;te Sox got the half dozen free tickets
=, first in 1891 in q game with Pitts
rgh.
ne best three men on each American
] ,,gue team at getting passes this year
:; named below:
Each Teams Three Best WaitsrA
White Elephants, 15s-oo,lins. %; Murphy. 81;
Ssunk. 80.
Tigers. -1ss-Bush. u; Ctawssrd, -; Kavar
naugh. 35-
Yankees. Iai-Hartsen. d; Maissl, AS; Tfuss'
dale. IS.
Red so1. l21-speahsr. IS; Hooper. IS: Lewis.
'? senators, i1s-MoeIler. -; Morgan. %; Festsr,
Mana, los-Graney. 20; Turner. 80; Lsieold Sz
Browns, 102-Shotten, 20; Pratt, 10; u Waakef'
white so1, s2-Bhckbuns, %; Denmitt, -;
Chase, q.