The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-08-25
DRAWING PASSES
THEIR SPECIALITY
HUoGiNs. CARDINAL MANAGER.
is PAcEsETTER IN THIS
RESPECT.
Vie SAFER 10 Close Seeond-MeGra~
MADE Great Record In Hls Day
Best Waiting Team

Vic SAFER. Cub first basemap. -
specializing In drawing passes this
season. az well a. IN smashing out
homers. Safer Is not leading the Ma.
uonal league In gaining free Tickets
! 10 the bag be pays. but he L. very
close 10 Miller Higgins. manager OF
the Cardinals. Who Is the pace-setter
In this respect. Hug has walked 10
hrst y times this season. while Safer
has promenaded on IS occasions The
Chicagoan now has extracted six more
passes from the hurlers than he ala
last year. and ne has played In a. less
games
Besides Hugigns and Safer. twelve
more Tenerites have obtained free
transportation from the pitchers on
forty or more occasions this season
George Burns. Of the Giants, mas
drawn % passes. Johnny Evers Of the
Braves. So. Tommy Leach. OF the
cubs, 80; Gavy Cravath. OF the Phil
lies. 81: BIN Sweeney. OF the Cubs.
20. Heinie Groh. OF the Reds as.
Jimmy NioN. OF the Pirates AZ: Dode
Paskert. OF the Phlllles. IS: Wilbur
Good. Of the Cubs. -. Max Carey. of
the Pirates. 90. Casey Stongel, OF the
Superhas. Il. and Larry Dayle. OF the
Giants. 40 The last named is the
only Chalmcr car winner who shows
up vel ia the pass league. Frank
Schultz having secured only 80 gifts
from the hudlers and Jake Daubert
only p.
There Is slight danger Of HugRins
SAFER. Burns or any OF the other good
walters smashing the National league
record for walks Secretary John
Heydler has been furnishing the In.
formation on the number OF passes
each player receives now since 1910
the leaders Ia the four preceding sea.
sons having been Hugglns. OF 81
Louis. with i16 In 1910. sheckard. ~
chicago. with if7 In 1911. Sheckard.
OF chicago. with l22 In 1912. and Bes.
cher. Of Cincinnati. with % In 1919
Mr.. hcGrs~'s Great Record.
John McGraw is generally credited
with having made the best record
FOR watchful waiting Of any National
League player When the Little Ma.
poleon was leading the Baltimore
discards 81 1893 he walked To frat
over the -Four Ball Route Jos times In
rs games. getting his base IN this
manner az least once In he fret 50
contests No other National Lacquer.
80 FAR a. known. ever has succeeded
ln getting as hlgh an average OF
promcnades.
McGraw vas q great waiter In the
days when be played under Ned Han
Ion. but his team o. Giants do not
seem 70 care particularly about work.
inE the pitchers for transportation
Last year the Gothamites did not
draw as many bases on balls as the
Cubs. Braves. Cardinals or Reds and
this year they rank next 10 last among
ne pitcher workers. The Champions
have secured Z79 gifts. tho superbas
one less The Cubs have received
37f free trips 20 first from the pitch.
ere. tho Cardinals. 800. the Phiuies
3i5. the Reds. 300. tho Braves. 2g5
and the Pirates. 2sG
Best waiting Team.
The National Leagues best watch.
iul waiting team would az the present
time consist % four Cubs. on Giant
one superba. ono phiIie. one Brave
and one Cardinal and would be- made
lp as fonous
Catcher Bresnahan o. Chicago. go
psrIer
Pitcher ReuItach o. Brooklyn. II.
paese+
rIr.t tassman SAFER of Chicago.
90 pareea
second baseman -HuzrIns OF So
luIIs ~ passes
Third ba.amaa-sveeney o. chi.
rar0 81 passes
shorstop- Evers o. Boston. 50
raaFf-
Left FIELDER Burns o. New York
81 passes
center asiser-Lssch % chicago.
20 passea
RfrHf fielder r-ava.r or ptusf.r. .