Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-04
MA|sEL, PREMIER BASE
STEALER OF AMERICANS
Yankees Third Baseman Captures
Seventy-Four Sacks by tho Pill
fer Route During 1914.
WAS BEST AWAY FROM HOME
Majority OF His Thefts Were Made
On Foreign Soil-Was Tagged
Seventeen Times-Four Efforts
Resulted In Runs.

'it| Niaisci' VI tne Yankees, pre-
Inier base steaier OF tho American
League last year. made the sumo record
In larcenies In 1914 ms Clyde Milan, OF
the Nationals did in 1918, but Old King
Dope. who keeps close tab on the able
athletes. shows that as a sack snatcher
the Washingtonian was not in the
same class with tho New Yorkor. even
if each did get away with seventy
four thefts.
+, Milan was cut down by backstops
thirty times while lie was trying to
add to his record in 1913, while Maiscl
only was tagged seventeen times by
| the buckstops last season. The speedy
| National had base running average
, or .112 two years ago the galloping
Gothnmtte base running average OF
S13 last season. This is Il mark for
both major leagues. It IL thought.
! Played In LID Games.
! Malsel. who played I'm l49 games,
distributed his seventy-four thefts
! through nfty-six games. In each OF
thirtS-ninc contests Fritz was credited
with one steal; In each of sixteen COM
! bats he was credited with two bur
! Slarics, and once he did the raffies act
thrice. Tho day lie bothered tho back
stops the most was May 20. the Yam
, KEGS then meeting tho Maps ut tho Polo
( Grounds and defeating them, 10 to g,
! III u wild, wicrd, long drawn-out affair
MatseFs three steals were made on
! Bnsslcr and Billings. two being on tho
frst-namcd wlndpaddist.
/ The catchers Ma!scl found easiest to
steal on were those employed by the
Cleveland club. ON steve ONeill <
co. the rapid -moving Fruit pilfored
nfteen cushions. He stole fourteen on
/ Nashingtons receivers, eleven on Do
troits, ten on Boston's. ton on st.
Louis. eight on rhladelphla's, and six
/ on Chicago's. Contrariwisc. tho Ath
letlc windpaddists Jagged AInisel most
I frequently. They turned him back ave
times when he tried to steal, wallie
Schnng mailing him three times md
/ Jack LapD twice.
] Washlngton's windpnddists tbrico
halted Malsel when he WAS on robbery
bent. and so did Chicago's. The Boston
catchers twice got the ball to tho base
Mnisei was trying for ahead OF him,
ana inc knights of the big init. en-
ployed by the Cleveland and St. Louis
clubs performed similarly. In no game
was Maisel twice caught stealing He
failed TO steal second on thirteen oc-
casions. third threo times and home
once.
Among Maiscls sevcnty-four thefts
were four clean larcenies Of the plat
ter. He beat his way in from third
for the first time May - in Il game
win St Louis. the Rickey's battery
I
later, TO the day, Maisel stole home on
Mitchell and ONeill. OF Cleveland.
september ! Fruits skipped in from
third on Shaw md ainsmith. OF Wash
| ington. and October 6 he duplicated tho
feat on Bender and I4npp. OF Philadel-
! phia
Maisel got majority Of his thefts
while playing on foreign diamonds.
His larcenies at the Polo Grounds num-
bercd thirty-two. on the road they
totaled forty-two. He stole four bases
! in April, eleven IN May. thirteen In
, June. seven In July. sixteen In August,
sixteen in September, and seven in
October. The cntchers on whom he
stole and the catchers who pegged him
! out nre named below:
S1RiscIs SuccessfuI Steals.
Clereland-I5.
On ONeill, 3: Egan, 3: Bessler 2:
Billings, /; Carisch. ].
WRshington-14.
On Henry, 4; Williams, 4: Ain
smith, 3.
Detroit--l1
On Mckee, 4; Baker. 4; Stanagc, 3.
Boston---10.
On Thomas, .; Cady. 3: carrigan. ..
st. Louis--1o
On Agnew, 8: Crossin. 3: Lcary, 2.
Phiiadelphia-s
On Lapp, B: Schang, g.
Chicago-6.
On Schalk. 4: Kuhn, !; Mayer, l.
When MniseI Was FInsged.
Philadclphia-5
April by Lapp, trying to steal
second.
April 2a-By schang, trying to steal
second.
April e7--By schang, trying to stea,
second
July s-By schang. trying to steal
third.
October 5-By Lapp. trying to steal
second.
Chicago--s
June S-By Schalk. trying to steal
second
July 25-By schalk, trying to steal
second.
August 25--By Mayer, trying to steal
third.
Westinghouse.
June By williams, trying to steal
home.
August 17-By Ains,nith, trying to
stedl second.
September 10-By williams. trying
Boston,
June 27-By cady, trying to steal
second.
August 15--By Cady, trying to steal
second.
Cleveland--o
May el--Ry Bassler. trying to steal
second.
September 27-By Egan. trying to
steal second.
ST. Louis.
June 11-By Agnew, trying to steal
second.
August s-:sy Crossin. trying to steal
second.
Milan holds tho base stealing record
for the American League, II having
been established In 1912, when tho
Washingtonian did the Rallies act
lightweight times. j. Clyde really
stole nlncty-onc bases that year, but
three OF them were wiped out by
Jupiter Pluvius, who put stop order
on a game between the Browns and
the Senators in tho third inning.
BOxing Profitable in New York.
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