The Washington times., 1916-12-06
GEORGE AND HANK
THERE WITH GOODS
Mcbride Best Fielding Short
stop, and Sharks Out In
Front as Fielder.
BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER.
George Mcbride and Howard shanks
have stamped themselves once again
the best fielders in the ranks OF the
Griffmen.
The veteran shortstop II second
only to Everett Scott, OF the worlds
champion Red Sox. Mcbride has .
mark OF .057 for 100 games. eighteen
more than those In which Scott per-
formed. Mcbride made thirteen moro
errors than did Scott. but he also had
slxty.ive more put-outs and ninety.
nine more assists, showing that the
Griffmsn covered more ground.
With Mcbride improving in his hit.
ting, having increased his totals from
.204 in 1915 to .227 last season, he
looks to be sure OF holding his Job for
another year. unless some unhesrd-of
phenom appears.
shsnks II Leadtsg.
Hank Shanks. with three errors and
q record OF .gS7 In the garden, leads
all participating I'm at least thirty
three games. Shanks performed In
eighty-eight games In the outfeid.
Happy" Felsch, the white Sox re.
cruit. is second, with q mark OF .osl In
141 games.
Ed Charity IL up in front among
the catchers, working in sixteen
games behind the bat without an
error. but Bill Carrigan, another
Swede, is entitled to even more praise.
The Red Sox manager caught twenty
seven games without making q mis-
Ray schaik Is the leagues rsG
leader. catching i2t games for mark
of osS.
Foster Not High.
Eddie Fosters mark OF .gs0 at sec.
ond base places him In ninth position.
while Morgan IL twelfth with .e57. In
the face Of official figures that place
Eddie Collins at the top OF all the sec.
ond basemen In the American League.
one has been found TO write the fol.
Eddie Foster played the best ball
OF all the second basemen In the
league last season: He became
master OF the position and his field.
ing was the most sensational In the
history OF the game.
ain covering ground he never had
an equal, and on slow hit balls which
he had to pick up on - hard ard run ,,,s he
throws that have ever been seen.
There was a time when Eddie Collins
IN his DAYS with the Athletics was a
player OF remark.blc ability but
and In every game that he played
against Foster he looked as slow ~
a truck horse"
It's Just Pure Bunk.
All OF which IL the finest kind OF
bunk, pure and simple. as the official
records show. Collins covered As much
ground as did Pratt, Young. LaJoie.
and Gedeon, players who figured In
about as many games at the position.
The old game OF winning pennants
In the winter and losing them In the
one can go behind the returns and
boost Eddie Foster, q fine little play.
err, at the expense OF Eddie Collins, the
best fielding second baseman In the
Some baseball writer's are inclined
to be rash, TO say the least, when
snow flies, and spend the remainder
OF the year consulting old man All
III.
shasks Best OF All.
A. third base Hank ShAnks led all
the Griffmen In the feid with a mark
OF $50 and finished sixth In the CIR
cult. His official ngures prove the
reason OF those who would play him
on the hot corner all the time.
Leonard. with $50. seven points be.
hind the Marvellous Monacan, ranked
eight in the league. Foster II four
tenth, fourth from the bottom, with
.D2a in eightfour games. Shsnks
played only thIrty-one games there
during the 1915 campaign.
Oscar Wit was the leagues best
fielding third-sacker, playing Ioi
games for a mark OF .e65.
GsnsiI beats Judge.
Joe Judge had to trail Chick Gan.
oil In the neld as he did with the bat.
Gandil was the leagues real leader.
having a mark OF .oe6 In las games
at the frst station, Judges .es6 was
the best for the Grinmen. but places
the youngster at ninth for the league.
Zeb Milan " twenty-nfth among
the league outhelders, with an aver
age OF .e61.
GsIiis u Clever.
Bert Gallia was the cleverest fielder
among the Washington pitchers, I'm
ishing at e8l In forty.nine games.
But he was seventeenth In the league.
Claude Williams, the White sox
southpaw, worked In forty.three
games without an error, while Ernie
Koch. the Brownies side'wheeler,
went errorIess in thirty-three games.
They are the real leaders,
Walter Johnson ranked thirty
fourth, with Harper down ct for
Foi,owins are the ofnciaI heidinE
records made by the Griffmen during
the past season:
FIRST BASE.
49,. q Pc. A. r.. Pet.