Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-20
AMERICAN LEAGUERS PLAY
 WELL IN THE FIELD
GandiI, Collins, Vit and Scott Made
 Marks in InfieId.

l Many remarkable fielding stunts | were performed in the American league last season according to the Of | fcial averages which are released for l publication today. Chick Gandil, first baseman of the Cleveland team, par l ticipated in 145 games during which time he handled 1872 chances and | made only nine errors. He leads in his position. Eddie Collins, the White | Sox star in 155 games at second base accepted 761 chances and is the vir- tual leader in his position. Oscar Witt, the Detroit third sacker was the best fielder in his position, Everett Scott, the Red Sox phenom, led the shortstops of the circuit, Ray Scl1alk landed the title of being the best catcher, Felsch of Chicago perform ed the steadiest in the outfield and the best fielding pitcher was Coveles- k1e Of Detroit. There were other players who sported better avera ges are not entitled to the honors be- cause they did not play in sufficient number of games to be considered.
 Most Games.
 Walter Pipp of the New York Yam keeS played in the greatest number of games around first base, 148. Gandil was the only getaway sack guardian who made more than 100 assists Sisler, the St. Louis star, made the greatest number of errors among the first sackers, 24. Mullen, the Yankees utility man, played IT errorIess games at first during the season.
 Collins Average .es1.
 Terry Turner of Cleveland was the only player in the Johnson organiZa- tion who finished with a better field ing average than Eddie Collins. His figures were .9S1, five points better. He~played in only 42 games around the keystone station. Pel Pratt of St. Louis played in 15S games, which was the most for any second sacker, in cldentally made the greatest number Of putouts and assists, 438 and 4S1 est number of errors, 3. Jack Barry, the Meriden boy, made only 13 er- TOTS at second in 94 games.
 Made Fine Record.
 Oscar Witt made a great record for himself while performing at the hot corner for the Tigers. He played 151 games and led in this respect In ad- dition he was the only third baseman to make more than 200 assists and 300 putouts. He was credited with 22 er- TOTS. Pick the Philadelphia Ath- letic player made the most errors in his position in the league, 42
 Scott Best Shortstop.
 Everette Scott easily outclasscd the American league shortstops in field ing. In 121 games ne handled 217 putouts, made 339 assists and only 19 n1isplays. His average was 967. | George Mcbride, the veteran Wash | ingtcn man and Owen Bush of De- troit followed in order with averages 1 of .S57 and .954. Lawton Witt pulled l the Athletics. He made B errors. | However, he made 299 putouts, the | largest number in his position. Peck | 1npaugh of the Tanks made the most | assists, f54.
 Cobb Poor in Fielding. ]
 Six outfelders in the league finish | ed with spotless fielding records | land star, took care of 4s chances for the Red Sox in the outer works without bobble. The other lads who did not get dot in the F column were Henriksen of the Red Sox, Hartzeli of the Tanks, Leihold of Chicago, King of the Athletics and Hendryx of the Tanks The busiest individual in the outfield was Clyde Milan, the Washington speed boy. He made 352 putouts and 27 St. Louis made 20 errors, which was the greatest number credited to any man in the outer works Ty Cobb finished 33d among the outfielders.
 SchaIk Far Ahead.
 Ray Schalk, recognized as the premier catcher of the country, land ed first .honors in his position with a splendid average of .9SS. He made 6553 putouts and was dead against wouldbe base stealers as his assist column of 166 attests. Steve O'Neil of Cleveland was also there in assist ing, having 154 assists to his credit. Four pitchers, Williams of Chicago. koob of St. Louis, Gregg and Wyckoff of the Boston team didn't make an error in the games that they twirled. Coveleski of Detroit, Scott of Chicago, Foster of Boston and K.epfer of Cleveland made only one m:splay.
 The cham oion Rcd Sox led the cir cult in team fielding. Their average for 156 games was 9.2. They made the least number of errors of any letics made the largest number of er- | TOTS, 314.