The sun., 1916-12-17
3 TRIPLE STEALS
ADDED TO RECORD
Browns, Braves and White SOx
Turned Trick in Majors
This Year.
&c PLAYERS STOLE HOME
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Judging By the number Of clean steals
Of the plate made In the major leagues
this year and the number OF triple
steals pulled oY the American Leaguers
were feeter of foot and OF brain than
their brethren Of the National League
added to the records II witnessed
twenty-six pure food thefts Of the home
station.
The three ply larcenies were perpe-
trated by the Browns against the Tigers.
by the Braves against the Giants and
BY the white Sox against the Indians.
two occurring In the Junior league and
one in the senior organisation. OF the
twenty-six %larcenies OF III plate Amer
lean Leaguers claimed seventeen and
the National LeaGuers nine. Addition
ally. two Johnsonites managed to as
semble four ~larcenies In games, while
the limit Of thefts for a Tencrite In n
contest was three.
The triple steals OF 1916 were led by
Ernie Johnson Of the Browns. Johnny
Evers OF the Braves and Eddie Collins
Of the White Sox. the dates they were
staged being May 8. June 80 and Sep
TENDER 80. The runs John OF Boston
and Edward OF Chicago carried over
Tic Dtdtc Wph wv Ahci' 'N 90
and the Indians, the tally procured by
Ernest OF ST. Louis started a rally that
resulted In the downfall OF the Tigers.
Johnson's associates In the triple steal
on McTigue and StanaGe OF Detroit
May 5 were Jimmy Austin and George
Sisler: Evers's. on Schauer and Rari-
den. June 90. Edgar Collins and Sc
bastian Compton, and Colins's. on BAG
by and DE Berry Of Cleveland. Septem-
-. N Voo va,lan, md ngclr EeiSrh
Flick and GiIhooIey In Lead.
Charley Pick OF the Athletics and
Frank Gilhooiey OF the Yankees set the
high water mark for steals In one game
in the majors, each swiplng four bags
once. The Mackman was the hrst 10
run wild on the bases. doing so In the
game Of May IL with the Browns. whose
batterymen were Dave Davenport ana
Grover Hartley. Pick hlched second
ard third In the second spasm. second
In the sixth and second In the eighth'
Hartley never headed of the Nirginian.
but once Pick died at the plate fol-
lowing the recovery Of a wild throw by
Grover Cleveland made attempting to
stop him.
on June es, in the frolic with the Ath-
letics. was 500, for Billy Meyer shot
him down once In his nve attempts to
burgle. Disaster overlook both OF these
men, the Yank winding up the season
on crutches and the Mackman on his
back W a hospital In st. Louis recover
Ing from typhoid.
Elmer Myers was Philadelphia's pitch
err the day cir made a carbon copy
of picks feat. The little ~suburbanite
swiped third In the frst Timing. second
| in the second inning, second and third In
| the NTH inning and WAS nailed trying
to steal third In the second inning.
Three Thefts in One Game.
Seventeen times In the Amerlcan and
! twelve times In the National did players
group three thefts In games. Tyrus Ray
mond Cobb being the main captain OF
! industry in this brigade OF brisands
| since he turned such a trick four times.
! Max Carey stole three bases three times
, and Eddie Collins, Ray Chapman and
| Charley Herzog each did no twice. Play
ers who stole three bases In one game
were Pep Young. Harry Hooper, Ward
Miller. George Sisler. Bert Shottcn.
George Weaver. Roger Peckinpaush.
Jacques Fourier and Bobby Roth In the
| American. and lack Smith. Larry Doyle.
| George Whitfield. Roy Corhan. Jimmy
Johnston. Jim Kelly and Arthur Fletch-
or In the National,
A score of postimers skipped blithe,y
In from third and beat the pitch home.
, four able athletes being the heroes OF
! This remarkable stunt more than once.
The quartet consisted Of Eddie Collins
Of the White Sox. Bert Shotten OF the
Browns, Bobby Roth Of the Indians and
| Rollie Zeider OF the Cubs. Shotten and
| Collins each made three clean thefts Of
the plate. Roth and zeider each made
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