El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-20

~ aE AlLlQAa4 lelE 4e LOST It's Dezl
pegEing backstop when Hank
= Gowdy enlisted sergt. Hank
did not stay long enough In the parent
organization last season TO throw out
more men than any OF the other
windpaddists, but he ranked first on
the percentage basis, Sc attempts be-
ing made to steal On him and only
g succeeding He wes a "a throweE.
There wasn't great many men
in the National who succeeded in
thWartluE half the steals that
were tried. st. Louis had two
such men, Philadelphia one. Pitts
burg one Chicago one, Brooklyn
one and Boston as told one.
An the 50-5o receivers Of 1917 ex-
cept GoWdy VII be visible on the Ma
riuual LEAGUE circuit this year. though
two Of them VIII be wearing new uni-
forms. Bill Kiuifer having gone from
Philadelphia 10 Chicago and Art Wiz
son from Chicago 10 Boston These
were the seven men who stopped more
rlan half the steals that were tried
on them:
GoHdy OF the Braves. $50 thrower-
Threw out Il ont Of 69 men who tried
20 steal
snyder Of the Cardinals. .558 throw
CT. Threw out IS out OF 155 men who
tried 70 steal
Kfuifer Of the PhIl1fss. .555 throWer.
Threw out 81 out OF ~ men who tried
Gonzales Of the Cardinals. .5ss
thr0Wer- Threw out 49 out OF %
men who tried TO steal
Wagner Of the Pirates, -5z5 thrower.
ThreW out 81 out Of 50 men who tried
20 steal
Wheat Of the Superbas. .517 thrower
Threw out 10 cut Of % men who tried
TO steal
Threw out 81 cut Of los men who tried
IVY Wingo was CincinnatTs best
throwing catcher and Lew McCarty
NeW KorE's. their respective percent
ages being 1872 and .355.
Wtngo and snyder Tie.
w WingO. behind the bat in 40
games, and Frank Synder, q wearer
cf mask and NIT in 81. ran a dead
heat IS 70 the number or VICTIMS
procured, each man claiming s..
1-illifer was third with 81. AleXand-
ar's battery mate was in the same
number Of contests as TViuEo, who. al
the start of the season stopped some
dozen men, one after the other, who
tried 20 steal EingO threw brilliant
lT in the Ohio series between the
Reds and the Indians. but his Work
throughout the season was not IS
brilliant as 10 has been in the past
Until last year the catcher who
prevented the greatest number Of
steals always presented a three
figure record The dope on the
baeksfops now Is obaiutahIe for
six seasons, the idea as TO keep
ing track OF the number OF men
caught coming from Charley
Schmidt, long time Tiger, whose
younger brother Walter, is one Of
the promising young cafchers OF
the promising young Pirates
Charley always insisted thar he
stopped more men trSsaE 10 steal
than anyone else. The dope was
started too late. to. find. out
whether or not he WAS right in
bis ideas.
Kmifer Cut 'Em.
IVY WinE0, then with St Louis.
Turned back the greatest number OF
men IN lsl2-lOL The next season
Bin EIuifer took the lead in frustrat-
Ing steals, preventing 100 Killer
also was the bell Wether performer
IN 1914 with us victims Ia his credit.
In 1915 Frank Snyder Of the Cardinals
just then starting to develop into q
star receiver, vetoed ia attempts 20
plfer. Wing0 recovered the leader
ship in 1916. with record Of us
men killed OF and last year he and
Snyder split 10 the hOuors, though
the blue ribbon really belongs to the
St Lou1sa1, because he caught %
less games than the Cincinnatian-
Eddie Roush OF the Reds were the
lone National leaguers Of 1917 to be
caught half a dozen times during the
season by the same backstop. Wingo
vas Longs Nemesis Snyder picked
on Roush
Eeinie Zimmerman was nailed five
times by Snyder who treated the New