El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-19

" soulhpaW, IN the Bullet
league next season instead OF
on the National league circuit, there
ought to be more base running in the
Tener organization, for as usual the
southern youth held Draft No. 25s in
sharing men off the hassocks He
always makes his opponents watch
their step when they qualify as base
runners and during 1917 he got the
scalps Of Is Of them after they had
thus qualified. picking Il of first and
one off third
The pastimer the Mansfield. Ca,
athlete caught at the hot corner with
an unexpected throw was Jack Smith
Of the Cardinals. 'Peterkin" Kilduff
Of the Cubs will this year recall
SherrOd Smith just as wildly as the
St Louis Smith will remember him.
plucked off the getaway cushion by
the Brooklyn sOuthpaw in the third
inning and three Sessions later he
bumped head on into the same har-
rowing experience
smith Is Good.
Old timers say that Smith Is the
nearest approach to Matt KilrOy in
making men hug their bases. and IN
picking men off them. they ever have
seen. Nick Altrock. when he was &C
tive in the American league, did a
lot of Kilroy-Smith stuff, and accord
ing to fielder Allison Jones. boss Of
the Browns. who is not given to ro-
mancing, one caught II men off the
bases in one game played out on the
Pacific coast This record is not in
any way OF the record books. but
Jones vouches for it
The next best man in the Ma
tlOnal league last season in fenth-
ering his assist nest by catching
men when their minds and legs
were set on advancing along the
scoring route via the run and hit
or theft lines was Milton Watson
Of the Cardinals-
The Mule got nine victims in
this way, his star accomplishment
in this line of earnest endeavOr
coming in the eighth inning of
the battle OF May - with the Su-
perbas, when Jake Daubert and
trapped off first.
Allen May Retire.
Frank Allen, Of the Braves. who
threatens to retire, duplicated the
Mules feat Of May % on September Is
in the ninth frame OF the argument
with the Giants, catching Arthur
Fletcher and Jim Smith off first IN
turn
BurIeigh Grimes. Of the Pirates.
nfpped Joe without, former Brave
and then Giant, off first in the
second inning on July 81 and In
the eighth inning caught the same
individual off second.
National leaguers who nailed seven
men off the bases were Frank Miller.
of the Pirates: Dick Rudolph. OF the
Braves, and Al Demaree. who started
the campaign with the Cubs and end
ed it with the Giants. The Steamer
is q better man at holding runners
up than is generally thought. as BEN
jamin Michael Kauff will testify.
Bashful Benny twice retreated to the
bench from first as a result Of AIS
jerky throws.
Cheney Very Fast.
Pitchers who caught six men were
Larry Cheney. Of the Superbas. and
Bill Doak, OF the Cardinals. Bonus
Bill" in 1916, caught Max Carey.
premier base runner OF the National
league, off first and made the putout
himself.
ArtiIierists claiming five victims
were Jeff Tesreau, Of the Giants; VIII
bur Cooper, Of the Pirates. and the be-
specialized Henry Lee Meadows. Of the
Cardinals.
The four victim men were Artfe
Nehf, Of the Braves, whom John
Evers declares is as good n south
paw as Schupp; @Rube" Vanguard
and Leon Galore, OF the Superbas;
Jimmy Ring. of the Redss W.
Dayton Perritt. Of the Giants, and
Paul Fittery and Eppa Rixey, ir.,
Of the PhIllies.
All told, there were 40 National
leaguerS caught off the bases by the
pitchers last season, 149 being nailed
off first, 20 off second and one off
third
DOdger Leads.
The Brooklyn boxmen took the lead
IN sharing men off the cushions. with
80, then Followed st. Louis. with q;
with "a: New York's,
with %; BostOn's, with 21: ChicagO's.
with 16; Philadelphia's with Il, and
with Il.
Another way to find out whether a
pitcher is a master craftsman at
holding runners up is to take the
bases that are stolen on him. Here
the dope falls down a little. because
Of the steals that are perpetrated by
the players of a losing team in the
ninth spasm, when their opponents
are way out in front and when no
is made TO thwart the lar
cenies.
smith Is High
Smith ranks high in this respect, |
too, for he permitted 16 thefts in "a
full games, and four Of the burglaries
came in the last round of the game of
August IS with the Reds. When this
chapter started Brooklyn was lead
ing, to 0, and when II ended Cincin-
natl had evaded a shutout by scoring
twice The Reds pulled three ninth
inning steals on James Sanford Law
ender. OF the Philadelphias, on June
IS, the tally being u to against
them when they took their last turn
at the bat