The Washington herald., 1918-09-16
RAY CHAPMAN
LEADS PASSES
Cleveland Shortstop Tops
Free Pass List in Amer
lean League.

Ray Chapman. Cleveland short
stop, the best sacrifcer in the
American League in 1917. proved to
be the best promenader in that or
ganization in 1918. collecting of the
two kind of complimentaries. regu-
lation and Red Cross, S. The
pastimers say that the bases on balls
and hit by pitched balls should be
Jumped together-at least, some of
them say so-and so this is done.
Chapie would lead the Johnsonites
in hiking without taking into con-
sideration the gifts he was compell-
ed to receive by being vaccinated.
The second best walker on the
janitor circuit also was a shortstOp
Donnie Bush, of the Tigers. He
procured ten less free tickets to first
than the Clevelander. Former Pri-
vate (now Captain) Harry Hooper, of
the Red Sox, stood third in the list
of able pass getters, the former Cap
tain Eddie Collins. of the White SoX.
now one of Uncle Sans Devil Dogs,
stood fourth.
After these men came, in the order
named, Bert. Shotton,, of Washing
ton; Iris Speaker, of Cleveland; /;
Harry Leibold. of Chicago, and Bobby
Roth, OF Cleveland; Babe Ruth, of
Boston; Frank Gilhooley, of New
York, and Jimmy Austin and Johnny
Tobin, of st. Louis; Charley jamie
son, Of Philadelphia; Frank Schultz,
of Washington, and Steve O'Neill.
of Cleveland: Truck Hannah. of New
York; Joe Judge. of Washington,
and Ralph Young. OF Detroit, and
Merlin Kopp. of Philadelphia. Each
of these nineteen players reached
or passed the half century mark in
gifts.
Tyrus Raymond Cobb got to first
43 times by what some scribes term
the easy route al bases on balls. 2
hit by pitched balls); George Harold
Sisler, 43 times (3S bases on balls,
hit by pitched balls), and John
Franklin Baker. AZ times Gao bases
on balls, 2 hit by pitched balls).
Some ball club is that made UP of
the men who received the most
favors from the pitchers in the
American League last season. It's
battery would be Ruth, of Boston,
and O'Neill, of Cleveland: its first
baseman, Judge, of Washington: it's
second baseman, Collins, of Chicago: :
its third baseman, Austin. Of St
Louis; its shortstop. Chapman. of
Cleveland; its left fielder. Shotton,
of Washington: its center fielder.
Speaker. of Cleveland. and its right
fielder, Hooper. of Boston.
There are only two right hand ed
batsmen among these nine pastim-
ers-ONeil and Chapman-though
Austin hits either way. preferably
from the port side.
Before the war a team like this
would have been priceless; now its
value is nil
The number of gifts Of both kinds
received by the 10 players who
passed the half century mark in
complimentaries in the American
League this year Is as follows:
SS-Chapman, Cleveland, short
stop.
7s-Bush. Detroit. shortstop.
74-Hooper. Boston. outfielder.
72-E. Collins, Chicago, second
baseman.
67-shotton. Washington, out
fielder.
6s-Speaker. Cleveland. outfelder.
62-Leibold. Chicago, and Roth,
Cleveland. outfelders.
57-Ruth. Boston, pitcher.
56-Austin, st. Louis. third base
man; Tobin. st. Louis. and Gilhooley,
New York. outfielders.
55-Jamieson, Philadelphia. out
fielder.
54-Schulte. Washington. out
fielder and o'Neil. Cleveland,
catcher.
5s-Hannah New York, catcher.
52-Judge, Washington, first
baseman.
50-YounE. Detroit. second base
man. and Kopp. Philadelphia, out
fielder.
Ray Demmitt and Tim Hendrix,
of the Browns: Merlin Kopp. of the
Athletics: Eddie Collins. Of the
White Sox. and DOME Bush. of the
Tigers, were the American Leaguers
who got four walks in one game,
the Detroiter procuring his quartet
Of complimentaries in a contest that
lasted eighteen innings, so his stunt
was far from being extraordinary.
When Demmitt promenaded four
times. which was against the In
dians on April 81. he went to the
plate on five occasions and the time
he didn't walk he rafsed n sacriA,a