The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1920-02-03
Ellerbe, Harris and Schacht
Make High Averages In
Minor League : Other
Sporting Comment. /,
ny GEORGE L. MoRELAND.

The Nationals had three players
with clubs in the International
League last season, Ellerbe. with
Binghampton; Harris. with Buffalo.
and schacht. with Jersey City. All
three making good in the different
positions they played.
Frank Ellerbe. who put in the sea
son with Binghamton at third, was
the leader in that position. He
played in lis games. had 16S put
outs, 2s2 assists and but IL errors.
making a total of 462 chances, and
an average of .974.
Stanley Harris played second for
Buffalo. He was at the keystone
position in 40 games. During that
length of time he had 2S1 put-outs.
366 assists and Al errors. total OF
SIS chances. His average was $40.
But one man, Bauman. of Jersey
City, had more chances, the latter's
figures show 500 chances all told.
Averages Wrong.
Bishop. who is credited as a sec
ond baseman and given total of
S35 chances. played many games at
first In the offifhcial averages sent
oat. his figures at second show he
had an even 500 put-outs against
eos assists. This is incorrect and
should not have been sent out in
that style.
Why official statisticians do not
credit players with the chances Of
fered to the correct positions they
played. is beyond explaining. This
players record will always show
that he had 500 put-outs at second
hen he had nothing Of The sort.
These errors are made in several in
stances through the averages re-
leased 1t is not right to the fans
nor the players.
But the work OF both Ellerbe and
Harris shows they have the ability
to play the two positions in high
class style, and IL is going to be a
dificult matter for President Griffith
to place them in other positions when
they have proved that they are there
in the positions they are now filling.
On last years dope it is going to be
a hard matter to keep either of the
team when their batting records pub
lished last week are also taken into
consideration
Sehncht Looks Good.
Then there is another player. AL.
Schacht- a pitcher with the Jersey
City team that finished seventh in
the race. This tall twirler has been
overlooked by many a tipster. who
think he is some youngster that is
Just breaking into the game. AL
though the records for the past six
years have contained this fellows
averages. still he is but IS years of
age and the coming season he should
prove a star.
He began twirling when a kid of 10,
and there is not a pitcher in the
American League, Johnson not
barred. who is a cooler man while
under fire than this same lad He
has every thing that goes to make
up a high class man. both as a pitch
er and fielding his position. The
records show that he took part in
forty-two games and during that
time he had twenty-seven put-outs
and eleven assists being third in this
respect He made four errors in III
chances and an average of 81.
Parnham and Frank. of Balti-
more, the pennant winners, and
Rommell. with Newark, the Sixth
place team. were the only pitchers
that won more games than Schacht.
who pitched for the seventh-place
club. This club won but 81 games
and the Nationals recruit captured
10 of them. Besides this part of his
work he led the league in shut-outs
with nine, leading all the crack
twirlers in this department. But
295 hits out of 1883 batters who
faced him. One hundred and -enty-
FIVE runs was scored off his de-
livery. SO being earned. an average
of 1875 runs per game. He walked
50 men and famed 50. Parnham
pitched $50 innings, and Acosta, of
Rochester. $40. This was one more
than Schacht pitched. and he took
part in three more games than the
local twirler. so that the Baltimore
star was the only man who worked
harder than Al.
Courtney to Start Early.
Harry Courtney. the southpaw of
the Grifmen, writes his boss asking
IL il will be possible for him to go
South when Altrock does. 81 want to
get a good start this year and the
extra work will just about put me
in shape to do a lot of the early
work for you" he writes. President
Grifith was much impressed with
the earnestness of the twirler and
sent word that he could prepare to
start for Tampa and join Altrock
at Savannah when the boat that is
going to carry Nick. Mike Martin
and his trunks arrive at that point
en- route for Jacksonville.