Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-24
IEVO TOG0AFTER
|lME ROUND BASES
INIIs' Speed Merchant Will A.
tempt to Break Record Of
13 2.5 Seconds =,
NILS ouTFIELD SPEEDY
Rv EDWIN J. POLLOCK

s..sburg, Fla, March "a. = Last
t.hor DAY Maurice Archdeacon, re-
,r,.d to be the fastest man in baseball.
~ ! new worlds record for running
n. bases. The Rochester fash turned
III boes in 13 32-5 seconds. ..E.,..t
Some day this season, probably on
arrii IL, opening day, Bevo LeDour-
EN- will take a crack at those figures.
~ has an excellent chance Of tying
~ ehouryeau is a trained sprinter. At
~ santa Clara College, out IN Lafifor.
a Reyo was the star of the track
I'm He could turn In even time for
~ i'm. and watches in races haye often
ES.sht him a fifth of second faster.
Itnows the crouching start and how
ri away with the gun.
FyH viii he somewhat different from
- - sprinting when Bevo faces the
ssd test on the ball field. In the
~ place, he has to fulfill the same
ssditions that confronted Archdeacon.
4 viii have to bunt and then make his
a TO run down to first. You know,
y course, that BevO bats from the left
snder's side of the plate.
Its Of Record
Cy Morgan. one Of the recruit hurlers
vith the Phils, saw Archdeacon speed
round the bases two -fifths Of second
Iaer than Hans Lobert did ten years
~. Cy told of the exhibition:
i'It was OH Labor Day and this run
kIAs act was put on as side feature.
rhdeacon stood at the plate and
snted, He turned like a fash and
n of. He seemed to stumble slightly
iarst base. but he wheeled around
sccnd perfectly. At third he stumbled
rain and It seemed to me that he lost
least a good stride. He finished
Banding up.
II think Archdeacon is the fastest
ian in baseball. George Stallinys is
|raIy about him and believes he will
nake good ball player, He is a good
Irlder, but he doesn't hit so much. lie
m steal bases. Boy, once he gets on
here, he's down to second before you
|now It."
"Yep, you have to get OH there be.
on you can steal that base" Curt
Walker added. and you do. The great.
st speed In the world is wasted If
NC toh huhC hkSt UdSS.
From the way Lebourveau is hitting
|ewn here 1t appears as il he is going
have plenty Of chances to steal, for
Ne California fly chaser is slugging the
MI. With Wild Conroy's advice ut
biting off first to good start. Bevo
hould be able to use his speed to ad-
1ntage, something he has done but
hfely in the past. ,-'.-
wt Is Fast -... ~.
Curt Walker is another young man
tho can step with the rest of them.
The Beeville booster is nursing some
bling In his left leg now that resembles
charley horse. The muscles have
lshtened up on him and he does as
ittle running as possible. With Cy
Williams, who in his days at Notre
lame also was noted runner in the
utfed in addition to Walker and lie.
euryeau, Wilhelm will have fast trio.
Ae King. the other outfeld candidate,
another flash on his feet.
The Phillies play the University of
florida nine this afternoon, and Lance
Rlchbourg, who is on Bakers payroll,
Fiu be down with the collcgians as
oach. Richbourg Is a student at the
gainesville institution. and has been
lgen permission to finish the year in
ae classroom. He will join the Phils
iter he graduates in June.