New Britain herald., 1923-09-04

TOT blood. more interesting 70 watch
 Each team took the breaks of the
 game without protest and gave the
 best that they had.
 Cherry Pie upset the American
 track record yesterday when the mile
 was run at Belmont Park iA
 i:a5 2-5, . fifth of second faster than the mark made by Audacious in
 1921.
 The Tanks took a double header from the Athletics yesterday but had to 50 IS innings to capture the morn ing game. to 1. Ruth's two bagger,
 hts only hit of the day, put over the winning run.
 It is doubtful if any other catcher
 in the history of major or minor
 league ball can boast of the record
 that Catcher Ray Schalk of the Chi
 cago White Sox has achieved. Schalk,
 as member of the White Sox, has
 made a putout at every base on the inield. That is most unusual for a catcher.
 uusually catcher confines his work. to the home plate. His putouts come as the result of strikeouts, caught fly balls or touching runners trying to score. Naturally most of Schalks chances have been performed In that manner, yet he has turned the feat of getting putout at each base. which is most unusual for catcher How did Schalk turn the trick of completing plays at first, sec- ond and third? We'll. the best way is to let Schalk tell the story himself.
 several years ago we were playing a. game in Cleveland. Eddie Murphy was in right field for us. JamiesoYf of Cleveland was at bat. Jamieson being aleft-handed batter our first baseman was playing rather deep for him. Jamieson hit hard into right field. When the ball shot into that territory I had an idea that Jamieson, a very fast man, might try for second on the hit If 1t was fumbled, which would lcall for him to edge considerable distance toward second. Started to jog into the direction of first Jannie- son did as expected and at he round ed first I dashed at full speed for the bag. Eddie Murphy handled the ball fast, made perfect peg to me at first and tagged out Jamieson as he slid back into the bag"
 Since that time Schalk has tried to pull the pzS half dozen times with Hasrr Aooper in right field for Chi cago. Hooper is a wonderfully accur- ate thrower. In the judgment of the unnpires the play just failed to get the l man in each case. although every de- cision was 8 close one.
 My putout at third base came against the St. Louis club" explains schalk. Hal Chase was playing first base for Chicago at the time. Chase was perhaps the greatest throwing first baseman in the history of the game. No play seemed too dihicult for him. Unless l am mistaken Johnny Tobin was on first. The batter laid down bunt which our third base man came in and handled, getting the batter at first realized that the third baseman would not be able to get back for a play at his base, if Tobin tried to come over. When the ball was bunted I dash for third. Tobin seeing the base uncovered. started for third. Chase took in the situation at a glance and made a perfect throw to the bag. I managed to catch the ball by diving for 1t and in so doing threw myself directly in front of the runner, who was called out by the umpire.
 My putout at second was also against the Browns. Ray Demmitt was on first base. On the hit and run play Joe Gideon hit terrific drive to left field which Joe Jackson grabbed by leaping high in the air as the ball seemed certain to clear the bleacher wire for . home run. No one in the park thought Jackson would get the ball. Dcmmitt was almost to third , when the catch was made. had run out into the infield when the ball was. hit. The moment Jackson caught the ball. he threw 1t to shortstop Risberg who went out to take the relay. In the meantime l ran down to second, took I Risberg's throw and touched Demmitt. dashins for second on his way back to nrst.
 Incidentally Eddie Collins chased me to the bench for invading his ter . ritory Of course have had hundreds of plays at the home plate. However, doubt if any other catcher has made E 'ne or more putouts at every base on 7 he inield." By splitting even yesterday while ' he Reds lost the one they played. !. he Giants gained half a game in the 1. eague race. Torrington won the from New De- ,artures yesterday by virtue of the Iirtight pitching of old Tom Tuckey. The 2:0e trot, the 2:10 pace and the y l:14 trot are cn this afternoons card T t Charter Oak. Dutch Schliebner and Walter Ger f "A. fnrnfrhnI a trfpln play thrill II