Evening star., 1927-08-08

Young Robert Reeves. fielding brill
liaptly for the Nationals yesterday,
set an American League record Tor
assists made by a shortstop IN a
championship game and missed by
one only tie with the major league
mark when his days work included
| 13 assists and one putout.
The junior circuit mark eclipsed
| was that established by Kid Elber-
| field, who made II assists while play
| ing at short for the Tigers in the
second game of a double header on
Septenber 2, 1901. Reeves fine per-
| fornance thus shattered record that
had stood for nearly 26 years.
The all-maj jor mark he just missed
tying was made by Thomas w. Cor
coran Of the Cincinnati club on Au-
gust Z, 1908. In the game that day
| the Red shortstop made IA assists.
The major league record for the
most chances accepted in a game by
a shortstop was set in the first game
of a double.header played on June 20,
1892, at 10 by Daniel Richardson of
the old Washington National League
club. He made six putouts and IL
assists. Richardson also made an
error. The American League mark
for total chances accepted in a game
by shortstop is II and was made
| by Bobby Wallace Of the Browns on
June 10, 1902. Wallace made six put
outs, IL assists and two errors.
In making his American League rec.
| ord, Reeves had chances in all innings
except the second. He threw out
Fonseca in the first round, Jameson
in the third, Joe Sewell and Myatt in
the fourth, Hudlin and Jameson in
| the fifth, Summa in the sixth, LutZke
and Cullop in the seventh. Fonseca
and Myatt in the eighth and Eichrodt
and Burnett in the ninth.
| He got Myatt in the fourth inning
| by taking Eichrodt's grounder and
| tossing to Harris for a force play.
His assist in disposing Of Cullop in
Jamieson's pop for his only putout
/ of the day. Bob threw to Judge to
double Cullop off first base.
! Reeves finest play Of the game oc.
! Cured in the third frame, when he
crossed second base for a fashy stop
of Jamieson's hot grounder and with
out recovering his balance heaved tC
Judge to flag the Indian. The throw
was low, but Judge made a smart
| pickup.
The only time Reeves got his hands
on the sphere without making a re
tirement was in the sixth inning wher
he knocked down Myatt's terrific
| smash and held it to single.
American League headquarters il
Chicago announce that Walter John
son and not Garland Braxton will be
officially charged with the loss of las
Tuesdays game between National!
and Tigers and that the charge o.
defeat in the game played with the
Athletics at Philadelphia on April 2!
has been transferred from Fred Mar
berry TO Hollis Thurston. A rulins
by headquarters also takes from
Bucky Harris credit for a stolen base
that was given him III the score o
a game between Nationals and Indian!
played in Cleveland on July H.
In the headquarters ruling on thu
Johnson day game here, the ofiicia
! scorer is held to be In error in charg'
ing Braxton with the responsibility
for putting McManus, who scored thu
run in the ninth inning that put the
Tigers ahead, on base. The officia
! statistician of the American Leagu,
| holds that "the rule is that the re-
lieVing pitcher cannot be charged
with the first batsman he face:
reaching base If such batsman ha!
any advantage because of the pitch
ing Of the boXman relieved"
In the ninth inning of the johnson
day game, there was a Tiger on sec
ond base and one out when johnson
was removed after pitching two ball
to Wingo. McManus relieved Wing'
at bat as Braxton took Johnson:
place on the slab and the pass to th'
new batter was completed. Thei
Woodall tripled I'd drove In tw'