The Washington times., 1928-01-10
JUDGE IRIEL
AND BUCK
LEADERS
BY Louis A. Dougher

Joe Judge veteran first sacker;
R,,clyv Harris manager and smart
nAcond baseman, and Muddy Rnel
Nanner little veteran backstOp, were
900 fielding leaders among the
fSriffnnen during the season of 1927,
vvffl1 Ossie Bluege yielding the palm
~ fhir,7 base only to Willie Kamu1.
rtar tl1trdsacker OF the Chicago
fVhite sox. Furthermore. as e7i
1eraa If what to expect in the
Immediate future. Grant ellis
s,lavad ten errorless games in the
eantemhar trial No wonder Wash
inrton fans are beginning to gro"
rrrisv long ere the training season
~nfs under way ait Tampa ~ Fer
rilal-y. they have reason.
4-ha Chicago White Sox LED IN
team fielding with mark OF I'LL.
Rirhf behind them Numbered the
xfhleticg with $40 and then came
the Griffs and Yankees, each regis
feriFlg $50 for the campaign.
n matter of fact, the first SIX Teams
are separated BY but three polsiss'
with two ties.
Judge. whose friends here are
legion. had q fielding averasc
AZ .g96 In 49, games q the
initial sack. Out Of $50 OppOs
tnnifies. he fooled mere nall
dozen. That's some fleldlns hs.a
gives him the leadership at tne
position.
Lou Gehrig. who played In loe
nan1es ran second to Judge Win 6
naark Of .992. He erred 10 Times
a j, 1855 chances $3.50 -,
Though Larry WoodaA leioeu -.
.ng7 ii SIS games, the honors anloas
fhe catchers rightfully 60 20 Mu0 .as
Ruel. who averaged $50 y
nannes, the greatest number - ~
raules caught BY any payer - s .ae
circuit. Luke SeWaIi, Win :4.s
Games. and Mickey CocnraIle, ~
T28. were the only other backstOps
eneagfng in mere than lUV games
Washington's crack little caScsi lsa.
had seq chances and fell down Only ny
times. He threw out exactly wv
would-be thieves, being sur passsl
only BY Luke SeWall. the lnnlsln -
counting for lI9 runners. SUI .l. - s
had 30 errors to balance asalpst s
Tor Ruel.
Rucky Harris. despite injuries
and managerial worries, was the
lnague,a best fielding second
haeenlau. with mark Of .95S u
ia contests. In $50 chances
around the midway cushion ne
fell down only n times.
rorv Iazzeri. the Yankees star
ran second to Harris. neiuans AOl
.e71 in rs games. -.
a. usual Willie Kamm led al Lne
third basemen averaging .Stz " 80 -.
canes. He handled Sl5 cnahcss
perfectly. failing only IN 10. i.
nasia Blueae failed II times II
14e games. but came lnroun
rIeverIv in 522 opportunities.
side from those 10 perfect games
~ Grant ellis, washington offered
siftla Il, the shortfield. Down around
tie notion landed both Rigney and
Toa sewell. cleveland's veteran,
4anned ali shortstops, averaging
40 in 1853 games. Out OF S14
chances he failed only 80 times.
Reeves uIaying in So games,
erred III times, for an average
~ 9a3 the lowest mark OF all
the so-calIed regular shOrtileld'
ers. Rigney fielded for .sSz IN
81 games.
Ira FIagstead, Boston's grand
littIe veteran. topped the outfield-
ere. averaging 1856 in 129 games.
Al Simmons, of the AS, ran him a
close second. though. with .ss6 in
1O5 games.
sam Rice led the Washington
gardeners with mark Of .975 IN
40 games. McNeely landed two
points higher but took part in but
Fred Marberry, Bobby Burke and
waiter johnson were among the big
clasg of twirlers finishing the sea-
son without making plumbers In the
field. Incidentally it is seen that
Garland Braxton played in %
games and Marberry in Sc. the left
handler doing more work than any
other hurler in the circuit. with the
Texas giant running second to him.