Show Maranville Tops National Loop Shortstops f for r Season Fielding I Veteran Has Average for Year Critz Top Top- By Henry McLemore V NEW YORK Dec 27 1 UP UP- UP Shortstops nay may come como and short shortS stops may go bO but the Rabbit goes goeson goeson oes on forever forc The Rabbit In case you ou dont don't know Js is nono none other than Walter Waller James Vincent of ot tho the Boston Braves Bra Tho The Rabbit started playing professional baseball back In 1912 1012 yet ct according to the of official ot of- ucla National league fielding fielding- a av averages av- av erases released today he lie led all league shortstops In fielding last season with an average of ot Charley Chancy Grimm Chicago Ib Hughie Hughle Critz Cincinnati New NewYork York YOlk b and Sparky Spark Adams of ot St. St Louis Loul were the other Infielders to lead lend th the league at their positions Grimms Grimm's In games James was 46 Critz ended tho season Benson with witha a percentage of oC and Adams with Gabby Hartnett out In 1929 with wItha a a. lame lam arm came carne back bock to head the catchers with an average of ot Tho The Chicago star also had the most moat passed balls ten tn LEADS FIELDERS Walter Now New York with an nn average a of or 1 Z was as the outfield leader two Twenty pitchers fielded for fora a a. perfect 1000 but Babe Phelps of ot Brooklyn was aa the l leader ban han dUng dung fil three fifty three chances without an I error Chuck Klein of ot Philadelphia made four forty assists to set a anew anew anew new I league gue record The old mark markot of ot thirty-nine thirty was established In 1907 by one Michael Mitchell of ot Cincinnati New cw York leader in club batting also topped tho the field in club fieldIng fielding field field- ing with a per percentage o of Chicago had bad tho the most putouts and the most runners left lett on bases 1180 St. St Louis turned In tho the most plays Philadelphia mado made tho most assists assets 81 ts 2000 the tho most moat errors 39 and had the greatest greatest great great- est number of ot chances Brooklyn Brook lyn and Boston led in p passed balls with fourteen each Cincinnati contributed two of ot the four tour triple pl plays plas s 's executed during the season Brooklyn and Philadelphia Phila Phila- delphia delphta mado made one ons each cach The leagues league's total of ot 1318 double plays smashed hed the former record of 1227 made mado in 1928 InS NO UN PLAYED GAMES At tho the end of oC tho the season no games ames remained Pitcher Kenneth Ash sh of Cincinnati Cincin Cincin- nati naU turned the trick of or winning wh a n ball ban gamo game with ono one pitched ball Sent In to relieve Benton Denton in the sixth Inning o of ot a 0 game ame with Chi ChU cago tossed one ball und arid Batter Bat ter Grim promptly hit Into a triple pla Play Cincinnati then s scored our ur runs In Its Ha half of ot the Inning to take th the lead Kolp finished tho the game gamo on tho the mound mO for Cincinnati but Ash Ah vas Wui given credit for lor tho the Ictor victory |