Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-11-11 | Page 21 | Saints Lead League in Double Plays; Sheely is Shining Individual Star

Saints Lead League in Double Plays; Sheely Is Shining Individual Star Local First Baseman Participant in 173 of Club's 191 Twin Killings; Also Leads in Unassisted Doubles; Charley Hollocher, Beaver Shortstop, Starts 56, Largest Number; Los Angeles Suffers Most From Opponents' Speed, Falling Victim to 177 Doubles. -n A K L SlU'.iaV. a!t I.ako first D i basonian. willi his lou arms and . his wondcrt'ully deft hauds. J'ar outstrirp'"'. all other ( 'oast leneuo ball players in the 1017 season I for particii-alion in uoublo vlay?. The 's:ilt Lake chili had "191 vlotib'c plays diiriu the year ami Sheely vus in 173 of tbem. lie started twenty, pivoted in eleven and coin pie ted 11-. It is a record inch no don Id will stand for many years in ti:1 Coast leapm. Salt Lake douid plavod its opponents with such vi'gor that the aints'led the lea ue. Ver noii, d t h its mult it tide ot inl ie'dii's, was a tairlv n.iiod second, jalt Lake h.ad l!'! double plays, Vernon jlMi. Porilaud 17:?, Calvhunl' lol. San i-'ranc tsco 1 ! 7 ant Los An iiolo stra-ejed stra-ejed atone; as ta ilcnd-T with 1 10. There was a total of P-l double plays in tho league . hi ri n tllt. season. Tli roe 1 1 .pie plays were mad?, as l'o' iow-s; April l1-. C lei china nn to Pa- is (Los Angeles). iV;ai!!t Vernon; .1 uly Ll t . 0 a How ay f o Sn.idc.rnss i 'cr-noti 'cr-noti L a :;a inst Sa i i Lake ; epTember 11, St unit t" to l.carl to Cardner vttakland, a i;a inst S:,n Li a lie iscO. 'Salt Lake jvirt icipated in 'Jd;; eames e.urimr the ye;'. -on. With liU double plas the r:'tc runs almost one to a ;ui me. Llost Against Seals. Tlie Saints were l-e-t aeaiiisT San Prancisco a':d Los AmHcs. Airaii'st the Seals they roiled up a total of ferty-lliree double d;i s for the Year a nd the AneL fell victim to forty. Vernon and Porriand each made thirty-cu'eht thirty-cu'eht iiiiaiust Salt I.nko and Oakland made lhirly-fie against tlie Saints. San Tram isco showed thirty-three I aainl tlie Atip.cN and Los AnC'.'ics . had thirty aeaiu-t th,. Timers. I Los An-oder, proved to' be th crent-; crent-; est -ietim v( the donUle killing method of refirtn:,' sides, 'fltcy were prv in 177 double plays. The seals sut't'ered j 171 tiums and the saints were knocked ! out io'd ti.nes. 1 The following t.nbb? shows the nnm-! nnm-! bor of double phi s each club made . against every olla.r club for tlie 1917 season : j n .V : i; t; 1 t- ii ; j 1 '.r " ? I 7 r ! ) Vernon IN . ..' ;V" :h' d lio , Piirt land . . . ' ei'. . . ;'. i ;: ; t:-j ' aKiand . . . ' X, Co -J.". . . . ;;u ;; .". I San Fran. .. CP- !v ,7 L"i ed 117 '. Liw Augele?.- i';b op l l'". I'M ... U0 ; Total .... 1'hi Li I loo i;,7 " i 7 7 : . 7 !Makc 'Em in lur.ches. j 1 n one series Suit .:. ke mad-" t w elvo double jd:i a gainst S:m l-'r.incisco ;ind , : i n anoi lie r t hey mad i' T w el e a, a t r. -t Los Angeles. T!;e Cak also " mad (Continued on P.u;o XUiec,) SAINTS LEAD LEAGUE III DOUBLE KILLINGS (Continued from raftd One) j twelve against l,os An!;etof in one so I nes. Vonion inadi' olo en iu a set i x 1 against I'oitland and I'oithiinl made I ole en iijjiaii.st an Fi ainuseo. One tlou!di pln was uvordid for mio so ues ns tollows: Salt l ake nj-aiuxt San , Id uuei-.cn, ei 11 on m-a in-t Oak la ml, 1 box Angeles against einon, bos An ) -;des n.;atiix I'ort land. I Slusd v leads t ho band in uiiuxmM ed double 'dax. Ho had seen. I Mill ' K 00 1 net , San Kruno i sen first buxom an , Ivid five and Jim Hallow ay, ernon t In i d buxoinau, had t ht ee. ! Ow i 1 14 to the immense number of players Vevuou an 1 Oakland ued frotu tune to time as liixt ba.xoinou, indi id ual lauords (ov t hose two c lubx do not run hih. The moM intrioat1 double play of the season was made by t lie I u i la 11 decs. It ran as follows: Wilie to Holloehor to sijlin t) Ivoders to llaldwiu to Ki-nolli Ki-nolli to llaldwiu to Holloehor. Holloehor Starts Most. ' Oharley HoUoeher, ltea rr shortstop, lis leader in .xtartiu double plavs. lie ! had titty six. Hilly Orr, Suit baUe j sluu tstou, was second w ith forty -eiejit ; I i 111 t i allow uy. Y onion t lurd ba.emau, j was third with thirty nine; Kov Oot I ban, Sh n Krunois-en sliort stop, ftui 1 1 h, jwith thirtv oiLilit, uml Zeb 'lorry, l.os 1 Ain;eies shortstop, ftfth with thirtv-I thirtv-I three. Numerous xwitohes in ornoii I and Oakland shortstops put these club ! out of the rpu'iine; fnr indn idual j starter! of ooulde p.H s. The best com hi nut ion for double ,plays whs a l.os Antdes trio. "Terry 1 to Ken w ort by to 1'oui uier ' ' appea 1 s 'twenty times in the record. (w;n to the f net that i ! ixlason and ( ran lad a I-I I-I temated at seeond luiso, the double Iphsvs started by Orr were split. " ot r to tiixlasou to heoh ' ' is registered Thirteen times and "Orr b rundaU to 1 Sheely " eleven times. " Holloehor to ; Kod jers to (. i rik-s occurs t h u t eon j times.