Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-12-24 | Page 11 | Cubs Make Few Fielding Errors

MAKE FEW FIELDING ERRORS Set Tew ew Record For iFor League By HENRY SUPER United Press Sports Writer LW IW YORK Dec 24 UP With UP-With With nager Gabby Hartnett Rip Col- Col Billy Herman setting the thee e ethe the Chicago Cubs cracked two ding records during the 1938 son on official fielding averages re- re led Jed today The e Cubs played the tightest e ball balI in National league story as they battled to the They established hed a new newark ark uk rk of for club fielding and thieved a new circuit record for foor west t. t errors in a season heir new fielding percentage placed the previous high of fleshy l e by Boston in 1933 And th the terror number bettered the Cubs Cubs' of 37 registered in 1934 addition they had the most put put- for or this season K Collins on Top loll ins led the leagues league's first base base- nun fielding with a percentage Herman topped the sec sec- with and Hart Hart- thad the best figure for regular ch his chers rs Gabby however in only 83 games and since in the various depart- depart is based upon 00 games tt could not claim the honor to Al Todd of Pitts- Pitts Todd since has to the Boston Bees Another traded player Joe ripp who lio played with St. St Louis headed the third semen recently sent Brooklyn had an average a Brooklyn had two of the Ld iders rs Leo Durocher new manager who topped e shortstops e shortstops with nith and andOdy andody ody Jody Rosen who paced the out- out Iders with 22 pitchers fielded for 1000 the leadership went I Jim Turner of Boston with 89 nees without an error role Lombardi Lombard Cincinnati catch- catch who led the league at t bat again for the fourth successive tithe questionable distinction leading the backstops in p passed 5 with ith nine Five Fhe Double Plays Plas Vaughan and Pep Young Pittsburgh tied the records for and second basemen b by in five double plays i in the game of August 14 Chicago us Suhr of Pittsburgh ed edJa a record for first basemen participating in double plays 14 games The old record of lin games was made by Bottomley of St. St Louis in 1927 of the Pirates es es- es a modern league record committing committing- four errors at third e against Cincinnati on April 30 SO h star all fielding team 1938 t G n PO so A E Pet Pct Collins 1264 6 n Herman Reman IS 18 9 Durocher 24 Rosen 19 3 Goodman 10 4 Galan Gaan 89 10 Turner Turner 35 17 72 0 1000 LOSE MAT l STAR STAB ob I Haak Indiana's pound le and heavyweight wrestler be lost to the Hoosier mat team Season season eason because he will in the the West East Shrine game San San- Francisco on New Years Year's