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Show EVERETT SCOTT'S FIELDING RECORD Led Shortstops of American League for Eight Consecutive Con-secutive Seasons. Everett Scott, shortstop recently released re-leased by the New York Americans to the Washington champions, 'who holds the record for playing consecutive games, also holds the best average in fielding his position, a fact which has been overshadowed by his marathon mara-thon run of playing continuously for 1,307 games. Scott was born In Indiana, the state In which Amos Rusle, Sam Thompson, Donie Bush, Cy Williams, Ed Roush, Sam Rice, George Dauss and several other notable ball players were reared. Bluffton Is the spot where Scott first announced to the world that he had arrived. This event took place abtut thirty-three years ago. Kokomo, Ind., Is the town where Scott began his remarkable career as a long-distance shortstop. This was years and years ago, for young as Scott is, he is a campaigner of 16 summers, sum-mers, which is a long time for a ball player to draw cheers, jeers and a salary. And speaking of salary, Scott has garnered considerable cash out of the pastime. Besides the regular Everett Scott. checks Be drew for 16 seasons, he came in for his share of the prize money from five world series. After two Beasons of rehearsing In the Apple Orchard circuits, Scott was signed by the Youngstown club In 1911. The management of that club may have discovered Scott in 1910, but lie didn't get Into the records of that circuit until 1911 and 1912. During those seasons the "pride of Bluffton" played so brilliantly for Youngstown that he was singled out by big league scouts as an unusually bright prospect. It was the Boston Americans that landed this prize. Scott was sent to the St. Paul club of the American association as-sociation for more seasoning. St. Paul played 167 games In 1913. and Scott played 167 games for St. Paul, which goes to show that he always was ready and reliable, never missing work, play or meals. From the first game he played In organized ball Scott never filled any other position than that of shortstop. He led the shortstops of the American league eight consecutive seasons or from 1916 until 1923, inclusive. In only three seasons has Scott missed the honor of heading the list In his position, never sinking lower than third place. In l!i24 Topper Rigney, of the Tigers, beat him out of first place by one point. |