Show t Holds Great Catching Record 0 0 0 0 00 0 00 0 0 00 0 Schalk chalk Gains Additional Fame t T By fir BILLY Y EXSA EVANSA EVANS E A catcher able abl to stand tand tile the th big strain must be a II husky hu hy athlete Such an all Impression existed for tor years In major circles Big Bir league scouts couts seldom paid an any attention to catching recruits r V ho were slight ot of stature Ray Schalk Schall famous catcher bf the tho tb Chicago White w hit hito SO SOT has hM for tor all time up upset ct that baseball precedent SchalK Via was secured by y the White So tram UI In the fall tall of o 19 1912 t 2 It-an It 1 1 can h Idly I recall his major league ue Ie debut but 14 len I hen n Schalk joined the Sox Soa So he henas h hnas nas as a II much pt II ess ess ted ioune oung man had paid something like e ll for tor him A fancy rancy figure la In those days das la When hen he be h reported to th the SOt Soc he nas as goh given en a careful ont once 0 oser er b by all the veterans GI 1 GIE E U SOU SOH LK 0 ONCE CC ee O OER 0 ER 1 I vas nas as silting on CI the bench prior to the start ot of o tho the game Kain williI SChalk nas s Harming up Ed Jd Walsh oho Mho been to 10 work nork 1 ork 11 kid 1 Is too slight to stand the gaff It t would Le murder to ask him to catch that pItter of ot Walsh s s 5 No Xo thane chance for him to make good goodas goodas as a regular regula I Base Baso runners would mould hate hj It soft coming Into the III plato ate with Ith a little fellow like lIe that handling II the tho These were nero Just a few o of the re- re remarks remarks r marks the veterans ans on the th team made about Schalk as they hey him working out with nith lib E Ed I Walsh I ALL Lt 1 JIU DICTION S How Schalk Schall has haa ha upset those pre pre- prediction predictions pre predictions dictions diction as well hell ell as n baseball Precedent I Is revealed b a k glance elance at tho American Ameri Ameri- American American can league a averages In tiu the tho fall tall of ol 1912 1812 Schalk broke Into the tho So box 01 lineup up and caught 28 23 names niM Ills work neck won him the of ot first suing InS catcher att at atthe I the start of ot the 1912 1918 campaign Sch Schalk lI In ht his first lint start tart proved I that Ilas It Il was nag an easy mattel matter for tor him I Ito I Ito Ito to handle Walsh e No Xo catcher ever er e ier r handled Walsh's Walsh de- de ery de In bettel style In 1913 1911 Schalk tho the midget catch catch- catcher catcher catch er I er pronounced entirely too small to lo I Imako make mako good worked In games cam s Ever er since or for tor 10 fears ears he has bas worked l In or morel more I games sames LIST L LIST ST rT R Ins IllS BEST mT I IThe I ITh The Th remarkable remark feature about Schalks Schalk's performance is that last la- la season he be had the tho best fielding a aver average ere average age of his career aver aver- that like good food goodIne ovine Ine win of other days he h Im- Im Im Improves pros pro proves es with age ar In those thos ten years year of ot hard Work Schall has caught in 1300 games eam handled 0 over 11 chances and mado only 12 b The rhe The a you can keep Schalk out of ot a game same Is to hide his uni form uniform says bYS ays Manager Kid Gleason Gleaton I haw o done that s seral so eral times time when I felt that ho he needed neede l lII a II rest r gt There cr never neer was nas a greater catcher I c t tk k a t p x 3 er eris is w tie t a 4 t q 4 t E wa U a l r d RAY SCHALK R Y LK'S LJ'S Rel RECORD COVERING 01 01 10 Alt S Year Games Put Outs Assists Errors g A 1913 11 1914 21 1915 13 1916 10 1917 15 SI 1918 1916 12 1919 13 1920 10 1921 9 1922 8 10 10 r 3 1300 1470 m |