Bingham News | 1926-08-08 | Page 3 | Chappie was Leader of Sacrifice Stars

Chappie Was Leader of Sacrifice Stars The sacrifice hit, one a great part of baseball strategy. te-couies te-couies rarer and rarer. Each Reason marks a definite decline and the only explanation seems to lis In the fact that batsmen these days ttgnre It better ; thing to try to knock the ball out of the lot than to play It safe by sacrificing themselves to : advance or to score s runner. Of all the men that played the game Kay Chapman, the Indian ; shortstop who was killed by a pitched ball, was the greatest sacrifice banger. In eight years he poled out 828, giving him an average of 41, that was far beyond be-yond anything In balldom's history.- He also held the single- : ' season mark of 6T made In 191T. I -