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FOUR
NEW
DOUBLE
PLAY
MARK
American
League
Had
Brilliant
Fielding;
Season
This
Year.
Th
new
dotiMe-pi&y
record
of
1M
checked
In
by
the
world
champion
New
York
Yankees
studded
a
brilliant
fielding
season
hi
the
American
League
in
1941
in
which
the
boys
were
picking
them
ap
generally
a
little
better
than
in
1W0.
The
general
average
for
1941
was
.972
as
compared
to
.97J
for
the
previous
year.
Cleveland
by
adding
a
single
point
to
tiietr;
dub
fielding
average
took
over
first
position
by
that
margia
with
a
J7
percentage.,
The
Indians
had
tied
with
the
Yankees
in
'949
at
j97S.
In
spite
of
their
splendid
Uin-
1
killing
record
which
supplanted
the
old
total
of
194
set
by
the
Cincinnati
Reds
in
1926
and
du
plicated
in
1931.
the
Yankees
d-d
not
field
quite
as
weii
j;:
hc:
ill!!
m
icfcajapfcaMtiftp
jfear
of
1941
its
Ctey
That
be
Is
completely
consistent
dM
In
their
off
year
of
1943.
The
J
back
of
the
platter
Is
ahown
by
New
Yorkers'
final
average
of
J973
j
the
fact
that
this
was
exactly
his
left
them
te
third
place
a
cOple
i
average
in
1940
hi
192
games
in
of
petals
below
the
St.
LOuis
;
which
his
team
was
not
as
spark
Browns.
IVfMnw
m
at
ite
foot
'line
as
in
1941
Tn
loin
nMn
of
the
stairs
both
years
was
Phil-,
placed
first
alongisde
Rollie
Hems-adttpMa
wih
.9SQ
In
194fl
and
.967
ley
of
Cleveland
who
fielded
.991
n
'41.
;
In
117
games.
Hemsley
sagged
off
While
the
Yankees
were
breAk-
'J
;
fnamf
ln
19iJZ
ing
the
double-play
mrk.
Bill'
S,Tnt
t
p.TS
of
Dickey
tied
the
mar
leaw
rec-i
"lt11
ord
when
he
made
an
trnas3d
LLI
,
l"
doable-play
against
St.
Louis
in
JLf1,
eM0U3
V
the
firaTgame
of
their
doubft-bill
!
J
.
Jf,
119
o-
j-n.T
n4.
.,iMike
Chicago,
fielding
'
had
the
Dickey
also
broke
the
major
league
most
record
for
the
most
year,
catch-
r?t
Vi
00
rott
ing
100
or
more
games
by
maWng
?ebl
it
hi.
13th.
This
was
also
his
18th
'
TfLL
Jl
I"
consecutive
year
of
performing
in
h
7'
100
or
more
games,
covering
from
:
Stf?
mt
is'"
IT
17
to
in
100
100
games-another
19M
to
1941
taclurfve.
which
record.
EMekey
ha
j
caught
1
rsl
basemen
had
a
busy
f.nd
1518
games
since
he
joined
the
1
interesting
season
in
the
A.
L.
In
New
York
club
in
1928.
This
is
1941-
Tne
clrcuR
had
five
first
short
of
Gabby
Hartnett
record
j
basemen
with
100
or
more
ar.si.sts.
total
of
1756
games
caugfrt
In
a
j
711,5
vas
toe
time
in
history
major
league
All
this
and
Dickey
lrd
the
league
m
fielding
in
1941
with
an
average
of
.994
for
104
games.
h
r
rsvnsuswo
IS
Cocktails,
Collins
arid
a
great
variety
of
mixed
drinks
are
the
prder
of
the
day
during
the
Festive
Season.
Every
detail
in"
thepeparation
of
these
drinks
is
of
supreme
importance
to
insure
their
success
the
wise
and
experienced
unhesitatinglychooseBurnett"sGins.
Time
tests
all
things
Burnett's
Gins,
for
more
than
three
hundred
years
have
added
to
the
gnt'
ciousness
of
living
of
each
succeeding
generation.
BURNETT'S
London
Dry
Gin
"Just
That
Much
Better"
That
unique
and
distinctive
flavour
that
is
Burnett's
own
has
won
world
acclaim.
Why?
it's
Extra
DRY.
12o.1.20
25o.2.30
40oz.3.4O
BURNETTS
GINS
MtTILLCD
AND
.OTTL.O
IT
DISTILL!!
CORPORATION
LIMITIB,
WONTll
tnis
nas
ever
Happened.
Dick
Sfe-bert
of
the
"A'sH
reached
high
with
six
assists
in
a
single
gams
twice
during
the
race
on
Mav
10
and
ln
the
second
game
of
a
twih-bHl
on
May
30.
This
h&3
prob-
iably
never
been
done
by
a
p.'ayer
twice
in
a
season
before.
The
first
sackers
also
worked
over-time
on
double-play?
in
1941.
Jim
Vernon
of
the
Senators
tok
part
in
five
double
plays
oh
June
28
against
Boston,
and
Hal
Trosky
of
the
Indians
equalled
this
-feat
on
May
20
against
the
Athletics.
Leading
the
first
corntr
men
ln
fielding
again
in
'41
was
George
McQuinn
of
the
Browns
whose
.995
percentage
for
125
games
improv-
12ox,.n.40
25
ctJ2JO
.1
THE-DAILY
NBWS
ed
on
Ms
top
figure
of
.992
In
150
games
the
year
before.
Just
a
point
below
McQntan
was
Joe
Kahei,
Chicago's
valuable
tnt
Hal-bagger,
who
in
turn
was
followed
two
pain
us
lower
by
Boston's
reliable
Jimmy
Foxx.
Gehringrr
Is
Best
.Another
familiar
name
found
its
way
to
the
top
when
the
final
av
erages
were
figured
up
on
the
fiefdimr
of
the
second
-basemen
Charlie
Gehringer
of
Detroit,
whose
leg
injuries
had
threatened
to
finish
his
career,
bounced
back
In
1941
with
the
best
fleldms
av
erage
m
the
league
.982
for
116
game.
The
year
before
Gehrin
ger
ws
fourth
among
the
regular
seeend-aackers
with
an
average
Just
tefi
points
lower.
Ge'arioger
nSsj&Roaly
11
errors
white
afceDt-
teCjfiM
Chances
in
1941,
and
that
he-wto
covering
ground
once
more
Is
ilrJdWtd
bv
the
far
that
Ji
ha
n
average
oi
S2
plays
per
ga.me.
as
compared
to
the
6.3
pldys
per
game
of
Jim
Bloodworth
of
Washington
who
had
the
most
total
chances
ln
the
league
340
in
132.
games
At
one
stretch
from
fllSy
23
to
the
first
game
of
two
on
amp.
5.
oenrtnger
played
40
coBeputlve
games
without
a
slip.
.
SRny
Keltner
of
Cleveland.
whowms
second
anions
the
thlH
basemeiu
in
1940
with
a
fielding
average
or
.953
in
148,
moved
Into
the
Jjrdwd
position
in
1911
with
came
in
runner-UD
to
Keltner
Pet
Suder
of
the
Athletics
was
just
two
points
below
CM
ft
Ih
136
conte,
Although
Pinky
Hwreins
of
De
troit
boosted
his
fielding
aerage
is
potato
over
his
nennant
-ver
figure
In
1940
to
.946
for
1941
he
p....
.,..M:.
Ai
!
BURNETT'S
WHITE
SATIN
GIN
"The
AriVoerof
of
all
Gmt"
White
Satin
is
made
esneciatlv
for
tKnv
who
can
afford
to
pay
a
little
more
.
.
.
charac'
its
higher
proof
ihd
distinctly
cha
ter
are
particularly
desirable
ii
jomns
or
a
.uocttari
in
a
Thi3
advertisement
Viiot
publ
or
displayed
by
the
Liquor
Control
Board
or
by
the
Government
of
British
Columbia
had
at
leiast
one
Very
bad
day
when
he
tied
the
modem
major
league
reword
for
most
errors
Jn
an
inning
with
three
in
the
6th
inning
of
the
first
game
0
a
double-bill
with
Washington
oh
June
15.
This
record,
however,
w3
by
another
outstanding
ui-
Applirc
of
Chicago
duplicated
this
comedy
of
errors
in
the
sixth
in-
ning
of
the
first
game
of
August
31
against
SU
Louis.
Appdnf,
nevereless,
redeemed
hlihseir
by
playing
errorless
ball
for
24
straight
games
over
the
stretch
from
ABgWt
9
to
Angnst
28,
Jn-
elusive.
-This
fine
and
creditable!
strine
was
not
ronnfc
tn
Mvt
n
pling
above
sixlh
among
the
reg-
ular
shortstops
of
Hie
Joep
w4thf
his
.
final
average,
of
S43
for
154
;
games.
His
record,
however.)
showed
the
most
chances
acceot-!
ed
at
the
position
m
the
teseue
with
809.
Fielding
honors
amone
the
shortstops
for
the
second
year
in
a
row
went
to
young
Louis
Bou-
dreau
of
Cleveland
with
the
fine
mark
of
366
for
147
gamei.
This
was
just
two
points
.lower
than
the
figure
wfth
which
Boudrcau
led
the
league
in
fieldlnr
in
155
games
in
1940.
Second
to
Bou-deau
m
'41
was
Cecil
Travis
of
Washington
.
with
.964
In
136
encounters.
Manager
Joe
Cronin
of
Boston
kept
up
his
good
work
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