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my body away from the baseman so as to give him the least possible surface to touch with the ball."

The leading college nine captains paid great attention to base running in both 1892 and '93, and more than equalled the professionals in the art as a rule. The necessity for a combination of team work at the bat with base running is shown in the fact that, while the Boston champions led all the club teams in run-getting by a large majority, their team as a whole did not lead in stolen bases, New York having a total of 313 stolen bases to 223 by Boston; but in averages of runs scored to a game, Boston led by 7-98—nearly 8 runs to a game—to New York's 7-29, the difference in the figures being the result of New York's failure to combine team work in batting with their base running.

BASE RUNNING RECORD.

The record showing the list of players who had a base running record of 30 stolen bases and over during the season, taken from the official record of the batting averages, is appended. The names of the players are given in the order of stolen bases; and where there are two or more equal in stolen bases, the lead is given to the player stealing the most bases in the fewest games. Added to the record of stolen bases, too, is that of total sacrifice hits, total runs, and the base hit and fielding average of each player included in the stolen base record, by which means a pretty fair estimate of his value as a player, alike in fielding, batting and base running, can be arrived at.

It is a singular fact that out of the forty-four League club pitchers who pitched in not less that fifteen games, there were no less than twelve who only stole a single base each, according to the official record, and there were nine who did not steal even one base, and the best record in this respect in the list of forty-four pitchers was Mullane's record of 8 stolen bases.

Ward of New York heads the list of the base stealers of 1893, the first nine in base stealing being Ward, 2B; Burke, L. F.; Tom Brown, C. F.; Latham, 3B.; Dowd, L. F.; Davis, 3B.; Ewing, R. F.; Foutz, 1B., and Brodie, C. F. In run-getting the first nine in the base stealing record were Duffy, C. F.; Long, S. S.; Delahanty, C. F.; Burkett, L. F.; Van Haltren, C. F.; Ward (Balt.) L. F.; McGraw, L. F.; Burke, L. F.; Kelley (Balt.), C. F. Of these base stealers, too, the first nine in sacrifice hitting were, Pfeffer, 2 B.; Donovan, R. F.; Foutz, 1 B.; Burkett, L. F.; Tiernan, R. F.; Glasscock, S.S.; Nash, 3 B.; Carroll, L. F. and