Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 181, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1916 — STOLEN BASE RECORD [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

STOLEN BASE RECORD

Max Carey of Pirates Showing Best Speed on Bases. Pirate Outfielder Has Been Making Displays of Speed in Recent Games •—Makes Two Bases on an Ordinary Sacrifice. Max Carey, Pirate outfielder, la showing the best speed on the bases in the National league at present, and if he manages to continue the stride he will get the honors by the time the season closes. Just now he has the stolen base situation well in hand, being far ahead of his nearest competitor. If Max could hit the ball a bit harder —add 20 per cent to his average—he would be the best-looking outfielder in the National league at present. Display of Speed. Carey has been making displays of his speed in lots of games lately and getting away with stunts that but few ball players would undertake. Recently while the Pirates were playing the Reds at Cincinnati he astonished old and young by going all the way from first to third on an ordinary sacrifice. Few base runners In the league could repeat the stunt. And it was with clean fielding on the play and no booted balls. Two Bags on Sacrifice. A day or so later in the same series he scored from third on an infield fly that was caught not more than 20 feet behind third base, the fielder getting the ball in to home with all speed in an effort to catch him. Also he circled the bases shortly after on a clean hit to center that most players would not have thought a triple. In his past five seasons with Pitts-

burgh Carey has not shown such speed and pep, and with a .300 batting average he would have everything on all the other outfielders in the league.

Max Carey.