Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-21
BY ]. ED GRILLo.


For the purpose of selecting training
grounds for the Nationals Manager Jim
McAleer will leave here this AFTERNOON
for Atlanta Ga Atlanta Is his PICK out
ii seems that considerable concession VIII
have to be made there before the GROUNDS
can be secured McAleer Is going 10 Try
10 arrange matters If he fails 10 close
at Atlanta he will go to Charleston. s. C.'
though he is adverse to training on a sea-
port town because of the breezes whlcn
are prevalent during the early sprlns.
Pinehurst and Columbus, Ga. are also
under consideration. AT any rate NC
Aleer will make selection before he re-
turns here. which should be at the end OF
the week.
II develops that major league teams are
not as popular in the south as they were.
OF the numerous kilograms McAleer sent
out TO various points, the repheS nave
mostly been to- the effect that a major
league team Is not wanted there Tor tram
ing purposes. Incidenta ly McAleer has
been convinced that in the future 1t will
be wise TO make the selection of train
ing ground earlier in the season. BEFORE
the choice places have been selected by
the other clubs.
inland city and it has grass 1nf1eld.
said McAleer. I'VE dOn't need anything
else Our pitchers and some of the other
players will go to Hot Springs peiore the
regular squad leaves here, so that the
chances are we will all be in good shape
by the time the season opens II We can
find suitable place to do our prellm1-
nary work, and l guess we should be
able to find a place which will answer the
purpose.
McAleer will return here after making
his selection of a training ground and
will then return to his home In Youngs-
20 In, yyr1fi
ing of the American League takes place,
which he will attend in the hope Of MAX
ing several deals.
The fact that Cunningham. who led the
Nationals In batting with an average of
.297 batted only .254 in the Connecticut
State League was source OF great sur
prise to Jim McAleer.
IT can't understand how Cunningham
had such a small batting average in the
minor league" said McAleer. During
the time he was with us last fall, he
looked like 300 hitter. and 1 expected
TO see him batting over that mark in
the minors. He showed me enough to
convince me that he is a good hitter. so
that / naturally cannot take his minor
league average into consideration
Scout Kahoe put in at this juncture
with the following. when I went UP to
look at Cunny he was batting over 800.
and he must have had desperate slump
late I'm the season to finish with so low
an average. There is no question about
his ability as hitter, however, for he
Is sure to make good"
In the list Of the players of the WASH
ington Club published the other day one
name was overlooked. that of Warren
Miller. the outfielder. who was with Scran-
ton Of the NeY York State League last
season. Miller Is the yOungster who was
given a trial here by Cantillon in the fall
of 1909 and was then farmed to Scran-
ton. Miller played splendid ball last sea-
son. and Scout Kahoe. who was searching
Tor outfielders. considered Miller as good
q player as any in that league.
Miller will be taken south in the spring
and will have look-in for one Of the
outf1eld positions. for he has developed a
whole lot since he made his last appear
ance here.
The official batting averages Of the
American League players, which have
Just been announced. show that Jackson.
the Southern League outfielder. VINO
Joined the Maps near the close Of the sea-
son. holds the highest mark among the
batters Of the Johnson circuit. The real
honors. however. go to Ty Cobb. with 1856
Tor 40 games. against Jackson's 1897 for
only 20 games. Larry Lajoie Is close be-
hind Cobb, with mark of 1884 for $50
games. The batting figures do not differ
to any great extent from the unofilcial
averages published by The Star at the
close OF the season.
The 300 class contains only thirteen
names. divided among only five of the
eight teams. Cleveland and Philadelphia
show the way with five each. and New
York, Boston and Detroit furnish the re-
naming three. Washington. Chicago and
St Louis are not represented in the select
circle. The Yankees one representative
In the list is Jack knight, who batted for
.S12 In III games. and he stands ninth In
rank. OF the thirteen 800 batsmen only
eight figured in more than forty games.
These are Cobb. 1856: Lajoie 1854: Speak
er. $40: Collins. 3d.; knight. .312; Old
ring. .30S: Easterly. sos; Murphy. 300.
Hal Chase ranks next to knight among
the Yankees, with go, and the other
Yankees are as follows: Cree. 2S7: VOL
ter. .267; Laporte. .264; Daniels, .253:
Gardner. pa; Hemphill. .239: Quinn,
.232: Mitchell. go; Austin. .2lS: Roach.
PA; Ford. .2OS: Sweeney. 200; Criger.
.1s9; warhop. III: Hughes. .164: Vaughn.
.l33: Foster. .132
Lajoie holds the honor for the largest
number OF hits. having turned In q total
Of DIT. He was the only player to pass
the double-century figure. Ty Cobb was
next in line with 196. and Eddie Collins
was third, with ISIS. Excepting iris
Speaker. who collected 1S3 bingles, no
other player got beyond the 10 mark.
Hal Chase led the Yankees with 152.
Birdie Cree got 1874. and Jack knight 10