The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
FIGURES PROVE PHELAN SENSATIONAL
 PLAYER OF THE SOUTHERN LEAGUE
BARON STAR HAS TAKE EVERY HONOR SAVE HITTING AND IS PUSHING M'GILvRAY FOR THAT-BARON FIGURES
By BILL AK

At the time of the beginning of the end of the 1911 season of the Southern league figures at hand will show that the Bar ons, in several respects. compose a most excellent and evenly balanced club.
 Without reference to the current invas- ion of the north, the Barons have play Cd 110 games, of which number two were tied, 61 won and 47 lost. In. these 11t games the Barons have scored 424 runs, or 39 runs per game on the average While nearly four runs is pretty good ay craze, it Is pointed out at the same time that the team which averages less is fortunate to occupy a position in fast company. In the 110 games the Barons have made total of s63 hits. The Bar ons have scored an average run on an average of two hits. The perfect run re- suited from two hits and sacrifice. It is therefore apparent that recent criti- cjsms to the effect that there is no team work in the repertoire of the Barons Is tommyrot-and that's all.
 The Barons have stolen 163 bases in 1i0 games. This is an average of 1.5 per game. Few teams-if any-in this league have stolen rflores bases than the Barons this season. Yet an average of IS per game is small to the casual baseball ob- server A fast team, it appears. should steal at least per game. But base steal ing, 1t becomes more and more evident, is being abandoned, whether wisely or unwisely. it is not known.
 Arthur Phelan is easily the individual star of the Baron team even as he is one of the individual stars of the league as a whole. He is now leading the Barons in base stealing, in run getting, tr number of hits, and is only percent age points behind McGilvray for swat O. the best all round men who ever played baseball in the Southern league. While McGilvray has undergone a slight slump in his hitting, Phelan. Johnston and Elliott have been going like a house afre. Phelan Is at the .295 mark, John ston is hitting .291, and Elliott 2S0 These youngsters with McGilvray are the hitters of the team, and while only one or the number is at the 300 mark each
 
 the heart of any pitcher in this league. Johnston has surged forward, too, as a base stealer He is now second to Phe- Ian and he has played in fewer games than the great majority of the regular players of the team. Elliott takes the honor of being tho "clean up" hitter. He is leading the league ip home runs, and his number of triples and doubles Is large. He has driven in many Baron | runs this season.
 The roll of honor follows: Hitting-McGilvray .301, Phelan 295 Johnston .291 Elliott .eso.
 Number of Hits-Phean 1i5, McGilvray 11S Marcan s5. Molesworth s6
 Runs-Phelan 65 McGilvray 51, Marcan | 30, Mcbride ai.
 | Stolen Bases-Phelan 43, Johnston 26 McGlvray 2S, Mcbride 19.
 | Baron pitchers, with the exception oi l Trough, have been going good for the | past two weeks. FoXen, having won every game in which he has worked for | Birmingham Gin the time covered by the l figures below), is leading with a percent age of 1000 Maxwell followed with the 1 fine average of .7S6 Kent has done phe- | nomenal work during the stay at homo Of the Barons, winning six games in a row. He has taken third place and is resting above Trough. The latter has an average of 500, which is very fine and many points better than the stand
 ig of the club.
 | The figures which follow were compiled l from the work of players accomplished while in the uniform of Birmingham l The figures have no reference to the eames played by Birmingham since the Barons went north Sunday night: