New-York tribune., 1911-02-05
'SLUGGERS" Of BASEBALL
Ty Cobb Heads the List in All
Leagues, Big or Little.
HARD HITTERS SNAPPED UP
Giants and Superbas Get Fair
Share of Minors Who
Ear0ed Fame

II spite Of the fact that they face pitch
ers of lesser ability, the batsmen Of the
minor leagues are unable. as a rule, 10
equal the brilliant records made by the
shining lights Of the major organizations
Ty Cobbs average of .3s5 for last season
placed HIM ahead not only Of all the big
league hitters. but also Of all the players
Lajoie. who gave Cobb such close rub
for the automobile with .3s4. An exanina-
ton Of the records made by the leading
batsmen Of all the other leagues in organ
lied baseball reveals the fact that no
player succeeded in reaching the averages
made by COBB and LAioie.
The man who most nearly approaches
them viii wear a uniform OF the New York
Giants this year provided ne shows Up well
at Marlin Springs before the season opens.
II IS none other than Forsythe. OF the
Pekin club, OF the Illinois Missouri League,
Forsythe led the league in hitting last sea-
son. and. along with jenkins. the star
twirler OF the league now a Giant, was a
prominent factor in bringing the champion
ship 10 his club. He hit at the rate OF $50,
and was the third best batsman OF the
country. Kubiak led the Michigan State
League al 37s, and Ross the Western AS
sociation at .3T. These make up the best
five hitters Magee, Of the Phillies, was
nineteenth on the list. with .33l.
The Giants landed another good hitter.
however, in Gowdy. OF the Dallas club. OF
the Texas League. He was the premier
batsman Of his organization. with a record
Of 81 In LNjeune, OF the Evansville Club,
OF the Central League, the Superbas got
fine hitter. as he won the hitting laurels
Of the league, with an average Of 32s. The
Yankees failed 10 capture a prize winning
batsman.
Seven players who earned a place in the
select company Of 800 hitters were picked
up by the local clubs last year. Three OF
these were gathered in by the Giants and
four by the Superbas. Besides Gowdy and
Forsythe, who were stars OF the first mag
nitude in their organizations the New York
club captured Fullerton. Of the Adrian club
Of the South Michigan League. While ne
was not the leader. he walloped the ball az
the rate Of .3l4, going Gowdy, who led the
Texas League. two points better.
Aside from Leieune, Ebbets secured two
powerful hitters from the Sioux City CLUB
Of the Western League They are I'D
Meyers. who hit at the rate Of .345, and
OuHlan. whose record was 3l6. Meyers
ranked second among the htters Of MS
league and received a silver bat from ad-
rniring fans" for his yeomaH work. Cou!-
son. " the Altoona club. ~ the Tr.-State
League. another Brooklyn recruit hi, AZ
the rate of 2o2.
Arthur Irwin picked lr better he.ders
+-ar bit-ers for the Yankees. Elliott. Of tile
Af.Keesport club. being the best batsman az
--e Youngsters recruited. with an average
of 200 a decided falling off IN hitting Is
noted among the rest OF the recruits. The
next in order is Bailey. OF the York CLUB,
whose record was .257. Manush, Clan;
r~or the New Orleans club Of the South
e~r League i= the eleventh man OF the h't
,,.i,r an average OF .255. TWENTY-FIVE re-
c-y.ts OF the three local clubs hit 'eio"
% and range as far down as l0. when
nrace is held by Eaeon. whom the s1per1aS
secured from Rochester