El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-20

American League Batsn1en Lead
For Places on AH-Star Team
St. Louis Teams Are Not Represented Among the Heavy
Singers Heavy Hitters in Johnson Circuit Have
an Average of 1886, While That of the Ma
tional League Sluggers Is 1926.

EW YORK, Nov. 20.-The Ath-
Ietics, the 1913 worlds cham
4 pions, have a pretty good bat
ting club. Every one admits it. Bat
ting goes a long way in deciding ball
games, as vast shown in the recent
worlds series. Now, taking all these
things into consideration. how would
you like to see two clubs one from
the American and the other from the
National, who hit over -3OO2
Two such teams could be got to-
gether. They sure would be all star
clubs, as most Of the real starry ath-
letes OF the two leagues are among
the members Of the two mines
American Batters are Strongest.
Just like the Athletics OutsWatted
the Giants in the championship series,
the American league allstar batting
team has ii on that of the National,
and by a margin Of 10 points, too
The heaviest smuggling team IN the Ban
Johnson circuit has a combined aver
age Of 1856, while that of the National
is .326.
Not a player for either the Browns
or Cardinals gets a place on the all
star hitting clubs of the two major
leagues. George StovaH, who man
aged the Browns until September 6,
when he was deposed in favor Of
Branch Hickey, might have got a place
If Stuffy McInnis had not been in the
league. That's the closest St Louis
came to having a man on either Of
the heavy hitting organizations.
Good Pitcher Is Lacking.
Not only does the American team
outclass that of the National but it
also has the better players. Put Con-
ME Mack and John McGraW in charge
of the two CLUBS and there would
sure be some batting, but McGraw,
II ne had the team, would be some
what hindered for 2 good pitcher.
Earl Yingling, Of the Superbas, is
the hurler who draws the honor in
the Tom Lynch organization. He was
the leading slugger Of the league, with
q mark of .372. Yingling is not con-
sidered so much of a pitcher, but he
draws the honor because he hit the
ball so hard during the 1913 cam
With the A. L it is different. The
greatest hurler in the country, who
IS none other than Walter johnson,
carries off the hono9s, with a swat
ting percentage Of ESQ What Wal
ter lacks in hitting when compared
70 Yingling, ne makes up more than
tenfold when it comes to fooling the
opposing batters.
InfieIders Nearly all Athletes.
In the infield for the A L allstars
you would have every one of the
Athletics famous 100000 bunch with
the exception Of Jack Barry at short
Collins, TcInnis and Baker led their
opponents in batting for their re-
spective positions, but Barry fell be-
low Ray Chapman, of the Maps, so
the latter gets first place, but only
in hitting.
The outfield would also be manned
by a trio of stars. Ty Cobb in cen
ter. There's no question about his
being a rather pert performer. Then
Jackson in right is another. Olaf
Henriksen draws the left field posi-
ton Steve O'Neill was the leading
hitting catcher in the A L, and gets
the place.
For the Tom Lynch crew there are
not so many real stars. Jake Daubert,
the best first sacker in the league,
draws the initial station job Jimmy
Niox, OF the Pirates, second; Heine
Zimmerman, Cubs, third, and Hans
Wagner, of the Pirates, short are the