The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-12
Six Of Them Belong to Hoofeds,
Which Leads Outlaw
Circuit
BENNIE KAUFF is THE
STAR OF ORGANIZATION
Leads In Batting, Smuggling and
Pilfering-Bad Year For
Pitchers
BY HAROLD v, WILCOX.

hafnre been offered for the oe4eSSa
ton OF fandom. 4 quick glance a.
the roll OF honor would lead one 10
believe that the outlaws hire mono
but 800 wielders OF the oludgeon'
No less than "A Gilmore protesss
cloutsd their way into the ranks Oh
hasaban aristocracy last summer, and
siy OF than belonged TO one team
ina Hoofeds OF Indianapolis. Three
,nnra Hoosiars managed 10 pass inc
200 mark. giving the pennant WIN
mars what Ii probably world record,
n the Feds are TO be accorded major
league class
Brpokiyn and Pittsburgh each put
four smashers or the horsehide In the
400 class. and Buffalo and baltimore
Zach landed n trio. Kansas City had
two and st. Louis and Chicago had
To be- satisfied with one each. NOT q
team In the league failed TO place
member on the honor roll
AS indianapolis, the flag winners,
averaged better than four earned
runs a game during the season. and
Kansas City, the cellar champs, aver
aged nearly four earned runs game,
IL looks as II there had been some
horrible mangling OF moundsmen
around the Fed circuit last summer.
We shall know more OF that next
week.
In 1914. the National league had
hut IL bona fide 300 hitters, and the
American league reported one less
Seyenty-six Feds batted 400 or bet
tar. The Tener organization has an
nounced GA players who did better
than $50 last summer, and the Amer
lean league had two less than the
National
aENNIE KAUFF LEADS
FEDERAL LEAGUE
Bonnie Kaur, OF Indianapolis. her.
aided as the "Ty Cobb OF the Federal
league" and a lad who might be
real rival OF the Georgia Peach II ne
carried more gray matter in his era
MUM. is the first champion batsman
OF the Federal league. His average Is
.366. Kauff is also the champion
slugger and base stealer OF the or
sanitation. so 1t can be seen that he
was quite a valuable boy. AS BIZ
Phillips, the Hoofed manager, says he
swiped Kauff from the Indianapolis
association team last spring because
Jack Hendricks, boss OF the Hooslers'
blocked deal by which the Feos
we're 10 kidnap DOME Bush and Mr.
Dauss dear TO the hearts OF Detroit
fans, this city will unite In according
Mr.. Kauff a full portion OF praise Tor
his achievement.
Second honors for the season went
TO Evans, with a batting average OF
$50, and third place goes to Hal
Chase. agile first baseman and hurd'
Ter. Thence down the columns are
300 clouters ad infnitum, enough
for three whole teams, barring pitch
ers.
INDIANAPOLIS GIVEN
TEAM HoNoRS-
Team batting honors quite properly
go TO Indianapolis. A season average
of .2S4 is quite respectable for whole
baseball club, but Is what would be
expected OF team that had nine men
on the payroll who could pelt the
horsehide pellet for $50 and better;
Indianapolis also gets the laurel
wreath for smuggling. base pnfering.
sacrifice hitting and In driving out
two-baggers.
The Hoodfeds, strangely enough,
rank second in number OF strikeouts
for the season, yielding that doubtful
honor to Buffalo. The Bufeds whined
the atmosphere thrice exactly 7el
times, nearly 100 times more than the
Hoosiers suffered that mishap, but not
nearly as frequently as Branch Ric'
keys Browns went back to the bench
last summer without first trodding
the path toward first base.
The league leaders rank fourth In
acquiring bases on balls, second In
rapping out three-baggers and tie
with Baltimore for sixth place In the
peculiarly outlaw art OF manufactur-
ing home runs. The fans are here
informed that all those rumors about
the scandalous way in which the Fed
erals have been losing balls over the
fences, are true. Just 294 circuit
drives were made on the Gilmore sea
son in 1914. Il
But the National league has Htle
TO say, for the Tener circuit boys are
credited with 266 home runs, 62 or
them belonging to the Phillies. No
Fed club ever equaled that Quaker
record. The American league, how
ever, was very conservative, being
credited with but 14S home runs De-
troit got % and Philadelphia 2S.
The other Federal league club hon
ors are fairly well divided. Chicago
leads the burglars with SIC stolen
bases. and also Is in the van with
So home runs. Pittsburgh holds the
three-bagger record with "a drives
OF that description, Buffalo is given
strikeout honors, and Baltimore played
the most tie games. being listed as
participant in six never-settled
arguments.
KAUFF LEADS IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS
Returning to individual records.
Kauff leads the Federal base stealers,
with az robberies entered on the
docket against him McKechnie, also
of Indianapolis. is second with 80
thefts Gilmore. OF Kansas City. Is
the strikeout king. with a record OF
los and nobody else within hailing
distance
Potts. Of Chicago and Agler. OF Buf
falo. each drew four score bases on
balls. and are awarded the gOnfalon
In that department. McKechnie is
the honor man among the sacrincers.
helping his teammates on the jour
news around the bags SO times
cwillins, OF Chicago. Is president OF
The circuit drivers union with rec.
ord 81 rs home runs. Kenworthy gives
Kansas City about its only honorable
mention. ranking next 10 Zwillng
With mark OF Is ailthe-wsy-arou
Fnaehes
Evans. % BROOKLYN. and Esmond. O,
Indisnapoiis. are tied for triple-base
cloutinr honors. each having rs on