The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-15
KAUFF IS PREMIER HITTER 0F FEDERAL
 LEAGUE WITH .344 Brooklyn Leads in Club Batting-Twelve Play
 CTS Bat Better Than 300

Benny Kauff, the ny Cobb of outlaw baseball, led the Federal league in hitting in the season that was com pIeted last September with an aver gin, his nearest competitor being Lee Magee, who had an average of .33O. Both Kauff and Magee were members of the Brooklyn club, which finished exceedingly low, ending in seventh place.
 Kauff participated in 136 games, was at bat 4S3 times and connected safely
 166 times. He scored 92 runs and was second in the league in this depart ment
 Twelve players batted above the 300 mark. Including the two leaders, the remainder followed in this order: Fisch- CT, Chicago, .326; Lennox, Pittsburg, .921; M. Brown, Chicago, .317; Flack Chicago, .315; Campbell, Newark, .314; Deal, St. Louis, 314; Konetchy, Pitts burg, BIO; A. Wilson, Chicago, .3O9; w. Miller, St. Louis, .307; Mann, Chi cago, .307; Evans, Brooklyn, 1907. Borton of St. Louis led the run get ters with 99. Numerous players scored as many as 90 runs, but none ventured to challenge the St. Louis outfielder, Tobin, also of St. Louis, led in the number of hits, connecting safely 1S6 times out of 15S games and 623 times at bat. Konetchy followed with ITO. Twen- ty-five players scored over 100 runs, good showing for the league. Hal Chase of Buffalo and formerly a star American league player, led in two-base hits with 33. Chase was who secured 32. Evans also got 32 doubles.
 In the three-base hits Mann and Kelley were tied for first honors, each getting 19. Konetchy was a close sec- ond with IS.
 Hal Chase also led the circuit clout- CTS, who connected with the pill for home runs for F times Chase had the lead easily, his only rivel being Kauff, who had but 12 Home runs seemed to be few and far apart and one scribe ventured to say that an offer was ! made by the league officials to raise the batting average of player that completed the circuit on one of his | lofty swats, that is counting a home run four hits. The plan was never pro- posed outside of rumors
 Although Kauff has the reputation | of being speed merchant, the plucly Brookfed outfielder swiped but seven 1 bases during the entire season. Con l sequently he was left far behind ir l this respect. Vaughn of St. Louis stole 1 42 bases and had no trouble in cap | turing the honors in this particular l branch of the game.
 Kauff however, proved to be goot at sacrificing for he led his fellow
 outlaws with 54 sacrifice hits to hi: credit. F1ack was next with Al. Borton was the man that worried thu pitchers the most, the speedy St. Loui: | player was issued free trip 93 times | Kauff was next with S4, also beins little trouble to the twirlers.
 | Brooklyn led the clubs in batting
 with an average of .266. The Brook
 feds, aided by having four batter above the 300 mark easily led thu
 league in this respect. Pittsburg wa
 second with .261, while St. Louis fol
 lowed with .260. Chicago with .26e
 Newark with .263, Buffalo with PAS
 Baltimore with .244 and Kansas Cit.
 with.243 followed in the order named
 Brooklyn led in stolen bases; St
 Louis in base on balls Brooklyn II
 total hits.
 St. Louis and Brooklyn divided al
 most all of the club honors. Brooklyn carried off first honors in stolen bases
 total hits. times struck out and mum Der of runs; St. Louis led in base ol