The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-03
Roush Is Youngest Player to Cop Championship
 Batting Honors H DR. N SBY FINISHED SECOND; WHEAT THIRD Luderus of Phillies Only Player to Participate in Every Game Staged
 by His Club-Reds Led in
 Team Batting

Two hundred and forty-f four players were engaged in the 1917 championship campa ign of the National league. Of this number 110 participated in the minimum of 15 games required for rating in the official averages, with two young stars Roush (2D and Hornsby (2D-heading the list
 Six players reached the 300 class, as against nine in 1916. This decrease. now ever, was more than offset by the gain in .299 hitters, there being seven the past season, as against one in 1916.
 The new champion, Edd J. Roush, was born in Oakland City. Ind, May 8, lS9S and is one of the youngest players to win the championship title. He started his professional career ill 1912 with the Evansville club. The following year he graduated to the Chicago Americans but was sent to the Lincoln, Neb, team for further experience. In 1914 he joined the Indianapolis Federal club and was transferred to the Newark Federals in 1915.
 WENT TO NEW YORK
 In 1916 New York secured his services, and ater turned him over to Cin:in- nati in an exchange that also lncIes4e,l
  and bats left-handed; is 5.11 in height and weighs about 175 pounds. In winning the title, Roush faced opposing pitchers 567 times. He reached first 27 times on bases on balls; times on being hit by pitched balls, and times as result of fielding errors. He made Al single base hits, 19 doubles, IA triples and 1 home runs. His sacrifice hits were l3, and he struck out but 24 times in 13G games.
 The leading run-scorer was George Burns, with 103. Max Carey led the base runners with 46 stolen bases; George Burns being next with 40 and Kautf third with 30. Charles Deal had most sacrifice hts-29.
 Roush and Kauff tied for greatest number of single safe hits, each having Al. Groh led in two-base hits with g; Hornsby in three-base hits with r, and Cravath and Robertson had F home runs apiece. The hard-hitting Cravath led all others in extra bases made on long hits with the substantial total of 97. In team aggregates the champion New Yorls led in runs scored with 63o, and also led in base stealing with 162 steals The Champions also made most single hits 1880. Philadelphia led in doubles with 225; Cincinnati in triples with 100 and New York in home runs with 8, of which 21 were made al home and IS on foreign grounds. Cincinnati, With 4i4 extra bases scored on long hits, led the league in this respect. Chicago made most sacrifice hits, namely, POP.
 Luderus was the only player to partici- pate in all 154 games played by his club. Groh played in 156 of the 157 games played hy Cincinnati, and Carey in 155 of 151 played by Pittsburg.
 Based solely on the seasons averages, the strongest batting club would consist of Packard, pitcher; Thomas Clarke, catcher; Chase or Holke. fir~t base Cut shaw, second Groh, third: Hornsby, short; Roush. Wheat and Kauff in the outfield. The team average would be .3al this despite the fact that the leading hitter of the second basemen is forty- sixth on the list with .259.
 ROUSH IS READER
 The following players batted above the ma rlS