The New York herald., 1922-12-03
STAR OF CARDINALS
CROWNED OFFICIALLY
Heydler's Figures Give Cham
pion Average of .401, Best
Since 1899.
STENCIL FINISHES HIGH
Gets Mark of 1868, Along
With Russell Of Pirates;l
Pittsburgh Team Leader.
by DANIEL.


For the third successive year Rogers
Iornsby, the great hitter of the ST.
Louis club, is the batting champion
of the National League. That hardly
is news. 1t was known when the
league season closed. But 1t got new
interest yesterday when it was made
official by John A. Heydler, president
of the league. The official averages
show Hornsby at the top with .401--
the highest mark made in the National
League since Ed Delahanty batted for
.40S in 1899.
IIornsby also Is confirmed as the
official home run champion for 1922
and the National League record holder
in that delectable speciality. Rogers
cIouted out forty-four circuit drives
and he had to clout them pretty hard,
for he is a right handed hitter and
short right fields help him mighty
little. Hornsby got >still another rec
ord. In making $50 hits he bettered a
mark which had stood since 1897,
when Willie Keeler was credited with
2i3.
Behind Hornsby in the batting aver
ages come Ewell Russell. the big left
handed hitter OF the Pirates. with 1851
and Casey stengei of the Giants, with
1858. Then comes Louis Fonseca, the
sweet singing second sacker OF the
lurid Reds. He hit for .361. But the
real runner up was not Russell. Second
IDax Cf-fvt nf
the Cubs. who hit for 1854.
Russell In Only sixty Games.
Grimes worked in 1873 games while
Russell was in only 60. coming into the
league rather late. from Minneapolis.
Stengel hit in "a games and Fonseca
in ST. The case in favor of the Cub
first baseman is n strong one But the
honors which must be accorded to Rus
sell. Stengel and Fonseca--three stun
ming surprises-are great and heavy.
Russell got dozen homers.
CLYDE Barfoot, the St. Louis pitcher.
managed to do pretty we'll In thirty -four
times at bat In forty-two games and
got himself an average of 1858. which
should result in his expulsion from the
Pitchers Union. Lawrence Hack Mil
Ter, the ponderous and prodigious left
fielder of the Cubs-son of the renowned
we'll indeed in his first season In the
league. He rang up modest .3bls.
The official compiler carried quite
few arguments into four places.
The averages are full of surprises and
disappointments. They bring young
sters to new heights and oldsters to
unaccustomed positions among the also
rams. Eddie Roush, who Joined the Reds
late and got into only forty games. had
10 take a back seat with 1916. Carson
Bigbee, the left handed left fielder OF
the Pirates, got an average OF $3.50,
* which was fair enough but lack Wheat,
the star of the Dodgers, could not rise
above .325. The day was when Aack
showed the way Now Time takes his
toll-and Zacharia trails.
Pirates Lead in Batting.
The team batting championship was
won by the Pirates, but their margin
over the world champion Giants was
small. Pittsburgh hit for .30S and New
York for 305. The st. Louis club also
came above the select mark, with .3O1.
The Brooklyns finished sixth in batting.
win the Reds and Cubs above them and
the Phillies and Braves below them. The
Giants set the seasons record fo- hit
ting by getting twenty-eight drives in
nine innings against the Pirates
The Cards led In total bases. with
All; the Pirates led In making sin
giles, the Cards In doubles. the Pirates in
triples and the lowly Philiies In home
runs. The Phillies got 116 circuit
drives. The Cubs played the sacrifice
game to the limit for 2o5 sacrifices and
the Pirates led in stealing bases, with
1l5.
Max Carey won the base stealing
championship with 81. frankie Frisch
of the Giants was second with 81 and
right behind him came old George
Burns still spry and agile. with 80.
The official hitting standing of Giants
and Dodgers. who did at least ESQ Is
a.. fo1loxye.