The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-21
SlSLR HANGS
Up ALL Time
BAT TING MARK
st. Louis Star Tops by Fraction
the 1891 High Point Of
~ Cobb.
BIT JOHN B. FOSTER

Copyright, 1922. by The Argus.)
New York, Dec. 21.-George Sis
Ter is the American league batting
champion of all times. This be-
came known today. This years
figures credit the st. Louis Ameri-
can league star with~246 hits IN
$50 times at bat. That gives him a
percentage of .419795. You can't
get away from it, If the totals ara
correct. and there isn't any reason
to believe they're not. According
to the rules Of procedure in max
ing up baseball statistics, Sisler,
therefore, should get 400 batting
average for the 1922 season.
When Ty Cobb got an average OF
APO for the season of 1921. his fig
ures ran out .419626, which is o
small fraction less than Sisters ac-
tual figures. That's figuring it
down rather fine, but figures ar
figures. And those figures give Sis
Ter a win over Cobb as American
league premier with the stick. 1t
puts him within one point Of Pop
Anson's best record and Is points
are all that separate him from
Duffy, the National league leader
with the bat.
Eddie Collins led the second
basemen of the American league IN
fielding in 1922, and he led them
In batting as well. His fielding per-
centage was .976. He accepted S57
changes to make that figure. Still
some day he is going back. Per
haps that is due to the fact that
he has been major league player
for so long that he can be called
a veteran. Veterans are always
the first picked on as going back
If Eddie is on the way back he has
a queer way of proceeding because
he accepted more chances in 1872:
than in 1921.
No wonder the Yankees wan
Collins. Higgins figures that /;
steady player, like him on seconi
base will reestablish an infield tina
is inclined to have its shaky spells
more often than it should AS cap
tain and playing the infield, his i'll
field would be very good.
| There has been talk that Collin
has been sought for the purpose o
ultimately replacing Higgins a
manager. Since Higgins is tn
man who first began the effort t
secure Collins, it is plain tina
there is not much to that sort o
gossip. 1t doesn't seem probabl
that Higgins will leave the Yank
hurriedly in view of his success
No matter what is said about hin
: it must be admitted that he ha
. pulled the team through-Ruth an
ALTO two league pennants.
If the New York Americans &c
Collins they will have a 800 hit
ting infield based on last year.
performance. Pipp batted 1923. H
may not repeat in 1928 becaus
that was a high mark for him, pos
sibly higher than normal. Collin
batted .324. Scott was good TO
.267 and Dugan for .2S7. Scott i
not likely to do better, but Duga
may. 1t would be powerful de
fensive infield and even with Ware
it has proved to be that because
, despite Wards nervous tendency t
, fight the ball, he is unQuestion
ably a valuable defensive man.,
The failure of a possible rein
,, statement of Kerr upset the Collin
deal just as it looked as if it migl
go through with whoop. Chicag
|, was willing all right, but Landi
|, says that kerr's transgression wa
too wilful and that he must sta
out of the game another year {
:. least. Furthermore, if Kerr play
: again this summer with ineligibl
: men, he probably will get anothe
= years absence forced on him, b'
:. cause that sort of thing is not to +
; condoned at all. If the commi.
: sioner cannot be coaxed into relen
ing about Kerr, the Yanks want
> pitcher to take his place becau;
|, Chicago will not even consider
trade without getting one of Il
4 New York pitching staff in additic
+ to Ward, who of necessity wou
9 take Collins place at second Il
q q the White Sox.
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