The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-17
orr AND WAIVER
 SHARE LAURELS WITH BIG BRAVE
Ernie lit, 80 h N |. for l94a Season; Slaughter
 Is Ruaner0p
Rg RAUh sCnRFFEaS

Ny PAUL SCNEEFE1S
 (Unatea Press Stan CS4ReapeMaSNtD
 New York, Dec. aF-QUPD-Aae Ernie E0fnNag3A, 2S04pONnd catcher Of the Boston Braves who Slaa down the bAsebaA ladder Naaokay AaeAF committing a classic world series lapse m 1889, SeHgea back 3S@& @S fast last season to eaRM the Na~ tionea league batting oAAaAplO OASAan for the second time in Aas ID year major league career
 Lombard feA on his back AA the midst 0z a New York YaA&eeS zaGE that scored three runs t0 &eaeAt CinenMata ln the aeoaahg series game and WaS traded to Boston this year after he had SAaMAea to .264 m 4f@loHeS4 average Nf ASS career. But he came back m 4942 t0 fashion the leagNes best mark, ,830 an 105 games, 04Ae4aa National league batting averages &E0aosea today.
 However, although the AaeRst0pS mark was a2 points better than As closest competitor, EAOS Slaughter of the champion St. Louis CaH1ESAAls he was forced to share 4naSN8saAA laufelS with two 0ld<taqae Man. agef Mel Ott of the New York Giants end 0Ntaelaef Paul WARAF Of the Bs@ves-AAa the Red Ba@S AyIehasef.
 Ott scored the most runs, AAS and won the homer title ny hitting 30 round -t74ppeE$. He scored over 100 runs to bFine has 4Ifetsfne total te nine wears Of tallyfng 100 or more runs to tae the modern 4eeoE@ AAaS by WaAFe when he WaS with R5tsS- bNFRh. His 30 A0MeaS brought As lifetime total to 44S, more then ARS other senior aeagNeF in history &RS gave him eight years 0f making g or more EONFL LbaggeaS TOT 8 e4s@'Nia standard. Ott tied C4fHOE& Ca&XaRa of Philadelphia TOT most times leading the aeagNe m A0aa0aS with six and by making two h0MRES m 8 single game twice, increased ms own record to 43.
 WaAeF elhmaXea n years 0f RE0- dactfce big aeag9te performances AS cracking a S3ngle on JSaAe 10 $e&aAsl Pittsburgh to become the SAA& man iA his league to garner 5000 hits The other two were ASzaaA AAsNa and John Wagner.
 Slaughter made a grand sam N' the remaining 4aaiSsaeAa accom-, pl4SAmentS, banging NAt the mos base hits, ASss the most S0Saa NaSes 2H2: most TAzee-baSe AisS, 4R, &aN most 0ne%DaSe blows, 42F
 The team figures made the car dfnaaS EW0~8AFAe PeAAAMtN margin over the DUageRS hook SFAAA | by comparison with SAaeF @A-asN@Ms batting edge over Brooklyn. m Red BHaS won the team SatitaEa Atae with aA average 0f -268; ven to bat most times, 542aS scored GAs most FuAS, F55s made the most AaS l4Sz; most singles 104S; most S9Sa bases 2054; most tWo1ase AaeS 2S2 most three base hts SS ana mos sacs4fce hits, 43o.
 Brooklyn wound sp second WEel S6S as Chaeag0 and New YSsa deadlocscea Tor third with 12S4. Tn Dodgers stole the most bases WaTel 70.
 New York Aea m home zSEAs, Fash SonaaG lOS to bring 4tS leaaeaSAisi oS that division to ID years SAQ make It the 18th tune the 4s4aAS have produced 100 or more ASEaecs
 PA4laaelpA4a allowed the mos rssns, p06 and Boston Alt a new Qe9 for triples Ay colecpfAg only 2: to Ga4splace the former mark 0T 9 set hy the PAAs n 1858.
 Two other anaN4auaa zeeoseg ven 10 the CarafnaB as 8nAe4eer JfEniA Brown went 10 bat the 4nest, 50 times, and shossSFnp Martin MeSaS' oloutea the most Two1base Sl6Ns 98 Leonard Nsallo 0f the CAE caeo Cubs malie the most saesIfc hits, p.
 Pete Reaser of Brooklyn won Sst stolen base crown a1y p4tterssng 2 sacks WA8le his oaJAelamg eeasn mate. Joe Meawace, turned m SNt Aoucest batting St9eaR, 2F 9asees during which he made 4S AfS p 1Op sxfps for an average of IAU2. #a | began on may B against the GSsaMt and was ssappea on Jane 26 ny rA Reds.
 Cayde Mccullough Of the CuS ana Jim Tsoban of the Braves eac mi three consecutive Acfnei$ m single game. TSbtn hit six Mesnei' \ for the season, tying the Eecos& 10 a pttcher hold hy Maa Schumacne of the Giants h Gg3S.
 Babe Young of the 6as4t slammed two pinch Aiis-a eionol \ and tttple-an a single anntfig W