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Show K01M AT TOP IN flELDffi LIST St. Louis First Baseman Leads in National, With Standing Stand-ing of .995. NEW YORIC. Dec. P. Tho National league fielding averages for the season of 1913 show a number of changes In tho standings of players as compared with the rocords of the previous year. Konotchy of St. Louis moved from fourth to llrst place, his avoragc as a lir3t baseman being be-ing .595. while Jake Daubcrt of Brooklyn, Brook-lyn, who led tho league In 1012, dropped to second place, four points below Konotchy. Ko-notchy. Among tho second bascmon, Miller Mil-ler Hugglns of St. Louis with .007 ousted Egan of Cincinnati, whoso record of .97-wa .97-wa one point less than that of a year ago. John Lobort of Philadelphia, second among tho third basemen In 1912, was ranked first this oeaeon with .974. Joe Tinker of Cincinnati wrested first place In shortstop honors from Honus Wagner Wag-ner of PlttBhurg, his percentage being .963 against Wagner's .962. Tommy Leach of Chicago leads the outfielders out-fielders with .090 for 129 games, although 3eoo of Pittsburg la tho technical leader with 1.000 for twenty-two games. Leach showed a big improvement over his 1012 performance, gaining twclvo points Sn percentage, although playing thirty-two more games. Grovor Alexander of Philadelphia Is given first place among tho fielding pitchers pitch-ers of the leaguo, with a perfect percentage per-centage for forty-seven games. Fromme, Cincinnati and New York, Rixoy. Philadelphia: Phila-delphia: Crandall, New York; McQuillan. Pittsburg, and nurk. St. Louis, are all In the 1.000 class with Alexander, although C itching a number of games fewer than e did. In the club fielding Philadelphia Is ranked first with .963 and St. Louis comes second, three points below them. Pittsburg Pitts-burg Is third with .964, and New York. Cincinnati and Brooklyn are all tied for fourth place with .061. |