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Show i ' CAPTAIN of the Salt Lake j ball club, who has probably j set a national record by his batting in 1913. If 6 IILSi.1 PROBABLY LEADS IDE WOULD Outfielder Has Average of .438; Spencer Is First in Base Stealing. THIS remarkable porformanco with tho bat of Frank Huelsman, captain cap-tain of tho Salt Lako team, should stand as a record In tho United States for batting percentages in 1013. Doubtless when the figures of all tho leagues are compiled and published in the baseball guides, It- -will bo found that Huclsman's work outstrips that of any other player In any of the numerous league organizations. His percentage Is .433, which la about as high as they come. It Is remarkable, to begin with, that Huelsman took part (n every game that was played this season 121 In all. He was at. bat 454 times, coming through with 199 safe hits. It Is a mattor of re-grot re-grot that ho could not have got four hits yesterday instead of throe, in which event he would have had just 200 safe ones. Brings in Runs. It is to be noted in particular that the hitting of Huelsman was not only spectacular, spec-tacular, but also it was winning batting for his team. Any man who drives in 131 runs, as Huelsman did, is worth saying say-ing something about. The available figures fig-ures give Huelsman seventeen home runs. It Is likely that tho official figures will Increase this number to at least twenty. But seventeen four-haso drlvos arc not to be sneered at. Thirty-five two baggers bag-gers and eighteen triples aro also contained con-tained In the captain's string. All told, his swatting counted 321 bases. In addition to that magnificent record, Huelsman had a sharo of sacrifice hits and a respectable number of stolen bases. Menges Second Man. In. contrast Is tho fact that the next man to Huelsman in the league is Billy Menges of tho Holcna club, The tiny shortstop has a record of .37S. Menges is just a mito in size when compared with Huelsman, and that fact makes the contrast con-trast all the more striking. Bert Spencer of the Salt Lake club unquestionably un-questionably leads the league in stolen bases. The unofficial figures glvo him sixty-two thefts. It is also practically certain cer-tain that Speacor will head tho list of fielders in chances accepted. So far as the memory of baseball sharps runs and so far as tho wobbly figures that are available go, Spencer has made four errors er-rors during the ontire season. Valuable Ball Players. Such men as Huelsman and Spencer aro certainly a credit to any ball club and an honor to the town which that club represents. rep-resents. The figures -which Tho .Tribune presents this morning are not by any means official. offi-cial. They wero compiled from the box scores that: come to this office. In numerous nu-merous Instances the scores from tho north were much distorted, probably the fault of the telegraphic: service. For that reason no claim Is made that the batting records of tho players are more than approximately ap-proximately correct. The purpose of their publication is to glvo tho baseball-loving people an idea of the sticking achievements achieve-ments of the men In tho different club3. |