| Show Ace Fails to Win Hitting Title but Proves Loop Star NEW YORK Jan 19 P P JP-AI- Al Although though he failed to win the league batting crown b by the proverbial gnats gnat's whisker Raymond Pepper I of or Roche Rochester ter easily was wa-s the International International Inter Inter- national leagues league's outstanding st star for lor 1931 Official figures released today prove the slugging outfielder led the double A circuit in total hits total runs three base hits JILtS Ofle- Ofle base hits went to bat the most times and tied with John Gill GUI of Baltimore for tor total bases on hits Isaac Boone Newark's ball bali busten buster buster bus bus- ter ten nosed out Pepper for the batting batting batting bat bat- ting championship but it was necessary to resort to a fourth figure fig fig- ure sire to prove It Boones Boone's season mark was compared to Peppers Pepper's Peppers Peppers Pepper's Pep Pep- pers per's a difference of four ten I |