Show Ability to Keep Keel Jr Winning on Road Cardinals Brings Flag By Gayle Gaylo Talbot Associated Press Correspondent NEW YORK Jan 5 5 AbilIty Ability of the St. St Louts Louis Cardinals to maintain their winning ways on the road proved the deciding factor in their dash to the 1931 National league pennant pennant pen pen- nant official fi figures ures released by league headquarters reveal The playing site meant little to toI I the champions who set an even pace all the Va way with a winning percentage percent percent- lage age of on their home lot and md on foreign soil soH I The New York Giants who finished second in the race proper had a percentage percentage per per- of 19 at the thc Polo grounds and on the road with 37 wins and 38 losses FALL ON ROAD Four other clubs Chicago Chicalo Brooklyn Brooklyn Brook Brook- lyn Pittsburgh and Philadelphia played winning ball for the home folks but fell down disastrously on tour Cincinnati and Boston played no favorites losing With equal facility In anybody's park Other assorted figures divulged by bythe bythe bythe the league statistician show the thc Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago Cubs were the lC leading sluggers drew the most bases baes on balls and suffered suf the most strikeouts Rogers Hornsby's wreckers had a slugging percentage of getting almost one base for every two times at bat They knocked in the most runs drew bases on balls and rind were strikeout times KLEIN CO CONSISTENT Among the individual stars Chuck Klein of the Phillies was the most consistent in hitting for extra bases basos At bat times he hit for a total of or 3 17 bases and a slugging percentage e of Hornsby was second with and Chick Hale Hafey of oC the Cardinals third with Ten players were over the mark |