Show KLEIN LEI HANDY TO HAVE ND PHIL SLUGGER SETS PACE IN BATTING WORK New Cub Player Tops Five Hitting Divisions in National League NEW YORK Dec 5 If IP-If If theres there's any doubt about the wisdom of at the ChI Chicago go Cubs in adding Charles H. H Chuck Klein to their lineup for 1934 a glan glance e at atthe atthe S. S the official NaS National National National Na Na- league a aver aver aver- vir S t x ages for tor last season sea son should remove re reo p f 4 tf 0 move it k Klein not only 1 won the batting championship with i f an average of at t t J but topped all rivals rivals ri ri- ri t 5 S 5 g vals in four tour other f oi de t of ot I departments Par m S A y hl playas play as he carried his nis sensational sat Ion a 1 ft At t slugging achievements achieve achieve- S. S ments through the Klein fifth filth successive e s s 1 v e year During that period he never has las made fewer than hits scored less ess than runs or hit less than The great outfielder r traded to the Cubs by the Phillies in the most important im ira- of the season off-season deals denIs led his ils closest rival and teammate Virgil Davis by 19 points in the batting race ace Davis who since has been traded to the St. St Louis Cardinals wound up with a mark of Made 1 23 nits Hits Kleins Klein's other titles came in base hits Its where he had against for or Chick Fullis Funis of the Phillies in total otal bases with against for Wally Berger of at the Boston Braves In n doubles with 44 H against 40 for Joe Medwick ledwick of the Cardinals and in inome home ome runs with 28 Berger finishing second with 27 Back of Klein and Davis in the batting parade trailed Riggs Stephenson Stephen Stephen- son on of the Cubs in third place with witha a average Tony Piet of Pitts PiUs burgh traded recently to the Cincinnati Cincin- Cincin naU nati Reds with Bill Terry manager manager manger man man- ager ger of the world champion New York Giants Wes Ves S of the Phillies John L. L Pepper Marin Martin Mar Mar- tin in of th the Cardinals and Floyd Vaughan Pirates Pepper St Steals als 26 Bases Martin picked up two of the indi indi- vIdual championships with runs and nd 26 stolen bases while Fullis was wasat wasat wast at t bat the most times and collected col col- the most singles Vaughan hit It the most triples 19 while Dick Bartell of the Phillies had the most 37 for the second successive successive sive ive year Klein and Paul Waner of at the Pirates Plates Pl Pt- rates ates were second to Martin in runs with and Waner finished runner runner- up p to Vau Vaughan han for triples with 16 Frankie rankle Frisch manager of th the Car Car- dinels was wai Martins Martin's closest rival as a aase abaSe abase baSe ase stealer pilfering 18 Kleins Klein's durability also was proved by y the fact that he was one of ot five players layers who took part in every everyone one of their heir clubs club's games The others were Bartell of the Phillies and Paul Waner faner Harold larold Pie Traynor and Gus Suhr all 11 of the Pirates |