The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-09-15
Passes Cobb In Contest For
Batting Honors In
American League
SPEAKER HAS A SLUMP
Fails to Hit Athletic Slab Artists aud
His Average Drops Several Points
campbell Shows Up Well In Nat
ional League--WOrk of the Pitch

stripped Cobb and went to the head
of the list of American League bats
men with lead of five points over
his sturdy competitor.
In the only two games Cobb played
in last week he failed to hit safely.
Then he was compelled to withdraw
from the game on account of his eyes,
of his absence.
Ty will probably return to the game
this week and is confident he will re-
gain his lost laurels.
iris Speaker failed to pound Connie
Mack's boxmen last week and in con-
sequence fell off number of points
Eddie Karger added to his average.
Jack Knight found the Boston twir-
lers in the first game on Saturday
rather easy and boosted his average
up few points. The big Highlander
has proven to be Stallings' most con-
sistent hitter. Hal Chase got back
into the honor class by some swell
hitting
Paul Mclean of the White Sox
dropped out of the 800 class last
week The pitchers apparently soly-
ed his style of hitting.
In the National League Vincent
Campbell is the new leader. In II
times at bat last week he made seven
hits. Campbell is the young man who
looked so good to Boston fans in the
few games he played there this sea-
son. He is Fred Clarke's substitute
and an able one, too. SO far as be-
ing the premier batsman of the coun-
try is concerned, he will not be able to
claim the honor, as he will not have
appeared the $50 necessary times at
bat.
Magee has been going splendidly of
late. Last week he managed to jump
Snodgrass. The latter is not hitting
the ball in the manner of month or
more ago and his average is being re-
duced. No doubt the pitchers were
tipped ito get" him and in this case
thOy nave bCCh ouSSCooiuis
Honus Wagner gained few more
points last week and now has clear
hold on fourth place.
Lobert of the Cincinnati Reds broke
,uto the honor class last week and now
stands sixth on the list. This is the
young man Clarke Griffith wanted
Fred Lake to take off his hands in
exchange for Sweeney and Curtis. Le-
bert's arms and legs are bad and Lake
was aware of it.
DAVIDSON gained number of points
by consistent hitting. He does not ap-
pear on the list as he is hitting for
.254, but he is coming with rush and
may win place before theseason is
over. His teammate, Wheat, remains
among the first IL and refuses to be
ousted Eddie Lennox and Jake Dau-
bert OF Brooklyn are doing good work
and both are close to the $50 mark.
Byrne and Wagner are the first two
men to reach the $50 total in base
hits,
Last weeks results made some
changes in the relative standing of the
American League pitchers. Jack
Coombs of the Athletics won two
games for his team last week and
slipped into second place, ousting Rus
sell Ford. who was successful in the
only game he pitched Coombs and
Bender have won between them AZ
games, or more than half the total
number of victories of the Athletics.
The pair will do the heavy work in
the series with Frank Chances Cubs.
Willett and Donovan are pitching
grand ball for the Tigers, working
their hardest to beat out Boston and
New York for second place.
Krause, who had been doing bench
duty for couple of months, was
pressed into service last week against
the Red Sox and came out of the fray
victor.
Walter Johnson was stopped by the
Athletics last week, after winning six
successive games.
Hall of St Louis and Works of De-
troit are new names on the list this
week. Works has taken part in some
prettily pitched contests. He has
been with the Tigers for over two
years.
The name of "Laddie" LiRke ap-
pears on the list for the last time, as
last week ne was released by Manager
O'Connor to the American Association.
He started THE season with Cleveland
and was very successful at first. Later
he became an in and outer and was
then discarded to st. Louis.
In the National League Charlie
Philippe tied Cole of the Cubs in per
centage last week by win over the
Cincinnati Reds. His record of IL
wins out of IA games is considered
remarkable.
All the Cubs twirlers are pitching
swell ball and seem to be going bet
ter now than at any time this season.
Reulback has pulled up to fourth place.
Pfeister and Overall, however are not
in good condition and it Is doubtful