Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-13
HOW THEY STAND

| clult OF 1903 lis right now the
mighucst batter in the land. Messrs.
cobb ana Lajoio viii have to con-
tend with him for that automobile in
! view OF the unmistakable signs which
| no has given OF going after said car
Snoigrass has tne healthy average
! OF go, several more points thau
| cobb can boast. ana many more than
| LaJOiC has. lie is hitting more con-
| sistently than either OF the latter
seldom day goes by but he gets
| two or three, and four hits a game
| are not infrequent. McGraw surely
| knew what he was doing when he in
| duced Snodgrass to put away his
catching pafaphornalia and become
| an outhelder.
Vincent Campbell. Pittsburg's young
outhelder is the second best swatter
IN the National league lie, too, Is in
line FOR the auto, with his average
OF 1888 In fifty games. Magee OF the
Pnillies Is another who viii soon he
in the running The best Quaker
hlngler was smuggling tremendously
carly In the season but he had a long
slump Lately he has started To terrify
the pitchers again and is going strong.
His average Is now $40.
For pitcher. kirb White OF the
Pirates and Grandall of New York
are hitting at terrific rate. Both
are listed at .S2i. Artie Hoffman is
the hardest hitter Frank Chance has.
Moreover. his drives are winning
games. Artie possesses an average
of .319, Beals Becker traded by Bos-
ton 10 the Giants. Is pounding for
.3OS and Graham of Boston has 3O7
Indian Meyers has .304. Wagner has
dropped To .299.
Although Ty Sobb Is sim leading
Nap Lajoie by 10 points I'm batting
the Detroit outfielder had made but
five more hits than the mighty Larry
up to Fridays games Earlier in the
season. when Lajoie was leading the
league in hitting, he had been legally
at bat fewer times than Cobb or late
LaJoe has been charged with a legal
time at bat more often than formerly
and he Is now charged with just one
less time at bat than is the fleet De-
troit player. Cobb has made 1856 hits
In 357 times at bat, while Lajoie has
connected safely 1871 times. Cobbs
average Is 1881, LaJoie's 1868. iris
Speaker has now made los hits and
his average is SAG, while LaPorte.
the leading New York slugger. has
secured SO hits in so games, his aver
age being ,311, Oldring and Karger
are tied for hitting honors with .314,
while Easterly and l.. Gardner of Bos-
ton are on even terms at 81.
Eddie Collins, who is gradually
boosting his batting average, IL being
t"'" iAhNs II ltdulllb lft ltdkue III
base stealing, while he ranks ninth in
run getting. Collins has stolen so
bases. while Cobb his nearest rival,
has pifered 80 sacks so far DOME
Bush leads in run getting, having tall
lied "a times this season. Cobbs follow
closely with n runs, while Speaker
is third with 90
on Thursday cobb boosted his total
base record to 200 and he now leads
in the smuggling department by wide
margin. Tyrus has slammed GU. u
doubles, one more than Lajoie, IL
triples, which is one more than Col
lins Murphy and Baker have to their
credit. while he leads all but Speaker
In home runs, having made the circuit
five times on as many hits Speaker
has six homers TO his credit.
Chief Bender has regained his grip
on the main point OF vantage in the
American league pitching contest
The chief was lucky at Chicago
Wednesday when the Athletics rallied
in the last inning, winning for him
when the game looked like sure
defeat
Ed. Karger and Jack Coombs re-
main the Indians rivals Karger was
forced to decamp at Detroit Thursday
and the White SoN beat Coon BIS
Tuesday But for these happenings
Bender's advantage would have been
somewhat lessened
AoNlllbS u causing the only rune
in the otherwise serene pitching world.
The man who got his b. \. at Colby
has been diffusing the only sensation
noticeable in the young league. Emerg-
ing from the motley Of 500 operators,
Coombs' rise has been unusually rapid
He Will give his teammate Bender. a
thrilling skirmish for the leading
honors
In the rank Of the topnotchers tho
name OF Rube Waddell was injected
during the week. After suffering ir-
reparable exclusion for long period
Jack O'Connor gave the prodigal
another chance the other day and
the man OF eccentricities got away
with il. Waddell has won three and
lost one game and his percentage Is
$50
Russell Ford padded his mark Mon
day 10y beating the Maps. His record |
Is 1871. Bill Donovan Is just 10 points
behind the Albanian. spec Hardness Of
Cleveland holds To his average Of !
.667. Atkins OF the Athletics and |
Willett Of Detroit have the same figure
Falkonborg OF the Maps has jumped to !
SEE
Walter johnson keeps adding to his
enormous strike-out record. He has
famed 1873. I'd Walsh is next, but |
Falkenberg threatens TO overhaul him |
Long Cy has a list OF III.
Deacon Phillippi Of the Pirates has |
not been forced 10 relinquish his |
honor Of leading National league |
pitchers IN the week just gone The |
aged master still has a rating Of |
$50 King Cole hurled phenomena |
against the Giants few days ago. |
but he is i03 points behind Phillippi |
Mathcwson. the great is gradually |
declining In percentage The beating |
which the cubs gave him sent him /
down TO 1871 overall and Rowan are /
tied at $50 Pfestcr stands at 727
The victory Of Babe Adams over 1
Philadelphia has made his list Of /
games won eight and his defeats four. 4
giving him n mark Of 667. White. /
also Of Pittshurg likewise has 667. /
Earl Moore Is now the leading /
strike-out pitcher. with 107 Cole has
given the most passes and Suggs has
been hit the hardest