Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-15
HI MYERS LEADING
NATIONAL BATTERS
Former Newark 0utfieIder
Takes DaIton's Place With
Marx of $40.

HI Meyers, wearing Brooklyns uni
form In twenty games, leads the bat
tiers of the National League with an
average of 81. The come Grant,
New York, .S42: Becker. Philadelphia.
.334; Dalton, Brooklyn, 321; G. Burns,
New York. 81; Wlngo, ST. Louis,
$40; Daubert, Brooklyn, 800: S. Ma
gee, Philadelphia, .s0s; Phelan.
Chicago, 304. Brooklyn leads In club
batting with 1853, and New York Is
next with 1855. Herzog. Cincinnati. is
ahead in stolen bases with IS. In
games won and lost James, of Boston.
with Is and 5; Doak. ST. Louis. IL and
4, and Mathewson. New York. 10 and
7, are leading pitchers.
jackson Best in American
Joe jackson tops the American
leaguers. The Cleveland slugger has
an average of 1858. Next come Cobb,
Detroit. $50. E. Collins, Philadelphia.
.345; Baker, Philadelphia, 1886; Cree.
New York, .331; Speaker, Boston. 1924 !;
Crawford. Detroit .317; Fournier.
Chicago, Bis: McInnes, Philadelphia,
312; c. Walker, St. Louis, BOB. Phila-
delphia with .267 and Washington
with 249 lead the clubs. E Collins
leads in stolen bases with 80. Lead
ing pitchers are Leonard, Boston.
with II and I; Bender, Philadelphia,
10 and 2. and Plank, Philadelphia,
Is and g.
Krichel Best in International.
Paul Krichell, of Toronto, leads
the international with BAT. Then
comes Mcintyre, Providence, .s4z; Nc
Cornell, Buffalo, .3SS; Platte, Provi-
dence. .327; Walsh, Rochester, 1926;
Mays, Providence, 1874; Schultz,
Rochester, 800; Dale, Montreal. .s1s;
Flynn, Montreal, .317; Onslow, Prov
idenee. .s13; Jordan, Toronto, .s13.
Providence. with .272, and Toronto,
with .260, lead In club batting. Pick,
Toronto. with "a, has most stolen
bases. Leading pitchers are Bader,
Buffalo, and Wagner, Toronto, with
and each: and Hughes, Rochester.
with Is and g.
Titus stIIl sIugging.
John Titus holds the lead in the
American Association. The Kansas
City veterans average Is 1898. Fol-
lowing him are w. Hinchman, Co
lumbus. 1868: Kinks, Cleveland, S4e
Altizer, Minneapolis, 342; Compton,
Kansas City, .s40; Rath, Kansas City,
.3Se; Killifer, Minneapolis, 1856; Lfv-
ingston, indianapolis. 1888; Lake, Min
neapolis, 1877; v Clemens, Louisville,
1925. Ahead in team batting are Kan
sas City with PTS and Minneapolis
and Columbus, with .273 each. Comp
ton and Kiliifer are tied for stolen
base honors with 40 each. Leading
pitchers are Dougherty, Milwaukee,,
with 10 and 2; Gallia, Kansas City,
with. 10 and 6, and Laroy, Indianap-
oils, II and A.
Steve Evans. Brooklyn, tops the
Federal Leaguers with 1852. Then
comes Kauff, Indianapolis. .S55; Shaw,
Brooklyn, $40; Lennox, Pittsburgh,
.s41: Crandall, st. Louis. .S29; East
erly(Kansas City, .S2s; Campbell, In
dlanapolis, 1926: Carr, Indianapolis,
.s24; w. Miller, st. Louis, .s1s; Muir
ply, Brooklyn, .s1s. Indianapolis
leads in club batting with .2s0 and
Baltimore is next with .274. Kaufl
retains the base stealing honors with
46 Top notch pitchers are Ford. Buff
falo. Is and 5; Seaton. Brooklyn, q
and S; Brown, ST. Louis, II and d
Kaiserling, indianapolis, II and 5.