The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-25
Y COBB FOURTH IN
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
GEORGIA T1AOR ~ GRADUALLY
A1CHNU4M0~NO~T TOP or
LADDER,
JACKSON STILL LEADS


CHICAGO. May 2<-r--Jos Jackson. OF
Cleveland. with ass. leads the Amerd-
can league hatters this week, according
TO averages published today. Craw-
ford, Of Detroit. liz second. with ,338.
and Barry. OF Philadelphia, third. with
.326 Ty Cobb. of Detroit. was fourth,
with a. percentage Of .32s. having
climbed nine points during the last
week. Three weeks ago the Detroit
ssagger ranked thirty eighth, with a
percentage OF gao.
There are only eight 900 hitters In
In. league, ard following tho first four
are Dause. Detroit. s1s: Milan, Wash
instcn, s2l; fstsliveit, Cleveland, $40.
F. Foster, Washington. sos: Lisbold.
Cleveland. 2se. and Baker, Philadei-
phia. .2ss. Milan leads In stolen bases,
with thirteen. Club hating honors are
held by Detroit. with .254, and rhila-
delpha IL next, with .s5i.
Ham Hyatt, Pittshurg's great pinch
hitler, this week batted himself into
a tie for first place with Byrne. of
Philadelphia, among the National
league hitters. each having II record OF
500. In tine eighth following are
Philadelphia .s6s. PheIan. Chicago.
.a6s; Lobert- Philadelphia. .s5a: Dali
ton. Brooklyn, .351; Gibson, Tittsburg,
.34S. Daubert. Brooklyn. .34s. and
Bresnatnn, Chicago. o 4a7zr Marsans,
Ctncinnati's Cuban player. leads in
stolen bases with ten Club batting
honors belong to Brooklyn. with 2ss.
and New York is second. with .sss.
Steve Evans continued to top the
Federal slugggrs, with .44e. Either the
adoption of the less lively ball or a
genuine slump struck a number of the
Federal batters, Lennox and Wilson
being among those who dropped out
OF the first ten. The nine next to Evans
are Maths. pstsburg, .4ia: Campbell,
Indianapolis, 400. Bradley. Ptttsburg,
.3Sa, kanff. Indianapolis, .31s; La
porte. Indianapolis, 35i: Wdcklnnd.
CHICAGO. .344: Esmond, indianapolis,
sal: Murphy. Brooklyn, .338. and
Walsh, Baltimore. .337. kauff in
ahead as base sfealer, with eleven. In
dianapoliS is ahead In club batting.
with .2s3, and St. Louis is next. with
ESQ.
No one In the American association
has reached John Titus percentage of
500, eetbiishnd before the Kansas City
veteran was Laid out with an injury.
Next to Titus are Altizer. Minneapolis
4o3: Lake, Minneapolis. 407: Knight.
Cleveland. .364: Livingstone, Indian
apolls, 1853: Compton, Kansas City.
355; Hall, st. Paul. -350: Stans6ary,
Louisville. .34s: Mccormick. st. Paul
Compton has most stolen bases, twelve.
Kansas city leads the clubs In batting
and Cleveland Ia next, with -2T2 and
.26T. respectively.
C'Hara, OF Toronto, tops the Inter-
national league batters. with .37e. and
following him In the first ten are
Cree. Baltimore, .Ss6, Kocher. Provi-
dencen. .357; Tooley. Newark .e51;
Gieichmann. Baltimore, .341; Schultz,
Rochester. .sss; Wells. Jersey City.
a33: Daniels. Baltimore. 1923; Getz.
Newark. -.32s. and Pick, Toronto. .SeS.
Getx leads the base stealers. with ten,
Providence. with .272. leads In club
batting and Baltimore. with Est is
iext
Kirby, OF Noble. is the best OF the
Southern league batsmen, with .426.
Then come Gibson, Of Nashville. with
1885, Mccormick, Chattanooga. .S7a.
Nnisely. Birmingham. .37S: Mcconnell.
Atlanta, 1855; Lord. Mobile, 1855:
Sloan. Nashville. .s2s: Kircher, At
anita, 1875: Street, Chattanooga, 1913,
md Reynolds Atlanta, .315. Barbara,
If New Orleans. holds the stolen-base
record, with sixteen. In club batting.
Atlanta Is on top. with .267. and Chat
Aanoogo second. with .261.