Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-05
TY COBB LEADS AMERICAN
Idleness Places Detroit Slugger at
Top Of League Hitters.
BURNS LEADS IN THE NATIONAL
LIE Jeune of sioux City Continues mt
High Place In western League
--COngaltOn of Omaha
Third.

CHICAGO, July Sly Cobbs idleness,
forced on him by a broken thumb, while
his rivals slumped, put him in first place
among the batters of the American league,
according to averages published here to-
day. His percentage is .349, The next
nine batters in the American league are:
&. Walker. st. Louis, .Si9; Baker, Phila-
delphia, 1923; Crawford, Detroit 1924;
Jackson, Cleveland, 1913; f. Collins, Phil
sdelphia. .S14; Speaker, Boston, .0O1; Leli-
welt, Cleveland, .297; Wood. Cleveland,
.2s1 Nolan, Washington, .2S9. The Ath-
letics lead in club batting with .961 and
Detroit is second with .246 Maisel of
New York leads in stolen bases with
twenty-seven. Ranked according to
games won and lost. Plank, Philadelphia,
with eight and two; Leonard, Boston,
delphia, and Wood, Boston, with three
and one each, lead the pitchers
Burns Leads in National.
F. Burns OF Philadelphia is leading bat
ter in the National league His average
for twenty-four games is 1896. Next come
Hummel, Brooklyn. .s52; Dalton, Brook
lyn. 1888; Grant New York, 1887; Byrne,
Philadelphia, .S2T; Becker. Philadelphia,
sOAVB W DuInHs ENGW IOTht solG1 leNOTC,
Philadelphia, .S0s; Connolly. Boston, .sO6;
Daubert, Brooklyn, .ao6. Philadelphia
leads in team hitting with .267 and New
York is next with .266. Herzog OF Cincln-
natl is ahead in stolen bases with twen-
ty-seven. Mathewson is setting the pace
for pitchers with thirteen won and three
lost and Pfeffer. Brooklyn. and Doak, st.
Louis, are credited with seven victories
and two defeats each.
In the Federal league, Charley Carr,
Indianapolis. continues the leader with
.4l9. Indianapolis with 1896 and Baltimore
with 27S lead in club batting. Kauff
holds stolen base honors with thlrty-two.
Among the pitchers, Kaiserling. Indian
apolis, with six wins and one defeat is
leading.
Tituh A. A. Leader.
John Titus. Kansas City, is the Ameri-
can Associations leader with ass for
twenty-five games. Kansas City is lead.
Ing in club batting with .2s2 and Cleve-
land and Minneapolis with .272 each are
next. Workman of Kansas City continues
to lead base stealers with twenty-six
Dougherty, Milwaukee, with eight vic
tories and one defeat is leading the pitch.
ers.
Knlseley, Birmingham, and Kirby Mo
bile. lead the Southern batters with .SH
each. Atlanta with .273 and Nashville
with ,721 lead the clubs. Kniesley hai
most stolen bases-twenty-nine. Among
the pitchers, G. Johnson, Birmingham
with six and two leads.
LIE Jeune I'm Western.
Lejeune. Sioux City. continues TO LEAD
the Western league batsmen. His aver
age is .4o1. Next are Mullen. Lincoln
now q member of the New York Ameri
cans, with ST; Congalton, Omaha, .S5s
Fox. ST, Joseph. .s4s; Kane, Sioux City
.S47; Shaw, Des Molnes. .SSs; F. Thomas
Omaha, .3l2; Rapps, TOPEKA, ,342; Pstter
son, St. Joseph. .s4l Butcher. Denver
.sss In club batting Denver is far ahesC
with 500. and st. Joseph with .2s1 Ia sec
ond. Nicholson, Wichita, and G. Watson
st. Joseph. with twenty-nine each lead II
stolen bases. Pitching leaders In tn,
Western are schreiber, Denver, with fiv,
wins and one defeat; Gaskell, Denver
twelve and three; Casper, Sioux City
eleven and thra4.