Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-09-05
ONLY nine 800
MEN N NATIONAL
Ross Erwin, of Brooklyn,
Leads Hitters-Balton is
Second in List.
JACKSON STILL is
AMERICAN LEADER
Eleven Who Club Above the
Star Mark in that League
Cobb is Fourth.

Chicago, Sept. 5.-Only nine batters
in the National league are in the three
hundred class, according to averages
published here today. Boss Erwin,
with his average of 24S acquired in
twenty games with Brooklyn. is lead
ing. Next are Dalton. Brooklyn, 1888;
Becker, Philadelphia, .317; Daubert,
Brooklyn, .317; Gonzales. Cincinnati,
philadelphia, $40; Connolly, Boston.
.3O6; Phelan, Chicago. .3o4: Wheat.
Brooklyn. .299. With three men
among the leaders. Brooklyn is set
ting the pace for the clubs with 269
and New York is next with .261.
James. Boston, with 20 wins and 6 de-
feats; Rudolph, Boston, with 10 and
8, and Mathewson, New York, with
~ and 3, lead the pitchers. Herzog.
Cincinnati, has most stolen bases--41.
In the American league, Joe jack
son, Cleveland, has regained the lead
ership with 1862. There are only elev-
en- 800 hitters in the American, and
next to Jackson they are Collins, Phil
adelph1a. 1854; Hoblitzel. Boston, .354;
Cobb. Detroit, .351: Mitchell, Wash
ington. $50; Cree. New York. .333:
Speaker. Boston, .S3s Baker, Phila-
delphia. 1893: Crawford, Detroit, 1923;
st. Louis. .s0s. Philadelphia with
271 and Detroit with .251 lead the
clubs. while Maisel. New York, is
leading base stealer with So Leading
pitchers are Bender, Philadelphia, IA
and Q: Leonard, Boston. 10 and S, and
Plank. Philadelphia. IS and 4.
Manager Bill Hinchman finally has
displaced John Titus as leading bat
ter of the American association. The
Columbus leader is hitting at a rate
of .374. while the Kansas City mans
average is 1853. Then come Kirke,
Cleveland. ,34e; Killifer, Minneapolis,
.344: Miller, Columbus. .337; Altizer,
Minneapolis, 1886; Rath, Kansas City,
1884: Lake, Minnea polis .331; Comp
ton, Kansas City, 1923: Livingston. In
dianapolis. 1927. Minneapolis and Kan
sas City are tied for the lead in club
batting with .276 each. Compton,
Kansas City. with as is ahead in stol-
en- bases. -.
Leading pitchers are Laroy, Indian
apolis, - and 4 Dougherty, Milwau-
kee, 10 and 4; Gallia, Kansas City. 21
Bennie Kauff, the Federal leagues
Ty Cobb .e sontiAAueS siA in front Of the
burgh, .346; Easterly. Kansas City,
.S35; Shaw. Brooklyn, .331; Chase,
Buffalo. .331; Oaks, Pittsburgh, .324;
Crandall, st. Louis. .324; Scheer, In
dianapolis, 1922; Rousch Indianapo-
lis. .320. Indianapolis leads in team
hitting with 1856 and Baltimore is
next with .273. Kauff, with SIS stolen
bases. is the best in that department.
Best pitching is being done by Ford,
21 and 9, and Kaiserling, Indianapo-
lis. IA and g.
Pete Knisely, now with the Cubs
looks like the batting champion pre-
sumptive of the Southern league, for
the 1852 he made while with Birming-
ham is far ahead of the rest of the
batters of that league. Next are Kir-
by, Mobile, 1928; Mccormick, Chat.
tanooga, .s1s; DAILY, Montgomery
Adams, New Orleans, .310; Gouliet
Memphis, 1908; welchonce, Atlanta
.30S; Sloan. Nashville, .3O6; Allison
Memphis, .3O6. In club batting, Chat
tanooga with ,264 and Mobile with
.257 lead Callahan. with So, has
most stolen bases. Leading pitchers
Bagby, New Orleans. II and 7; Brown
Birmingham, 10 and 8; and Johnson
Birmingham, 16 and Z.
in the International league, with BAT
Then follow Mcintyre, Providence
333; Schultz, Rochester, 1923; viii.
Jams. Rochester, 1923; Platts, Provi
dence, .315; Tutweiler. Providence
.312; Mays, Providence, .311; Hols.
witt, Jersey City, 81; Onslaw, Prov.
idence. .311; Channel, Buffalo, 30s
Providence with .272 and Toronto
with .271 lead in team hitting. Gil.
hooley, Buffalo, leads in base stealing
with A. Mays, Providence. with Is
and s; Wagner, Toronto. II and 4
and Hughes, Rochester, 10 and Z
lead the pitchers.
Larry Lejeune still leads In tht
Western league. The Sioux City slug
ger has an average of .377. Ther
come Koener. Topeka. .343; Kane
Sioux City. .341; Butcher. Denver
.338; Mogridge. Des Moines. 1893
Patterson, st. Joseph. .331; Congilton
Omaha, .33o; Coffey, Denver. $3.50
Thomason. Omaha, 1928: Murphy
Sioux City. 1876; Eddington. Denver
1926. In club batting Denver Will
.294 and Sioux City with .291 ar,
ahead. Nicholson, Wichita, leads II
stolen bases with SO. Best pitchers
are Gaspart. Sioux City, 21 and S; Gas
kell. Denver, % and g.; Sterer. st. Joe
"a and 8.
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