Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-19
BECKER HEADS NATIONALS
BROOKLYN Club. with 26s, Leads the
League in Batting.
COBB is PREMIER AMERICAN
Sam Crawford in Fifth PIace-Le-
Jeune of sioux City IL High
Man In Western League
COBRaltOn is Fifth.

CHICAGO, July 1s.-Beals Becker,
Philadelphia, with an average Of $40, Is
leading the batters of the National
league. according to figures published
here today. Next are Grant. New York,
with .SS7; e. Burns. Philadelphia, 1888;
Devore, Boston. 1926; Dalton, Brooklyn.
.S22; Hummell Brooklyn, 800; Meyers
New York, ,317; Burns. New York, 816
Byrne, Philadelphia, .3Os; Daubert
Brooklyn, .9OS
Brooklyn, with .26S. and New York, with
.267, lead in club batting. Herzog, with
thirty-four, leads in stolen bases. Among
the pitchers Mathewson, with fifteen
wins and four defeats; Atchison Brook
lyn with six and two, and Vaughn, Chit
cago, with nine and four, rank highest.
Cobb Premier American.
Cobb, Detroit, heads the American
leaguers with .S42, Then come Baker.
Philadelphia, $40; jackson, Cleveland,
.3S2; c. Walker, st. Louis, $50; Crawford,
, Detroit BIS; e. Collins, Philadelphia,
,Sl6 A WILLIAMS Washington, .315; Milan,
Washington. .297; Speaker, Boston, 29S !.
Mclnnis, Philadelphia, .293. Philadelphia
leads in the club batting with .261. and
Detroit and Washington are next with
.2l6 each. Maisel. New York, leads in
stolen bases with thirty-one. Leonard,
Boston, with twelve victories and three
defeats; Bender, Philadelphia, with seven
and two. and Plank. Philadelphia, with
nine and two are top-notchers in the
pitching departments.
kauff Indianapolis, has regained the
batting lead in the Federal league with
.Ss4 and leads in stolen bases with thirty
seven. indianapolis, with .2S9, and Balti-
more. with 274. leads the clubs. Pitching
honors belong to Kaiserling, Indlanapo-
lis, with eight wins and TWO losses Ford,
Buffalo, with twelve and four, and Gran
dali, st. Louis, ten and four.
Two of the players recently sold by
Baltimore rank high among the Interna-
tional league batters. Krltchell, Toronto,
leads with 1853; Cree, Baltimore. is next
with .S57 Providence and Baltimore are
tied for club batting honors with . 0 each.
With twenty-three stolen bases Glt.Ooley,
Buffalo, leads on the paths. RankinG
high among the pitchers are Bader, Buff
falo with nine wins and three defeats;
Mays, Providence, eight and three, and
Ruth and Cottrell. Baltimore, fourteen
and six each.
In the Western league Lejeune, Sioux
City, leads with .407. Following him are
L. Jordan, Lincoln, 1852; Eddington, Dem
ver, .S52i Patterson. St. Joseph, 342 Con-
galton, Omaha, $40; Shaw, Des Moines,
$685. Kane, Sioux City, .3SS; Spahr Dem
yer, .Ssl; Coffey, Denver. .S3l; Thomason.
Omaha, .S29. In club batting Denver. with
.2s9. and Sioux City, with .2S6, are ahead.
George Watson Of ST. Joseph, with thr-
ty-seven, leads in stolen bases Gaskell.
Denver, having won fourteen and lost
four; Schreiber, Denver, with seven and
two, and Gaspsr. Sioux City. with thr-
teen and four, are among the leading
pitchers.
Titus. Kansas City. with .4l2, leads the
American association. Kansas City, with
.2S2, and Cleveland. with us leads the
clubs. Killifer OF Minneapolis is ahead
in stolen bases with thirty-three. Lead
ing pitchers are Gallia, Kansas City, with
fourteen wins and three defeats; Dough-
erty. Milwaukee. with nine and two, and
Laroy, Indianapolis, with nine and three
In the Southern league Mccormick OF
Chattanooga with $50, leads the batters
Callahan. Nashville, is ahead in stolen
bases with thirty-six. Nashville, with
.272, leads in club batting, Among the
pitchers honors go TO Townsend, Mobile,
with eleven victories and four defeats:
Walker New Orleans ten and four, ana
Lively Montgomery. five and two.