Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-16
HEAVY HITTING BY
BIG LEAGUE CLUBS
Getz and Tooley, Of Tigers, Are
Punching Pill in Lively
Style.

Ty Cobb's steady advance to the
front among the American League
batters was the feature of the race
for hitting honors this week. The
latest records show him in eighth
pace with an average Of .315, an in
crease of eight points and an advance
Of five places since last week. Two
weeks ago he ranked thirty eighth,
with an average of .24O. Jackson, Of
Cleveland. leads the batters, with .4O7
Then come Crawford, Detroit, .375;
Leliveit, Cleveland, .S4e; E. Foster
Washington. .337; Milan, Washing
ton, 1923; Barry. Philadelphia, 1926;
Williams, st. Louis, 1920; Cobb, De-
troit, .315; Oldring, Philadelphia, $685.
Hartzell. New York, .3O6.
Club honors for the week go to
Philade phia with 1854, with Detroit
next with .260. Blackburn, Chicago,
leads the base stealers with ten.
Byrne. of Philadelphia, leads the
National League with .423. In the
first ten then come Daubert, Brook
Ign. .427; Gathers, St. Louis. 400;
Meyers, New York, 1867; S. Magee,
Philadelphia, 1855; Paskert, Phiia,
delphia, .344: Lobert, Philade' phia,
| .344; Gowdy, Boston, .341; Cravath,
Philadelphia, 1888; Dalton, Brooklyn,
| 1913. Moran, of Cincinnati, heads the
| base stealers with eight.
Getz Has Fine Average.
Pick, of Toronto, leads the Interna.
tional League with 1878. Next is J.
Onslow, Providence, 1854, and then fol.
low Getz, Newark, 1858; Tooley, New
| ark, 1852; Barry, Jersey City, .341
| Wells, Jersey City, 1885, Schltz
Rochester. 1885, Mcintyre, Providence
1888; Daniels, Baltimore, 1923; Bues
Jersey City, 1928; O'Hara, Toronto
1923. Newark leads with .278 ant
Providence is second with .275. Koch
Ter, Jersey City, leads in stolen bases
with seven.
Evans Leads Federal.
Evans, of Brooklyn. leads the Fed.
eral batters with .442; Bradley, oil
Pittsburgh, is next with .427, and
then come Laporte, indianapolis, 400
Campbell, indianapolis 1857; Wick
land, Chicago, 1856; Kauff, Indianap.
erly, Kansas City, 1883; Lennox
Pittsburgh, 1853; Potts, Kansas
City, 1867. Lennox's advance to the
ranks of the select was feature o.
the week, and his hits include severa
| home runs. so that now he is tiet
with Wilson for round-trlp blows
with six st. Louis and indianapolis
rank first and second with PIT am
276., and McKechnie leads the bast
stealers with seven.
Titus Keeps on Top.
John Titus's average of 500 keep
him on top in the American Associa
ton Next to the Kansas City slug
80" pro AItizer, Minneapolis, Asa
Compton, Kansas City. 1881; knight
&c, 1land, 1853; Bronkie, Indianapo
lis, 1858; Clemens, Louisville. .S45
Hall, ST. Paul, .344; Mccormick, 81
Paul, 1893; Killifer, Minneapolis, 1925
Brief, Kansas City, 1917. Kansas CIT
is at the top among the clubs wit
.2SS and Minneapolis Is second wit
1854. Barbeau, of Milwaukee, retain
base stealing honors with ten.
Kirby Leads Southern.
Kirby, of Mobile, ranks first anon
the Southern League hitters with Al
Then come Lord, Mobile. .377; Knist
Iy, Birmingham, .374; Mccormick
Chattanooga, 1862; Sloan, Nashvill
1850; Mcconnell, Atlanta, 1858;
Coyle, Chattanooga, 356; jacobson
Chattanooga, 1856; Long, Atlantis
1854; Reynolds, Atlanta, .3l5 Atlant
leads with PTS and Chattanooga
second with .272 Knisely, of BIZ
mingham, has the largest number {
stolen baseS-fourteen.