Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-05
TY COBB BEGINS TO RECOVER
Sam Crawford Leads the American
League in the Total Number
of Bases.
LEJEUNE HEADS WESTERNS

! CHICAGO, Sept 4-Ty Cobb is recov-
er'ng from his recent batting slump.
according to averages published here
today. and still is safely leading the
American league sluggers with so. The
Detroit star during his slump failed 70
get hit in nineteen trips to the plate.
American leagucrs trailing the Geor
gian In hitting are Speaker, Boston. .sas:
Crawford. Detroit, .a27; jackson, Chi
cago. 1926; Z. Collins, Chicago. .sis;
Fourier. Chicago, and McInnIs, Phila-
delphia. tied with .ais; veaoh, Detroit.
.S7; strunk. Philadelphia, 1903; Maisel.
New York, 1902, and Lewis. Boston, 800
Detroit with 40 leads in club batting.
with Boston second with .2s4 Cobb
leads with stolen bases with rs. He lost
the honor Of leading in total bases which
now Is held by his team mate, Sam
Crawford. who leads with 2lo. Cobb re-
mains at the front. however, as the best
run maker with 40. Burns Detroit, who
led in homers last week with 5, remains
at the read of the column with his total
unchanged.
Pitchers in the 900 class are led by
Foster, Boston, with IS wins and 6
losses The others are: Wood. Boston,
10 and 4; Scott. Chicago, 81 and s; Ruth
Boston. Is and 8; Shore. Boston, IA and 6;
Dauss. Detroit, 20 and 8: Faber, Chi
cago. q and 10; Leonard, Boston, 10 and
s; Fisher, New York, II and o; BoIand,
Detroit. II and s. Coveleskie, Detroit, 20
and Ii; Dubuc, Detroit. II and 10: john
son, Washington. % and 10
Luderus Leads Nationals.
Luderus, Philadelphia. has batted HIM
self into the lead In the National league
this week with an average of .s9s; Doyle,
New York. is next with .34; Daubert.
Brooklyn. third with .S1s Snyder st.
Louis. has dropped from first place to
fourth. and Is tied with his team mate.
Long. with $40; Robertson. New York.
and Hinchman. Pittsburgh. are next with
800 each. Following these are;
Merkle. New York. POS. Fisher. Chi
caSo. 90. and Groh. Cincinnati, .aO5.
st. Louis leads in club batting with
.26T. and Cincinnati is second with .S5S
Cravath. Philadelphia. leads in runs
scored with "a, in total bases with EOS,
and in home runs with 10. Carey. Pitts
thefts.
The ZOO class pitchers who have
worked In twenty or more games are:
Mamaux, Pittsburgh, 10 wins, losses;
Alexander, Philadelphia, "a and s; Toney.
Cincinnati, 10 and 4; Pierce. Chicago, II
and s; 8, Smith, Brooklyn - and G;
Meadows. St Louis. IL and Z: Dale. Gin
cinnat. II and IL: Mayer Philadelphia, I,
Is and y; Coombs. Brooklyn, l2 and s.
kruff T. TcH Premier.
The ten leading batters In the Federal I
league are; Kauff. Brooklyn. .siS; Ma /
gee. Brooklyn. $40; Yerkes. Pittsburgh
.SiS; Fischer, Chicago. .Si7; Flack. Chi /
esgo and Campbell. Newark, tied .as;
Rousch, Newark. .Sl5: Konetchy, Pitts
burgh. and Deal. ST Louis. tied. S14
kenworthy. Kansas City, ,SoS Brooklyn ,
lescs in club batting. with 40; Pitts Z
ber h Il next. with 267
berghRmmer, Pittsburgh, leads In runs D
scored with Is. konetchy leads In total ,
bases. with 232. Chase Buffalo with Is 4
homers, leads that division. Rauff is /
the leading base stealer with A.
The leading pitchers are: Reuibach. !
Newark, Il wins. defeats; Mcconnell.
Chioago. % and 9; Crandall 81. Louis.
II ana 3; Allen. Pittsburgh, u and 9:
Barser Pittsburgh. s and 4; Plank. ST.
Louis. Is and Q; cullop. Kansas city l6
and 10; schultz Buffalo. 10 and "; NJ.
Brown. Chicago, II and Z: Moran.
Newark. u and s
"sds Westerns.
The ten leading batters IN the West
ern league are:
Lsteuns. Sioux city. SIS; Galloway.
Denver. 81 Forsythe. Omaha. .Ssi;
spencer Denver. $50; Kane, Sioux city.
.SS; Morse. Lincoln. ,Si Jones. Des
Moinss. $40; Jackson. Topeka. ais; Brit
ton, Wichita, IA; Callahan. Sioux
City. nj
Denver leads In club batting. with zS:
Sioux city 10 second. with III
Jones leads in runs scored. with %;
galloway. IN total bases. with $50; Nc ,
tSiu'l- 4. Dgnver IN hcme runs with &c.