Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-18
RECEIVERS
HIS BATTING EYE
Cohb Climbs Back TO .377 i'll American
While Doyle Heads National His
tiers With .219.

/ Chicago Sept. 18.-TyrUs Cobb has
+ recovered his batting eye, according to
averages published here today The
! Georgia peach is now making his daily
/ hit OF two. and this work wifi greatly
help the battling Tigers i'm the struggle
they are making TO overhaul the B0a-
ton Red Soz In the American league
peuuant race. Although far from the
400 mark which he established some
weeks ago. the great Ty has added
seven points to his mark of last week.
J He stH is in the lead 10y S. points.
with an average of 3T7 Speaker of
Boston being the runner up with 5z8
and Jackson, Chicago, next, with 3I5-
Others following this trio. who have
played in at least half the games are:
Z z. Collins. Chicago, 315: Crawford and
/ Veach, Detroit, tied with 3I5. MaIaais,
i Philadelphia. BOZ, Howard, ST. Louis.
and Kayanaugh Detroit. tied. with
296. Gaiuor. Boston, 295-
! Cobb's chances to establish q new
batting mark for the season are e1-
ceedingly slim. But Tyrus is almost
certain to establish one new mark this
year. He is only three bases shy OF
tying the American league stolen base
record made by Milan. of Washington.
in 1912. The record is IS bases and
Cobb is leading the league with So, in
I cluding games OF Wednesday. Cobb
taIso leads ia runs scored with 133 and
number of hits made with 1S9
/ Detroit also claims another head
liner in Sam Crawford, who leads in
/ total bases with 253. He has made 81
doubles. 10 triples and four homers,
/ Burns, another Tiger. who has been
/ holding the lead in home runs has been
Tied by Oldring Of Philadelphia Each
t had five.
/ Detroit leads in club batting with
z6s; Boston is second with 264s and
I Chicago with 259 is third.
/ The four leading pitchers. Who have
/ worked in p or more games are mem
bers of the Boston club. The next
three are with Detroit, while Chicago
claims the next two. The leaders, who
ARE in the 800" class are. Foster
I Boston, Is won, lost Ruth, Boston,
I16 and S Shore. Boston, II and T.
Leonard, Boston, Is and 6; Dauss, De
trofr. q and 10; Coveleskie, Detroit
|22 anC II; Boland. Detroit y
land s: Scott, Chicago, n and
( II: Faber, Chicago, y and L.;
Fisher. New York, Is and 10;
Ayers. Washington, Il and s; John
! son. Washington. - and 13s Gallia,
Washington. IA and 8 Dubuc, Detroit,
II and IL.
! Larry Doyle, captain OF the Giants,
continues at the head of the National
league batters. He is leading with
i162 hits for an average of 3I9. Others,
who have played in al least half the
games. are: Luderus, Philadelphia,
lars SNYDER. st. Louis, 314 DaUbert,
iRrooklvn, 81. Griffith Cincinnati and
Long. St. Louis. Tied with sos; Hinch-
man. Pittsburgh and Merkle, New
York. tied with 500.
/ Crayath holds the lead in total runs
scored with 70, and in total bases with
( pa and also the home run column
with ..
ST. Louis is first in club batting with
| 25g and Cincinnati is next with 257.
The leading pitchers who have
worked in % or more games are:
Touev- Cincinnati, IS won. lost Alex
/ lander. Philadelphia. = and 8 Ma
Imaux. Pittsburgh, 20 and 7 PETER.
Rrooklvn. Is ana 8: S. Smith, Brook
| I'm. y and Z; Pierce. Chicago, Il and
II. Dale. Cincinnati. Is and u; stand
ridge. Chicago. 3 and 2 Raglan, Bos-
ton, Is and Il; Coombs, Brooklyn, 1S