Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20
JAKE DAUBERT TAKES LEAD
Brooklyn First Baseman Goes to
Front in Batting in the Ma
tional League.
KRUGER HEADS THE WESTERN

CHICAGO, juno i9.--While ~ CobD
holds the lead IN the American league
and the only batting average In the
majors better than 400. new leaders have
appeared IN tho National and Federal
leagues, according 10 figures compiled
here today Jake Dauhert IL ahead in
the National and Vincent Campbell in
the Federal. Tho ten leading hstters
OF the National ,fengue who have played
In at least, ,half OF the games, in
Guiding th6se Of last Wednesday. are;
DsuBert. Brooklyn. no. Lsuderus. Phila-
,.yfelphia. .ss4: Good, Chicago. .af; Doyle.
New York. 1856; Fletcher, New York, .S2';
Groh. Cincinnati .2lS; Safer, Chicago.
.as. Connolly Boston. .si5; Robertson.
New York. MS; j. Smith. Boston. .ai2
safer is the lending slugger. with ioS
total bases. lie and Jobert Of New York
are tied In runs scored. with 81, and
Robertsoh. New York, and Johnston.
Pittsburgh, have tied SAFER in stolen
bases. with "a each. Crayath, Rhiladel-
phia. leads the home-run bitters, with
.. New York is first In club batting,
with 26e, and St.eLouIs IL next, with $50
Pitchers OF the National league who
rave taken part In ten OF more games and
whose winning averages are better than
40 are: Meadows. Sc Louis. won 6, lost
/: Mayer. PhiIadeIphia. II and 2: Raglan
Boston, ard 4: Pierce. Chicago 6 and
!: Mamaur. Pittsburgh. and q;
schneider, Cincinnati, 4 and !: Alexander.
Philadelphia. II and 3.
t'tsF Cobb stays fn Front.
Leaders In the American league who
have played In at least half of the games
are: Cobb, Detroit. .sOi; Jackson
Cleveland. 1884; Fournier. Chicago, s5I;
Veaeh. Detroit, .ss2; Lajoie. Philadelphia,
.H5: Crawford. Detroit. .sit: Misel. New
York, .ai2; Kavnnaugh, Detroit. .Di'
Turner, Cleveland. rs; Feisoh and Eddie
Collins. Chicago and Lewis, Boston, tied
for tenth at .7a6. With 81 rune 70 his
credit IN 5s games. 100 total bases and
% stolen bases. Cobb remains In front
IN those departments OF the game Cald-
well. New York. batted himself into a
tie with oldring. Philadelphia. for home
run honors at each.
chicago leads IN team hitting with
2ea Detroit il second, with 200 SIX
pitchers who have worked in ten OF
more games ares Faber. Chicago, won
10. lost 2. Foster. Boston, ! and 2; Gov
nleskle. Detroit 5 and 81 Fisher, New
York, and 3: Benz. Chicago, and
Scott. Chicago. Z and 3
Campheu Takes Lead.
In the Federal, the top notcher hit
tors are Campbell. Newark, 1888; Magee
Brooklyn. .aS7; Hoffman. Buffalo. .SeS
FsasterIy. Kansas city, .3u; Duncan
Baltimore. .Ss7; Fvans. brooklyn. .ssi
Kauff, Brooklyn. ,ssi; Cooper Brooklyn
.S25: il. Meyers. Brooklyn. .s2i; Nc
Donald, Buffalo. al.
Magee with twenty leads the bas'
stealers and Evans heads tho run set
tiers with thiIty-three and the slugger
with eighty-seven total bases. ROnetchy
Pittsburgh; Welsh. Baltimore. and Evil
ling. Chicago. lead the home run hit
.fers with five each. In club battini
Brooklyn has 30 and Newark is secon
with SEA
leading pitchers are cullop. Kansa
city. won ten, lost three; Main, kansa
city, won seven. Lost three; Plank, 81
Louis, won seven. lost three Only thes
three pitchers have Averages OF 100 o
better an the Federal league.
In the American association Compto
OF Kansas City leads the batting wit
~ Kansas city with IN. leads
team hitting.
tionai league batters with All. Buffal
leads in team hitting with .lSS
la the Southern association Lord. Mon
Dhis. leads the batters with rs. Ne
Orleans. with -, leads in team hittinl
KraeEer Leads WESTERN.
Leading hsttert OF the Western leag,
are Kreager. Omaha ass; Lejeune. siou
City. rs. Spencer. Denver, -Sse; oallowA
Denver. .asl; Griffith. Wichita. SO
Forsythe. Omaha, .Ss; Krug, onah
SIS; Mccormick. Denver. $50; rdyema
Wichita. .s33: epahr. Denver. .sA.
First among the base stealers IL Wa
soa. 81 Joseph. with seventeen. Krug
Ieading IN total bases. with ninety-fou
and smith. Omaha, IN runs scored. wi
thiriy-zix Des Moinas In first IN tea
batting with -. ana Denver Is nel
with rs Leading pitchers are Mitche
Denver. who won eight ana lost tw
clunn. ToTeka. seven and two; Mo
rdge. Des Moines, ten and three