Omaha daily bee., 1915-09-12
COBB'S BATTING SLUMPS
Georgia Peach, However, is Far in
Lead, with Crawford First in
Total Bases.
FINAL AVERAGES OF WESTERNS

CHICAGO. Sept. lily Cobb has again
fallen into a batting slump. But despite
n drop OF five points below his mark OF
last week. the Detroit star is still leading
the American league with an average OF
80. according to averages published here
today.
Cobb maintains his speed on the bases
however. and Is leading the league with
eighty-two stolen bases. He also has
strengthened his margin as the leading
run-getter having scored 13O Crawford,
Cobb's tcammate, drove Ty from the top
of the total base column with n total OF
249 bases, twelve more than Cobh's mark.
Other batiers In tho American League
who are hitting IN the 800 class are:
jackson. Chicago. .3s7; Speaker. Boston.
.S21; f.. Collins Chicago. .S1S; Crawford.
Detroit. .us; Fournier. Chicago. .Hi;
Veach. Detroit, .3S; McInnis, Philadel-
phia. .31O; Strunk. Philadelphia, .903;
Maisel. New York, 800
Burns of Detroit holds the lead In home
runs with five.
In club batting, the pennant contenders
are punched, with Detroit leading with
269, and Boston and Chicago close be-
hind. with PCS and .262, respectively.
Pitchers who have worked I'm twenty
five or moro games and arc in the
select class are: Foster. Boston. won is
and lost s; Scott. Chicago, 81 and .,
/ Ruth, Boston, II and G; Shore. Boston, If
| and Z; Coveleskie, Detroit. % and II;
DauEs. Detroit, 22 and 10; Fisher. New
! YorK. is and 0: Faber Chicago 81 and
IL; Boland. Detroit. and Leonard. Boston
II and 6; johnson. Washington, % and 10:
| Dubuc. Detroit. II and II; Ayres, Wash
ington. and Benz. Chicago. II and g.
Doyle Leads Nationals.
Captain Larry Doyle. batted himself
into the lead again in the National league
this week, although there Ia very little
change among the first ten The New
Yorker has An average OF .sN. Those
following him are; Luderus. Ph.hdel-
| phia, .325; Long. ST. Louis. and Daubert
Brooklyn, tied with .0s: Snyder St
| Louis. .SOS; Merkle. New York, and
Hinchman. Pittsburgh. tied with .3Oi;
Griffith, Cincinnati. 1885, Groh. Cincinnati
| .204; Fisher. Chicago, and Collins. Pitts.
burgh. tied with .293; Robertson, New
| York. 2s2.
I ST. Louis leads in club batting. with .257
and Cincinnati is next, with .25i. Doyle
leads In total bases. with 2l5; Cravath.
Philadelphia. leads in runs scored. with
20, and In homo runs, with Il Carey,
Pittsburgh, with "a. leads the base
stealers.
The leading pitchers are: Mamaux
Pittsburgh. won 20 and lost 4; Alexander
Philadelphia, 25 and 0; Toney, Cincinnati
II and 4; &. Smith. Brooklyn, ~ and o.
Pierce, Chicago, II and 8; Dale. Clncin-
natl. Is end II; Pfeffer. Brooklyn. II and
3; Meadows, st. Louis IL and 8; Stand
ridge. Chicago. 8 and 2; Ragan, Boston
16 and Il; Mayer. Philadelphia. 1s and ls
FederRI Figures.
The ten leading batters of the Federal
league are: Kauff, Brooklyn, $50: Magee
Brooklyn. .Sls; Fischer. Chicago, .Sls
Konetchey. Pittsburgh. .Si6; Deal. st
Louis, .Sl4; Rousch. Newark. BIS; Camp
bell. Newark, .sl2; Yerkes. Pittsburgh
.3il; Flack. Chicago. $40; Dalton. Buf-
falo, .S0s.
Magee leads in runs scored. with SO
Kauff with a.. leads the base stealers
Konetchey has the most total bases-246-
and Chase. Buffalo. with ls. leads thu
home run department.
The leading pitchers are: r. Allen
Pittsburgh. q won and lost; Mcconnell
Chicago. q and 8; Crandall st. Louis
Is and 0; Barger. Pittsburgh. 8 and
Reulbach, Newark, 16 and 3; Schulz
Buffalo. % and T.; r. Smith. Brooklyn
10 and s; Anderson. Buffalo. 10 and 10
Cullop. Kansas City. II and IL; Plank, 81
Louis. IS and 10: M. Brown. Chicago
Y and g.
Brooklyn. with III. leads in club bat
ting and Pittsburgh is second with .257.
LeIiveIt Leads Association,
Compton, Kansas City. no longer hold
the lead in batting In the American asso
cIation. This honor goes 10 Lelivelt
Kansas city. who has an average OF .S4i
Compton's mark Is .S43.
Minneapolis leads in club batting Will
Isl and Kansas City and IndianapOli
arc tied for second with .273 The lead
ing pitcher Is Hall, St. Paul. 2 won ant
3 lost.
Western League Final Averages.
The final averages Of the wester'
league give LeJeune, Sioux City. firs
place IN the batting column among play
ers who played In half the games OF tn
season. Ills average is $50. Following
him are Galloway. Denver. .346: Forsythe
Omaha. .SSS; Spencer. Denver. .S35. Morse
lincoln. as: Jones. Des Molnes. $40
Kane. Sioux city. SIS; jackson. Topeka
.us; Britton. Wichita, sos; Callahan
Sioux City. ~.
Denver holds the club Batting honor
with .22. with Sioux City second
with no
Jones scored the most runs. lO3: Gallo
way. with 30. leads total bases: McCor