Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-15
DOYLE LEADS NATIONALS
Captain of New York Giants Con.
tinues His Consistent Work
with the Stick.
COBB DROPS SEVERAL POINTS


CHICAGO. Aug. H-Captain Larry
Doyle OF the New York Giants. who. by
consistent batting. located himself at the
head Of the National league batsmen, con-
tinues TO hold that position, according to
averages published here today. All the
leaders had slight slunnps, but Doyle is
in front with an average Of .s2s. Others
following DOYLE, in the first class. are:
Snyder st. Louis. .S96: Daubert, Brook
lyn. .S1s; Merkle, New York. .SlO; Groh,
Cincinnati, .SO4; Wade Kulifer, Cincin-
natl. .3Os; Safer, Chicago, 200: Luderus.
Philadelphia, 2ss; Long. ST. Louis, .2eS;
u. Smith, Boston, .297. g,x
Cincinnati and st. Louis are tied for
first place in club batting, each h2ving
/, .255, while New York is next with .252
Doyle, in addition to leading the
league in batting, holds the honors as a
run getter. with 50; Cravath. Philadel-
phia. who is sixteenth, in the batters
column, leads in total bases. with 17O.
and also holds the home run record. with
Is. Carey. Pittsburgh, leads in stolen
bases with o.
Mamaux. Pittsburgh. crept into the lead
among the 600 class pitchers in the
league. with seventeen wins and five de-
feats. The others in the select class are
Pierce. Chicago. 10 and 3; Alexander
Philadelphia, 20 and Z; S. Smith, Brook
lyn, II and 4; Ragan, Boston, IA and I:
Toney, Cincinnati, and 3; Mayer, Phila-
delphia, IS and 10; Stroud. New York.
and 5; Dell. Brooklyn. II and Z; Dale,
Cincinnati. II and D; Meadows. st. Louis
and 6; Standridge, Chicago. 3 and 2
Cobb Drops Several Points.
Tyrus Cobb continues to lead the Ameri-
can league in batting. although he has
slumped a few points since last week.
His average is now $50. Others who re
batting in the 800 class are: jackson,
! Cleveland .3S4; Speaker. Boston, ss2; e.
Collins. Chicago. $50; Fournier. Chicago
,s1s; strunk. Philadelphia, .3i7; McInnis.
4 Philadelphia, and Veach. Detroit ,s1i;
Crawford, Detroit. .S11; Lewis, Boston,
sos; Maisel, New York. .SO6; Gamer. Bos-
ton. .30l.
Cobb holds the lead in total runs scored.
l4 and also strengthened his hold on the
title Of base stealer, having a total OF @.
He Is tied with his teammate, Crawford,
for the lead In total bases with 199
Burns, Detroit, leads In home runs with
five
Boston nosod Detroit out OF the lead IN
men have .26j
American league pitchers who have at
tained the 600 class are; Foster. Boston.
Is won and lost; Wood. Boston. l2 and
A: Scott. Chicago, II and 8; Faber Chi
cago, Is and s; Dauss. Detroit l6 and s:
Fisher. NewsYorl. Il and q; Ayres. wash
ington. 10 and 5; Caldwell, New York. 10
and 3; Johnson. Washington. n and 10:
Ehara Yocfor n ond N. Co.-oIoolrfa n
troit. 16 and TO- Boland. Detroit. and Q;
Benz. Chicago. and S; Galiia. Washing
ton. IL and z; Dubuc. Detroit. IA and 3.
MaEee Leads FederaIn.
The ten leading batters in the Federal
league are; Magee. Brooklyn. .SSs.
Flack, Chicago, 1856; Kauff. Brooklyn, .ss4;
Fischer. Chicago. $40; Easterly. Kansas
City. .s22; Campbell. Newark. .Sl7; Konet-
chey. Pittsburgh. .3l7; Yerkes, Pittsburgh,
SIT; Rousch. Newark, and Deal. st. Louis,
tied with ala
Brooklyn leads in club batting with
.267, and Pittsburgh is next with .as5.
konetchy leads In total bases with ol.
Berghammer leads in runs scored, seven
ty-one; Chase. Buffalo. Is the leading
homerun hitter with twelve. and Kauff
Is king Of base stealers with thirty-fIve.
The leading pitchers In the 800 class are:
crandall, 81. Louis. fourteen won. six
lost; Mcconnell. Chicago. and +. Allen.
Pittsburgh. tied. sixteen won. eight lost;
n. Brown. Chicago. ten and five; Gull
lop, Kansas City. fifteen ard eight; Reul-
bach, Newark. twelve and seven; Pack
ard. Kansas city. thirteen and eight:
Plank. ST. Louis. thirteen and eight;
Prendergass. Chicago; Moseiey, Newark;
Rogge. Pittsburgh. and Moran. Newark.
all tied, eleven and seven.
LeJeupc Leads Westerns.
In the Western league. the ten leading
betters. including games played August
10. are: I.ejeune. Sioux City. .SSs; For
sythe. Omaha. .Sis; Galloway. Denver.
s4s; Jones. Des Moines. and FOX. wichita,
ans; Spencer. Denver. -sls; Brftton. wich-