Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-10-14
COBB LEADS LEAGUE
FOR EIGHTH TINE
Georgia Peach Ends Season
With Highest Batting Aver
age Of 1863.
ALSO LEADS LEAGUE .
IN RUNS SCORED

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IN RUNS sC0RE1
|. Chicago, Oct. l3.-For the eight,
time in his career, Ty Cobb is cham
pion batter of the American league
according to averages published her
today. Beginning in 1907, the Detroi
player has led the :littens in ever
season except in 1908, when the OIL
cial scores gave Oriss of st. Loul
the palm, he having batter 341 in 6
games to Cobb's 1924 in $50.
Today Cobb's average for the sea
son ended is 1863.
In stolen bases, the Georgian ha:
set new league record at 81 fo1
the season. The old mark for thu
American league was SO credited tt
Milan of Washington in 1912.
In runs scored, Cobb is ahead o.
all with 144 and leads in total bases
with 271.
Those following Cobb in batting
which have played in at least .1aii
the games, are: e. Collins, Chicago
1888: Fournier, Chicago, .325; Speak
or, Boston, .319; iMcInnis, Philadei
phia, .314; Jackson. Chicago, .309;
Veach, Detroit, .30S; Kirke, 'Clevelanc:
1908: Crow7ford, Detroit, .297.
Bobbie Roth, Cleveland, led the
league in circuit drives, with 7.
Detroit led in club batting with
265; Chicago was second vith.261,
and Boston, with .26O, WIS third.
Pitchers who finished in the $500
class were: Wood, Boston. won Is,
lost 5; Shore, Boston, won 20, lost q;
Ruth, Bosom, IS and Z; Foster, Bos-
ton, 20 and g.; Boland, Detroit, 13 and
6; Johnson, Washington, q and 49,;
Scott, Chicago, "a and 10; Leonard.
Boston, IA and 7; Dauss, Detroit, %
and II; Faber, Chicago, "a and 13;
Coveleskie, 2S and 10; GaNia, Wash
ington, II and 10: Ayers, Washing
ton. Is and 8; Fisher, New York, 1S
and II; Benz, Chicago, Is and 10.
Larry Doyle, Of New York, is the
Nationals champion with an average
Of y315. Cravath of Philadelphia led
in runs scored with IS; in total
bases with 268 and in home-runs with
2Eone below the big league record
set by Buck Freeman of Washington
in 1899. Manager Herzog was tae
leading base stealer with "a. a.. Il.
Following Doyel, the leading bat.
.313; Griffith, Cincinnati, .307; ,C'au-
bert, Broohlyn, .304; Hinchman. Pitts
burgh,. 1904; Snyder, St. Louis, .3O1;
Merkle, New York, 1885, Robertson,
New York, .294
Cincinnati led in club batting with
1854; st. Louis finished second with
.a53, while Philadelphia. Brooklyn
and New York were tied for taird
with .24S. rSsn 4 @.,.,
The following pitchers finished in
the 5000 cass: Toney. Cincinnati,
won 16, lost 4; Alexander, Philadelt
phia, 81 and 9; 'Mannux, Pittsburgh, 21
and 8; Standridge, Chicago, 4 and 2;
Perce, Chicago, 13 and Z: Coombs,
Brooklyn, Is and 8; Ragan, Boston,
1S and IL; S. Smith, Brooklyn, 13 md
8; Vaughn, Chicago, 20 and IS.
Federal League.
Eennie Kauff won the Federal
league championship with $40,
though Watson of Buffalo in % games
batted 1896. Kauff led in stolen bases
with 81 and in total bases with 247.
Borton of St. Louis led in runs scored
with 80, and Hal Chase of Buffalo in
home-runs with II. The leading bat.
ters who follow Kauff were: Magee,
Brooklyn, 1928; Fisher, Chicago, 1926;
Campbell, Newark, 314; Flacl., Chi
cago, .S13; Konetchy, Pittsburgh,
$40; A. Wilson, Chicago, .307; Evans,
.2O7; w. Miller, St. Louis,
.307; Mann, Chicago, .3C6; Rouson,
Newark, .302; Tobin, St. Louis, .2y9.
Brooklyn finished first in club BAT.
ting with .265; Pittsburgh was sec
ond with .261, and ST. Louis, with 26O,
was third.
The $500 pitchers were: McCon-
nell, Chicago, won 25, lost 10; M.
Brown, Chicago, II and 8; Crandall.
St. Louis, 21 and 10; Reulbach, New
ark, 81 and 10; Allen, Pittsburgh, %
and -; Cullop, Kansas City, % and
L.; Plank. St. Louis, 21 and H.; F.
Smith, Baltimore Brooklyn, 10 and 6;
Packard, Kansas City, 10 and 12; r.
Buffalo, 10 and 12; Reggs,
Pittsburgh, II and IL; Schultz, But.
falo, ~ and IA.