The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-09-05
BATTING SLUMP
RECOVERED AND
COBB IS LEADING
AMERICAN LEAGUE sLUGGERs
ARE TRAILING THE GEORGIA
MAN, WHO NOW HAS SAFE
LEAD OVER COMPETITORS.
RY AssocIArEp PREss.

Nd1caSOs sept. Ely OODD mas re-
covered his batting slump, according
to average published here today and
still is safely leading the American
League sluggers with 1915.
American Leaguers trailing the
Georgian in hitting are Speaker, Bos-
ton, 1929; Crawford, Detroit, .S27;
jackson, Chicago, 1876; Collins, Chi
cago, .319; Fournier. Chicago and Nc
Innis, Philadelphia, tied with .316;
Veach, Detroit, ,307; Strunk, Phila-
delphia, BOB; Maisel, New York, 800;
and Lewis, Boston, 300.
Detroit with .270 lead in club bat
ting with Boston, second with .264.
Cobb leads in stolen bases with 7S.
Crawford leads in total bases with
24O. Cobb remains at the front,
however, as the best run maker with
100. Burns, Detroit, leads in homers
with five.
Pitchers in the "60o'' class are led
by Foster, Boston, with 10 and wins
and losses. The others are: Wood,
Boston Is and 4; Scott, Chicago 81
and s; Ruth, Boston 10 and 5; Shore,
Boston IA and 6; Dauss, Detroit 90
and 5; Faber, Chicago 81 and 10;
Leonard, Boston 10 and 3; Fisher,
New York IT and 8; Boland, Detroit
II and 8; Covelesld, Detroit 20 and
III; Dubuc, Detroit II and 10; John
son, Washington 20 and Is.
Luderus, Philadelphia, batted him
self into the lead in the National
League this week with an average of
326; Doyle, New York is next with
.324; Daubert, Brooklyn, third with
.313; Snyder, st. Louis has dropped
to fourth and is tied with his team
mate Long with 80; Robertson, New
York and Hinchman, Pittsburg are
next with 300 each.
st. Louis leads in club batting with
.257 and Cincinnati is second with
1858.
Cravath, Philadelphia, leads in runs
scored with "a, in total bases with
200 and in home runs with 10. Carey,
Pittsburg, leads the base steaIers
with 80 thefts.
The 1900" class pitchers are: Ma
maux, Pittsburg 10 wins and 6 losses;
Alexander, Philadelphia % and g;
Toney, Cincinnati 10 and A; Pierce,
Chicago II and 5; S. Smith, Brooklyn
~ and s; Meadows, st. Louis IL and
z; Dale, Cincinnati II and IL; Mayer,
Philadelphia 10 and 10; Coonbs,
Brooklyn II and s.
The leading batteTs in the Federal
League are: Kauff. Brooklyn .343;
Magee, Brooklyn $40; Yerkes, Pitts.
burg .31s; Fischer, Chicago 81:
Flack. Chicago and Campbell, New
ark, tied, .316 RouscE, Newark .s15:
Konetchy, Pittsburg and Deal ST
Louis. tied, .314; Kenworthy, Kansas
City 1903.
Brooklyn leads in club batting with
40; Pittsburg is next with .267.
Berghammer, Pittsburg, leads in runs
scored with 70; Konetchy leads in
total bases with 1872; Chase. Buffalo.
with Is honaers, leads that division;
Kauff is the leading base stealer with
AZ thefts.
The leading pitchers are: Reulbach.
Newark 16 wins and z defeats; Nc
Connel, Chicago 20 and 9; CrandalI
St. Louis II and s; r. Allen, Pitts
burg 10 and 9; Barger, Pittsburg g
and 4; Plank, st. Louis Is and 9: Gull
Top, Kansas City 16 and 10; Schulz.
Buffalo 10 and IL; M. Brown, Chicago
II and 7; Moran, Newark IL and s.
The ten leading batters in the
Southern Association are: Hendrvx
New Orleans 1926; Millen Mobile
.319; P. Allison, Memphis .308.
Cruthers, Memphis 300; Paulette
Nashville .298; Elberfeld, Chatta.
nooga .29S; Lee, Atlanta .296: Ed
mondson, New Orleans .29o: Sloan
Birmingham .2s8; knapp, New Or.
leans .27s.
New Orleans leads in club battino
with .269 and Nashville is second with
.249.
Hendryx leads in runs scored with
81 and in total bases with 21e.
Thomas, New Orleans leads IN horn
ers with 8 and in stolen bases with
The leading pitchers are: Hogg,
Mobile 10 wins and 8 defeats; Weav-
er, New Orleans IA and z; Kissinper.
Nashville Is and 7; Cunningham,
Chattanooga 10 and II; A. johnson.
Birmingham Is and 8; H. Merritf
Memphis is and II; Black, Birminp-
ham, Kroh, Nashville, and KeeIev.
Memphis, tied with IS and 10; Frost.
Nashville 9 and s.