Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-30
NATIONAL BATTING is EVEN
Each Club Has Representative
Among the Ten Leading
Hitters.
TY COBB HEADS AMERICANS

CHICAGO, May 29.-Every team in the
National league, except st. Louis, has a
representative among the ten leading
hitters, according to averages published
here today. including the games of last
Wednesday. Boston leads in the mum
Der, with three. Fred Luderus, Philadel-
phia, continues to set the pace with a
percentage Of 800. Then comes r. Clarke.
Cincinnati, 80; Good, Chicago. 1854; Con-
molly, Boston, $751; Groh, Cincinnati, .3ie;
Daubert, Brooklyn. .SS7; ]. Smith, Bos-
ton 1886; Merkle, New York, .325; Hinch-
man, Pittsburgh. .Sl5; Rudolph, Boston.
$40. Chicago and Cincinnati are tied
for the leadership in club batting at PSI.
Bresnahan's eleven thefts still are high
water marks. saier, Chicago. holds scor-
ing honors. with twenty-eight.
With five victories and no defeats
Pierce of Chicago leads the pitchers
Coombs. Brooklyn, is credited with three
wins ana no losses; standridge, Chicago
with two and none; Meadows, St Louis,
two and none; Lavender, Chicago. two
and none; Alexander. Philadelphia, eight
and two; Mamauxs Pittsburgh, four and
one.
Cobb increases His Lead.
Ty Cobb ran his average up from 400
to AT in the last week and has sccumu-
lated nineteen stolen bases, leading his
rivals OF the American league, as well
in runs scored--a total Of forty-one- Four
nier. Chicago. has lost second place in
batting TO two OF his teammates. Follow
ing Cobb the leaders are; DAILY, Chicago,
an: Russell. Chicago. 400; Fourier.
(. Chicago. BIB; jackson, Cleveland, ass:
Crawford. Detroit. .Si1: Ruth, Boston.
1888; Kavanaugh. Detroit. .s22; I,ajoie.
| philadelphia. .SU; shotton. st. Louis;
Strunk, Philadelphia, and McInnis. Phila-
delphia. tied for tenth, at .sO5. Detroit,
with 1866, and Chicago. with $50, lead the
clubs.
Credited with four victories and no de-
feats, Benz, Chicago. ranks first among
the pitchers. Jones, Cleveland, has won
one and lost none: F'aber. Chicago. nine
and one: Fisher. New York. six and one;
Dauss, Detroit. seven and two.
Kauff Tops FederaIs.
Bonnie Kauff of Brooklyn, hitting .4O7,
still tops the Federal leaguers. and his
manager. Lee Magee. is next with $50.
Then come Kirby, st. Louis. .SS7; F'lack,
Chicago. .s7lI Campbell. Newark, 1862;
Tinker, Chicago. .S57; Myers, Brooklyn,
34S; Blair, Buffalo. .347; Cooper. Brook
| lyn, .34l: Evans, Brooklyn. 1889. Magee
is ahead on stolen bases, with fourteen.
one more than Kauff. Evans helps the
Brooklyn monopoly of honors by scoring
the most runs. %; Brooklyn. with .2es,
and Newark. with 265. lead in team hit
ting.
Leading pitchers are Prendergast, Chi
cago. 4 and 0; Herbert, st. Louis 1 and 0;
Allen. Pittsburgh. z and 2; -Cullop. Kan
sas City. and 2: Dickson. Pittsburgh. 3
and /; Lafitte, Brooklyn, 5 and 2; seaton,
BROOKLYN. Z and 3.
Gharritys average of .472 still keeps the
Minneapolis players on top in the Amer
lean association. indianapolis with PSI
leads the clubs.
Lejeune stu In Front.
Sheldon Lejeune. Sioux City, heads the
Western League batters, with .436: next
are Kruger. Omaha. 40; Mogridge, Des
Moines, 400; Griffith. Wichita, .S94
Roche. Topeka. 1898; Forsythe, Omaha
.s92; Krug. Omaha. $50; Williams. Lin
coin, 81; Mayer. Topeka, 1855; Galloway.
Denver. .347. Des Molnes and Omaha are
tied for club batting honors at .27e; Wat
son. st. Joseph, with nine. leads the base
stealers. Jones. Des Moines, leads the
run getters- with o.
Leading pitchers of the Western are
Larsen. om0Aa. 8 and 1; Geyer, Sioux
City, and o; Vance, st. Joseph, and /;
Blodgett, Omaha. Z and 2; Mogridge. Des
Moines. and 3