Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-07-11
ZIMMERMAN MOVES UPWARD
Cub Batter Raises Himself from
Fortieth Place 70 Twelfth
Place in a Week.
COBB is ABOVE FOuR HuNpREp

CHICAGO. July io.--Bansing out TWEEN
ty-one safe hits IN his last thirty-hx
times At bat, Heinie Zimmerman Of the
Chicago Cubs raised himself last week
from about fortieth place TO twelfth
among the National league battera end
threatens, with his average of as. TO
break into the first ten. Last week hts
average Yves -. The first ten hitters.
according 20 averages published here
today. which include the records Of last
Wednesday and Of only those players
who have played In at least half the
number o. gaTnss. are:
Daubert. Brooklyn. .s37: Doyle. New
York. .329; Merkle, New York. .S2S: Du-
lderus. Philadelphia AZ: Collins, Pitts
burgh, 3li Groh, Cincinnati. .Sli; Wade
Killifer. Cincinnati. .34: Wilson. 81.
Louis, .sOs. ]. Smith, Boston, .S0i; Safer,
Chicago. .soi.
Robertson. New York. has attained the
leadership in stolen bases. with II. but
SAFER stu holds the lead in total bases
with l4s, and in runs scored with b.
Cravath. who is In eleventh place with
.2a. leads In home runs with IL.
st. Louis, New York and Chicago are
tied for the lead in team batting At III.
Leading pitchers. counting only those
who have attained an average Of .e6T In
fifteen or more games, arei
Pierce. Chicago, won . and lost -:
Alexander. Philadelphia. rs and 2; Ma
maux. Pittsburgh, II and q; Meadows,
st. Louis. s and 3; Mayer. philadelphia,
- and G; Pfeffer, Brooklyn, and T.
Cobb Above Pour Hundred.
Ty Cobb. Detroit. once more has estab-
l. ~
Todays averages show him leading the
batters OF the American league with
.4Ot; setting the pace for base steaiers
with 81 thefts and IN runs scored with n.
Crawford his team mate, shares second
place with Jackson. Cleveland. ct .ss2,
but Crawford leads In total bases AZ l4s.
Fourier. Chicago, IL In fourth place
with 1872. Then comes ". Collins, Chi.
oaso. .sz5; veach, Detroit, .3is. Lajoie.
Philadelphia, ,3ie; Janvrin. Boston, .sls;
Speaker. Boston. BIC; sIunk, Philadei-
phia. 81. Three New Yorkers-Doons,
Caldwell and Peckenpaugh--ars tied with
oldring. Philadelphia, for home runs,
with four each. Chicago leads in club bat
ting with .% and Detroit 10 next with
26l.
Leading pitchers are; FabeF, Chicago,
won Is and lost 4; Scott, Chicago. II and
8; Foster. Boston. ana 8: Dauss, De-
troit. 70 and 8; Fisher. New York. 10
and s.
Lee Masee. the Brooklyn manager, stin
sets the batting pace in the Federal
league with .a52, Then comes Campbsli.
Newark. .s3; Kauff, Brooklyn, $50;
Flack. Chicago. .s77; Easterly, Kansas
City. .szs; Duncan. Baltimore, .a2o; Walsh,
Baltimore. ne; YekeE, Pittsburgh, $40;
Deal, 81. Louis, .sil; Rousch, Newark,
.SOe. Kauff leads In stolen bases with
% and in runs scored with a. Walsh
has most total bases. with 125. being TIED
with Chase, Buffalo. and Konetchy,
Pittsburgh. for home run leadership at a.
Brooklyn leads the clubs in batting with
.2Is and Chicago IL next with 90.
Mcdonnell Leads Feds.
With eight straight victories 70 his
credit George Mcconnell. Chicago. leads
tho pitchers OF the Federal league with
Is won and lost The other leaders
are; Allen. Pittsburgh. II ana 8: Plank,
st. Louis. and a. Cullop. Kansas city,
Ii2 and G.
Compton. Kansas City. stays IN front
In the American association with az.
indianapolis leads in team hitting with
.ssA
Galloway Heads westerns.
The ten leading batters IN the Western
league are; Galloway. Denver. .Ss7; Le-
jeune. Sioux city. asa; Forsytbe, Omaha,
80; spencer. Denver, and C1unn, To-
Deha, SAL jackson. Topeka, .sss: Jones'
Des Moines. ssi; Krueger. Omaha, .sxT;
Tideman. Wichita. .a9s; Krug, Omaha,
.s2A Jones leads in total bases with 1875,
while he also holds the record for runs
scored with u 70 his credit Mccormick
OF Denver leads the league IN home rms
with g. stolen base honors go to Watson
OF ST. Joseph with "a
Denver and Des Moines are tied IN club
batting with .z7s, while Omaha has .26s.
MogFidge Of Des Moines 10 the leading
pitcher with ID won and 4 lost; Mitchell.
Denver, Is next with II and 4; Musser.
Dss Moines. and a. daspar. Sioux city,
10 and Z
Loard, Memphis. leads the southern
association IN batting. New Orleans.
with only one man batting above $40
leads the League In club haffiua ..yltt aes