Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-16
COBB STARTS TO SLUG PILL
Only Jacques Fournier Stands Be-
tween Georgia Peach and Stellar
Honors in American League.


CHICAGO. May 15.-veterans OF the
American league are assuming places
among It's leading batters, according 20
averages published here today. Jacques
Fournier OF Chicago stiil leads the league,
with .4ss. but Cobb. Detroit, has attained
second place In the last week, now bat
ting 400, and the first ten also include
Lapp, Philadelphia. 400; Crawford De-
troit, $50; jackson, Cleveland, .sls: Kav-
anaush, Detroit. $50; MoInnis, Phiia-
deiphia. a21; Lewis Boston, SIS: Turner,
Cleveland. .s1e: La5oie, philadelphia. .sil;
Mafsel, New York. with L. has most
stolen bases. Detroit. with .1s7. ana Chi
cago. with .a57. leads in club batting
Undefeated pitchers OF the American
league who ere credited with two or
more victories are Dauss, Detroit, with
six; Fisher. New York, with i've; Benz.
Chicago, three. and shaw, washington.
two.
Fred Luderus. Philadelphia, has dis
placed Groh. Cincinnati. as leader in the
National league. His average is 500. TO
Groh's .SSS Then comes Connolly. Boston.
sS6; Clarke, Cincinnati, .Ssl; Good, chi
cago, $50. J. Smith. Boston, 1857; Safer,
Chicago, .SS7; Leach, Cincinnati, $50; Iso-
bert. New York. .s2s; G. Burns, New
York, Kiilifer. Philadelphia. ana VIII
liams. Chicago. .S2i. Cincinnati leads IN
club batting, with 20 and Boston, with
.27s. Is next. Manager Roger Bresnahan,
with eleven stolen bases. is leading the
league.
Pitchers setting the pace are Pierce.
chicago with four victories and no de
feats' and Ragan, Boston; Schneider, Gin
einnad; Meadows. ST. Louis; James. Bos-
h.
wins and no defeats.
Magee IL Star Fed.
Manager Lee Magee of Brooklyn has
hammered his way to the leadership in
the Federal league and also Is setting the
pace for the base stealers. His batting
average Is AZ and he has twelve thefts
to his credit. In fact. the first four places
among the batters are held by Brooklyn
players. as following Magee. The first
eleven include Westerzil, Brooklyn. .4O7:
Kauff, Brooklyn. 1896; Cooper, Brooklyn.
.Ses; F1ack. Chicago. .s65; Hanford, Chi
eago. .s5s; Mann. Chicago. .s57; Bradley.
Pittsburgh. .S5: Scheer, Newark. $50.
Duncan. Baltimore. and Easterly. Kan
sas City. $40 each. In team hitting
Brooklyn, with ,2Ss and Baltimore, with
.2e7. are ahead Leading pitchers are
Allen. Pittsburgh. with six wins and no
loss and Prendergast. Chicago. with
three and none.
Gharraty Of Minneapolis is ahead IN
the American association. His average
is 800 for thirteen games Then comes
Padderck, st. Paul. As; Mcmillan. In
dianapolis, .So6; Butcher. Indianapolis,
100; Lelivelt, Kansas City, .ss1; BealI
Milwaukee, .S74; Gardner. Cleveland, .s65
Clemens. Louisvillef .S67; Cashion. Min
nieapolis. $50; Southworth, Cleveland. and
Barbeau. Milwaukee. and Compton, Kan
sas City, .3l each. Indianapolis, with
70, and Minneapolis. with 3s1. lead I'm
club batting. Bronlkie, Indianapolis, leads
the base stealers. with ten. Ellis OF
Louisville and Triple OF Indianapolis, are
credited with two victories and no de-
feats.
MOEridEe Tops Western.
Mogride. Des Moines. leads the Western
league batters. with .b5s for five games
Next are Spahr. Denver. an; Goshorn.
Denver. AT; Griffith. Wichita. as.
Williams. lincoln. Al; Kruger. Omaha.
.4O4; Lejeune, Sioux City 100; Krug,
Omaha, .Sss; Altman. lincoln. SIS
Trainer. Topeka, $50. Lincoln. with .27s.
and Des Moines, with .27b. lead IN club
batting. Wares OF wichita and Tyde-
man OF Wichita lead the base stealeTs.
with seven each Leading pitchers are
Harrington. Denver. with three victories
and no defeats. and Marveson. Lincoln.
with two and none.