Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-29
NATIONAL LEAGUE
BATTERS IN SLUMP
League Now Has But Eight Filters
in 800 Class-Snyder Takes
the Lead.
COBB STILL AMERICAN PREMIER


CHICAGO. Aug. &-The National
league has only eight batters in the .SOo
class. according 20 averages published
here today. Snyder. ST. Louis. who took
the lead away from Doyle Of the Giants
last week. remains at the head with an
average Of .22A Doyle IL next with .s2a
Foliovins are: Buderus. Philadelphia,
.sis; Daubert. Brooklyn. .s12: Merkle. New
York 81. Groh. Cincinnati. and Robert
son. New York, tied with So6; Long, St
Louis 80; Collins. Pittsburgh. rs; J..
Smith, Boston. and Safer. Chicago. tied
with -
Doyle h the leading run Eetter with
Is; cravath tops in circuit drives with
~ home runR
The stolen base honors remain with
Carey. Pittsburgh. who has pilfered p.
Cincinnati with .2S7 leads In club bat
ting
The leading pitchers are. Maumaux,
Pittsburg. won ls and lost s.. Alexander,
Philadelphia. "a and s: Toney. Cincinnati.
and 3; Pierce. Chicago. 10 and 4; s.
Smith. Brooklyn. IL and 6: Dale 0ncin-
natl. II and .: Coombs. Brooklyn, " ana
Z; Raglan. Boston. Is and 8: Meadows.
81. Louis. II and q Dell, brooklyn. u
and &
Cobb Takes slump.
Tyrus Cobb Detroit. suffered a batting
slump In the last few days, but still
leads in the American league. His aver
age is SIS Other battors who follow the
Georgian are: Speaker. Boston, $50; u.
Collins. Chicago. .s2i; Fournier, Chicago.
McIpnis Philadelphia, and Crawford
Detroit, tied with SIG; Maisel. New York.
300; Lewis, Boston. .S02: Kavanagh, De-
troit, 300; jackson, Chicago. .3l5; Strunk,
Philadelphia. .Si2; Voach. Detroit, .312.
Cobb leads in stolen bases with n and
IN total bases with 22i. lie also has scored
the greatest number OF runs-1ie. Burns,
Detroit. leads in home runs with g.
The 900 class pitchers are: Foster Bos-
ton. won II and lost 8; Wood. Boston, 10
and Z; Scott. Chicago, 20 and a.. Fisher.
New York. II and Z: Ruth. Boston, u and
B; Dauss, Detroit, 10 and &: FabGr, Chi
cage, n and .: Leonard, Boston. 0 and 4;
Shore. Boston. IL and 0: Covelesltie, rs
and 0; Dubuc. Detroit. IS and IL; John
son. Washington. 10 and u.
Magee Heads FederaIs.
Magee. Brooklyn. and Kanff, his team
mate. are tied with $40 for the lead
among the batters of the Federal league.
Konetchy. Pittsburgh. and Fischer. Chi
cago. are tied for second place with .sl6.
and Deal. 81, Louis, and FIack, Chicago,
are tied for third with aL The others
among the first ten arc;
Yerkes, Pittsburgh. .sl2; Rousoh. New.
ark. .Sli; Easterly. Kansas City, 800: II.
Myers. Brooklyn, sos.
Brooklyn leads in club batting with 20.
- lat a.
h Konetchey leads In total bases with
70; Chase. Buffalo. leads in homo runs
with IL. and kauff. with a. leads In
stolen bases.
NJ Brown. Chicago. tho veteran. leads
the pitchers with II won and dofeats
Others who follow Brown and who have
played I'm % or more games. are: Ruol-
bach. Newark. 10 and z: Mcconnell, Chi
cago. 10 and .: r.. Alien. Pittsburgh, is
and .; crandall, st. Louis, 10 and s; Knet-
ser. Pittsburgh. and Rogge. Pittsburgh.
tied with II and s; Cullop Kansas City.
S and 10; Packard. Kansas City. Ander-
son. Buffalo. and Plank. St Louis. with
II and :. are tied; Moran. Newark, IL
and &
The leading batter in the American as
ISOLATION Is kondeau, Minneapolis, .stl.
Minneapolis leads in club batting with
Isl.
The leading pitcher Is Hall. ST. Paul.
q wins. s iosAas.
Le1eune Western Premier.
The leading battcrs OF tho Western
league are: Lejeune. Sioux city $50;
Galloway. Denver. $50: Toraythe, omaha.
.si2; Kane, Sioux City. go: Jones' Doa
Moines. and Morse. Lincoln. tied with
81; Spencer. Denver .Sl6; Tydeman. To-
peka. .2l2; Hahn Dies Moines. $40: Brit
ton. Wichita. sos.
Jones leads ia runs scored with s6;
Galloway with Isl leads In total bases;
Mccormick. Denver. made the most home
runs--is. and McGaffigan. Lincoln. leads
in stolen bases with g. Denver leads In
club batting with ga
The zoo pitchers are. Thompson,
Omaha. won II. lost 5: Musser, Des
Moines. II and 7; Mogrtdge. Des Molnes.
= and 10; Mitchell. Denver, 10 and .:
caspsT. Sioux City. Is and 0; Clark. Sioux
city, u and I; Thomas. Des Moines. 10
and II: ciunn. Topeka. 10 and 6; CiilIgan,
DeS Aoines. - and 8; Ehman. L.incoIn. II
and Z; csntveil. Denver. u and s.
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