The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-07
Veteran Is Leading Both Eaters and Base Stealers
 in Tener Circuit
TY COBB ADVANCING
 TO FRONT RAPIDLY
Cecil Coombs Second Among Eaters of Southern League--Wallxer of the Travellers Is Leading-Black the
 Leading Baron Pitcher

Hal Chase former star in the Amer ican and Federal leagues, is leading the batters and base stealers of the Ma tional, according to averages published here today and including games of last Wednesday. Chases batting percentage is .45S, and is helping to keep Crncrr- nati in front in team hitting with an average of .279, and his stolen bases num- Der G. Cincinnati has four other batters doing better than .333, among them Heinie Groh, who also leads the league in total bases with 31, and in runs scored with Is. Safer and Williams of the Cubs are tied for home run honors with two each. The .333 batters of the National are:
 Chase, Cincinnati, .45s; Daubert, Brook lyn, .422; McKenry, Cincinnati. 100; Rob- ertson, New York, .37s; Alexander, Phila- delphia, .375; James Smith, Pittsburg, Chicago, .359; Rariden. New York, 1858; Mollwitz, Cincinnati, $50; Neale, Gin cinnati .34S; Groh, Cincinnati, .336; Zim- merman, Chicago, .336; G. Burns, New York, 33S; Wagner, Pittsburg, .333.
 The 10 leading National league pitchers ranked according to earned runs are: Meadows, St Louis (won l. lost 1), S2; Ffeffer, Brooklyn (won 2. lost D, 30, Mcconnell, Chicago (won g. lost D, .06;
 
 Alexander, Philadelphia (won 4, lost D, i. 47; Harmon, Pittsburg (won 2, lost 9, 1.50; Tesreau, New York (won ?, lost ?, .5S: Hendryx, Chicago (won l. lost D, 1.S7; Rudolph, Boston (won g. lost D, 191 Doak, St. Louis (won ?. lost D, 2.1s.
 COBB ADVANCING
 Tn the American league Ty Cobb is rapidly moving to the front, ranking just behind Speaker. Detroit batters are well to the front with Dubuc lead ing at .444 and the Tigers are leading in club hitting with .264. Graney, Cleveland. leads in total bases with S9, is tied with Felsch of Chicago, for home run honors with two and Veach of Detroit and Shotten, St. Louis, in runs scored-13 each. Baker, New York leads in stolen bases with six. Three thirty-three batters in the American league are: Dubuc, Detroit, .444; Hen ry, Washington. .4o9; Cicotte Chicago, 400; Burns, Detroit, .375; H. Covales- .355; Cobb. Detroit. .354 Shanks Washington, .345; Smith. Cleveland, s342; Sisler. St. Louis, .333; McMullen Chicago, .33S; E. Johnson. St. Louis S93; Moriarity, Chicago. .3a3.
 The 10 leading American league pitchers are: G. Williams. Chicago (won g. lost D, 0O: Leonard, Boston NWOii 6s AOoS VJs .oor ldkAlcs lNcW OIh (won 2, lost O. .5o; Russell, Chicago (won 1, lost D, 1.17; Klepfer, Cleve- land (won 1. lost 0). 122: Fisher, New York (won 2. lost O). 1.29 Plank, St. Louis (won o. lost D. 1855; Coumbe. Cleveland (won 9, lost 0), 169; S. Gov aleski, Cleveland (won 2, lost ), 1.8o; Gallia, Washington (won 1, lost 9. 1.80.
 Little Rock leads the Southern associa- ton in club batting with .2Sl. The 1C leading batters in the league are:
 Marshall Nashville. .6S7; Walker, Little Rock. .571; Hardgrove little Rock, .444; Coombs Birmingham, 40; Moran, At lanta, .414; nlam, Nashville, 4o4; Powers, Chattanooga. 400; Rumler, Little Rock .37S; Allen, Chattanooga, .S75 Kauffmann, Nashville, .373.
 Kauffmann, Nashville, leads in runs scored with 16; Runler, Little Rock, leads in total bases with 5 and in home runs with B. Thrasher, Atlanta, leads in stolen bases with seven.
 The leading pitchers, according to games won and lost are:
 Merritt, Memohis, won 4, lost none Herbert Nashville won B. lost o; Bren- ton, New Orleans, won 8, lost 0; Black, Birmingham; Holmquist Mobile; Ellis, Nashville; LeClair, Little Rock, and Will son, Atlanta, tied with 2 won, none lost Tillman, Memphis, won l. lost 0; Rogers Nashville and LaFitte, Atlanta, tied, won f. lost 1.