Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-29
ROUSH TO BE
SEASON WINNER
Leads National HitterS; Amer
lean League Stars; Pitch
erS Slow Up
By Associated Press

Chicago, ILL.,. Sept. 29.-With the
close of the major league season less
than a week away, Ed. Roush. the
Cincinnati outfielder. appears to be
certain of the National League bat
ting championship.
Unofficial averages released to-day
give Roush, who is hitting .S43, a
27-point lead over Roger Hornsby,
of st. Louis, his nearest rival. Horns
by. however. has a lead of three
points in total base hitting. Roush.
who has made IFS hits. cracked them
out for 2S6 bases. Hornsby drove
161 hits for 239 bases. He has "a
doubles, Is triples and S home runs
to his credit.
Members of the New York club,
who are getting ready for the worlds
series battle with Chicago, continue
their effective hitting. Benny Kauff
is showing the way TO his teammates
with 81 Burns follows with 800
and Zimmerman is next with .297.
Burns is firmly in possession Of
league scoring honors, having counted
1O1 times
Carey Good Stcalcr
Carey, of Pittsburgh, who is lead
ing the base stealers. brought his
margin up to 40. Cravath, of Phila-
delphia, clings to home run honors
with u, and Deal. of Chicago. is top
ping the sacrifice hitters with 2S.
Cincinnati retained the lead in team
batting with .263. The averages in
clude games of Wednesday.
Leading batters who have played
in half or more of their clubs games:
Roush. Cincinnati. .943; Hornsby,
St. Louis. .316; Kauff, New York,
311: Groh, Cincinnati. .305: Burns,
New York. 800; blacksmith, st. Louis,
PCS: Zimmerman, New York. .297;
Wheat, Brooklyn, .296; Carey. Pitts
burgh, .293; Wilhoit, New York. .292.
Leading pitchers participating in
thirty-two or more games, rated ac-
cord to earned runs per game:
Leading Pitchers
Games. w. L. E.R.
Anderson. y. Y. 81 1.62
Alexander. Phila. 43 2 II 1.7s
Schupp. New York 33 90 1877
Perritt, New York "a 16 1.99
Sallee. New York. 80 19 PIP
There apparently is no change for
Iris Speaker. the 1915 batting cham
pion, to overcome Ty Cobb's lead
in the American League. Averages
including games of Wednesday show
the Georgian hitting .37S, with
Speaker 90 points behind him. Cobb
probably will fall short of driving out
259 hits this season, although he
already has made 21S. His record
includes IL doubles, "a triples and
6 circuit drives.
Hot After Roth
There is a merry scramble on for
base stealing honors with Cobb and
Chapman. of Cleveland, pressing
Bobby Roth for the lead. Roth with
40 has a 1-point advantage. Chap
man is firmly in possession of sacri-
fee hitting honors with 81. Bush,
the Detroit shortstop, retains a 5-run
lead over Cobb in scoring. Bush has
counted 109 times. Pipp, of New
York, retains home run honors with
.. Detroit leads in team hitting
with .257.
Leading batters who have played
in half or more or their clubs games:
Cobb, Detroit, .37S; Speaker. Cleve-
land, .35S; Sisler, st. Louis, .347;
Felsch, Chicago, .30S; Harris. Cleve-
land, .30S; Veach, Detroit, .30S;
McInnis, Philadelphia, .304; Jackson,
Chicago, .299; Lewis. Boston, .299;
Rice, Washington, .29S.
Leading pitchers participating in
thirty-three or more gamse. rated ac-
cOrding to earned runs per game: