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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-13
Citation for Hearing on Petition to Sell
Lands.

Citation for Hearing on Petition to Sell
Lands.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
Ramsey. SIS. In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Application for
License to Sell the Real Estate of
William M. Vaughan and Margaret A.
Vaughan, Wards.
The State of Minnesota to All Whom 1t
May Concern:
On reading and filing the petition of
Martin F. Vaughan Representative OF
license be to him granted to sell part
of the real estate belonging to said
Wards and 1T appearing by said petit
ton, to the satisfaction of the Court,
that it is necessary for the maintenance
and educa ton of said Wards, and that
it would be for the benefit and for the
best interests of said Wards to sell
said real estate.
1t Is Therefore Ordered, That all per-
sons interested in said estate be cited
and required to appear before said Pro-
bate Court on Monday, the 22nd day
in the. forenoon, at the Court House in
the City of st. Paul, in said County,
then and there to show cause, il any
there be, why license should not be
said real estate according to the prayer
of said petition, and that this citation
be served by publication thereof in
The Catholic Bulletin. according to law.
Witness the Judge of said Court. at
1916.
e. w BAZILLE,
Judge of Probate.
(Sea1 Of Probate Court
Attest: 1T. w. GosewiSch,
Clerk of Probate.
s. Hurley e Hurley At4TE.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-13

Killed In Action. Information
reaches us of the death in action on
the French front of Hughes de Pom
perry, great-grandson of Gen. Philip
Kearney and grandson of the Marquise
Many de Kernel and related to j.
Watts Kearney, formerly Of Louisville.
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Order for Creditors to Present Claims,

Order Tor Creditors to Present Claims,
Etc.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
ramsey. SIS. Probate Court
In the Matter of the Estate of Eliza
Deth OBrlen, Deceased.
Letters testamentary on the Estate
or Ellzabeth OBrien, deceased, late of
the County of Ramsey, and State of
minnesota, being granted to Mary e.
O'Brien.
;, 1t Is Ordered, That six months be and
the same is hereby allowed from and
after the date of this Order, in which
against the said deceased, are required
TO hle the same in the Probate Court
or sald County, for examination and al
loWance, or be forever barred
1t Is Further ordered, That the first
Monday i'll August, 1917, at 10 o'clock
a. m, at a General Term of said Pro-
bate Court. to be held at the. Court
county, be and the same hereby is APP
pointed as the time and place when and
where the said Probate Court will lex-
anime and adjust said claims and de-
mandS.
And 1t Is Further Ordered, That no
tlce of such hearing be given to all
creditors and persons interested in said
estate, by forthwith publishing this Or
der once in each week for three success
sive weeks in The Catholic Bulletin, a
legal newspaper printed and published
in said County,
Dated at st. Paul this 5th day of
January, 1917
BY the Court:
e. W. BAZILLE,
Judge of Probate
1Seal of Probate Court.)
OBrlen, YOUNG 81 Stone, AttyS.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-13

Stonyhurst.-Rev. William Bodkin,
S. j., has relinquished the rectorship
of Stonyhurst College, the great Jesu-
it school in England, to take up new
duties elsewhere. He is succeeded by
the Rev. Edward O'Connor, S. j., a
member Of the college staff.
Franciscans in Army.-The religious
orders, especially in France and Italy,
are greatly decimated by the war. In
both countries their enlistment is com
pulsory. OF the $40 Capuchins Gran
ciscans) in France, 2S4 are in the
French army.
John Denvir Dead.-A patriotic and
brilliant Irishman passed away in
London, England, on December 1 in
the person of Mr.. John Denvir. Few
men connected with the Irish National
cause had labored as zealously or as
intellectually as Mr.. Denvir. Even
in advancing age-he was eighty-two
at his death,-he continued to devote
himself to Irish affairs and the inter.
ests of Irishmen in England.
Quick BuiIding.-Two hundred vol.
unteer workers built, in twenty-one
days, the new Church of st. Teresa
at Covedale, Ohio.
"Archbishop Bishop".-His Holiness
the Pope has given the newly enthron.
ed ordinary of the See of Omaha the
title Archbishop Bishop of Omaha
X. of c. Gifts.-At the Lyric
Baltimore, on Christmas eve, the
Knights of Columbus entertained one
thousand children, presenting them
Christmas gifts. Cardinal Gibbons
was present in a private box.
"First Citizen."-Mother Leonardo
Superior of st. Alexius Hospital
Cleveland, died last week. The late
mayor of Cleveland called her that
city's First Citizen"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-13
OLD WORLD NEWS

Pope's Clifton hearing, through
the Propaganda, of the difficult posi-
ton of the Italian residents at
Smyrna, the Holy Father placed
$4,000 lire at the disposal of the Most
Rev. Archbishop Giannini, Vicar Apes
tolic of Aleppo, and 10000 for the
needs of the Italian colony.
Roman Appointments.-With deep
satisfaction the Roman public has
learned of the nomination of Mgr
Carlo Perosi as Assessor of the Holy
Office; of the Most Rev. Mgr. Vim
cenzo Sardi as Assessor of the Sacred
Consistorial Congregation; and of
Mgr. Mort as Secretary of the Sacred
Congregation of the Council.
A Brave Priest.-Rev. w. F. Mus
grave, of the Catholic Church, Poplar,
England, has received the Royal
Humane Society's certificate on vel
lum, for having on August "a, 1916,
gone to the rescue of a boy who was
in imminent danger of drowning in
the Thames at Greenwich, and whose
life was saved.
Pope and Rumanian Queen.-It will
be remembered that enemy airmen
recently dropped bombs ON the Royal
Palace in Bucharest in. which Prince
Mircea died, and in which the Queen
and royal family resided. The Pope
has telegraphed to the Queen con-
graduating her on her escape from
the terrible peril.
Irish Writer Interned.-Mr. Darrell
Figgis, now interned in Reading Jail,
has issued writs in Ireland and Eng
land claiming damages for false i'm
prisonment against Captain Belts as
being the officer, as he alleges, re-
sponsible for his transportation to
England after the rising. This will
be a test case on the question of the
right to transport Irishmen arrested
to England.
A Family of Jesuits.-Th sons of
John Whiteside, all members of the
Society of Jesus, of1iciated at high
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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-13

MAN, President and William +.
3 ! J p I'm, r NJ Secretary, of H U G Q
nnder Me- Ws Of oPP e tl
of Minnesota, do hereby certify that at
special meeting of the holders of the
common stock of said Hugo Hirschman
Ramsey County, Minnesota, on the 2Sth
day of November 1916, which said
meeting was called for the specific pur-
corporation of said Hugo Hirschman
Company, and at which said meeting
all the holders of the common stock of
said corporation We're present and duly
consented thereto, the Certificate of In
corporation of said Hugo Hirschman
Company was, by the unanimous vote
OF all of the holders of the common
stock Of said company, amended by the
adoption by the unanimous vote Of all
OF said stockholders Of the following
resolution, to-wit:
.REsOLVED, That Article VI of
HUGO HIRSCHMAN COMPANY be.
and the same hereby is, amended so
as to read as follows:
ARTICLE VI.
No dividend shall be paid upon
common stock while any default
exists in the payment of the divi-
dends upon the preferred stock
and upon the termination of this
corporation, either from lapse of
ti1IlS, VI II olli dIS olucI cause, OF
in case of the winding up of it's af-
fairs, the net assets of the corpo-
ration shall be devoted first to the
payment of the preferred stock at
the rate of One Hundred and Ten
Dollars ($11O.00) per share, and
thereafter the balance Of the net
assets of the corporation shall be-
long to and be payable pro rata to
the holders of the common stock"
"RESOLVED FURTHER, That the
President and Secretary of this cor
bn cd To fo1y
er and necessary steps to record,
publish and carry into effect the
foregoing amendment
And we, the said President and Sec
rotary, do hereby certify that said res
olution was regularly and duly adopt
ed at said meeting, and that the Certif
amended as specified in said Resolution.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We have
hereunto set our hands and attached
hereto the corporate seal of said Hugo
HlrSchman Company, this 3rd day of
January, 1917.
HUGO HIRsCHMAN.
VIM. F. BURMAN.
Secretary.
corporate Seal)
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
RamSey-Ss.
On this Srd day of January, A.. D.
in and for said County, personally APP
peared HUGO HIRsCHMAN and viii
LIAM F. HERMAN, who, being each
by me duly sworn, did say that they
are respectively the President and Sec
| rotary of HUGO HIRSCHMAN COM
PANY, the corporation named in the
foregoing instrument and that the seal
Affixed to said instrument is the corpo-
rate seal of said corporation and that
said instrument was signed and sealed
in behalf of said corporation by author
ity of it's Board of Directors; and said
HUGO HIRSCHMAN and WILLIAM F.
BIERMAN acknowledged said instru-
ment to be the free act and deed of
said corporation.
VINCENT L. O'CONNOR,
Notary Public, Ramsey County,
Minnesota.
(Notaria1 Seal)
My Commission expires January 10,
1923.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-13
Amendment of the Certificate of IncOr-
poratiOn of The Hugo Hirschman

o,r,r,-, company.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, DEPART
ment of State
I hereby certify that the within in
strument was filed for record in this
office on the 3rd day of january. A.
D. 1917, at 8 o'clock p. m, and was duly
recorded in Book d. of Incorpora-
lions, page =.
JULIUS SCHMAHII,
Secretary of State.
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STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
Ramsey-ss. Office of the Register of
Deeds.
This is to certify that the within in
strument was filed for record in this
uary, A. d. 1917, at 9:20 a. M, and that
the same was duly recorded in Book L
OF interpretations, page
NJ w. ,F'ITZGERALD
Register of Deeds
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-10

John B. StetsOn Co.
Owen Letters Sons
Southwark Foundry & Machine Co.
ID. G. Derry
John Lucas & Co., Inc
Midvale Steel & Ordnance Co.
American Bridge Co.
is. Wentz Co.
Alan Wood Iron & Steel Co.
SauquOit Silk Mfg. Co.
Philadelphia Electric Co.
Atlantic Refining Co.
Lukens Steel Co.
David LuptOn's Sons Co.
Nagle Steel Co.
AberfOyle Mfg. Co.
Ballinger & PerrOt
Bernstein Mfg. Co.
First National Bank of Phila.
Abrasive Company
CreW-Levick Co.
The Bank of North America
Freebooter Baking Co.
L. G. Graft & Son
Quaker City Cab Co.
Alexander Brothers
w. Atlee Burpee & Co.
Louis ]. KOlb
A. F. BOrnOt Bro. Co.
Norfolk & Western Railway
American Road Machinery Co.
Curtin & BrOckie
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-10

Bethlehem Steel Company TT
AutOcar Company 10
J. Alfred Clark DE-
John Daley, Jr., Inc. CT
Denny, HilbOrn & Rosenbach F.
HutchisOn Baking Co. A.
Ehret Roofing & Mfg. Co. Az
Bristol Patent Leather Co. HI
Irwin & Leighton 10
Jacob Miller Sons & Co. w
The Schwarz Wheel Co. Is
E. J. Spangler Co. Fl
Philadelphia Gear Works CT
Fretz, Gross & Co. st
Girard IRON Works HI
Philadelphia Paper Mfg. Co. w
Graham, Parsons & Co. Be
Antonio ROig & LangsdOrf F.
Union National Bank j.
John Gribbel ].
Robert X. Cassatt HI
HarrisOns, Inc. HI
Charles E. Hires & Co. I'll
Pure Oil Company q
Delaware State College ca
Union Paving Co. Al
Chas. j. Webb & Co. Al
William Mann Company G.
National Metal Edge Box Co. CT
New Jersey Zinc Company e.
The Sharples Separator Co. CC
Henry Bower Chemical Mfg. Co. III
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-10

ID EACH OF THE ARTICLES TO COME
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-10

The ]. G. Brill Company
John Wood Mfg. Co.
Defiance Mfg. Co.
CressOn-MOrris Co.
f. Blumenthal Co.
Ajax Metal Co.
Aetna Foundry Co., Inc.
Henry TrOemner
Joseph Stokes Rubber Co.
Watson Malone & Sons
Isaac Hathaway Francis
Frings Bros. Company
Champion Blower & Forge Co.
Standard Pressed Steel Co.
Hopes & Townsend Co.
William M. Lloyd Co.
BORROW Bros.
F. Brecht's Sons
j. F. Buchanan & Co.
]. ID. Johnson Co.
Herman Loeb & Co.
Henry b. PancOast Co.
The Thomas w. Price Co.
Quaker City COrdage Co.
Camden Forge Co.
American Dredging Co.
Atlas Powder Company
G. A. Bisler, Inc.
Chandler & Co., Inc.
4. w. Clark & Co.
Commercial Trust Co.
The Commonwealth Casualty Co.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-10

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
The Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co.
The Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.
The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co.
The Corn Exchange National Bank of Phila.
Insurance Company of North America
The Western Saving Fund Society of
Phila.
Specially Engineering Company
Pennsylvania Lawn Mower Works
TrayIor Engineering & Mfg. Co.
Traylor Shipbuildng Corporation
General Accident, Fire & Life Assurance
Corp, Ltd.
Martin & VIM. H. Nixon Paper Co., Inc.
Typothetae of Phila. (Master Printers
AssOciatiOn)
The PhiIanthrOpic Mutual Life Insurance
Co.
The VIM. Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine
Building Co.
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
The philadelphia Rubber Works Co.
Otto EisenlOhr & Bros, Inc. (CincO)
Samuel T. BOdine, Pres. u. G. l. Co.
The Pennsylvania Co. for assurances on
Lives and Granting Annuities
The Home Life Insurance Co. of America,
philadelphia Pa. Basil S. Walsh, Pres.
Central Market Street Co., PrOprietOrs Of
Victoria, Globe, Ruby, Princess, Savoy,
Market Street and Auditorium Theatres
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-10

Lenlgh Portland cement 90.
EddystOne Ammunition Corp.
Garrett-Buchanan Co.
Harper & Turner
IngersOll-Rand Co.
George A. Huhn & Sons
Alexander Kerr, Bros. & Co.
Northern Trust Co.
New Standard Hardware Co.
NJ. B. Laubach Co.
Whiting Lumber Co.
Stead & Miller Co.
Stokes & Smith Co.
Charlemagne Tower
Whiting-PattersOn Co., Inc.
PrimOs Chemical Co.
The DOwningtown Mfg. Co.
Keystone Paper Mills Co.
The Reading Stove Works
The Ferris Shoe Co.
Lewis Thompson & Co., Inc.
r. Blankenburg Co.
ID. V. Brown
Doyle & Co.
"44" Cigar Co., Inc.
Horn & Hardart
Hunter & Dickson
]. T. Jackson Company
Perkins & McNeely
Buckwalter Stove Co.
Diamond State Fibre Co.
Day & Zimmerman, Inc.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29

Totals rs S 1o'2S l3 Totals ...7 6 10 30 10
'One out whom winning run scored.
tBa;ted for Carter In hfth.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29
TWO NEAR RIOTS MARK
LOCALS DOUBLE DEFEAT
Mcbride Pulls Two BoneHea Plays Against Richmond
Knabe Chased at Start-Brainard Steals
Third With Bases Full

PROVIDENCE. r. l.. July pa
crowd Of 5000 fans saw Richmond
drop both ends Of the bargain-day bill
with the Grays this afternoon. the first
going by the board, to 2, and the Sec
ond following 1t. 3 to /.
Both battles were marked by fire.
Quent wrangles with the umpires-
Carpenter and McBride--and In the
first Manager Knabe was chased to the
clubhouse in the opening stanza.
With two down. Onslow singled
Donahue. who was doing the hurting.
tried to catch him mapping OFF the bag.
but threw wild. Distell recovered the
ball and pegged to Conroy for what
looked like sure out on the runner.
In fact, Mcbride ruled him out, but
Carpenter reversed the decision. All
tho Richmond boys gathered around
hrst one Official and then the other, and
Tor time II looked like a free-for-ali
night would result Knabo was elected
nve minutes. Knabe was put off the
bench at the start Of the second game.
Mcconnell playing the bag.
The FIRST battle was clinched by the
Grays in the second frame. when. with
tho bases loaded. Ed Onslow cleaned
them with a ripping home-run drive.
Donahue pitched excellent ball barring
this frame. in which the Grays punched
two triples and a single with the four
ply slam.
Schultz was on the firing line for
the home talent. and at no stage Of
the game was he in trouble. Although
the visitors nicked him for nine bin
giles. he was given fiawless support
The second game was a tight one
from start to finish, with the Grays
waiting this time until the eighth TO
stage the winning frame. Flame Pc
tiers. Providence's best pitching bet,
was on the mound. and. usual. he
had tho aliens tied hand and foot. The
was the sixth, in which Conroy dou-
A near-riot also occurred in this
game. In tho sixth, with Clemens on
third and Conroy on first. the former
started to steal home. McNeill pushed
Distell out of the way, but even so
missed the runner. who slid under him.
Mcbride called him out. and the fire.
works started Mcbride was pushed
and jostled by half-dozcn Richmond
players. but he refused to bulge from
the decision. which was boner
This boner by the umpire wasn't the
only one in the game. however, Cap
tain Brainard. of the Grays. being pre-
Bented with the ivory cross in the sixt
inning. when he tried to steal third
with the bases full
Eibel pitched fine ball for the WISH
tors. despite the fact that he was
found for eleven hits. The Grays won
the game in the eighth. in which Brain
ard was safe on Conroy's wild throw
for a starter. He made second on the
heave. stole third and scored on Tut
wiler's triple. a single by Massey
scored Tutwiler.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29
MAY STOP WORLD SERIES
Ban johnson Says Drafting of BniI
Piayers VIII Prevent American
Lenguers Playing.
[By Associated Press.

CHICAGO. July 28.-There is likely
to be no worlds series this year as
the result Of the drain on major league
baseball players by the. draft, B. B.
Johnson, president Of the American
League, said here last night on his re-
turn from New York. He said that
tabulation Of draft numbers held by
players showed that probably twenty
five men would be taken from the
American League, and that the Ameri-
can would not play the series II 1t
were handicapped by that serious loss.
The league president also stated that
he had learned that the military drill
ing Installed by the league in the
season would not cause the War De-
partment to extend exemptions to ball
players until the end of tho season.
His Information. Mr.. johnson declared.
was that tho ball players would be
drafted about September !.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29
AMERICAN HANDICAP
LARGE PURSES OFFERED
IN TRANSPORTING CLASSIC
Tournament Open to State Champion
ind tunners-Up TO be Held In
Chicago August 20.
EARENEALE
NEW YORK. July 2S.-The conplet


NEW YORK. July 2s.-The completed
Grand American Handicap, as an
nounced by the Interstate Trapshoot-
ing Association, forecasts one of the
pest tournaments ever staged by that
organization. The fve-day shoot will
be held at Chicago under the auspices
more than $4,000 added money. The
tournament will open on Monday. Au-
gust 20, with the South Shore intro
ductory; Tuesday will witness the en-
trants shooting for prizes in the Chi
cago overture; the national amateur
targets. On August % there will be
preliminary handicap, while the Grand
American will be shot the following
day and the meet closed with n con-
ISOLATION handicap on August "a.
The winners and runners-up in the
individual State championships alone
Will be eligible to shoot in the national
amateur CHAMPIONSHIPS. while any
amateur can enter the Grand American
handicap. which calls for one hundred
targets at unknown angles to be shot
from the sixteen to the twenty-three-
Entries will close on August 4. this
season, which is week earlier than
usual.
The. first Grand American handicap
Was Was shot at Interstate Park. n. Y. in
tries. The popularity Of the event
drew rapidly. and each succeeding year
brought larger fields of entrants the
record being, held by Chicago. which at
tracted SSi trapshooters for the 1915
tournament Chicago also figures in
1910 tourney held in that city that riley
thompson won with perfect score.
|. e.. 1O0x1OO
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29

Leading pitchers participating in
nineteen or moro games, rated accord
ing to earned runs per game:
Cicotte, Chicago, won II, lost six,
with LII earned runs; Bagby. Cleve-
land. won IS. lost s, with $50 earned
runs; Mays. Boston. won IL, lost 5, with
l.81 earned runs; Russell. Chicago. won
3, lost 4. with 1.S9 earned runs: Ruth
Boston, won Is. lost 8. with 2.0l earned
runs.
The tie for the National League bat
ting leadership was broken when
Cruise. of ST. Louis. obtained two hits
In three times at bat. while Roush
made one hit in three tries.
Hal Chase. the veteran first-base star
with Cincinnati. batted his way into
the 800 class for the first time this
season. His average is SOL Hans
wagner is within three points of 300
Heinie Groh. of Cincinnati, took the
lead in scoring. with sixty-one runs.
Cravath. of Philadelphia. tied Horns
by, st. Louis. in home-run hitting. each
having eight. Carey. of Pittsburgh
added four stolen bases, bringing his
total up to twenty-five. Deal of Chi
cago, clings to sacrifice hitting honors
with twenty. Cincinnati continues to
lead in team batting, with .266.
Leading batters in the National
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29
EvERs HAS C0RKING RECORD
Fans Watching Work of Fiery Player
Now With PhiilicS-In Gnme
Long Time.

For the, third time in his baseball
career. Johnny Evers has shifted his
club uniform. and his efforts with the
Philadelphia Nationals is being fol.
lowed with interest by fans throughout
the the country country. The present season is
the hfteenth that Evers has served in
the. big league. During this lengthy
period, viewed from the standpoint Of
the baseball player. Evers has had A
remarkable and spectacular record
upon the diamond. Noted for both his
quick thinking and fiery temperament.
he has figured in some of the most
sodes.
Evers made his baseball debut with
the Troy club. of the New York state
L Lea tn,,o,i In 1902 playing, shortstop:
Inc foliowing year found him at second
held down the keystone, sack for the
Boston Braves. Now he has moved on
to the Phillies. where 1t is expected
that he will strengthen second base.
Some Son idea lea of Evers's ability can be
close of the 1916 season he had played
in 1883 games. with resultant grand
batting average of .23S and fielding
percentage Of 1913.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29

Totals ...2s 1929 10 Totals ...34 Q % IL
two out whom winning run scored.
tBatted for Turner in eighth.
tB.tted for Billings In ninth.
Slated for Gallia In tenth.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29
FTRSr GAME

Totals ST 6 1, q 8 Totals ...33 q Is
sBatted for Debua in ninth.
tBatted for Piter In ninth.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29
COBB LEADS SCORERS
HAS CROSSED PAN OFTENER
THAN ANY OTHER BIG PLAYER
Now Has Lead of Thirty-Five Points
on Sisler-Crusc Hard Pushed in
National by Roush.
Observation-Disclosures

sSTyI Cobb has scored more=-FAns-to
date than any other player in the ma
tor leagues this season. Friday, the
Tiger slugger passed the SEVENTEEN
mark, being the first player in either
big circuit to attain that notch. Cobb
now leads his nearest rival at bat by
thirty-five points.
Unofficial figures released yesterday
show the Detroit star hitting .3S3 with
Sisler. of st. Louis. second with .347:
Speaker. of Cleveland. two points be-
hind Sisler.
Chicago, which is making a bid for
the pennant, is without a 300 hitter
among the regulars. Weaver leads
with .2SS and Eddie Collins is batting
1853.
Roth. of Cleveland, reGained the lead
in base stealing with thirty-one, de-
posing Chapman, his teammate. Chap
man. however, continues to show the
way to the sacrifice hitters with forty
i've.
leading home-run hitter.
Detroit tops the list in team batting
with 1856.
Leading batters in the American
League are:
Players. Club. G. Alb. R. H. Av.
Cobb. Det. ...94 ass 20 1877 $50
Speaker. Clev...96 339 So III .345
Baker. N. Y.....9O BAL 80 1o6 .311
McInnis, Phil...S6 324 % 100 300
Leading pitcherS icin L.,