The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-02
Doc Johnston Takes Lead in Stolen Bases Over Larry
 Gilbert of Pels
ROUSH AND COBB
 HITTING BETTER
Detroit Phenom Is Batting .3ss-Ham Hyatt Leading Southern by Eight Points-Sister Still Tops
 Iris Speaker

Chicago, September 1,-With an aver age of .324, Hornsby, St. Louis. regained second place among the National league batters, according to averages including games of Wednesday, released today Cruise. his teammate, second week ago, fell in third place with .313 Roush, Cincinnati, continues to lead with .34S Groh, Cincinnati, is pressing Hornsby for honors in total base hitting. Horns by has stretched 132 hits for a total of 2G5 bases, with the Cincinnati third bsseman, who has bagged 151 hits, only two bases behind him.
 Robertson, New York, tied Cravath Philadelphia, for home run honors, each having nine Williams, Chicago, grabbed the lead in sacrifice hitting with 25 Burns New York, continues as the lead- ing scorer with S4, and Carey. Pittsburg, in base stealing, with 3S. New York tied Cincinnati in team batting with .26a Leading batters for half their clubs games:
 Rodsh, Cincinnati s4s, Hornsby, St. Louis, .324; Cruise, St. Louis, .31S; Kauff, New York, .312; Groh, Cincinnati 3l2; Wheat, Brooklyn, .So5; Wilhoit, New York .3o4.
 ALEXANDER LEADING
 Leading pitchers participating in 26 or more games:
 Alexander, Philadelphia, won 21 lost F. Schupp, New York, won F, lost 6.
 Sallee, New York, won 15 lost ). Marquard, Brooklyn won IA, lost 8. Rodie, Philadelphia, continues to climb in the American league hitting fifth among the regulars With .30S. In his last seven games Bodie made Il hits, one q home run, and two doubles Cobb, the leader continued his remarkable batting, driving out 13 hits in seven games Sisicr clung to second place with an average of ,352 with Speaker trailing two points behind Bodie, Veach of Detroit and Pipp, New York, are tied for home run hcnors at seven all. Bush. Detroit has a five-point lead over Cobb, his teammate, in scoring, having crossed the plate 95 times in l20 games.
 ROTH TAKES LEAD
 Roth. Cleveland, snatched the lead in base stealing away from Chapman, his teamnat~. Roth has stolen 39 bases, one more. than Chapman, who, however. con- tinues to lead in sacrifice hitting with sk Detroit leads in team batting with --sssa. Leading batters for half their clubs games:
 Cobb, Detroit, .sss sisler, St. Louis, s52 Speaker, Cleveland, $50; Harris
  Neaeh. Detroit, .So3; Chapman. Cleveland .j02
 Leading pitchers participa ting in 27 or more games:
 Cicotte, Chicago, wen 20, lost H.
 Mays. Boston, won r, lost S.
 Ruth, Boston, won 19, lost 10
 Russell, Chicago, won 15, lost 4.
 Danforth Chicago, won s, lost g.
 HYATT HOLDS LEAD
 Althouh maintaining the Southern as- sociation batting lead with an average of $50, Hyatt. Chattanooga, lost scoring honcrs to Covington, Little Rock ac- c6rding to averages, including games of Tuesday Covington has crossed the plate S5 times as against S for Hyatt. Johnston. Birmingham, deposed Gill bert New Orleans, for the lead in base stednng with % Sheehan, Nashville, boosted his total in sacrifice hitting to 53 The mark of l3 home runs set by Bratchi, Memphis, remains unchanged Atlanta, the leader in team batting, has an average of .226. Leading batters for half their clubs games:
 Hyatt, Chattanooga. .330 Munch At lanta, .323. Lunte. Mobile .319: Knisely Nashville, .317; Moran, Atlanta, 317 Wick, Memphis. .312: Edmondson New Orleans, .305; Covington, Little Rock 300 Leading pitchers participating in 2S or mnre games
 Walker, New Orleans won 19 lost g. Robinson. Little Rock. won 20. lost A. Hill Birmingham, won 25 lost 10.
 Robertson. New Orleans, won IS, lost r Barger, Memphis won 13, lost g.