The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-07
COBB AND ROUSH ARE CHAMPIONS FOR SEASON IN MAJORS Detroit Star Completes the Season With Average
 of .38O
CICOTTE LEADING
 AMERICAN HURLER
Alexander Leads National-Carey Tops Basestealers With 50-Chap- man of Indians Finishes First
 for Thefts in the American

Chicago, October 6.-Ty Cobb, the De troit star, and Eddie Roush, the hard hitting outfielder with Cincinnati, are the 1917 batting champions of the ma jor leagues.
 Cobb, with an average of 1880, finished with lead of 22 points over Iris Speaker of Cleveland, who led the American league in 1916, according to unofficial averages, released today. Roush showed the way to the National league batters with .343-21 points ahead of Roger Hornsby of St. Louis, his near est rival These averages include the final games of the season for the west ern teams
 In the American league the fight for base stealing honors resulted in sur prising shake-up, Chapman of Cleveland going into the lead, with 54. In four games Chapman stole six bases. Bobby Roth, Chapman's teammate who held the lead week ago, stole 51, and Cobb 4S. Chapman also topped the sacrifice hitters with 69.
 Cobb was credited with PA hits in 53 games. He cracked them out for 333 bases. His record included 4S doubles, 24 triples and 6 home runs. Pipp of New York, however, leads in circuit drives. having made up to October 5.
 Ownie Bush, the Detroit shortstop, is in possession of scoring honors, having counted 112 times, with Cobb runs be- hind him.
 Detroit chung to team batting honors, with .259, with the Chicago outfit five points behind.
 U hn ir,h ho1f nr more of their clubs games: Cobb, De- troit. .3S0; Speaker, Cleveland, 1858; Sis- Ter, St. Louis .347; veach, Detroit, .315; Felsch, Chicago. .3OS; McInnis, Philadei- phia, .305; Lewis, Boston, 1905; Harris. Cleveland, .305; Jackson, Chicago, .303; Chapman, Cleveland, .299.
 Cicotte of Chicago, led the pitchers, who participated in 5 or more games, winning 28 and losing F.
 In the National league Carey of Pitts burg finished far in front for base-steal- ing honors, with 50 thefts to his credit.
 Including Wednesdays games, Cravath of Philadelphia and Robertson of New York were tied in home runs, each hav- ing 12. Burns of the championship New York club, brought his total of runs scored up to 10S. Heinie Groh of Cincin- natl trailed, with 91. Deal of Chicago topped the sacrifice hitters, with 29. f1OrnSpy the Sl. LOUIS BnOrtStOp, who finished second to Roush in batting stretched his hits for total of 24S bases, while the best Roush could do was 236 bases. Hornsby drove out 16S hits, which include 8 home runs, 25 doubles and 15 triples. Roush made k doubles, IA triples and circuit drives In team batting. Cincinnati had .264 and New York .260.
 Leading batters who played in half their clubs games: Roush, Cincinnati, .34s Hornsby, St. Louis, .322; Kauff, New York. .3N: Wheat. Brooklyn, .306: Groh, Cincinnati. .905; Burns, New York, .3O2 Zimmerman, New York, .300 Smith, Bos- ton, .297; Jack Smith, St. Louis, 297; Cruise. St. Louis, .2ss: Carey, Pittsburg, .2s6.
 Alexander of Philadelphia led the pitchers who participated in s5 or more games with 30 won and 13 lost.