Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05
COBB HITSSAFE
IN BOTH GAMES
Six More Contests and Ty
Will Have Equaled
Standing Record
SPEAKER FAILS TO HIT

Thrty-four
Nes--a hit in each game.
Cicotte allowed the first one.
Only six more to tie his own record,
But the Tigers lost 'em both.
Batted six times. Passed twice.
All Of which leads the customers to the
information that Tyrus Raymond Cobb has
hit consecutvcly in thirty-four straight
A. l.. box scores Ty succeeded in scoring
a double off Eddie Ccotte I'm the initial
contest with the White Sox and secured his
second single in the eighth inning OF the
final The big leagua record held by Cobb
al forty straight made in America in 1911,
seems in danger--in fact some of the fans
think Ty may finish out the season with
hit for every game. but that is hardly to
be expected, even from the wonderful Tyrus.
= The league batting leaders enjoyed a
busy Fourth Stufy McInnis fell down n
bit, his inability to hit Herb PennoclI
causing him to register a blank in the
early chapter. He counted one out of four
of Foster. Sherwood Magee seemed to
have his old roommate's license tag as he
secured three hits off Alex and was unable
to tally in the final.
Giants Stop COombs
The Giants broke Jack Coombs string
OF eleven successive victories over the New
Workers. Heinie Zim had two and one
Benny kaun failed in the first and copped
two in the second. Eans Wagner had n
MT for each game. Jack Smith, OF the
Cards, batted out two singles and n triple
in the closing with the Pirates. wait
Cruise got two and one Eddie Collins
secured one and two, Bill Killefer nailed
two off Rudolph and one off Regan, Eddie
Roush batted one and two and Hal Chase
duplicated his mark, Foster, Of Washington.
collected three in the first and then
stopped, Frank Baker banged three in tho
early affair and two in the final and Iris
Speaker was blanked in both games.
Cobb Scores Most Hits
The fleet Detroit outnelder not only is
the leading batter in baseball today but
the hrst player to make 100 hits for the
season. GaVvy CraVath IL to be recIxoned
with at this time, although he is not
yet included in the leading five OF the
National League, Cravath made a hit I'm
both games yesterday and now has hit In
seventeen consecutive games This mark
ties the performance OF our Stuffy Nc
lnnis, who twice this season ran nm
string Of seventeen straight
Zimmerman's fine batting recentIv has
been OF immense service TO the Giants. and
has earned for Ieinie a place among the
big tive Walt Cruise gained two points
over the Fourth and leads the National :;
Eddie Roush second man, gained a point !;
Hornsby stood still, Bill Fischer did not
get into the double defeat suffered by the
Pirates, and Zack Wheat dropped from the
first FIVE Zimmerman taking the berth
Speakers inability to hit the ball in the
st. Louis double-header cost the Texan a
matter Of six points Stuffy lost half
dozen, Sisler lost five and Milan one Cobb
has been at bat 259 times and has made
100 hits for an average Of .SS6 During his
present run of thrty-four straight he has
batted 1872 times and has made 81 hits for
an average OF 1862. In 1911, when he set
the record, he made eighty hits during the
forty games
The leading batters stand: