Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-01
CAPTAIN COBB WINS
H0N0RS IN BATTING
Detroit sthr Is FIRST In American
Lcngne But Falis TO fake Base
80 Stealing Iionors.
RoUSH AND WHEAT CLOSE
Red nnh Supcrbn Datamen Have
Tight Itacc for Lead In Batting
In National League

CHICAGO. Aug al Cup, Tyrua
Raymond cobb, who this week
stopped from the spotlight N base.
ball into the chemical division of
The army took with him the 1918
batting honor ~ uur American
league
An tho porru star stood how'nG
before mo- nIiuE curtain of the
game h.dDm realized that he had
taken fhr nu hou0rH gyry year
huerHIIa with the exception ~ one
arl.uu whom. 100 1910. Trla speaker
uus.l NIm out DuuuH average. uD
lHUIIrE lu figures released today lA
Hlt Burns OF Philadelphia. iH sec.
urd with $40. and George Slslcr. tho
af Louis nrHtbuHomau. third with
sa.
cobb however. dld not excel In
base stealing fDr Si5lor with total
~ forty leads hy sis over the Gcor-
rlHn 'hapmaE ~ Cleveland be sand.
W.Dhri between them with thirty
glN 'hnpman la leading In sacrl-
hrD hitting with thirty fuur whilc
Sh'nn ~ huHipu iH close up With
.''.N n |NN ~ anu NJ lNiINIIN. ENNNA|I
t'tmmhto. next with thirty
Ruth ana walker Tied.
. Babe" Ruth. the boston star. and
walker of Philadelphia, rcmaln tied
tur houoIn ln homrruu hitting with
eleven each Iioston. 1915 cham
pions leads the league iu club field
Ing with IN average OF .y1l, but ia
H,K.h IN batting with .2i6. cleveland
90" runner-up IN the rcCe tops the
league In batting with goo
Leading bntterH. cobb. Detroit.
.31I, Hurns. Philadelphia, Ji8. Sis
lcr 81 Louls J11, Speaker, Glove
land, .32l. pipp, New York, 800.
wood. Cleveland. 3O3, Baker. New
YORK, sol. Walker. Philadelphia,
lye Ruth Boston. 2O7; Demmltt,
~ Louis. 2g6
Batting honors In ths National
league race probably yiQ'not be de-
cided unlil tho final games OF the
scanSnn Monday. Eddie Roush, the
Cincinnati star is pressing "Zack"
Wheat, the brooklyn veteran, for
the lead, according 10 today's aver
ages which include games Of Wed
hcsdhY WhHata mark is .3ti, and
ltouHh Is three points behind him
There are only two members of
the Chicago club. champions OF the
league, In the select group OF .9OO
hlttcrH They are Hollocher, the
youthful ahortstop. and Mcrkle. who
considers his playing record OF this
season Will forever silence those who
dubbed him u "bouehead" Hollo.
cher. with an average OF .12O,
dropped into fourth place. relln-
gushing third TO iieinle Groh OF
Cincinnati.
Carey Leads.
Max Carey Of Pittsburgh. is GER
tain TO finish the race with thieyinE
hOnors. lie has stolen 81 bases.
while George Burns OF New York,
next In the list, has "a. Roush is the
leading sacrifice hitter. his total of
30 giving him a lead OF five over
Mollwitz Of Pittsburgh.
In the homerun hitting, CraVath
OF philadelphia tops the list with
seNhn Cincinnati Is In first place
In team batting with an average OF
.Rs, while Chicago IL second with
,2st Chicago also Ia second In team
fielding, New York leading with. 971.
leading battera, H. Wheat. Brook
lyn. .aili Roush, Cincinnati. ass;
Groh, Cincinnati, 39a. Hollocher
Chicago. 82O, !. &. smith. boston.
.3bl; paubert, Brooklyn. .gia: Mer-
kle. Chicago, .3O4g Burns. New York
2ab. Young, New York, .2s4.
Hornsby St Louis, 292.