Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-13
LARRY DOYLE
BATS WAY TO
TOP OF RANKS
Burns Of New York Holds
Lead in Base
Running.
By
George
McManus

Chicago, May 13.-With an average
Of .426, Larry. Doyle. the veteran sec
ond basennan with New York. has
batted his way to the top Of the Ma
:tional league hitters, according to
averages including games Of Wedpes-
day. released today. In fifteen games
Doyle drove out twenty-three hits for
a total of thirty-nine base. He is tied
with Luderus OF Philadelphia. for
honors in home run hitting, each
having two.
Burns Of New York retains the lead
in bASe stealing with ten, while Mann
Of Chicago with seven sacrifice blows
to his credit passed kauff Of New
York and Roush Of Cincinnati, who
were ted week ago.
New York, with four men among
the ten leading batters, chung to the
honors in team batting with An aver
age Of .307. St Louis continues to
lead in team fielding with go. The
ten leading batters:
Doyle, New York. 426: F1ack. Chi
cago, 1872; Young, New York. $50;
KAun, New York. 366; Wilson, Bos-
ton. $50: Paulette. st: Louis, 1855;
S Smith a.7 Hg M ! SIS; my Mye, Yorf RrS s9s:
Allen. Cincinnati, sss.
Hamilton of Pittsburgh tops the
pitchers in games won and lost. hav-
ing won five without a defeat.
In the American league. Speaker
Of Cleveland. the batting leader a
week aso. has fallen to third place
or, showing the way with an aver
age Of .4o7. In. his last ax games,
Ruth baEEed six hits, three Of them
home runs The averages include
games OF Wednesday.
Speaker and Strunk Of Boston are
fighting It. out tor the lead in base
stealing With seven each. shean q
~ COBB made his 1918 appear
ance in todayssc averages. The
Georsian1i s npsse: his old tricks With
t Ing ,ae we're @s sossIss' d a,ts; ap a9xs a1
ly has lost none Of his speed as he
has stolen five bases and registered
twelve runs.
The worlds championship Chicago
club took the lead in a batting
with an average OF 299, while Boston
with go: The ten LEADING batters:
Ruth. Boston. .4o7; McMnllin. Chi
cago, 400; Speaker. Cleveland. ss3;
Baker, New York, 1854; Tobin, st.
Louis. 3S3; jackson. Chicago. s7S;
Risberg, Chicago, 375; Hooper, Bos-
ton. s6s: lGandil, Chicago. 36s; Law
an, Washington, 364.
Masridge Of New York. Stanley
Coveleakie OF Cleveland and Williams
Of Chicago, and Gallia Of st. Louis
are the leading pitchers, each hav-
ing won four games and lost one
Several other pitchers who have been
''out"" in only one or. two contests
haveSno defeats charged to them.
Flasstead the Chattanooga out.
fislder, has a twenty point, lead ir
the race for batting honors of the
Southern association. averages includ,
Ing games OF Tuesday giving him a
mark of .3S2. He also tops the home
run hittersi with three,
Gilbert OF New Orleans is showing
the way to the best stealers with nine
and Graf Of Chattanooga in sacrific.
hitting with nine. The ten leading
batters:
Flagstead.. Chattanooga, ss2: Dis
tel. Little Rock. 36o: Bluhm. New
Orleans. $50; Gilbert. New Orleans
$50: Altenberg. Birmingham, $50
Leach. Chattanonsa.& $50: Kaufman
Nashville, 3:7: Edmondson. New Or
leans, 314: Cuerto. Chattanooga, 500
Bues, Mobile, 307..
If the truth we're known the Dutcl
have about as much use for the Ger
mans as the cat has for the vacuum