Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-21
STICK WORK OF
BOTH LEAGUES
CLIMBS HIGHER
Leading Batters Improve Their
Standing; Cobb Leads the
Americans With 1897;
Groh, the Nationals.

AiIitilCdllS WIN .oof,
Groh, the Nationals.
Chicago, July 20.--Heine Groh, Gin.
cinnati infielder. continued to fatten
his batting average during the week
and is leading in the National league
with 500, according to averages re.
leased today and including games 81
last Wednesday. Groh's merry CLIP
in the last seven games has boosted
his average IA points, and now he
leads his nearest rival, ]. c. Smith Of
Boston, by "a points. The batting
OF Charles Hollocher. Chicago, who
IS appearing in the big show for the.
first season, this week passed the cen-
tury mark in safe hits made. The 2l.s
year-old Chicago man has hit safelyy
los times, to Groh's l04. Two weeks
ago in eighth place, he has forged;
ahead and now is in third place. Grohr
has taken the lead in the total Base
hitting with mark of l33, which in
eluded 20 doubles, three triples and Il
home run.
Max Carey, the fleet-footed Phila.
delphia outfielder, who has been burn.
ing the paths this season, adedd ofura
more stolen bases to his string and
leads the league with 40, Ia better
than his nearest rival, George Burns,
New York. Burns, however, main
tanned his lead over the Pittsburgher
Tor scoring. honors. Burns has reg
istered S. times to Carey's 81. Flack
OF Chicago has become the runner-up
in this department, being credited
with having scored 81 times.
Roush of Cincinnati made another
sacrifice hit and has a mark of 10.
giving him the lead in this division
while Cruise, his teammate, made ;n-y
other home run and has broken the
tie for circuit drive honors which
he shared with Wickland of Pitts
burgh last week. Cruise has made six
homers.
Cincinnati leads Chicago by one K
point in team batting, with a mark OF \
'I7l, while New York is one point
ahead of Chicago in team fielding
with mark of .97l.
Leading batters who have played 4
50 or more games: Groh, Cincinnati,
800; J. {. Smith, Boston, 1872; Hollo-
cher, Chicago. .32l; Daubert, Brook
lyn, .3l9; Merkle. Chicago, .,3I5: :f3
Roush, Cincinnati, 800; Chase, Gin n
cinnati, 500; z. Wheat, Brooklyn. q
800; Johnston, Brooklyn, 800; Bigbee, Il
Pittsburgh, SOL. ..a X
Cobb Sets Fast Pace. y
Such pace has been set with the
willow by Tyrus Raymond Cobb,
American league batting champion,
that at the present rate his batting
average will touch the 400 mark be-
fore the season ends. The Detroit
man has been climbing each week
since he struck his gait and boosted
his mark 10 points in his last six
games. This week he is hitting .387
according to averages released TODAY
which include games of last Wednes.
day. Sisler of St. Louis, who was run
nerlup last week, has dropped to third
place and Burns of Philadelphia. !
Cobb's nearest rival is 43 points be-
hind the Detroit outhelder. Cobb has
passed Home Run" Baker of New
York in total hits. having cracked out Y
lO7 to Bakers los. Burns, who went J.
into second place among the batters, !,
leads the league in total bases with .
l49, which include dozen doubles. i
eight triples and five homers. Sisler !,
maintained his lead of FIVE over Cobb /.
in the stolen base department. Each !,
piliered a pair OF sacks, and Sisters !,
string now is 81 to Cobb's n. Bobby i
Roth, Cleveland, stole another base
and has 28.
Leading batters who have partici-
pated in IS or more games Cobb, De- &
troit. 387; Burns, Philadelphia. 344;
Sisler, ST. Louis, 3oo; Ruth. Boston,
332; Baker New York, 322; Graney,
Cleveland, 3l3; Pipp, New York. 3ll; i
Walker, Philadelphia, 800; Milan,
800; Speaker, Cleveland, :,
303; Wood. Cleveland. 30l. !,
Riggert Leads Association. s.
Riggert, St. Paul, continues to be s
the outstanding figure in the American I
IauSHB HOli tHC aver ~
ages, including games of last Wedres-
day, released today. Rggert heads FIVE i
OF the columns in the averages. He is y
trst as run getter with As and first
in total bases with l43, which was ac- !
CURED on 81 hits. These g. which !
lead the list, include to doubles, six i
triples and six homers. He heads the j
homer column. His hitting average
is 1888. Riggert is tied for the lead in (
stolen bases with Butler of St. Paul.
Only in sacrifice hitting. which honors 1
are shared to Martin, Milwaukee, and !
Shovlin. Columbus, Riggert fails to
excel. He made only seven sacrifices.
The others have l9 each. Leading
batters who have participated in IS Z
or more games: Riggert, St. Paul,
538; Cashion, Minneapolis, 335; Tag \
gart. Columbus, 329; Good, Kansas J
City. 3l5; Lelivelt, Louisville, SIS;
McHenry. Milwaukee. 800; Hartley. 1
Columbus, 303; Sawyer, Minneapolis,
sol; Owens, Minneapolis, 2o8; Wag- 4
ner, Columbus, 204. ~..
Kansas City, with .266 leads in team
batting and Louisville in club fielding
with 1868. ..... IL.