Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-04

Chicago, May 4-Tris Speaker is
"over the top with a comfortable lead
| in the race for the 1918 batting honors
of the American league. Averages
| released today show him blazing the
| trail with a mark of 526 for eleven
games. Gandil, of Chicago, his near
eset rival. is sixty-two points behind
| him. The averages include games OF
Wednesday.
Speaker, in thirty eight trips to the
plate drove out twenty hits-tive OF
them doubles and two triples. He also
leads the base stealerS with seven.
Chapman, his teammate, and Pipp and
Gilhooley of New York, are tied for
honors in runs scored each having
registered a dozen. Jackson, of chi
cage: Gedeon, of st. Louis; Burns, OF
Philadelphia; Baker, of New York
Shanks, Of Washington. and Chapman
have a home run apiece TO their credit.
Dave Shean, of Boston, is leading in
sacrifice hitting with six.
Ty Cobb. the 1877 batting champion,
does not appear in today's averages as
illness kept him out OF the early sea-
son games and the Detroit club was
idle several days due 10 weather con-
dltionS.
Cleveland IS leading in club batting
with an average of .30l and st Louis
in team fielding with .915. The ten
leading batters:
Speaker Cleveland, see; Gandil, Chi
cago. 464. Jackson Chicago, .43S;
wambaganSS. Cleveland 42s: Ruth,
Boston. Az: AcMpllin. Chicago 400;
O'Nein. Cleveland 800: Strunk, Boston,
.3S6: Lavan. Washington, 49,; Baker,
New York .376;.
Giants Hold Early Honors.
Members of the championship New
York club are in possession Of virtual
~ all of the early season honors in the
National League, with Lew McCarty,
the catcher, showing the way to the
battlers with an average of 800 for
eight games The averages include
games of Wednesday. There are four
New Workers among the ten leading
hitters
George Burns, the Giants left fielder,
is leading the base stealers with seven,
and IS tied with Young, his teammate.
for honors in runs scored with fifteen.
kauff, OF New York, and Roush. of
Cincinnati. each have made FIVE sacr'-
fee hits. Fred Luderus. OF Philadel-
phia, is topping the list Of home run
hitters with two in twelve games.
New YORK 10 leading II club hat
ting with an average of 800, and st.
Louis in club fielding with 80 The
ten leading batters:
McCarty. New York. 800: Smith
Boston, .426; Doyle, New York .4o5;
Paulette. St. Louis, 400: George Burns,
New York, 800: Bancroft. Philadel-
Kauff. New York, $40; Carey, Pitts
burgh, .367; stock Philadelphia, 1864.
Flagstead Leads In Southern.
In the Southern Association, Flag
stead, OF Chattanooga, is leading the
batters with an average OF 400 for
twelve games. He cracked out twenty
hits in fifty times at bat
The veteran Tommy Leach. who
also is playing with Chattanooga, IS
pressing F1agstead with an average Of
1856 and is leading in runs scored, hav-
Ing registered thirteen. Brottem. OF
Little Rock, tops the base stealers with
eleven, and Graf. Of Chattanooga, the
sacrifice hitters, with seven.
Baker, of Nashville; Fisher and
Ham" Hyatt, of Little Rock, and
Bratchi, of Memphis, each have driven
out brace OF home runs. Chattanooga
is leading in club batting with .270, and
New Orleans in club feeding with .9sS.
The ten leading battens:
Flagstead, Chattanooga, 400: Leach,
nooga, 31S; Edmonson, New Orleans,
367: Bluhm, New Orleans .351 Bues,
Mobile. 1854 Gilbert New Orleans,
$50: Distel, Little Rock .34S; O'Brien,
Nashville, .344; Altenberg, Birmingham