The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-22
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Chicago, July 22.-Heinie Groh
| Cincinnati inf1elder. continued to fat
ten his batting. average during the
/ ttonal league with 1866, according to
averages just released and including
| games Of last Wednesday. Groh's
merry clip in the last seven games has
boosted his. average IA points. ana
now he leads his nearest rival, ]: q.
Smith, of Boston. by ~ points. The
batting of Charles Hollocher, Chicago,
who is appearing in the big show for
the first season, this week passed the
21..year-old Chicago man has hit
safely 105 times, to Groh's 104. TWO
weeks ago in eighth place, he has
forged 9s and now Is in IT.. thir I'd
total base hitting with a mark Of 1873,
which included 20 doubles, three trip
les and one home run.
Cincinnati leads Chicago by one
of .271, while New York is one point
ahead Of Chicago in team fielding
with a mark OF 1911.
Leading batters who have played in
;866; j. G; Smith, Boston, 1922 Hol-
locher, Chicago, ,32l; Daubert, Brook
Ign, .319; Merkle, Chicago, .315; Roush,
Cincinnati $685.; Chase, Cincinnati,
.3O6; 2. Wheat, Br9oklyn, sos; John
ston,, Brooklyn, .8o6; Bigbee, Pitts
Cobb Setting the Pace.
Such a pace has been set with the
willow by, Tyrus, Raymond Cobb,
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
games. Last week he hit 1887, accord
ing to averages released which in
cluje games of last Wednesday. Sis
Ter, of st. Louis, who was runner=up
last week, has dropped to third place,
and Burns, Of Philadelphia, Cobb's
nearest rival, is 43 points behind the
Detroit outhelder. Cobb has passed
Home Run" Baker, Of New York, in
Bakers los. Burns, who went into
second place among the batters, leads
the league in total bases with 149,
which include a dozen doubles, eight
tanned his. lead of Ave over Cobb in
the stolen base department. Each
pilfered a pair of sacks, and Sisters
string now is 80 to Cobb's 81. Bobby
Roth, Cleveland. stole another base
Leading g. batters who have partlci-
pated in 35 or more games: Cobb. De-
troit, .3S7; Burns. Philadelphia, .344;
s s5J St. L9gis. $685. RUTH, Boston,
CLEVELAND, .SI8 Pipp, New York .S1i !;
Walker, Philadelphia, 800; Milan,
1906; Speaker, Cleveland,
.803; Wood, Cleveland, .8O1.
Rfggert Star in A. A..
Riggert, st. Paul. continues to be
the outstanding figure in the Ameri-
can association, Judging from the
averages including games of last
Wednesday, just released. Riggert
heads FIVE of the columns in the aver
ages. He is first as a run getter with
45 ami first in total bases with sI43.
which was acquired on 81 hits. These
81. which lead the list, include 16 dou~
bles, six triples and six homers. He
heads the homer column. HIS hitting
average is 1913. Riggert is tied for
the lead in stolen bases with Butler,
Of st. Paul. Only In sacrifice hitting,
which honors are shared by Martin,
and Shovlin, Columbus,
fails to excel. He made only
seven sacrifices The others have 10
each Leading batters who have par
tieipated in IS or more games: Rig
CERT, st. Paul, 1913; Cashion, Mime
apolis, 1885, Taggart, Columbus, 1923;
Good, Kansas City, .315; Lelivelt,
.315; McHenry, Milwaukee,.
306;, Hartley, Columbus, 900: Sawyer.
.301; Owens, Minneapolis,
29s; Wagner, Columbus, .294.
Kansas City with .266 leads in team
batting and Louisville In club fielding
With 1858.