Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-26
COBB IS AFTER
1919 BATTING
CHAMPIONSHIP
Detroit Star is Leading Race
With $50; Drive is
Started.

Chicago. July 2e.--Ty cobb's drive
fer the 1913 batting championship Is
under way. The Detroit star, accord
ing to unofficial averages released to-
day, is leading the race with $50. The
Georgian batted his way from third
place within a week. The averages
include games Of Wednesday.
George Sisler, the st. Louis first
baseman. also is attacking the aver
ages with a vengeance. Sisler was
sixth in attacking the list of hitters a
second place with Joe jackson Of Chi
cago, with 346, four points behind
Cobb. Sisler also tied Peckinpaugh
OF New York for honors in scoring and
Milan of Washington for honors In
base stealing. He has counted fifty
seven times and stolen twenty-one
bases.
Babe" Ruth of Boston swelled his
home run collection to fourteen.
Leading batters for thirty or more
games: Cobb, Detroit, $50; Jackson,
Chicago. 346: Sisler, st. Louis 34S:
Williams st. Louis 33e; Veach, De-
troit, 33S; Peckinpaugh, New York
1886: Flasstead Detroit, $50; Rice
Washington, 326; Roth, Boston, 800;
Gandil Chicago, 314.
Baggins thirty-thrse hits in thirty
four games has kept Jim Thorpe, Of
| Boston. in the batting lead of the Ma
tional league. His average, including
games Of Wednesday, is 375; Cravath
of Philadelphia with nine homers
i leads in that department, with Kauf
Of New York pressing him. Kauf has
eight. Bigbee Of Pittsburgh con
tinues to show the way to the bass
stealers with twenty-one, while Flacl
Of Chicago tops the scores with Atty
Leading batters for thirty or more
vath, Philadelphia, s54; Meyers
Brooklyn, 1928: McHenry, St. Louis
327; Young, New York, 1924; Will.
liaras, Philadelphia, 31s; Wheat
Brooklyn, 31s; Konetchy, Brooklyn
80; Roush, Cincinnati, 80; Hornsby
st. Louis, 800.
Hendryx the Louisville slugger, ha.
a safe margin in the batting lead o.
the American association. His aver
ages;Aincdluding games Of wednesday
is 361. Smyth of Milwaukee con
stealers with ,tw~enty-eight. while
Becker of kansas City, and Brief, his
teamnaate, are tied for home run hit
ting with six each.
more games: Good, kansas City, 33s:
Becker, Kansas, 1884: Miller, Kansa'
City, 1922; Cochran. Kansas City 315
O'Mara, Indianapolis, 315;- Kirk
Louisville. 312; Taggert. Columbus
500; Miller, st. Paul, 800; Rehg, In
dianapolis, 304.
Yaryan of Wichita is the Dab
Ruth" Of the Western league in hom'
run hitting. He has bagged ten cir
cult drives. Without, also Of Wichita
continues to top the league in battin'
with an average of All. Cass an
Hasbrook Of Des Moines are fightini
it out for honors in base stealing
Cass, with nineteen thefts, has a Leaf
of two.
Other leading batters for thirty O.
more games: East, Wichita. 1872
Diltz, Tulsa. $50; Walker, Sioux City
351; Shinkle, Omaha. 345; Spellman
Omaha 333; Burwell Joplin, $50
Donica, Omaha, 1924; Collins, Joplin
1922; Hasbrook, Des Moines, SIG.
Batting and base stealers honors o
the Southern association are in pos
session of Gilbert of New Orleans
He has stolen twenty-tour bases. an
is blazing the trial for the hitter
with 335. other leading batters fo'
thirty or more games: Christenbure
Memphis, $50; Mcdonald. Nashville
326; Grimm, Little Rock, 31S; Dun
can, Birmingham, 315: Peters, Biz
mingham, 305; Sullivan, New Orleans
304; Mayer, Atlanta 2sS: Carroll
Memphis. 2s7: McMillin, Mobile. 2se