Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-08-24
COBB AND CRAVATH
STILL ARE LEADERS
IN MAJOR LEAGUES

Chlcasc, Aug. % Eddie Murphy
the star plhen mGCer OF lne LnlCasu
hlCe ooA, VINO hau "uelvereu WIN
regularity IN the past lew weeks. :.
topping the American league barriers
with mark OIL AIS, acc0rdmU IN
averages released touay. however
ne mas participated IN only Il games
harris CT Cleveland IN rs games
mace an average OF .4U3.
Iy Cobb, OF Detroit. is the yoal
leaoer, more than IUU points BEHIND
nul phy' ne Detroit star has been
Tagging SAFE blows consistently ana
iias dh average CT ga maze In 80
games, jacobson, Of st. LOUIS IS the
runner up to COBB with .352.
GEORGE Slsler, star of the st. Louis
ciuo, IS showing the way to the base
steaters with 70 tnetts, but Is be1ng
pushed by Johnston OF Cleveland ana
hooper OF Boston who nave p,lter-
cd u sacks each. In addition 10 be-
ing the leading base stealer Sister
IS IN 'front.' IN total bases with a mark
Oh zlo, which IS better than that or
baoe Ruth of Boston, the slug
gmS home-run king, who has a string
o1 ~ homers to his credit. Ruin
lacked on three circuit drives in tho
past week.
Other leading American league
oatters tor Az or more games: Veach,
Detroit o5z; Sister, st. Louis 351:
Pecklnpaugh, New York 539; Jack
son, chicago 1913; Heilman, Detroit
so; Fewster, New York 3z6; Flag
stead, Detroit 3l7; Rice, Washington
80; Gandll, Chicago 314; Ruth.
session, 313; Chapman, Cleveland
~; Weaver, Chicago 81; e. COZ
line, Chicago 311.
Max Carey, of Pittsburgh. had q
great week with the bat in the Ma
'lonaI league, ana boosted his aver
zee over the 300 mark. Last week,
ne Plttsburgher was hitting at
248 clip. and this weeks average
show him to be batting .3O1, but
1arey has played in only 81 games.
Barber, OF Chicago, also has been
long some timely hitting and is in
.ourth place with mark of .315.
GaVvy' Cravath, the Philadelphia
manager and leading home run hit
er IN the senior league, is topping
ne batters with $40. Jim Thorpe
II Boston, is next with 1876 and
1oush of Cincinnati is in third place
With 1913. Cravath broke the tie for
lone run honors, which he shared
With Kauff, New York, last week
" cracking out a pair of circuit
lrlves. He has eleven.
E. Wheat, of Brooklyn, continued
o lead in tota bases with IT'S.
eCutshaw of Pittsburgh stole his
9th base during the week and is top
ing the base stealers.
Other leading hitters who partici |
'ated in 40 or more National league
James: Hornsby, St. Louis 1903;
stock, st. Louis 1903; McHenry, St. |
.ouls, .306; q. Wheat, Brooklyn, .3O5 |
Doyle, New York, .299; Luderus,
Philadelphia, 299; Groh, Cincinnati
9s; Meusel, Philadelphia, 29S.
Gilbert, New Orleans, with an !
verage of .355 is topping the bat
ers of the Southern Association. He
lso is leading in stolen bases with
z and in total bases with PIT. The |
ONE run hitters are now led by T. |
1cDonald of Nashville who has eight |
ircuit drives to his credit. Other
eading batters of the Southern As
ociation for 40 or more games:
'utweiler, Mobile .339; T. Mcdonald,
Nashville, 331; glastonbury, Mem
his, 800; Duncan, Birmingham,
1T; Peters, Birmingham, 1903; Pen
en-, Birmingham 1906 Il. Griffin, At
anita, 1903; Schepner, Mobile, 1902;
,rimm, Little Rock, 800.