Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-20

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dclphia, who has ten.
other leading Americas Isasss bet-
ten for sixty OF moro ssmes; E. Col
Inns. CHICAGO. .3es: Heiiman. Dstroit.
.3ss. Tobin. 81. Louis. .1as: Peckin-
paush. New York. ais: ViagstesA. De-
troit, as: Jacobsen. 81. Louis. .9iT.
McInuis, Boston. .Sis; schans. Boston.
.s0s: Rice Washington. .S0s: Johnston,
Cleveland. 900.
Barber, Chicago. continued his
climb among the National LsaGus bat
tiers. going from seventh TO fourth
place. and II he continues at HE pres
cnt clip. he soon viii be pressing the
leaders. Barbar now IL bAttipG .si1,
Cravish. Philadelphia, 10 leading the
batters with an average Of .sss. Ave
points ahead OF Thorpe. Boston. the
runner up. The Philadelphia man
ager Ia In front In home runs with II
but 10 being pushed by Benny Kauff.
OF New York. who has ten.
Roush. Cincinnati. In being pressed
by Myers. Brooklyn for total base
honors. Roush haa az total bases
while Myers has one lees
Burns. New York. moved Groh. Gin
cinnatl, out Of the scoring honors and
leads his rival by one run. Burns
registered seventy nine times while
the Cincinnati captain crossed tho
plate sevsnty-eight times.
Cstshaw. Pittsburgh, added another
stolen base TO his airing during the
week and Is showing the way In the
paths with thirty nve thefts. his
al l.A
mate who pilfered twenty nine sacks
Other leading National League bat
ters for sixty or more games: Roush.
Cincinnati. .s2&: Barber. Chicago, .si7;
Grom. Cincinnati. .si1: Hornsby. st.
Louis. sos: Myers, Brooklyn. so7:
Stock. st. Louis, sos: Meuecl. Phila-
delphia, .3o5: Carey. Pittsburgh. sos;
Luderus. Philadelphia, .as7; Young,
New York. ?ss: u wheat, Brooklyn,
.2ps Deal. Chicago. ,.,s5; Whittsd.
Pittsburgh. .2s+; MoHenry. St. Louis,
.2a.
The batters Of the American sssocia-
ton entering the homo stretch have
undergone practically no change In
their relative positions during the last
week. Several OF the leaders have
suffered slight batting slumps, but
Kirke. Louisville. was the only man
to make a decided change in position.
He dropped from tenth place 20
thirteenth. his average falling OF from
$40 to .a05 Hendryx. Louisville. con-
tinued TO lead the regulars with an
average of .35s. Good. Kansas City, is
the runner-up with SAC. and Becker,
Kansas City. Is next with .aAl.
w. Miller. Kansas City, who. like
Kirke. suffered a slight batting slump.
has passed the century mark In num-
Der OF runs scored. He has registered
1Oc times. e. Miller. st. Paul, added a
few more bases to his string and has
a total base mark OF 2s7. He also 10
leading the home run hitters with
fourteen, while Brief, Kansas City. Is
two behind.
Bob Bescher. Louisville. with his
the base stealers.
other leading association batters
FOR sixty or more games are: O'Mara,
indianapolis. $40: f. Miller. ST. Paul
32s: Hyatt. Toledo, 32s; Brief. Kansas
City. s2a: w. Miller. Kansas City. 317;
Leary. Indianapolis s14; Cochran.
Kansas City. 500: Smyth. Milwaukee,.
sos: Kirke. Louisville. 30S; Yerkes, In
dianapolis, 303.
The Chicago White Sox. pennant
winners Of the American League. who
battle the Cincinnati Reds. winner Of
the nag in the National League. next
month. appear to be practicins hitting
In preparation for the titular games.
The White sox. who topped the Reds
last week in batting. added another
point TO their average and ars leading
their future rivals by twenty points.
The team batting Of the American
League club Is .2s4. compared with
1854 for the Nationals. Both clubs are
topping their respective leagues in
batting.
The Reds had a four point advant-
age in team fielding last week. and as
each club advanced n point this mar
gin remains unchanged.
Five Reds showed a gain in their
batting during tho past week. These
include Roush. who boosted his mark
from .3ls to 1874. Eller. Kopf. Magee
and sallee.
A like number OF the White Sox also
added to their averages and of these
Eddie Collins, leads the quintette with
1923 compared with .31S last week.
The others who climber are ieoold.
Felsch. Risberg and Kerr. Jackson
dropped a few points.
Eddie Collins Is topping the base
stcalers OF each club with thirty-one
thefts. His nearest rival on the Reds
Is Neale with p.
Heinie Groh captain Of the Reds has
cracked out Ave homers which Is the
high mark for his club, while this Is
topped by two White Sox-Jackson
and Felsch--who have banged out 7
and 6, respectively. Each club has
trio Of players who are batting above
the 800 mark. The Reds have Roush.
.a24; 'Groh, at and Eller. .302. while
the White Sox have Murphy. ,4s:
Jackson. s45: and e. Collins. 1928.
The batting averages of tho players
nv Zach team