Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-13

ers, Brooklyn. 800: Doyle. New York.
.e99; Stock, st. Louis, .2ss; Deal. Chi
cago. .2s6; Burns. New York, .2s4.
~ Cobb. Detroit star, Is giving
promise of becoming the leading base
stealer OF the American league in addi-
ton to being the king OF batters.
Cobb has tied Hooper, Boston. for
second place among the base stealers
with &c. and is threatening to overtake
Sisler, St. Louis, who Is topping the
base stealers with 81.
He is heading the hitters with an
average Of 1888, which Is a gain OF IL
points over last week. Jackson, Chi
cago. also Is advancing in the list and
has passed Veach. Detroit. jackson Is
the runner TO Cobb. with An aver
age OF 1852. Veachs average is .34s.
Fewstcr, New York. suffered bat
ting slump during the week. which
dropped him out of the select set"
He went from seventh place with
marx of .325 down to twenty fourth
place with IA mark Of .295,
Babe" Ruth. Boston. the new king
OF home run hitters, in addition to set
ting a new mark for home runs by
knocking out his twenty-sixth circuit
drive. Is the leading run maker. with
90 markers to his credit. His I2S hits.
which have given him a total base
mark OF 256 bases. include, besides
his home run mark. 20 doubles and IL
triples.
Other lea ling American League bat
tiers who have participated in so or
more games are: Sisler. St. Louis
.s46: Peclsinpaugh. New York. 1884: Ia
cobson. st. Louis. 1871; Heilman. De-
troit. 32S; Tobin. st. Louis. 1926; Ruth
Boston. .323: r. Collins, Chicago, .3l6:
McInnis. Boston, .Sl5; Schang. Boston,
.309: Shorten. Detroit. 1906; Gandl.
Chicago. .305: Fagstead, Detroit. .305.
Hendryx. Louisville. Increased his
lead among the batters of the AmerI-
can Association during the past week,
adding seven points. which gives him
mark OF .35s. With Good. Kansas
City, the runner-up. with .s44. and
Becker, Kansas City. two points be-
hind Good. Dresser. st. Paul, has reg
istered 80 runs for his club and is
leading the run-makers. L. Miller,
continued to lead In total bases with
270. and in home runs with IA. Bes-
! cher. Louisville with II stolen bases.
Is far In front OF the base stealers.
Other leading association hattcrs for
so or more games: O'Mara, In
dianapolis. 1856: e. Miller, st. Paul.
.3e1: w. Miller. Kansas City, .321:
Brief Kansas City. 100: Hyatt. Toledo.
220: Leary, Indianapolis. 800; Kirke,
Minneapolis. $40: Covington. Indian
apolis. $685.: Cochran. Kansas City.
.S04; Yerkes, Indianapolis, 500.
Joe Wilhoit. Wichita. who recently
established new worlds record for
safe hitting in consecutive games. has
the distinction OF scoring 121 runs in
121 games. or an average OF one run
game. This player who went to the
Western League from the Pacific
Coast working under the tutelage OF
the able Frank Ishell. has been WELD
Ing his bat with telling effect and con-
tlnues to top the regular batters with
an average Of 424. He has gathered
211 hits for total OF 2SS bases. w.
Jackson st. Joseph, Is runner-up to
Wilhoit with .377. and Connelley. Des
Moines youngster, who Is playing his
first year as professional, is third with
BAT.
Yaryan. Wichita, leads the home run
hitters with II. while Collins. Joplin.
close behind him with 10. Hasbrook.
Des Moines. with rs thefts, leads the
base stealers.
Other Western League batters for
, so or more games are: E. Walker. st.
Joseph. 345: Spellman, Omaha. 1925:
Kelleher. st. Joseph, 1924; Robinson.
Sioux City. .317; Collins, Joplin. .316;
Rnrger. Wichita, .312; Mueller, Wichi-