The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-09-20
VETERAN OF Sox
LEADS AMERICAN
LEAGUE RUNNERS
Cobb Leading American Bat
ter With Cravath at Head
of Nations.

CHICAGO, Sept. 20.-Eddie Collins,
star second baseman Of the Chicago
White Sex, champions OF the Ameri-
can league. celebrated his Ia year as
member of a major league baseball
club by stepping out in front among
the basestealers last Wednesday and
is showing the way in this depart
ment with 81 thefts. He also WELD
ed the willow with great effect and
climbed from tenth place among the
batters of the American league who
have participated in 60 or more games,
to sixth place, according to averages
released today. His nearest rivals
stolen base honors are Sisler Of St.
Louis, with 27; and Cobb, Detroit. and
Hooper, Bosoon, who are tied with
26 each.
Cobb, however, is far ahead Of the
regular batters with an average OF
.385. He is topped by Eddie Murphy.
pinch hitting star Of Chicago, who in
"a games has batted AIS. Joe Jack
son, Chicago, has relinQuished bis
place as runner up to Cobb. and Bobby
Veach a teammate of the Detroit star
has gone in second place with q mark
Of .34S, with Sisler, St Louis, next
with .346 and Jackson fourth with
.345, Babe" Ruth, the new home run
king in baseball, is in sixth place with
an average of 1924. Ruth, however.
| is topping the league in the number
of runs scored, having registered 50
! times. He also is far ahead in total
! bases with 265, and his record OF 26
home runs is not in danger. his closest
rival in circuit drives being Walker,
| Philadelphia, who has ten.
Other leading American league bat
, tiers for 60 or more games: z. Collins.
| Chicago, 1928; Heilman. Detroit, 1928;
Tobin. st. Louis, 1922; Peckinpaugh.
/ New York, .31S; Flagstaff, Detroit.
.318; Jackson, st. Louis, .317; McIn-
mis-, Boston, .313; Schang. Boston. .3o8;
Rice, Washington, .306; Johnston.
Cleveland. 302.
Barber, Chicago, continued his climb
among the National league batters. go
ing from 7th to 4th place, and If he
continues at his present clip, he soon
will be pressing the leaders. Barber
now is batting .S17. Cravath, Phila-
delphia. is leading the batters with
an average of 1926. FIVE points ahead
of Thorpe, Boston, the runner up. The
Philadelphia manager is in front in
home runs with II but is being push
ed by Benny kauff, of New York, who
has ten.
Roush, Cincinnati, is being pressed
by Myers, Brooklyn for total base hon
ors, Roush has PA total bases, while
Myers has one less.
Burns, New York, moved Groh, Gin
cinnati, out of the scoring honors and
leads his rival by one run. Burns
registered 79 times while the Cincin-
natl captain crossed the plate IS
times.
Cutshaw, Pittsburg added another
stolen base to his string during the
week and is showing the way in the
paths with 35 thefts, his closest rival
being Bigbee, a teammate who pilfer-
ed % sacks.
Other leading National league bat
ters for so or more games: Roush.
Cincinnati, .324: Barber. Chicago. 317:
Groh, Cincinnati. .311: Hornsby, ST.
Louis, .30S; Myers. Brooklyn. .307;
Stock, st. Louis, .305; Meusel. Phila-
delphia, .305; Carey. Pittsburg, .3os;
Luderus. Philadelphia, -2S; Young,
New York, .293; 2. Wheat, Brooklyn,
296; Deal Chicago, .295; Whitted,
Pittsburg, .294; McHenry. St Louis.
294.
Association Averages
The batters of the American Asso-
citation entering the home 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 one
to make a decided change in posi-
ton. He dropped from tenth place
to thirteenth, his average falling OF
from $40 to .2O5. Hendryx. Louis
vile. continued to lead the regulars
with an average of .359. Good Kan
sas City, is the runner-up with .346
and Becker, Kansas City, Is next with
.341.
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
102 times. E. Miller. st. Paul. added
a few more bases to his string and
has a total base mark Of L267. He
also is leading the home run hitters
with fourteen, while Brief, Kansas
City, is two behind.
Bob Bescher, Louisville, with his
forty-one thefts is far in front among
the basestealers.
Other leading Association batters
for 60 or more games are: O'Mara,
Indianapolis, $40; E. Miller, ST. Paul,
1926; Hyatt, Toledo. 1928; Brief, Kan.
sas City, 1928; w. Miller, Kansas City.
317: Leary, Indianapolis. .316; Owens
Minneapolis, .314; Cochran, Kansas
City, .309; Smyth, Milwaukee, .305 !:
Kirke, Louisville, .305; Yerkes. In
dianapolis, .303.