Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-26
COBB REoAINs SCHEDULE.
Georgia Peach" Again In Front II
American League Race.

Chicago, July 26.--Ty Cobbs drive
for the 1919 batting championship Is
under way. The Detroit star, accord
ing to unofficial averages released to-
day, In leading the race with $50. The
Georgian batted his way from third
place within n week. The averages IN
clude games Of Wednesday.
George Sisler. the st. Louis first
baseman. also is attacking the aver
ages with q vengeance. Sisler was
sixth in attacking the list of hitters a
week ago. To-day finds him tied for
second place with Joe Jackson, of Chi
cago, with .346, four points behind
Cobb. Sisler also, tied Peckingpaugh
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, .346;
Williams, st. Louis. .339; Veach. De-
troit, 1888; Peckinpaugh, New York
1896; Flagstead, Detroit, $3.50: Rice
Washington. 1926; Roth, Boston, 500;
Gandil. Chicago, .3li.
Bagging thirty-th 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 1873. Gravath,
of Philadelphia, with nine homers.
leads in that department, with kauff,
of New York. pressing him. Kauff has
eight. Bigbee, of Pittsburgh, contin-
ues to show the way to the base steal
ers with twenty one, while Flack, of
Chicago, tops the scores with fifty.
Leading batters for thirty or more
games: Thorpe, Boston, 1915; GRAY
ath, Philadelphia, .S54; Meyers, Brook
Ign, .32S; McHenry, st. Louis. .327;
Young, New York, 1924; Williams.
Philadelphia, .319; Wheat. Brooklyn,
.31S; Konetchy, Brooklyn. $40; Roush.
Cincinnati, $40; Horsby, ST. Louis. 1903.
Hendryx, the Louisville slugger has
safe margin in the batting lead OF
the American Association. His aver
age including games of Wednesday. is
1851. Smyth, of Milwaukee, continues
to show the way to the base stealers
with twenty eight, while Becker, OF
Kansas City. and Brief, his teammate
ARE tied for home run hitting with six
each.
Other leading batters for thirty or
more games: Good, Kansas City, 1888;
Becker, Kansas City, 1884; Miller, Kan
sas City, 1922; Cochran, Kansas City
.315; O'Mara, Indianapolis. .315; kirke
Louisville, .312; Taggert, Columbus
.3O9; Miller, st. Paul, .309; Rehg, In
dianapolis, 1904.
Varyan, of Wichita, is the Babe
Ruth, of the Western league in home
run hitting He has bagged ten cir
cult drives. Without, also Of Wichita
continues to top the league in batting
with an average Of All. Cass ant
Hasbrook, of Des Moines, are fighting
with nineteen thefts, has a lead OF
two.
Other leading batters for thirty OF
more games: East, Wichitafi 1892;
Diltz, Tulsa, 1853; Walker, Sioux. City
.351; Shinkle, Omaha, .345: Spellman
Omaha, 1888; Burwell, Joplin, $3.50;
Donica, Omaha, 1924; Collins. Joplin
1922: Hasbrook, Des Moines, .316.
Batting and base stealers honors OF
the Southern Association are in pos
session of Gilbert, Of New Orleans. He
has stolen twenty four bases. and Is
blazing the trail for the hitters' with
1886. Other leading batters for thirty
or more games: Christenburg. Mem
phis. 1892; Mcdonald, Nashville. 1926;
Grimm, Little Rock. .31s; Duncan
Birmingham. .315; Peters, Birming-
ham, .3O5; Sullivan, New Orleans, .3O4;
Mayer, Atlanta, .29S; Carroll, Memphis
,297; McMillin, Mobile, .296.