Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-07-11
Ruth's Hitting is
 Feature of Week
 in Major Leagues

Chicago, H., July 10.-With new worlds record within his grasp, Babe Ruth, the New York slugger, today is driving towards the batting cham pionship of the American league.
 Reposing in fourth place a week ago, the home run king is now second in the list of batters with an average of .3S6-33 points behind Sisler, St. Louis star, who is leading the league. Ruth passed the veteran Iris Speaker of Cleveland and Joe Jackson of Chi cago who are tied for the third place honors with 1885, Sisler, in first place is batting .419. He made his twenty fifth home run on Friday. In addi- tion he pulled away from Speaker for scoring honors. He has crossed the plate 70 times, while the Clevelander is two runs behind him.
 Rice of Washington continued to burn the paths and is far out in front among the base stealers with 35 thefts Other leading batters: Weaver, Chi cago, .365; Rice, Washington, .357; :; Milan, Washington, .346; Johnston, Cleveland, ,344; E. Collins, Chicago, .340; Hendryx, Boston, .33s; Felsch, Chicago, .333.
 Eayrs of Boston, pitcher, outfielder and pinch hitter, dethroned Roger Hornsby as leader among the ,Na- tional league batters who have par ticipated in 40 or more games. He is batting 403 for AT games, in which he cracked out 29 hits in 72 times at bat. Hornsby, however, is the real leader among the regulars with a mark of .78 made in 73 games. Hol- locher of Chicago, had tied the St. Louis star as a rungetter, having crossed the plate 50 times.
 Cy Williams of Philadelphia deliv- cred his weekly home run and is lead ing in circuit drives with g. Max Carey, the Pittsburgh outfielder, stole three more bases and is far in front of the base stealers with.2S thefts.
 Other leading batters: E. Smith, New York, .356; Kenetchy, Brooklyn, .333; Nicholson, Pittsburgh, 1926: Roush Cincinati, .325; Williams, Phil adelphia, .321; Hollecher, Chicago, .321; Daubert, Cincinnati, 321; Gron, .321; Daubert, Cincinnati, 321; Groh, Cincinnati, .318; Young, New York,
 Ben Tincup, the Indian pitcher with Louisville, is so firmly entrenched in the batting leadership of the Ameri can association that all attempts to dislodge, him have been unavailing He is setting the pace with an aver- age of .371. |
 Rapp of St. Paul went into tie with Dresser, his team mate, for hon. ors in base stealing, each having 26 Bunny Brief of Kansas City nosed ahead of Hargrave, St. Paul, in home run hitting, having total of nine. The St. Paul slugger has eight. 9th CT leading batters: Hartley, Colum bus, .359; Wickland, Toledo, .957; Rapp, St. Paul, .331; Wade, Minneapo- lis, .325; Sweeney, Kansas City, 1923: Magee, Columbus, .322; Good, Kansas City, .321; Rondeau, Minneapolis, .320; Butler, Milwaukee, .32O; Dresser, St.. Paul, .318.
 Miller, the Little Rock slugger, is setting a merry pace for the batters of the Southern association. He is leading the league in home run hit ting with a string of IA and also con- tinues to top the hitters with an av- craze of .346. Ellis of Birmingham shot into second place with .341 while Harper of Little Rock fell into third place win .338
 Carroll of Memphis is so far out in front in base stealing that his rivals have given up hope of passing him. He has stolen 27 bases and also has scored 58 runs-the high mark of the league. He is in fourth place in batting with 1926.
 Other leading batters: Barnhardt, Birmingham, .319; Burke, Nashville, .318; Benson, Birmingham, .317; High Memphis, .3o6; Wingo, Atlanta, .29s.