The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-10-10
ST. LOUIS STARS
LEAD SWATTERS
Hornsby and Sisler Top
Big Leagues With
High Averages
10 INDIANS BAT 300
Champions Show Way to
Other Clubs-Ruth Sets
New Home Run Mark

CHICAGO, oct 9.Roger @iornsby,
the St Louis star, woE the 10 20
batting championship of the Sauon-
al Ioat.ic With an average OF .@19
according to final unofficial averages
7..r. ed today. HJnsby partici-
rated in iia games and cracked ou'
as hits for tOtal of 323 bases.
tits hits included 43 doubles, 10
,rp.,- and home runs.
Nicholson. who started tho season
es pinch hitter for Pittsburgh and
th,u became a regular out!iclder
tlaycd in 80 games and was the
runner.u to Hornsby with a marx
of 49,. while Young OF New york,
in 1873 games, acquired an average
4 .355 for third place.
I Brooklyn, which won the pcnnant,
finished the season with four bal
,ers in the 800" c'ass. They were
Wheat with .32S. Konetchy sos,
chimes. .3O6 ard Myers 1903. In
,c,n batting Brooklyn was tied with
cincinnati for second place with al
average OF .277. while st. Louis
iopuod the clubs with .2S.
Carey Leads Thieves,
Max Carey tho fleet footed P:tt-
I.rgh outfieldCr, finished the seR-
son with record ofrfifty- ono stolen
bases. Roush of Cincinnati and
Frls,h O: New York being his clos
,yt rivals with t7irty-fivs thcfts each
Cv williems of Philadelphia wos
given a close race for home run
Eonnrs by his teaInmste, Meusei,
tho former banging out is while the
latter ruade IA.
Other Leading Batcrs.
Roush, Cincinnati, .377. j. Smith
Cin,.nrati. .329; z. Wheat, Brook
lyn. .32; Williams. Philadelphia.
.324. Eayrs, Boston. .32i: Stock, st.
Louis, .Sl9; Hollocher, Chicago,
ais: DAILY, Chicago, 3l1; Meusel.
Philadelphia, .30s, Konetchy, Brook
lyn. .3OS; See, Cincinnati, .3OS; Four
, nier, st LOUIS. .3J5; Grimes. Brook
yn. .3O6, Daubcrt, Cincinnati. .3O4;
Myers, Brooklyn, 1903; Flack,
Chicago, 800.
SisIcr Hits 4O7.
The American league season end
cd with thirty nine battef hitting
zoo or better, and to George Sisier
the phenomenal st. Louie first base
man wont the honors of topping the
tho list. S'sler ttnisheJ with ar
average of 407. In 1874 games he
cracked out 257 hits for total OF
sss bases. which included ~
coubles, IS triples and ls circuit
drives. He also tied iris SpeaKe'
manager Of the Cleveland Indians
fer second place in the number OF
nuns scored, having registered lo'
tines, and gave Rice of Washington
cnse race for the stolen base non
ors. Rice led the i,aguc with 81
tretts while the st. Lows star Pill
ferrcd Il.
Iris Spet ker, IN addition TO pilot
ing the Indiarr to the league cham
lionship, rlaycd In $50 games aht
WaC the runner-up 10 SislCr with al
average OF 1856, two points In IRON
OF Joe Jackson, the White Sox clus
ger. who up to the time OF ms sus'
tension for his part in the bascoa'
scandal" had hit for an average o
9G2.
Babe" Ruth Of New York. wh'
Iroved to nc the big star OF tn
league through his ability to Sian
ut'home rurs, wound up In touru
place among the batters with al
average OF .375, with Erie Collins
captain Of the Chicago White so
behind him with .37l.
kuth who set a record of % hon
Nrs also brought the record 10
Tins scored in single season In TN
league up to l5S.
The Cleveland club, which Woi
pAe pcnnart. had ten mon, incui
ing Chapman who was killed. in IN
800 class. Besides the decease'
shortstop, the leading Cleveland bat
tiers were: Speaker ,3S5; Evans
1855. Uhle, .344; NAnamaker, 1888
sewen. .329: O'Neill, 32l; Jamiecor
,3lS; Z. Smith. SIC, Gardner 'S's
81. Louis topped the league
team batting with an average OF 80
n while cleveland was second with 'So
rad Chicago third with .295.
other leadRg battcrs; Jacob
son, 81 Louis, .355; Evans, Clsve
land .355; Uhlc, Cleveland, 'S4i
Rice, Washington, $40; Tonin' -
Icuis .339: Fe,sch, Chicago, .S5g
Murphy. Chicago, .3e9; Judge, WASH
ington, 1888, Nunamaker, Cieye
land .3@3. Weaver, Chicago, 'S3
Meusel New York, 329; Cobb. Ds
troit see; Sewell, Cleveland, '8s'
pugaH, Philadelphia, 1924; Brewe
n Washington. .324; Milan Washlnt
Ia Jon, 1928. HendryX, Boston, 325'