Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-29
LiDe Sports MeWs and Comment
Fourier Hitting
His Way to Front
BY Associated Press.

Chicago, May 29.-Jack Fourier,
the former American Lacquer now
playing first base with the St. Louis
Nationals. is on a batting rampage
which promises to rush him to the
| front In the National League race.
The big first baseman boosted his
batting mark from .293 last week to
1886 this week. according to averages
released today and which include
games of Wednesday.
Fourier participated in 81 games.
and In 119 times at bat cracked out
40 hits for total of As bases.
Cy Williams, the Philadelphia out
fielder, also has made a squirt to-
ward the top. Williams acquired an
average of 800. as compared with
.2I6 week ago. In addition to his
batting dash, Williams bagged his
fourth circuit drive. His Al hits in
clude IL doubles and 8 triples.
Last weeks three batting leaders
switched positions. each suffering
slump. Hornsby. of St. Louis. went
to the top with .403; Groh, of Gin
cinnati. is runner-up with 1898. and
Nicholson of Pittsburgh, third. with
$50. Lebourveau, OF Philadelphia.
who had been making n spirited
showing, dropped from ,a61 to 800.
Max Carey. the speedy outfielder
with Pittsburgh, added three more
| bases to his credit, and is out in front
among the base stealers with an even
| dozen.
| Other battcrs: Daubert, Cincin-
nau. .339; Fournier. st. Louis. 1856;
Twombly. Chicago. .333: Duncan.
Cincinnati. .S23:. Williams philadel-
phia. $40; +. Smith, New York, 800:
Stock. st. Louis. 31s: Young. New
York. BIS: Robertson. Chicago, BIS;
! Neale. Cincinnati. .31i: Roush. Gin
cinnati, .312; Janvrin, st. Louis. .312.
Ruth Breaks Tie.
Rahe' Ruth, the New York slug
ger, broke up the triple tie in the
American League for home-run hon
ors by driving out three circuit drives
since week ago Wednesday. and
now has a total OF eight. Felsch. Of
! Chicago. and Walker, of Philadel-
! phia. continue as runners up, each
having bageed homer during the
week. and are tied with six each.
Johnson. of Cleveland. continues to
top the hatters with .3l5. while Hen
dryX, Boston, is the runner up with
$40.
| Rice, OF Washington. pulled away
| from has team mate. Bobby Roth. in
stolen bases. and is showing the way
with fourteen thefts. Roth has pill
| fered ten.
Ty Cobb. the Detroit star. who last
week appeared to have struck his
batting stride. suffered slump, and
dropped from .277 to .259
Other leading batters: Jackson,
| Chicago. .262; Jacobson. st. Louis,
$50; Weaver, Chicago. .35l: Judge,
Washington. $40. Sister. st. Louis.
.S41: Speaker, Cleveland, .sS9: Nc
Iruis, Boston. 1888: Gedeon, St. Louis,
$40; Dugan. Philadelphia, $40: Ger
Der, ST Louis. .327; F-elsch, Chicago,
1927.
Ben lineup, the Indian pitcher
with Louisville. is the new batting
leader in the American Association.
lineup acquired an average of 400
in twenty games, connecting with
eighteen hits.
Henry, OF Columbus, moved into
second place with $50. Leo Dresser,
the speedy first baseman with st.
Paul. is so far in the lead in base
stealing that his string of fourteen
| thofts is causing his rivals consider
able worry.
! Bunny Brief. of Kansas City. bag
| ged his sixth homer for the leader
ship in homerm hitting. Other
leading batters: Wickland. Toledo.
1915; O'Mara, indianapolis. 1858:
Gainor. Milwaukee. .34S: Dyer. To-
ledo. 1886; Miller, st. Paul, 1926; Rob-
ertson. Minneapolis. 1923; Kelley. To-
ledo, 1922; Duncan, st. Paul. .Sls.
Pitcher Carl East, of Wichita. has
established batting record that is
the envy of the Western I>eaguers
East is topping the league with an
average of .436, and is the leading
home-run hitter having cracked out
six. He poled three homers in a
single game and also baSged three
doubles in a day.
Bogart, of Joplin. Lee, of Omaha,
and Smith. Of Wichita. are fighting
| 1t out for honors in base stealing
Bogart is showing the way with
eleven, while his rivals have ten
each. Other leading batters: She
stalk, st. Joseph. .425: Reichle, Sioux
City, Alb; Bogart, Joplin. .39S: Bran
non, Tulsa, 1888: ,Coffey. Des Moines,
1916: Dunn, Joplin. .373: Pitt. Okla
homa City, .310 Bonowitz. st. Jo-
seph, .S65; Platte, Omaha, .357.
Batting rivals of Blades, the Men,
phis slugger. failed to drive him out
of first place in the list of Southern
Associa ton hitters. Blades boosted
his average to 1858, with Miller, Of
Little Rock. in second place with .346.
Miller is the leading home-run hitter,
with to his credit: Carroll of Mem
phis. continues to pile up stolen
bases, having IA. Other leading hat
ters: Brazil. Atlanta. .3+2: Carroll,
Memphis. 1928; Moore. Little ;ock,
.323: Hyperion, New Orleans. 1922;
Harper. Little Rock, .321: Wano, liz
tie Rock. .316: Torkelson. New Or
leans, .30S; High, Atlanta, .30I.
More Money than Glory.