Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-15
Doc johnson Leads
in American League
BY Associated Press.

by Associated freSs.
Chicago. ILL.,, May 49, "E'abe"
Ruth's 1920 offensive towards a new
home run record Is in. full boom.
The New York slugger connected
with a trio of homers in two days
and has five circuit drives to his
credit, according to averages COM
pleted today. The averages include
games of Wednesday.
johnson, of Cleveland, shot to tho
front among the American League
batters with an average OF Ala ac-
,quired in twenty games. The Cleve-
lind first baseman connected with
twenty-nin hits for total of tairty-
FIVE bases. Joe Jackson, Of Chicago.
is right behind Johnson with a
marker of 1897 compiled In the same
number OF games. Jackson. how
ever. made 81 hits for n total OF 10
bases. being at bat IS times 10 his
rivals 20.
Bobbie Roth, OF Washington. Is
showing the way to the base steal
ers with nine thefts. Ty Cobb has
not yet fully recovered his batting
eye. In twenty lone games the De-
troit star has made only eighteen
hits for an average of .243. Other
leading batters: Kinney. Phila-
delphia, .3s1: Weaver. Chicago. 1855.
felsch, Chicago. .sso; Speaker.
Cleveland, .S42; Hendryx, Boston.
,341: Gerber, st. Louis. .33s; Gedeon.
st. Louis. 1877: Sisler, st. Louis, 1913.
Outfielder Nicholson, of Pitts
hurgh. has taken the lead among the
National League baiters. lie is
hitting .455 for twelve games. with
Roger Hornsby, the st. Louis star
the runner-up with Ala, one point In
front of Lebourveau. Of Philadelphia.
The averages include players who
have participated In ten or more
games. N%
Max Flack. Chicago's lead az 'man.
Is the leading run getter. He has
registered seventeen times. and has
been on base an average OF twice a
game. but the members following
him have not been able to deliver
the necessary punch to put him
across the plate with anything like
consistency.
Williams of Philadelphia. and
Robertson, of Chicago. are tied for
home run honors. Each has whacked
out three round trips.
Rousch, OF Cincinnati, who has re-
covered his batting eye. and is up
among the leaders this week, is in a
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his team mate. Neale. and Sock. Of
st. Louis. Each has piIferd five
bases. Other leading batters: Groh,
Cincinnati, .S71; Burns. New York.
1856; z. Wheat, Brooklyn, 1854:
Daubert. Cincinnati. 1893: F1ack, Chi
cago. .32l; Rousch. Cincinnati. 1921;
Myers, Brooklyn, .s1s.
O'Mara, Of Indianapolis. h, cling
ing to the batting lead OF the Amer-
can Association with an average OF
.4o3. He also Is giving Lee Dresser
the st. Paul flyer, race 3Or base
ball stealing honors. O'1lara has
seven thefts to his croA. while
Dresser is leading with nine. Del
Gainor. OF. Milwaukee, = setting the
pace for the budding .Mabe Ruths'
with four homsrs. Other leading
batters for twelve or more games:
Henline, Indianapolis. .375; Grain
ard, Columbus. 1858: Henry. Colum-
bus, 1858: Tinoup, louisville. $3.50;
Wickland, Toledo. 1853; Shredder
Indianapolis. .344; Castor, Mil
waukee. .a39: Gainor. Milwaukee
1893; Miller, st. Paul, 1888.
Miller Of Little Rock. dubbed his
way to the batting leadership of the
Southern Association with a mark OF
$3.50. Moore. also Of Little Rock, who
led week ago. Is In second place
with .355. Miller's four home runs.
are commanding the respect Of the
league. Gleason, OF Chatta looga, is
pressing Carroll, of Memphis, for
base stealing honors. Carroll, with
eight thefts, has lead Of one. O,her
leading batters for fifteen or more
games: Blades, Memphis ,.Si1; Harp
err, Little Rock. 341; wape, Little
Rock 1885, Carroll, Memphis .3s3;
Mayer. Atlanta .31s; Hig,l Mem
phis .316; Ellis. Birmingham .31S;
Bischoff. Memphis .313.
Bogart of Joplin is the new batting
leader of the Western Lee que. He
has an average OF .435 made in
eighteen games. Kelleher Of st. Jo-
seph has taken the lead in base steal
ing, having eight thefts to his dit.
Other leading batters for twelve
or more games; Reichis. Sioux City,
.425; Dunn, Joplin .405; Fit, Okla
homa City 400; Yaryan. Wichita
1897: Bonawitz, st. Joseph 1896; But
Ter, Wichita 1913; Kruger, Joplin
es64: Crosby. st. Joseph .356; Platte.
Omaha .342