Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-07-04
HORNSBY BANGS
OUT HIS TOOTH
HIT Of SEASON
Is First Player in National
League To Touch Century
Mark; Carey Shows Base
SteaIers the Way.

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Chicago, July 3.--Rogor Horns
by the st, Louis star, banged out
his Tooth hit of the season in
Wednesdays game against Cincin-
natl, the first player in the National
league to touch the century mark.
IHornsby slipped slightly in his
batting, but continues to hold a
comfortable lead among the reg
ulars who have participated in
thirtyfiye or more games, accord
ing to averages released today and
which includes games of Wednes-
day. The st. Louis crack is topping
the hitters with an average of $3.50
His total base mark of 1871 is the
highest in the league and includes
19 doubles, ten triples and six
homers. In addition to this record
the st. Louis favorite is sharing
run scoring honors with Max
Flack of Chicago. Each has reg
istered forty-six times.
Cy Williams, Philadelphia out
fielder, slammed out another hon.
er which gave him eight, and Rob
ertson, Chicago, who was sharing
honors with Hornsby last week as
runner up to the elongated out
fielder, also belted a circuit drive
breaking the tie with the St
Louisian and placing himself one
behind Williams.
The catcherS and pitchers seem
unable to stop Max Carey, the fleet
footed Pittsburgher, on the paths
He Is showing the way to the base
stealers with twenty-five thefts.
Other leading batters: T.. Smith
New York, 1854; Nicholson. Pitts
'burgh, 1888; Robertson, Chicago
1892; Daubert, Cincinnati, ,S25
Williams, Philadelphia. 1925
Cruise, Boston, 1872; Roush, Cincin
natl, .321; Kelly. New York, .314
Myers, Brooklyn, .313; Flack, Chi
cago, .313.
The batting of "Babe" Ruth, Tho
home run king of the New Yorl
club, continues to be the chief topi'
in the American league. The bis
southpaw slugger bagged a brace
of homers in the double-heade
with Philadelphia last Wednesda.
which gave him a total of twenty
four, only five behind the world
2record which he made last year. II
addition to cracking out home runs
Ruth is steadily climbing TO the tol
among the batters of the leagu
who have participated in thirty
five or more games. The big fellow
Is hitting .374, just twenty point
behind iris Speaker of Clevelan'
and Joe Jackson of Chicago, WIFI
are sharing the honor of runners
up to George Sisler, the St. Loui
star, who is batting Alb. Speake
and Jackson are hitting .394.
Ruth, besides his batting prov
ess, is out for other honors. He ha
tied Speaker, the Cleveland mana
ger, in number of runs scored
Each has registered siXty-thre
stimes ,, ,,,,o, o.,
bases in the past week and is ia
out in front among the base-steal
ers with thirty theftS. His nearcs
rival is Roth, a teammate, who ha
stolen nineteen bases.
Ben lineup, Louisville's 1ndial
pitcher, suffered. batting slum
during the past week and as a re
suit is only seventeen points II
front of Del Gamer, the MilWau
kee first baseman, who is hitting
1856 Tincup's average is .4o5.
Hargrove of st. Paul cracked
out another homer during the pas
week and has broken the tie which
he held last week, with Bunny Brie
of Kansas City. Hargrove ha
eight circuit drives to his credi
while Brief has seven.
Rapp and Dresser. the st. Pau
teammates, are running clos
race for base stealing honors, tn
former having pilfered twenty-si,
sacks to the lat!ers twenty-five.
Other leading batters: Hartley
Columbus, $40; Wickland. Toledo
1867; Wade, Minneapolis .346
Butler, Milwaukee, .337; Rapp, 81
Paul, 1921; Henry. Columbus. 1928
Duncan, st. Paul, 1928; Sweeney
Kansas City. .S1S.
East of Wichita is topping tn
regular batters in the Western
league with an average of 1895
while Brannan of Tulsa. who wa
out III front last week. has droppei
to fourth place with 1851. Bogar
of Joplin is second with 1873 AM
Shestak, st. Joseph, third will
1862.
Yaryan and Beck, the Wichiti
teammates, continued their tie TO
home run honors, each cracking
out a circuit drive, giving then
eleven piece.
Lee of Omaha continues to shov
fthe way to the base stealers witt
seyenteen thefts, with Bogart o
Joplin, Kelleher of st. Joseph ant
Smith of Wichita tied ais runners
up with fifteen each.
Other leading batters: Yaryan
wichita. .359; Kruger, Joplin
ESQ; Pitt, oklahoma City, $40
platte. Omaha. 1887; Leliveli
Omaha, 1886; Beck. Wichita, 1888
Moeller, Oklahoma City. 1921; Tier
ney, Tulsa, 1926.
Z. Miller of Little Rock, TIL
"Babe' Ruth of the Southern as
ISOLATION. who has cracked GU
eleven homers this season, head
the regulars of the league. VIII
have participated in thirty-five o
more games with an average o
1855. Harper, a teammate, is run
ner-up with .347 and Ellis of Biz
mingham is third with .339.
Carroll of Memphis. who set tn
mace for the base .stealers will
twenty-siX thefts to hts credit, ais
Is the leading run getter. having
counted fifty-two times.
III Other leading batters: Barnhart
Birmingham, 1856; BRAZIL. Atlanta
.333; Carroll. Memphis, 1928
Burke Nashville. .320; Bernsen
Birmingham, $40: Townsend
Chattanooga, .305; Hyperion, New
Drleans. .302; c. High, Atlanta