The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1920-08-14
BASEBALL DOPE

Chicago, Ill, Aug. 14.-Ty Cob,
cracked out IL hits in his six game,
ana boosted his batting average up il
the American League to BAL as com
pared with S22 a week ago. Tri.
speaker, Cleveland, continues to toI
sne regulars who have participated ii
AIT. '
Babe" Ruth of New York. th,
home run king, leads in run scorin,
with 120 and is out in front in tota
bases with 205. He stands fourth il
batting with 387, being topped b,
jackson of Chicago, who has 392, ant
Slsler OF st. Louis, runner up tt
Speaker with 404. Ruth had Al hom,
runs up to the compilation of thes,
averages which include Wednesday.
games.
Rice of Washington, with 43 theft.
remains far ahead of his rivals ir
base stealing.
Other leading batters: E. Collins
Chicago, 358; Rice, Washington, 352
Meusel, New York, 351; Cobb, De.
troit, 341.
Roger Hornsby failed to swell his
average as leader of the National
League batters in the past week and
retained his mark Of a week ago
372. Eayers, of Boston, the pitche,
outfielder, has become runner up to
Hocnsby,. with an average of 358
Roush, OF Cincinnati, is next with 332
| and Nicholson fourth with 32S.
Cy Williams. the Philadelphia slug.
ger, tops the circuit drive hitters with
l3. Max Carey, Pittsburg, is showing
the way to the base steaiers with 38
thefts. Bancroft, New York, is the
best run getter with 68.
Other leading batters: j. Smith,
S. Louis, 325; Williams, Philadelphia,
325; Konetchy, Brooklyn, 324; King,
New York, 1873.
Ben lineup, of Louisville, has hit a
toboggan among the batters of the
American Association, dropping from
323 week ago to 299. Hartley, of
Columbus, continues to show the way
to the regulars with 354.
Brief of Kansas, with 16 circuit
drives, leads the home run hitters,
while Rapp of St. Paul brought his
base stealing total to 35
Chicago, Aug. 14.-According to 20
averages released today and includ-
ing up to and including Wednesdays
game Harper of Little Rock, has de-
throned Ellis of Birmingham for the
leadership among the batters of the
Southern Association with an average
of 346, as compared with Elliss
Marks of 339. There was practically
no change among the other leaders.
Carroll, Memphis, batting third with
1923, continued to lead the base steal
ers with 39 thefts and the run-get-
ters with 85. E. Miller, of Little
z,
in home runs with 16. Other leading
batters: Burke, Nashville, 321; Nc
Larry, Memphis, 318; Bernsen, Bir-
313; Bratchie, Chattanooga,
29S; Wingo, Atlanta, 297; Griffith,
Birmingham, 295.
Atlanta, Ca, Aug. 14.-Weary
from long road trip the Little Rock
Travellers have surrendered the South
ern Association leadership for the
first time in a month and New Or
leans by sustained drive, have swept
into the lead.
The change came yesterday when
the Travellers, back home, dropped
their second straight game to Bir-
mingham while the Pelicans took a
double header from Memphis. The
Louisiana team, however, has no easy
berth, for it has but little better than
tie with the Travellers, the Birming-
ham Barons and Atlanta Crackers for
first. With the end of the season less
than month off, one of the hottest
races in baseball is forecast.
After keeping UP winning pace
for the greater part of their trip, the
Little Rock players went down before
Birmingham and Atlanta, dropping
to the crackers and 3 to the Barons in
games since last Friday. In that
time the travellers managed to win
one contest, the second game of a
doubleheader here. A badly battered
pitching staff that allowed an aver
age of 10 hits game, and a loss of
their famed batting eyes caused the
drop
The Travellers in their six games
made 43 hits to 60 for their oppon-
cnts and also committed 16 misplays
Birmingham made the best record
for the last seven days winning five
and losing no games. New Orleans
won five and lost two, Atlanta took
four and lost one.
Second division teams with the ex.
ception of Mobile, which won two and
lost one, dropped even lower in their
steadings. Memphis won two and lost
four, Nashville won and and lost four
and Chattanooga lost all three played
BRITISH GOLFER WINS