Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-07


DOT, of Cambridge City, Ind.
stealers. He is showing the way with
sc thefts, while Roush, of Cincin-
natl. has % and Neale, another mem
Der of the<world's champions, has pill
| ferred 20.
| Other leading batters: Williams.
Ign, .321; Myers, Brooklyn. 800; Hol-
locher, Chicago. .sls: Stock. st. Louis,
! BY; Daubert, Cincinnati, .30S: Ter
ny, Chicago, .305; E. Smith. New
+ York, .3o5; Flack, Chicago, .304;
Groh. Cincinnati, 1903; Merkle, Chi
cage, 1903.
/ Ben Lineup. the Indian with Louis
vile, took bad tumble from his po
sition among the batters of the
! American Association. From being
trunner-up to Grover Hartley, Of CO.
lumbus last week. the Indian has
dropped to eighth place. Hartley al
SO went into a slump. He cracked out
only one hit in his last five games
| and lost Is points off his averages.
However, he still tops the list with
mark of .357. Wilbur Good, of Kan
! sas City. had good week with the
willow and altho he lost few
points fromlhis mark of last week his
! batting was superior to the other
/ leaders, and as result Good went
!; into second place with an average of
$40. The averages are Of players who
played in so or more games.
/ Bunny Brief of Kansas City
! cracked out three homers in the past
week and broke the tie for circuit
drive honors shared last week with
Banged sixteen. Hargrave managed to
! get one and has fourteen.
/ Rapp. of ST. Paul, is pulling away
| from Dresser. his teammate in the
ihasestealins department. Rapp is
showing the way with "a thefts, while
his rival has pilferred %.
! Other leading batters: Wickland,
Toledo. .33s; Rondeau. Minneapolis,
1913; w. Miller, Kansas City. 1923;
Rapp, st. Paul. 1927; Butler Milwau-
! kec, 1927: Lineup. Louisville, 1928;
Wade. Minneapolis, 1922; Bergham-
mer, ST. Paul. .31s.
The 1900" hitters are getting
scarce in the Southern Association.
There are only seven players hitting
I'm the select" class among the regu-
lars who have participated in so or
more games. The league continues to
be topped by Ellis. of Birmingham,
with an average of .345, with Harper
Little Rock. the runner-up with 1898
j and Carroll, Memphis, third with .331.
E. Miller, Of Little Rock, failed to
ladd to his home run record for the
week, but his sixteen still gives him
the lead by a big margin over Grif-
fifth, Of Memphis, who has bagged
nine.
| There is a merry race for stolen
base honors, with Carroll, of Mem
phis, out in front with 3S thefts, while
Harper, of Little Rock, has 20 and
Gleason, Chattanooga, %.
| Other leading batters: E. Miller,
Little Rock, 1928: Burke. Nashville,
.319; McLarry, Memphis, .S12; Bern
sen. Birmingham, 81; Wingo. At
lanta, .295; Griffith, Birmingham,
.295; Bratchie, Chattanooga, .293.
East, of Wichita, played in one
/, game during the past week, added
one point to his batting average, and
1 continues to lead the batters Of the
Western League with .S17. Bogart, OF
Joplin and Yaryan. of Wichita, each
participated in six games. The former
| dropped two points while the latter
added six Bogart is the runner-up
to East with $50, while Yaryan is
two points behind with 1853.
Yaryan bagged pair Of homers
and is leading with 20, while Beck,
Wichita, his rival, cracked out but
one and has 16.
limerick, of st. Joseph, has caught
up to Lee Of Omaha. for stolen base
honors. The former stole six bases in
the past week and brought his total
to 25, which tied Lees mark as the
Omaha player stole but four. Pitt, of
Oklahoma City, is threatening the
pair with % thefts.
Other leading batters: Beck, Wichi-
ia. .s2s; Crouch, Wichita, 1927; Pitt.
[Oklahoma City, 1926; Lelivelt. Omaha,
.S24; Shestak, st. Joseph, 1924; Platte,
Omaha, 1923; DEBATE, Sioux City,
31S; Tierney, Tulsa. .S1s; Coffey,
Des Moines, .31s.
Ruth Carriers Two More.
Detroit, Aug. Babe Ruth, home
run champion, added two more cir
cult blows to his string in the sec
ond game of the Tiger-Yankee series
yesterday, bringing his total for the
season to forty-one. New York won
the game, IL to Z.
Ruth's first homer came in the
third inning. First man up, he
knocked the ball to the top tier Of
bleachers in center field. The sec
ond. in the sixth inning. cleared the
wall over right. The second drive
scored Peckinpaugh and Ward ahead
of Ruth.