Evening journal., 1920-05-29
JOHNSON SETS
AMERICAN PACE
Indian Walloper Out in
Front With Batting Club
bing Average of .375
s HOMERS TO
BABES CREDIT

Doc, Johnston. Of the Indians. heads
the batters in the American League
with a percentage OF .375. iris
Speaker is The leading run scorer.
with % iallies. Buck Weaver poled
the most base hits. az. sam Rice is
showing the Nay TO che base runners
with "A stolen bases. Babe Ruth Is
living up 10 his reputation OF Home
Bun" king by leading the pack with
eight circuit olouts. jim BagDy tops
the hurlers with eight wins and nary
a defeat.
The true value OF four-base hitting
was never better Illustrated than IL
has been this SeasOn by Babe Ruth
10 date the Babe has clou1d eight
hOmers In seven games. the Yankees
winning every game that Ruth hit 2
circuit drive Ruth has PLAYED %
games thus far and gotten just that
many base hits; OF The 26 hits 5 were
doubles. ? triples and s were home
runs. for a Total OF 80 bases. Ruth
aNeraEng better than two bases for
caoh base lick.
Joe Jackson leads his league with
i3 doubles. Harry Hooper, Joe Judge
6no Wally Pipp are in a tie. Each
has maie . triples to date. The
While Sox have banged SO doubles
end i3 tlaRles. Indians. % doubles
"A H-pieS: Browns, as douhlcs IA
triples. Athletics. az doubles. n
tripis, Tigers, as doubles. 9 triples
Senator's. "a doubles IS triples
lanks. a doubles. "A tripis and The
Red Sox. 3S doubles and i6 triples
Joe Judge concluded The longest
batting streak OF dhe season on May
- Grifs lead-o1 hitler had gone
along FOR sixteen consecutive games
without miss. Nvhcn Claude VIII
liams applsd the brakes during his
batting spree judge smote 30 safe
blows In IS batting trips for .iii and
scored Is runs. Joe b'ttered the
ereaicsi streak held by Walter HOlke
BY just one game.
Iy Cobb. after a very slow start
produced his FIRST batting streak OF
the currnt race, 10 lasted ten con-
secuiive contests. when Allan Russell
stopped Cobb on NAV o. The streal
yielded Sc hits in 80 tries for a mark
Of .H0.
The American Lesgus has played
80 lzamos % daas SiiS times al
bat. scoring iii2 runs: banged ou
2276 hits. 81 home runs and stole &C.
bases. for a batting percentage as
league for .26s.
Eddie Collins. Jim Dykes, Joe Juds
and Ed Murphy each scored 4 rum
IN one game. Murphy also got
hits in a gania as did Buck Weaver
Sam Roe, Ge0rse Sisler and Tin
Hendryx.
Eddie Collins quit to George Erick
500 May 3. after hitting Srea
- ..r.IIasaI.a4 rHIrn aNraa ffrNH me- ia
yielded a hits in % tries for a mar
~ 2S9
Clarenoa Walker, after hitting 10
nine contests In a row. was halted
May q. BY Urban Faber. During hi
s-etch of hitting Walker roled
hits in IS Attempts for .3S2.
Nike Nfnoskey had nit safely hi
last nine games. when he quit Ma
"a u Elan Van Glider Nil13 slammc
70 safe ones IN 80 trials for a mar
of 3t3
Roger peckinpauzh nit Tor an eve
t00 ln sewn games, when he wa
stopped May -. by Urban Shockg
IN TIE samf game Hank Sevreld qul
70 Herb Thormahlen. after hEtin
Tor .355 in eirht siraieht games.
Tue Senator's We're the frsi club
garner 800 base hits. Grinrs crew Al
ralninz their triple century hit Ma
u The Senator's were also the fr'
team 10 go TO The bat 1000 times. O
Nav %
When Ty Cobb took his frst iur
al The bat against AIian Russell Ma
2i. % made 100 times az bat for Cob
during his sixteen years in the Amei
team League. Ty polinz g743 hits "a
a grand batting average OF .3li
Iop Ilfffce f1f thn Senator's rnae1I
cred a trio Of Indian hinlers May ?
pOiiuz 3 HIS in az many tries. n
peaiinr his trdrk of May z. when Jr
found the combined seaves Of Ern
Shorr. Herb Thormahlen and Jar
\ Quinn Tor a quintet of base hits
five trials Judge Is the only msii
Lacquer 10 dmass 8 hits in one gan
this year.