Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-28
Sisler Continues to
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Chicago. Aug. 2S.-George Sisler.
St Louis star first baseman, who
hit consistently In twenty four con-
secutive games before he was stop
ped recently. continued to top the
list OF American League batters who
have participated In fifty or more
games, according to averages re-
leased today and which include
games Of last Wednesday. Sisler is
batting for an average of .401. iris
Speaker, the Cleveland manager,
suffered further slump in his bat
ting In the past week but continues
to be the runner-up to the st. Louis
star with an average OF 1874. Babe"
Ruth. the home run king OF base
ball, who was tied with Joe Jackson,
the Chicago slugger. went into q
batting slump and dropped away
from Jackson with whom he was
tied last week for third place. Jack
Yorker is batting 1910. Ruth bagged
one home run since the last averages
We're compiled and his string was
stretched to AZ. He continued to
lead In runs scored with 1872 and
total bases of 312.
Rice. of Washington failed to add
TO his total Of stolen bases, but con-
tinued out In front with 45 thefts.
Other leading batters: =. Collins,
Chicago. 1856; Meusel. New York.
.3'3: Rice. Washington .34S; Jacob
son, st. Louis, .345; Weaver, Chita-
go, .34s; Hendryx. Boston. $40;
Judge. Washington, 1876; Earl Smith.
st. Louis. $3.50: Milan. Washington.
1927: Felsch. Chicago, 3.2-; jamie
son, Cleveland, 1924; Cobb, Detroit,
1922.
Nicholson of Pittsburgh is giving
run for batting honors in the Ma
tional league. The Pittsburgh out
fielder has batted himself to within
four points OF the st. Louis star.
who Is topping the list with an av-
erage of 1867. Nicholson's mark is
1853. A week ago Nicholson passed
Roush. of Cincinnati, for third place.
and in the past week he added %
points to his average and stepped
ahead of Eayers of Boston, who
now is third place with .349, while
Roush continues in fourth place with
1875. Hornsby. however. Icontinued
to lead In total bases with 252. and
has wosked into tie with Banlroft,
of New York. In the numerb of runs.
scored. Each has registered sevenl
ty-six times
Cy Williams, of Philadelphia. for
the second week failed to add to his
home run total. but is well in the
lead with thirteen circuit drives.
Max Carey. Of Pittsburgh, tackled on
three stolen bases the past week and
is showing the way with forty five
thefts.
Other leading batters: Stock. st.
Louis, 800: Young, New York, 326;
King, New York, 1928; Konetchy,
Brooklyn, .320; ]. Smith, st. Louis
.31S; Hollocher, Chicago. .31S; Dun
can. Cincinnati, .s16: Williams, Phil
adelphia, .s16; Myers, Brooklyn, .312:
z. Wheat, Brooklyn. a12.
Bunny Brief. Of Kansas City. has
batted himself up among the leaders
again, and continued his tie for
home rua honors with Hargrave, of
ST. Paul. Both cracked out three
ci.cuit drives in the past week and
brought their totals to 10. The pair
is also tied for total base honors
with GAG. Hargrave is out in front
in runs scored however with SO
TALES to his credit Rapp Of st.
Paul leads the base stealers with 81.
Grover Hartley, of Columbus. tops
the batters of the Association who
had played In fifty or more games
with an average Of .351.
Other leading batters: Hargrave.
st. Paul, $40; Wickland, Toledo.
1884; Rondeau. Minneapolis, 1888:
Good, Kansas City. $3.50; Rehg, In
dianapolis, 1928; Wade, Minneapolis,
1927: Hyatt, Toledo. 800: Brief.
Kansas City. .31s; Berghamner st.
Paul, SIT; lineup, Louisville, .S16.
Yaryan, Wichita, displaced Bogart,
Of Joplin, as runner-up to East of
Wichita for batting honors among
the Western League players who
have participated in fifty or more
games. East Of Wichita, is batting
1868, while Yaryan has 1854 and Bo-
CART 1852. Beck of Wichita went into
batting slump and his place among
the leaders was taken by Walker, Of
st. Joseph, who got into his stride
in the past week. Lindimore, Of
Oklahoma City, has taken the lead
as the best run getter. having cross
ed the plate ninety times. Yaryan
bagged half dozen homers In the
past week and is leading the circuit,
drive hitters with rs, while his total
bases-2S2-place HIM IN far front
in this department. Lee Of Omaha
with his 80 stolen bases continues to
show the way to the men In that
department,
Other leading batters: Shestak, st.
Joseph. .331; Pitt, Oklahoma City.
1928; Walker, st. Joseph, 1924; Lindi-
more, Oklahoma City, 1922: Lelivelt,
Omaha 1921; Crouch, Sioux City,
.S1S; DEBATE, Sioux City, .s16.
The following tables show the
leading batter on each club in the
various leagues for the week ending
Aug. 25:t
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Sisler, st. Louis .............. .401
Speaker, Cleveland ............ 1874