Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-09-26
GEORGE s|S[ER
IS MAINTAINING
LEAD AS BATTER
st. Louis American League
Star First BaSeman Tops
List; Roger Hornsby Is
Ahead in the National.

wY soRsIsa JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED ~'REl
Chicago, Sept. 25.-As the ma
tor league clubs swing into the
final two weeks of the pennant
race, George Sisler, star first base
man with st. Louis, seems certain
of carrying off the 1920 batting
championship of the American
league.
sisler, according to figures COM
piled today. is showing the way
Speaker of Cleveland six points be-
hind him. Joe Jackson of Chicago
with an average of .405, with iris
is In third place with 1881 and Ed
die Collins, captain of the Chicago
club, fourth with .371. The aver
ages include games of Wednesday.
babe" Ruth" the home run
monarch, who went homerunless
for a week, failed to shake off his
batting slump. but managed to
cling to fourth place in the list of
leaders with an average of 1857, al
though he made only one hit in six
games.
Rice Of Washington is in no dan
ger of being deposed as the leading
base stealer. He has fifty-five
next in line with thirty-seven.
Other leading batters: Jacobson,
st. Louis, .346; Rice, washington,
BAL; Judge, washington, .S4O; To-
bin, St. Louis. .33S; Weaver, Chica-
go, 1897; Felsch,; Chicago, 1874
Meusel. New York, 1888; Cobb. De-
troit, 1927.
The scramble for the batting
championship of the National
league has developed into tight
race between Roger Hornsby of st.
Louis and Nicholson of Pittsburgh
with Hornsby topping the league
with 1866. Nicholson, who led the
race week ago. is point behind
the St. Louis slugger. Young of New
York is third with 1852 and Roush
of Cincinnati, fourth with $40.
Cy Williams of Philadelphia, the
leading home run hitter of the
league, connected with another
four base drive, bringing his total
up to fifteen. In base stealing Max
Carey of Pittsburgh continues to
show the way with a total of forty
eight. Other leading batters:
j. Smith, st. Louis, 1923; Wheat,
Brooklyn, 1926; Williams, Phila-
delphia, .319; Scott, ST. Louis, .31S;
Hollocher, Chicago, .31S; Ko-
netchy, Brooklyn, .313; Fourier,
st. Louis, .S09.
Wilbur Good of Kansas City batted
his way to second place in the race
for the American association cham-
pionship, as result of crashing
out fourteen hits in his last seven
games. He has an average OF .S35,
while Hartley of Columbus contln-
ues to top the league with ,35l. Inc
averages include games of Wednes-
day.
Bunny Brief of Kansas City and
Hargrave of the championship 81.
Paul club are again tied for hohors
in home run hitting, each having
twenty-one. In base stealing, Rapp
of st. Paul went into a tie WIN
Dresser, his teammate, each nav
ing forty -four thefts to his credit.
other leading batters: Rondeau,
Minneapolis, 1888; HargraVe' 81
paul. .331; Tincip, Louisville, .53l;
Rapp. st. Paul, 1927; Wickland, To-
ledo. 1927; Kirke, Louisville, 1916
Miller, st. Paul, 1872; BRIEF, Kan
sas City, .316.
A
Final averages of the Western
league show Carl East of the Wich-
tia club as the 1920 batting cham
pion. In ninety-three games East
poled 1928 hits for an average OF
.377. Yaryan, a teamster. flnisheo
IN second place with .337. Yaryan
also was the leading home run
batter having bagged forty-ohe
Lee of Omaha outdistanced .he
league in base stealing, tinlslllns
the season with thirty-nine. other
leading batters: .o- ,or+
Tierney, Tulsa, .SSS' bosar
Joplin, 1882; Beck, Wichita so
Walker, st. Joseph, .S3l; Lll,u,-
more, oklahoma City, .SSo; Fllt'
Oklahoma City, ,326; Platte. oma-
ha. .314; Moeller, Des Moines' 'oli'
HARPER of Little Rock won the
1920 batting championship OF the
Southern association with an aver
age of .346, according to final av.
erages released today. Carroll OF
Memphis, who led the league IN
base stealing with fifty-six, was
runner-up in hitting with an aver
age of 1856. Miller of Little ROCK
was the leading home run hitter
with nineteen. other leading pat
ters: oo ,,u,.
McLarry, Memphis, 1925; Miller
Little Rock, 1922; Burnhart, BIZ
minrham. 1922; Bernsen. Birmlng-
ham 800; Ellis, Birmingham
.316; Burke, Nashville, $40, Gri,
fifth, Birmingham, .304; Ghoer''
New Orleans, .301.