Evening journal., 1920-07-10
SISLER HOLDS
AMERICAN lead
Brownie Star Also Polls
More Hits Than Any
Major Lacquer
INDIANS GARNER
700 BASE HITS

George Sisler, OF the Browns. con-
tinues to lead the American League
hitlers with a percentage OF All. The
Brownie star also poled more hits
than any major Lacquer, i2i to date.
Babe Ruth, the wonder swattor OF the
Yankees, Is The honor man at run
scoring with 20 tallies. The Babe Is
far in the lead for the most home
runs. Ruth has "a touch-every-base
knocks TO his credit, needing but six
to break his major league record Sam
Riceis romplng ahead OF the base run
ners with 80 stolen bases. Jim Bagby
leads by a game, Claude Williams.
Bagby won 70 and lost games. for a
pitching percentage Of .7s9.
Lawton Will, after a hitting streak
OF eight straight games, quit July 3,
20 Rip Collins. Will, during his
streak, banged out a dozen hits in %
tries for 500.
The Cleveland Indians were the FIRST
club TO garner 700 base hits this year.
This they did on July 3. The tribe
also scored their 400th run the fol-
lowing game.
The Senator's at last were shut out,
being the last major League club 10 be
lblanked Carl Mays, OF the Yankees,
on July G. hung onto the Grlffmen the
! highest shutout score on the year,
/ II 10 o. The largest shutout score in
the American League Is p 10 O. The
! Detroit Tigers plastered Cleveland
with this count at Detroit in an
/ oight-inning affair on Steptomhcr 70,
1901 Charley Sewer for the Tigers
besting John Bmckcn.
Eddie Collins, after scoring runs
his last flve games, was stopped July
G by the Indians.
Babe Ruth had scored 6 runs in his
last five games, when the Athletics
stopped him July g.
Joe Jackson OF the White Sox, after
a batting rampage that endured for
sixteen consecutive games, was stop
ped July 2 by Urban Shooker OF the
Browns. Jackson, during his long
stretch OF safe hitting punched out %
hits In 63 attempts for an average OF
AGO and scored 70 runs.
Ira Flagstead was halted by jim
Bagby after hitting safe his last ten
gamees, IN which Flagstead banged
out n hits In 30 trials for a mark
OF 367.
Roger Peckinpaugh. after scoring
IL lhlllOa IN seven straight games was
stopped July by the Athletics.
Two players, Babe Ruth Of the Yam
KEGS and Sam Rice OF the Senators,
are upon the greatest strcaks OF hit
ting In the majors this year. Both
streaks are unbroken Ruth has hli
safely p consecutive games to date
During this long stretch or hlttinc
The Babe came through with 81 safe
blows In 76 batting tries for tho
spanking average Of iS7 and scored
22 runs. Rice Is trailing the Babe
closely. Sam has hit safe In % sue
cessive contests. During his prolong-
ed streak Of batting Rice spanked out
36 safeties IN al attempts for the high
batting Of i6S.
John Collins. after a batting streak
lasting nine consecutive contests, was
halted July by Ray Caldwell. John
got "A hits In 80 attempts for .36S
Walter pipp went on a hitting
spree Of nine games In a row and anti
July 4 20 Jim Shaw. pipp. In his
streak, poled Il hits In 30 trials for a
mark Of 2S2 and tailed 10 runs.
Stanley Harris, after hitting safe
ms last eight games, was halted Iuly
by Carl Mays. Harris got a dozen
hits In q trials for a mark OF 6S0
RAIIING AVERAGES