Evening journal., 1920-09-25
HORNSBY SETS
NATIONAL PACE
Cardinals Out in Front This
Week With 1865 Per-
centage
BURNS PILES
UP MOST RUNS

Rogers Hornsby Of the Cardinals tops
National Loagus hitters with a ba.-
ing percentage OF .365. Hornsby also
leads in most base hits with an even
200 hits. George Burns OF the Giants
scored the most runs. 100. Cy VIII
liams OF the Phillies. with Is home
runs heads the sluggers and Max
Carey Of the Pirates continues show
Ing the way along the base paths
with IS stolen bases. while Burleigh
,Grimes Of the Dodgers holds the
honor position among the hurlers
with p victories and 20 defeats for a
pitching percentage OF .6Ss
Rogers Hornsby, the Cardinals great
slugger. garnered his 2O0th base hit
on September p OF Red Causey Of the
Phillies. HOrnsby is the first. Na-
. tonal Lacquer 10 produce 200 hits
Since Heinie Zimmerman OF Cuba and
Bill sweeney OF the Braves got double
centuries OF hits in 1912 In that year
. Iim hit 201 bingles for a batting fg-
nre or 3l2 against POS hits for .3ii
Tor Sweeney.
George Burns Of the Giants Tailed
e his iOOlh run September II and ia
100. Burns Is first player IN his league
10 reach his century tally and It is
the fourth year In the eight thai
Burns has played regular for McGraw
mat be turned In more than 100 runs
rs MS yearly run portion To date
teorge has equalled his highest run
scoring season. This was 1911, when
Burns tailed 100 runs. Burns scored
iO9 in 1916 and i03 runs in 1917
Billy SoulhwOrth OF the Pirates Is
On an unhroken streak of batting at
thc present time. The Pirates star
has bit safely his last ten contests In
which Billy clouted 81 safe ones In
~ 39i.
Jack Sullivan OF the Braves. In his
last nine games got a. hits in 3f
tries FOR a mark Of 36i. and his streak
is unbroken 10 date.
George Burns by getting five hits
IN Babe Adams. September ~, one OF
each sort of hit with an extra double
fQr a total OF 70 bases Is the nrsl
player in years In the National League
90 bit for the cycle.
The st. Louis Cardinals created ma
ior league history on September Il
ny ramming 70 successive base hits
on Jack Watson, Hugh McOuillan anC
Leon Townsend OF the Braves
Grover Alexander OF the Cubs Is
the FIRST hurler in the Heydler circuit
10 rear p pitching victories. AleY
.opped his 25th conquest Septem.
Eddie Roush Of the Reds after pro.
ducing the longest streak OF battlns
safely In consecutive games of the Ma
fional League season q straigh
Games, was stopped September % b,
babe Adams OF the Pirates ROush
during the p contests, poled i6 SAT-
blows In iii batting tries for a bat
ling figure Of .i0i Up 10 this tim,
Emil Mcusel n the Phillles. who nil
safely. in q games. hold the seasons
record.
Emil Meusel of the phnlles con.
ciuded his third batting streak Of IN,
wear on September % by going hit
less 10 George Lyons OF the Car
dinals Meusel had hit safely his las
81 consecutive games and got II hit,
~ y attempts for a percentage O
80 Resides mis- run of q games
Meusel had previously hit safely fol
ten games in a row.
Zack Wheat after hitting safely fol
q straight games and getting Q hits il
p tries for a mark Of $50. was halt
the Braves.
Walter Holke OF the Brave sven
on batting rampage that had en-
dured the ten successive contest wheI
Paul Cheeves and Speed Martin an
piled the brakes. Holke. during MI
period OF hitting. came through viii
i6 hits IN 80 trials for a batting ne
IRE OF 40.
Cy Williams had hit for .i2s in
games in a row when Bill Doak halt
Cd him on September-2i
Max Flack after hitting .i6i I'm min
consecutive games. quit September .
10 Joe Oeschger OF the Braves.
The leading shut-out hurlers In ihl
National League are as follows: Bah
Adams. s: Grover Alexander. 6: Bur
leigh Grimes. Walter Ruelher. Ar
Nehf ard Bill Doak. apiece: Jo
Oeschger. Leon Cadore. Jim Vaughn
Fred TOney, Rube Benton and Jes
Haines. Z each: Jack Scott. Le
Meadows and Harold Carlson 3 each
INDIVIDUAL BATTING AVERAGES