The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-08-29
ST. LOUIS STARS
MAINTAIN LEADS
Sisler and Hornsby Re-
tain Top; Speaker
Slumps.

CHICAGO. Aug. 2s.--George Sis
Ter, ST. Louis star first basemen. who
hit consistently In "a consecutive
gamer before he was stopned re-
Gently. continued TO top the list Of
American league batters who have
participated In so or more games
according to averages released today
and which include gnnpB OF last
Wednesday. SiSler Ia batting for an
average OF .40lf iris Speaker, the
Cleveland manager, suffered fur
ther slump IN his batting iH the past
week, but continued to be the runner
MP TO the 81. Louis star with an nv
erage OF .90i. "Babe" Ruth, the
homo run king OF baseball, who was
tied with Joe jackson, tho Chicago
slugger, went into batting siump
and dropped away from jackson,
with whom he was tied last week for
third place Jackson Is hitting $50.
while the New Yorker is batting .376.
Ruth bagged ono home run since the
last averages were compiled and his
string was stretched to AZ. lic con-
tinued to lead In runs scored with
l32 and a total bases of 3l2.
Rice of Washington failed to add
TO hir total of stolen bases. but CON
tinued out In front with 40 thcfts.
othor leading bauers. r.. Collins,
Chicago, $50, Muceel. New York,
.353; Rice Washington. .3lS; Jacob.
son, St Louis, ,3I5, Weaver, Chicago
,343; HendryX. Boston. .340; Judge.
Washington. .335. Earl Smith. st
Louis, 1850. Milan. Washington, .3s7;
Felsch. Chicago. .3.5. Jameson,
Cleveland, ,32+; Cobb. Detroit. .322.
Nicholson Crowds Hornsby.
Nicholson OF Pittsburgh is giving
Roger Hornsby OF st, Louis n hard
run for batting honors In tho 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 average
OF .367 Nicholsons mark is 1853.
week ago Nicholson passed Roush
OF Cincinnati for third place and In
the past week he added 22 points to
his average and stepped ahead of
Eayers Of Boston. who now is third
place with ,349, while Roush con-
unuos I'm fourth place with 1875,
Hornsby, however, continued to lead
In total bases with 262 and has
worked into n tie with Bancroft Of
New York in the number of runs
scored. Each has registered rs
times.
Cy williams Of Philadelphia for
the second week failed to add to his
home run total, but is well in the
lead with IA circuit drives. Max
Carey OF pittsburg tackled on three
stolen bases tho past week and is
showing the way with 40 thefts.
other leading hatterS: Stock, st.
Louis $3.50; Young, Now York. 326;
King, New York, 323, Konctchy,
Brooklyn, $40; j, Smith, St. Louis,
.3lh; HollochN, Chicago, .31S;
Duncan, Cincinnati, .3l6, Williams,
Philadelphia, $40; Myers, Brooklyn,
.3lZ; a. Wheat, Brooklyn. .3l2.
BunChCd In Western.
faryan, Wichita, displaced Bogart
of Joplin as runncrup To East OF
Wichita for batting honors among
the Western league players who have
participated in SO or more games.
East of Wchita Is batting .36S while
Naryan has .354 and Bogart. 3b2.
Beck of Wichita went into batting
slump and his place among the lead
ers was taken by Mslkcr of St 10.
seph, who got into his stride in the
past week, Lindimore OF Oklahoma
city has taken the lead as the best
run getter, having crossed the plate
80 times. Naryan bagged half a
dozen homes In the past week aud Is
leading circuit drive hitters with 20,
while his total cs-2S2-place
him In 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 battcrs: Shestak,
ST. Joseph, ,3Si; Pitt, oklahoma City,
.32S, Walker, st. Joseph, ,324; Lindi-
more, oklahoma City, .322; Lelivelt,
Omaha, .S2l, Crouch, Sioux city,
.SlS; DEBATE, Sioux City. $40.