Evening journal., 1920-07-17
.SISLER SETS
AMERICAN PACE
Babe Ruth Tops Run Scores
This Week With 50
TallieS.
SCOTT PLAYS
HIS 6OOTH GAME

George slsler Of the Browns. con-
tlnues as the heavy hitter Of the
American IJeague, with a percentage
OF .lO6. although his rivals, Iris
Speaker and Joe Jackson cut down
he gap considerably the past week.
Sisler also leads Ia the most base-hlts
with i2S Babe Ruth Of the Yankees,
| tOpS the run scorers with 80 tallieS.
The Babe with % home runs is away
out In front for fOur-base hit hon
ors, being within a single homer OF
equallng his remarkable record OF
last season. som Rice. OF the Sena-
tors. continues 10 show the way TO
the base runners with % stolen bases,
and Jim Bagby tops the hurhrs with
&c victories and Ave defeats Tor
hurllng percentage OF 1902.
Bobe Ruth, OF the Yankees, went
on a pr0dglous batting rampage.
Babe hitting safely 26 consecutive
/ games when Carl Weilman OF the
I Browns foiled Ruth on July i3. Up
TO this contest the Babe was flashing
the second best hitting streak OF the
majors his year, had faced all sorts
Of hurling for 26 games In which
nuih punched out ~ hits In SO bat
ting tries for a percentage OF 1862, and
scoring 80 runs. Ruth In the game
OF July B. quit after playing four in
nings, through injury, as he had
gone 10 the bat only once. This con-
nest is not counbed FOR or against his
sam Rlcs. OF the Senator's, Is on the
greatest streak Of hitting safely In
consecutive games OF any major play
er this season. Rice, whose streak
Is unbroken. has clouted one or more
hits in each Of his last % games, in
mdcing the game OF July a. sam
began his wonderful hitting streak
on June A by combing Carl Weilman
for a pair OF blngles. Since that date
all hurlers have been duck soup for
Sam. This streak equals Roger Peck
lnpaugh's % straight OF last year.
this being the longest battling streak
since Ty Cobb hit safely in 80 suoces-
! sive contests during the season OF
1917. Rice, during his healthy stretch
OF hitting, came through with ~ safe
blows In ia official batting tries for
the splendid batting percentage %
iS6 and tailed 20 runs. Rice TO date
/, has equalcd the longest 5-year bat
! ting streak In the National League, 2g
J sraight games produced by Zach
4 Wheat in 1916.
Everett Scott, the dashing short
I fielder OF the Boston Red SoX, playec
I his 6oOh consecutive game In ths
3 FIRST part Of the twln-hill staged Jul,
n "a, end called u a day by running hi
y consecutive playing total mp 80 6O
e straight games. by appearing In IN
q lineup of the second game that da,
= his is che most wonderful record 70
!. steady play ever produced by malo
Z. ] .t.I fn CnaffUta auCN D. all fII
: mone remarkable In mat playing a
] short places SCOTT In an easy posi-
tion 20 get injured. Scott during hi
7 wonderful streak hit for .2is an'
! 1eidod 96S.
;. iris speaker, chief OF the Indians
, set modern record by polling II sue
cossiVe base hits during The games o
July s. 9 and iOThis betters by ont
: the ten straight hits made las. Jul,
( by Ed. Koncthy, OF the Robins.
Eddie Cicote is on mis- annual con
seculiye victories stroak at the pres
! ent time The While SoN wonde
; turned in his seventh straight victor,
!, on July i3.
for ten successive contests was halt
, "a on July i3 by I'd Rommclll. Spok
!. during his period ~ hitting bange
: out 23 hits in "a trials Tor the smar
Z percentage of .523.
George Sisler had hit same In sevcl
, straight games when stopped July
: by Harry Harper Sisler got a doze
= Inks IN % tries for a mark OF ga.
y Muddy Ruel. after polling base hit
! IN nine sirdight games. quit July
y 10 the puzzling slants OF Frank Davil
= nuel in his streak, punched out
y safeties in % tries for batting hgur
= 0f fS3
= Roger pockinpaueh had hit FOR "a
:, in 81 trials when Frank Davis apple
. the brakes on July a.
The Boston Red S0x played 81 cor
y secutiye scoreless innings from On
" hiih inning Of the second game play
y cd July DO the sixth round OF th
IS contest OF July 9, The SOx sunerin
y inning shutouts In the twin bin
la July z. They also took a coat
~ whitewash on July s and In the SUI
l1 ceeding game they went six rOun,
~ before scoring their lone run Of tt
.0e game.
los Eddie Murphy. Of The White Sox.
- flashing one Of the most remarkab
- records as @ pinch hitter OF an tim
ui This season Murphy has occupied 0
59 role Of pinchman Just ~ times. wi
BOZ the following result: on nine occ
i9 slQns Eddie came through with a N
2ss once De walked. and sixtimes Murpl
2g3 mailed IN the pinch. once as a pine
2s3 runner Murphy sOracd
292 The Cleveland Indians garnered 4
29i tvO-baggers on the season. IN
90 reached this mark IN The last part
PSI the double bin or July TO-
PSI Following are The batting ave
PSI ages:
as7 Player Club C. ABB. r. Il lib sB =