The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-08-15
TY COBB ONE OF
BATTING LEADERS
iris Speaker and Rogers
Hornsby Maintain
Leads.

CHICAGO. Aug. ~ --. Ty Cobb.
tho Detroit star. cracked out twelve
hits in his last six games, and
boosted his average among the lead
ing batterB OF the American league
To al, as compared with .322 "A
woM ago. The Georgian seemed to
havs struck his uld-time stride and
gives promise of finishing close to
the leaders iris Speaker. manager
OF the Clevelands, continues TO top
| tho regulars who have participated
/ In fifty or moro games. his mark of
| Az, which he acquired last week.
| remaining unchanged, despite the
| fact he played In five moro games.
"Babe" Ruth, OF New York, the
homo run king. leads I'm runs scored
with 100. and In out in front in total
bases with 205. He stands fourth
In batting with an average OF 1897,
being topped by jackson OF Chicago,
who has .392. and Sislor of st.
Louis, who In runner-up to Speaker
with .i0i. Ruth had Al home runs
up to the compilation OF these aver
acs which include Wednesdays
games.
Rice OF Washington has not been
very successful in his specially of
stealing bases on tho st. Louis and
0
but with his last weeks mark OF 43
thefis remains far ahead of his
rivals.
Cleveland, Chicago and Now York,
the league leaders. are punched In
team fielding with averages of .97l,
$40 and .969 respectively, while in
team batting Cleveland is first with
.309, Chicago third with .2g3 ana
New York fifth wth asa.
Other leading batters: II. Collins,
Chicago. .359; Rice. Washington,
.352, Meusel. New York, .35l. Cobb,
Detroit, .34l; jacobson, ST. Louis,
.3S7, Hendrix. Boston, .337; Weaver.
Chicago. .335, Earl Smith, st. Louis,
,SSS, Judge. Washington, .32S,
Felsch, Chicago. .327; =. O'Neil,
Eddie Roush Second.
Roger Hornsby rne st. Louis star.
failed TO swell his average as lead
er Of the National league batters in
the past week, although he kept up
tho pace by cracking out eight hits
IN his last six games, ana retained
his mark of "a week ago--.372. His
total base record Is .23l, made on
l5l hits which include 81 doubles,
IA triples and seven homers. Eayrs
OF Boston, the pitCher-outfieldcr,
has become the runucr-up to Horns
by, with an averae OF 1853 made In
52 games, compared with Hornsby's
lO3 games. Roush OF Cincinnati is
next with .SS2 and Nicholson fourth,
with .32S
Cy Williams, the Philadelphia
slugger, bagged a brace of homers
In the past week, and tops the cir
cult drive hittcrs with thirteen. Max
Carey, the floct-footcd Pittsburghcr.
added pair of stolen bases 10 his
striug ana ~ showing tho way to
the base stcalCrs with IS thcfts.
Bancroft New York. Is the best run
getter with 6S.
Other leading hattcrs, j. Smith.
81. Louis. .325; Williams, Philadel-
phia, .325, Honctchy, Brooklyn,
.32i; King, New York. .5S3; Young,
New York, ,S22i nollocher. Chicago,
.3lS; Stock, New York. .Sl7. Groh
Cincinnati, .3l6, Myers, Brooklyn.
'Sl6; H. Wheat. Brooklyn, .3lS.
Hartley Leads \ \.
Bcn Tncup OF Louisville, has hit
n toboEgau among the batters OF
the American association, and the
slump has carried the Indian from
| 1898 week ago to .299. Hartley
! OF Columbus continues to show the
| way TO the regulars with .35A. while
| Wickland OF Toledo, has displaced
| Good Of Kansas city as runner up
| with 1874. Good is tied with Ron
| deau, Minneapolis, FOR third place
| with 1893. Brief OF Kansas City
with l6 circuit drives is out in
front among tho homo run hitters,
| while Rapp OF st, raul brought his
base stealing totm to 80. Other
leading hattcrs Rehg. Indianapolis,
1928; Rapp, 81, raul, .S26; Butler,
Milwaukee, 1875; Ilargrave, St. Paul.
! 1873 Sweeney Kansas City, .322;
Wade, Minneapolis, .3l9; w. Miller,
Kansas City, ,3ls; Lamar. Louisville
! .3l6.