Evening journal., 1920-07-24

AMERICAN lead
Babe Ruth, Best Run Get
ter, IS,on Heels'of Joe
Jackson
CLEVELAND BEST
BATTING OUTFIT

This Speaker. or t1e. Indions, tops
he Amerioan -4.eause AitterS with a
percentage OF -6f7.34 George Sisler
lezsis IN base hits with iM. Babe
R0ah leads frr runs scored with "a tai
ltes. The Babe, who SCI a new home
run record the part week. Is also the
laafIinr .shicsyer with % four-ply licks.
Sam Rioe shows the way along the
base paths with 3S stolen bases and
nm BaEby .bohls the honor position
kmong the huriersagath i9Victories
hnts1lVe siefeats fora. piichinBpercent-
kge o. 592.
fsalpe Rufh. OF tho Yanizees. set a
heR major league nome run record |
Tor hnEle. Ex1ns ina season. by slam
nsinE one IN Tho right tleld Stand OF |
Diui1 Kerr i'm the game OF July 10.
tfuih bnolznlliis own reeOni or the year |
previous. The minor league home |
l1ln reoorf is head by Perry Warden
If tire Minneapolis western League
fatfb. who. in 1895, tdt 40 home runs.
Bob Shawlay. OF the Yankees, In 4
winning oser the White SOx on July
70. turned in mis- tenth successive VIC
Tory Tins Is the longest winning
streal1 OF tine year IN the American
League and fails one game shy OF
buualinug hhexanrtuas A straight,
uhirh stand. s.as ths, best Strealz by a
tnafor hnrinr to dfre. Snanviey, In
corping.1O straigilt. repeated his trick
NJ last season. vlirh. stands as the
nccortl for t1e year
Whn he Browns. trimmed Roy
hioore on July-2 %. iiie AS hurler took
has eleventh consecutive dofcat. tieing
bis tcam-nate, Roilie Naylor, they
holding Jointly The worst consecutive
Ioetr,r. rs..r.lrl ~ lla., .-Ialfs
sam Rice. OF The, Senator'S, amer set
tins the sgnson's mark FOR hitting
safely In consecutive games, main
taining a batiing streak through 20
EtB.cessiVe CONTESTS. NVas halted July
IS llY Urban Faber. of the White Sox
Rice. dlI1ing his prolonged stretch Of
hfbting pOled - safe blows in fid
halting trips for a batting figure for
me etrealC uf .f56, anf scored 20 runs.
irllis streak oquals The best record Of
hast season -createSf by Roger peckin-
pufeh, and.ds the longest since Ty
Cohh's StreEk u. % games in 1911.
Eddie CioottH. of the White Sox.
z6ter hurting seven consecutive vic
tories. tasted-defeat 9ulysfz from The
Yankees.
Pinr Bodie Smasi1edaout-a "A hnme run
with the bases full or Claude VIII
hanns on July IS, Ping repeating his
stunt OF 1uly 3 against Roy Moore.
BOt1e Is the first majors 10 hit homo
ran with the bases loaded twice this
The washingbonSenators ,stole.cheir
fo0ih base on July t6 on the WifitE
Sox.
The Yankees Svene fiie frst club q
srore 80 runs this season. reachlnl
their -hfth.centuryr On sthe game -of Jul.
20.
Babe Ruth. afie- hitlng safe m
slrang1t games for 59i. quit July y
70 iEddie lCicotteefele Babe also SCORED
a dozen runs.
John Collins had nit ell sorts q
hurting for i3 straight contests whei
ne rausafO George Mogridge on jul,
30Rnd qiIitCoflins during his stretcl
poled,22 hits IN 5Sftrtes foramark o
-H5.
On Juiy t6. 6eorge SISTER ganere,
ms 4O0Lh run il was on the Yanks
I'd COllions. Kho WhitD SOx star
sEf1or,a l1Jstting -stroak 1ssiing - game
5n4aposV. vas.saOppcd Jlfyrf6 by wal
Ger JuhnSon Collins got o hits 4
81 trials for batting figuno Of "a
and soored "A runs.
Everest Scott. of me Rel 'Sox. afte
nitting for it2 in ninD consecutN
games 7vas hailed -NTly r.
Roger peclxinpaurh scored four run
IN the game Staged July A. Peck
Che nifrih Anpnican Leap1rer TO Can
a quartet OF runsan one game thl
1cr.
Bin 9acnbson. .of~tlpe .13rowns. att
hitting safe his Has, ten games, WI
halted July ~ by. ia Rummel. Bil
during his period ~ hitting can
through win n safcaDiDps ini3S tri,
for a percenttve- OF AL.
Deuin Prau. after hitting for a
m nine Strnight' games, quit July Is
Claude Williams, Pratt also scoring
runs.
Joo Jackson, after soorinr 10 rin
m flvo successive games, was Stopp
July 20 by fhe Yankees.
Claude Williams busted two r.
So1 playars illiting Streaks on July
Shufy MriluiS hit safe "A games al
Waller Schang fnr A. Ncfnnis. du
ing his hu Of hitting banged out
hts ia iS triais for a mark OF g
a1ni Sradnr polcd Il safe ones in
attempts for an even 500 average
Johnny Tobin. or The Browns. an
asbddlDg spree lasting for p Strair
games, WIS hdited July q by So.
Perry Tobin came through with
sale ONES In 56tries fora mark OF
and .scorinrsSS runs.
Ray Chapman OF me Indians. AZ
a-bafting rampage, that endured
i6. games IN a rosv, was stopped li
11'by' sam Jones. OF ne Red Sox. n
during his streak. smote '26 hits in
ytais Tor "a percentage Of i26 q
t1Dreti f3 runs.
Hap Feisch went on a batting Sd
elat bad lasted ~ straight cair
when Rip Collins applled the brad
felsch. during his period of hHii
banged ont a hrs in co tries fol
mark of 80
RAFTING AVERAGES
g. ABB. r. H.HR-SB.