Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-10
Ruth Fattening His
Batting Average
BY Associated Press:

BY Associated Press:
Chicago. July 10.-With new
worlds record within his grasp,
Babe Ruth, the New York slugger,
today is driving towards the batting
championship Of the American
League.
Reposing in fourth place week
ago the home run king Is now second
In thu list Of batters with an average
Of .SiS6-thirty- three points behind
George Sisler. the st. Louis star.
who is leading the league. Ruth
passed the veteran iris Speaker OF
Cleveland and Joe Jackson of Chi
cago who are tied for the third place
honors with 1856. Sisler. In firsl
place, is batting .l1S.
| Ruth succeeded In fattening his
home run record during the week. and
connected with thirteen hits in nine
games. In addition he pulled away
from Speaker for scoring honors. He
has crossed the plate seventy times,
while the Clevelander is two runs
behind him.
Rice of Washington continued to
burn the paths and is far out In
front among the base stealers with
So thefts. Other leading batters:f
Weaver Chicago .365; Rice, Wash
ington. .357; Milan. Washington, .sA6;
Johnston, Cleveland, .344; E. Collins.
Chicago. $40; Hendryx. Boston, .S3S;
Felsch, Chicago, 1893.
Eayrs Of Boston, pitcher outflelder
and pinch hitter. dethroned Roger
Hornsby as leader among the Ma
tionsll league batters who have parti-i
batting .4o3 for ~ games. in which
he cracked out 20 hits in u times at
bat Hornsby, however, is the reel
leader among the regulars with a
1878 made in 73 games. Hollocher Of
Chicago, had tied the ST. Louis star
as 81 run getter, baving crossed the
plate fifty times,
CIV Williams Of Philadelphia, de-
livered his weekly home run and is
leading in circuit drives with nine.
Maj Carey, the Pittsburgh outfielder,
stole three more bases and is far In
front of the base stealers with rs
thefts. y.
Other leading batters: E. Smith,
New York, .356; Konetchy, Brooklyn,
1888; Nicholson. Pittsburgh, 1926;
Rouuh, Cincinnati, 1926; Williams
Philadelphia, .321; Hollocher, Chi
cage, .321; Daubert, Cincinnati, .321;
Groh, Cincinnati, .s1s; Young, New
York, .316; Robertson, Chicago; .315.
Ben lineup. the Indian pitcher
with Louisville, Is SO firmly en-
trenched in the batting leadership OF
the American Association that all at
tempts to dislodge him have been
unavaiiing. He is setting the pace
with an average of .371.
Rapp of st. Paul went into tie
With Dresser, his teammate, for
horors in base stealing, each having
twenty-six Bunny Brief of Kansas
City nosed ahead Of Hargrave, st.
Paul in home run hitting, having a
total of nine. The st. Paul slugger
has eight. Other leading batters:
f1aTtlSy, SOluLlpuS, .ooS, "lChlduu,
Toledo, 1857; Rapp, ST. Paul, .331;
Wade, Minneapolis, 1925; Sweeney,
Kansas City. 1928; Magree, Columbus,
1922; Good, Kansas City, .321; Ron
desu, Minneapolis, 800; Butler Mil
waukee, 1920; Dresser, st. Paul, .31S.
Miller, the Little Rock slugger, Is
setting merry pace for the batters
Of the Southern Association. He is
leading the league in home run hit
ting with string Of fourteen and
also continues to top the hitters with
an average Of .346. Ellis OF Bir-
ningham shot into second place with
.341 while Harper, of Little Rock, fell
into third place with 1888.
Carroll of Memphis is SO far out in
trent in base stealing that his rival
have given up hope of passing him.
He has stolen q bases and also has
scored So runs-the high mark of the
league. He is in fourth place in bat
ting with 1926.
Other leading batters: Barnhart.
Birmingham. .319; Burke. Nashville,
.31s; Benson, Birmingham, 317;
High, Memphis, .sos; Wingo. Atlanta.
.23S.
Bogart OF Joplin regained the bat
ting championship OF the Western.