Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-14
LiDe Sports NeDs and Comment
~ Cobb Staging
Hitting Comeback
By Associated Press

| BY Associated Press
Chicago, Aug. lily Cobb. the
! Detroit star. cracked out twelve hits
! IN his last six games. and boosted his
! average among the leading battors Of
the American League to .3i1. as COM
! pared with .322 a week ago. The
! Georgian seemed to have struck his
oldtimo stride and gives promise of
! finishing close to the leaders. Iris
! Speaker, manager of the ClcVelands,
! continues to top the regulars who
! have participated in fifty or more
games. his mark of All which he
acquired last week remaining UNI
! changed despite the fact he played
| in five more games.
Babe Ruth, of New York. the
| home run king, leads in runs scored
with 120. and is out in front in to-
| tai bases with 295. He stands fourth
| in batting with an average of .3S7,
| being topped by Jackson, of Chi
Cago. who has 1872. and Sisler of st.
Louis. who is runnor-up to Speaker
/ with .404. Ruth had Al home runs up
/ to the compilation of these averages
{
! Rice of Washington has not been
very successful in his speciality Of
! stealing bases on the st. Louis and
! Chicago catchers in the past week,
but with his last weeks mark of 40
| thefts remains far ahead of his rivals
! Cleveland. Chicago and New York,
the lea gse leaders, are punched in
! team fielding with averages of .971.
nd
team batting Cleveland is first with
/ 500, Chicago third with .293 and New
! York fifth with .2S4.
Other leading batters: r. Collins,
! Chicago. $50: Rice. Washington. .3j2:
! Meusel, New York, .351; Cobb, De-
! troit. .341; Jacobson. ST. Louis, 1877:
| Hendryx Boston, .337; Weaver. Chi
cago .335: Earl Smith, st. Louis.
1913; Judge. Washington. .S2S: Felsch,
| Chicago. 1927; S. ONeill, Cleveland.
1921
| Roger Hornsby. the st. Louis star.
! failed TO swell his average as leader
i % the National League hatters in
| the past week altho he kept up the
! pace by cracking out eight hits in
/ his last six games, and retained his
mark OF week ago. .372. His total
! base record is .23i. made on Isl hits
: which include thirty-one doubles,
/ fourteen triples and seven homers,
/ Eayrs of Boston. the pitcher outteld-
! or has become the runner-up to
Horpsby, with an average Of 1853
made In ffty-two games, compared
! with Hornsby's 103 games. Roush Of
! Cincinnati is next with 1872 and Mich
olson fourth. with .32S.
Cy Williams. the Philadelphia
/ slugger, hagSed a brace of homers in
the past week, and tops the circuit
drive htters with thirteen. Max
Carey the fleetfooted Pittsburgher.
added a pair Of stolen bases to his
string and is showing the way to the
base stealers With IS thefts Ban
croft, New York, is the best run
Getter with IS.
Other leading hatters: ]. Smith. ST.
Louis. .325; Williams, Philadelphia.
,S25: Konetchy, Brooklyn, 1924: King.
| New York, 1928: Young, New York,
800: Holocher. Chicago. .S1S: Stock.
New York, 81; Groh, Cincinnati
! .316: Myers, Brooklyn, 3i6: Z. Wheat.
! Brooklyn. .313.
Ben lineup. Of Louisville, has hit
n tohoggan among the batters of the
American Association, and the slump
! has carried the Indian from 1928
week ago to .299 Hartley. OF Column
! BUS continues to show the way to
! the regulars with .354, while Wick
! land of Toledo has displaced Good Of
| Kansas City as runner no with 1874.
Good is tied with Rondeau. Min
neapolis. for third place with 1888.
| Brief of Kansas City with 16 circuit
drives is out in front among the home
run hitters. while Rapp of ST. Paul
| brought his base stealing total to So.
| Other leading batters: Rehg. Indian
/ apolis. 1928; Rapp. st. Paul. 1876; But
/ Ter. Milwaukee, .325; HarSrave. st.
! Paul. 1928: Sweeney. Kansas City,
| 500; Wade. Minneapolis. .319: w.
Miller, kansas City, .31S; Lamar,
| Louisville. .316.
Shestak. Of ST Joseph. went on a
! batting rampage in the Western
! League and has climbed to fourth
| place with an average Of $50. East, Of
| Wichita with a mark of 367, tops the
! league, with Bogart. Of Joplin, run
ner-up with 1856. Yaryan. Wichita.
| who leads in home runs with 20 and
! in total bases with 237. is third in
/ hitting with .343. Pitt of Oklahoma,
who scored 50 runs, Is fifth with 500.
! Lee of Omaha stole five bases in a
week and brought his string to 90.
Other leading hatters: Crouch. Sioux
City, 1928; Beck, Wichita, 1926: Platte,
| Omaha. 1928: Lindimore. Oklahoma
City, .321; Lelivelt, Omaha, 1921.
| Harper of Little Rock has de-
| throned Ellis of birmingham for the
leadership among the batters of the
! Southern Association with an aver
age Of .346. as compared with Ellis
mark of .339. There was practically no
change among the other leaders. Car
roll. Memphis. in addition to batting
! third with .S2S, continued to lead the
base stealers with SO thefts and the
run-getters with So. E. Miller of
Little Rock is fourth in batting with
1928 and is out in front in home runs
with Is. Other leading batters:
Burke, Nashville, .321; McLarry,
! Memphis, .31S; Bernsen, Birmingham,
/ .313; BratChie, Chattanooga, 29S;
| Wingo, Atlanta, .297: Griffith, Birm-
| ingham. .295.
| The following tables show the
! leading batter on each club in the
various leagues for the week ending
| Aug. II.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Speaker, Cleveland, ............ AT
Sisler, St Louis. ............... 404
Jackson, Chicago, .............. 1892
Ruth. New York. ............... 1897
Rice, Washington, .............. 1852