Evening journal., 1920-09-04
HORNSBY HOLDS
NATIONAL
Cardinal Wallcper Keeps
Out in Front at 1867
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WILLIAMS HITS
l3 HOME RUNS

Rogers Hornsby. OF the Card nails.
cops the National League hitters with
a percentage OF 1867. Rog also leads
sn the most hits with III hits George
Burns, OF the Giants, is leading the
run scorers with 81 allies, merely
runs TO his form OF the past five sea
eohs. Max Carey the speedy Pirate.
oonlihusS 10 show the way along base
, peshs WIN as stolen bases. Cy VIII
,naIils heads the sluggers with 10 home
LUIS, dld Burleigh Grimes, Of the
noDIns, holds down the hurlng hon
oIS WIN Is victories and o defeats for
a pitching percentage Of .667.
Jeu Pfenner, Of The Rob ms. flashed
ms Mnh straight pitch ng victory by
nckllg The Cardinals, Aug. 81. Pfeffer
,aIter tasting defeat from the Braves.
June % has taken the Cardinals and
GuDs three games each, and dotted a
hcklng apiece 20 the Pirates, Phillies
and Braves.
irish Meusel, of the Phlllies. after
terrific batting streak, was halted
aug. 81, by Grover Alexander. Meusel
y had gotten one or more hits N each
OF me last u games that he engaged
IN. Ihis is the longest consecutive
= EAAAAN oNAGdh III lllE HtX0l9T
circuit This year; II bd.ters by three
games the best previous hitting rec
ora, to games, created by Gene Pau
lelte, a .eammate Of Meusels. "Ir sh"
VINO began hitting them on Aug. IL.
continued his siege Of base hits in
every contest until Alex applied i,he
brakes. Meusel spanked out 36 hits
IN 81 batting tries for a percentage Of
.444 and tailed 70 runs.
BIZ Doak copped his flf.h SUCCESS
sNe victory Aug. 30. II was over the
hoDlIs, the same day Phil Douglas
Droke a winning streak Of five straigh.
by taking a licking from the Pirates
hoss Young, OF she Giants, set a
unique record in his league by get
tlng I'VE hits in one game twice with
in .hrse games Young turned this
trick on Aug. 81 against i.he Reds and
repeated Aug. 30 on the Pirates. This
equals Joe Judge, OF The Senators. the
only American Lacquer getting five
IT'S twice this year in a game. Joe
smote his quintet in successive cor
tests on May 26 and 27. Young IS the
seventh player to ram out a quinte,
or hits IN a game in the National
League the current season.
Dana Flllingim, OF the Braves, after
losing five games in a row. ended his
losing streak by trimming the Pirates
aug. %. 1t marked the first vic,ory
IQr the Braves at Forbes Field since
sept. 3, 1919, when the Braves coppsd
a double-header. Since that dav Bos-
ton lost 10 successive games in Pitts
Durgh, double-header last season
and the first ten contests this year.
Grover Alexander won his 230th Ma
tional League victory Aug. % with a
shutOut over the Robins. Alex dur
ing his ten-year career i'm the senior
major, won 230 and lost ti3 games
. for a pitching percentage OF .67i
Alexis complete record follows :
Against the Reds, Alex won IS and los,
- games; against the Pirates. won 30
and lost 81; from the Robins. Alex
won 80 and dropped az TO the Braves
dlnals. Alex cOpped 80 and los. 49,:
against the Cubs. Alex won 25 and lost
II; to the Philles Alex won 6 and lost
,; in ten years battling against the
Giants, Alex won % and lost p games.
The st. Louis Cardinals stole their
tooth base or .he Phillies on Aug %.
Ross Young. OF The Giants. went on
Q hitting spree that had endured for
- consecutive games when Rube
Bressler halted him Aug. 27 Young
during his stretch Of hitting. came
through with 26 bineles IN So grials
or a percentage OF 4is and scored 10
runs.
Norman Boeckel. Of the Braves
offer hitting all sorts Of hurting in 70
consecutive contests. was stopped
Aug. 27 by Wilbur Cooper. Boeckel
during his siege OF hitting. smote 90
safe ones in IS batting trips for a
mark Of 4fi.
Heina Groh. OF the champion Reds.
had hit safely in ten successive games
when Wilbur Hubbell lacked Groh up
IN ishe game OF Aug 81. Heine. dur
ing his rampage. hanged out II hts in
A3 trials for ? betting nelJre ~ 295