The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-05-16
RUTH ON WAY TO
SKATER RECORD
Babe Has 5 Home Runs
Johnson Leading
Batter.

CHICAGO, May f5.--"Bahe"
Ruins 1920 offensive towards new
home run record is In fun bloom.
The New YORK Bluggcr connected
with "a trio OF homers in two days
and has five circuit drives TO his
credit according TO averages com
ploted today The averages include
games OF Wednesday.
Johnson of Cleveland shot TO the
front among tho American league
batterS with an average Of .4t4 ac-
quircd In 20 games. The Cleveland
first bascman connected with 20 hits
for n total ~ 30 bases. Joe Jackson,
OF Chicago. Is right behind Johnson
with mark of .307 compiled In tho
same number ot games Jackson,
however. made 81 hits for atotnl OF
4b bases. being at bat 7S times to
his rivals 10.
Roth Leading Thief.
Bobbic Roth Of Washington Is
showing the way TO the base stealers
with nine thefts. Ty Cobb has not
yet fully recovered his batting eye
In 2I games the Detroit star has
made only IS hits for an average OF
.2i3. other leading bnttcrs: Kinney,
Philadelphia .3Sl: Weaver, Chicago
366: Felsch, Chicago .362. Speaker,
Cleveland .342; lIendryX, Boston
.3t1 CARRIER, ST. Louis .33S; Gedeon,
st. Louis .337, Sisler st. Louis 1893.
Outfielder Nicholson Of Pittsburgh
has taken the lead among the Ma
tional league batters lie Is hitting
.i55 for i2 games. with Roger
Hornshy. the st Louis star, the run
ner-up with .4l4, one point in front
of Lebourveau OF Philadelphia. The
averages include players who have
participated In 10 or more games.
Max Flack, lead-off man. Is tho
leading run gotter, lie has regis
tered II times, and has been ON
base an average OF twice game, but
the members following him have not
been able to deliver the necessary
punch TO put him across the plate
with anything like consistency.
Williams OF Philadelphia and
Robertson OF Chicago are tied for
homo run honors. Each has
whackcd out three run drops.
Rousch OF Cincinnati. who has re-
covered his batting eye and is up
among the leaders this week. is In
triple tie for stolen base honors
with his teammate, Neale. and STOCK
OF st. Louis Each has pilfered five
bases. Other leading batters: Groh.
Cincinnati al. Burns. New YORK
1856; Il. Wheat, Brooklyn .3j4;
l'hub'Tl, CINCINNATI so0J. RACK,
Chicago .32l; Rousch, Cincinnati
.32l. Myers. Brooklyn .319.
O'Mara Leads \. A.
O'Mara OF indianapolis is clinging
to the batting lead of the American
association with an average OF .iO-,
Miller of Little Rock dubbed his
way TO the batting leadership of the
Southern association with mark OF
800, Moore also of Little Rock,
who led a week ago. is In second
place with 1855. Miller's four home
runs are commanding the respect OF
the league. Gleason OF Chattanooga
is pressing Carroll OF Memphis for
base stealing honors. Carroll with
eight thefts, has u lead OF one.
Other leading batters for Is or more
games: Blades. Memphis .351: Har-
per. Little Rock .341: Wano, Little
Rock .333: Carroll. Memphis .333:
Mayer. Atlanta, AIS: High, Mem
phis ais; Ellis, Birmingham .3l5;
Bischoff. Memphis .313
Bogart OF Joplin Is the new bat
ting leader OF the Western league.
He has an average og .435, made in
rs games. Kelleher, OF st. joseph
has taken the lead in base stealing.
having eight thefts to his credit.