Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-08
LiDe Sports NeUs and Comment
Hornsby Leading
in National League
BY Associated Press.


chicago. May S.--Roge, Hornsby,
the st. Louis star. is showing the
way to the batters of the National
League with an average OF 400, and
l1e,ourveau, Of Philadelphia, with
.37', Is runner UP. according to av-
erages released today. The averages
include games Of Wednesday.
Hornsby has been at bat sixty
drove out twenty-nine for a. total Of
thirty Eight bases. In this collec-
ton he bagged six doubles and one
horne run. He has been showing
much speed on the paths. having
| registered twelve runs.
Ed Roush Of Cincinnati, who held
the batting honors of the league last
season. gradually Ia getting his
stride. He boosted his average to
.262. forty six points within a week.
Robertson. of Chicago. leads in
home runs with three. Williams.
Philadelphia and Paskert, Chicago,
are tied for second place with two
each.
Other leading batters for ten or
more games: Groh, Cincinnati .359;
u. Wheat. Brooklyn 1857: Daubert.
Cincinnati 1916: Duncan, Cincinnati
.ssS Bancroft. Philadelphia 1924:
Rath, Cincinnati 1924: Burns. New
York .s1s: Flack. Chicago .aos: jan
win. st. Louis 300: Fourier St.
Louis .302; Cation. Pittsburg .302.
babe" Ruth, OF New York, cele-
brated his return to the game by
cracking out two home runs. The
home run king. has batting average
Of .2Sl for thirteen games having
made twelve hits In corty-six times
at bat. His hits besides the two
home runs, include triple and three
doubles.
T.y Cobb. the Detroit star. who
held the batting championship last
season. is rounding into form. and
has boosted his mark rom 1852 to
.214 with a week.
Joe Jackson. the Chicago White
Sox slugger, continues to top the
battars in the American League who
have participated in ten or more
games. There are three batters In
the 400" class, headed by Jackson
with .434:~ Johnston, Cleveland is
second with .40S and Weaver, Chi
cage third with .404.
Other leading batters: Speaker,
Cleveland .s76; Sisler st. Louis 1868:
Dug:ln, Philadelphia 1906: E. Collins.
Chicago 1857: Jacobson. st. Louis
.347: Scott. Boston 1873: c. Walker
1924. rg,
In the American Association, o.
Mari. Of Indianapolis. drove lineup
out Of the batting lead with an av-
erage Of .421. Dresser, of st. Paul. is
setting the pace for the base stealers
with seven. Other leading batters
for ten or more games: Henline, In
l,diannpolis, 400; Wiokland. Toledo
400: Schneider, indianapolis 100;
Dyer. Toledo. 1888: Wade. Minne-
apolis. .377; Brainard. Columbus 1913:
Gainor. Milwaukee .344; Miller. st:
Paul 1888: Good. Kansas City 1929
Moore, of Little Rock, is blazing
the trail for the hitters in the South
ern Association with an average Of
.403, with Miller. teammate in sec
ond place with 1888. Miller Is at
temp ting to establish himself as the
Babe" Ruth Of the minors, as he has
connected with three home runs thus
far. Carroll, of Memphis. is the
leading base stealer. having eight to
his credit. Other leading batters for
ten or more games: Mayer. Atlanta
$40; Hyperion, New Orleans. .634:
High. Hemphis 1854: Gleason, Chat
tanooga 1862: Blades, Memphis 1855;
Carroll. Memphis, .353; Barzill, At
lanta .347; Ellis. Birmingham ..344.
Bonowitz. Of st. Joseph. is, clinging
to the batting lead of the Western
League with an average Of 400. He
has 'yhaled out twenty-three hits in
eleven games, bagging three doubles
and three triples. Smith Of Wichita
and lsvers OF Sioux City are topping
the base stealers with five each.
Other leading batrers for ten or more
games: Yaryan. Wichita Al; Pitt,
Oklahoma CITY .435; Bogart. Joplin,
.422; Smith. Wichita $50: Anderson,
Des Moines 1867; Beck. Wichita 1854;
Lamb. Joplin .S5s; Tierney. Tulsa.
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