Evening journal., 1921-05-21
HeiIlman, Hornsby ont in
Front In Team Hitting

Harry Heilman, Of the Tigers, is
.he leading American League hitter
Win a percentage of .465. Ty Cobb,
Tigers manager. is in line for scor-
ing honors, with "a runs. Ty also
leads in hits with 81; he is the trst
major Lacquer to garner so hits this
YEAR. Stanley Harris, OF the Sena-
tors. is setting a hot pace along the
base paths. with ten stolen bases.
Babe Ruth. Of the Yankees. tops the
singers with u home runs and Har-
ey Sutherland of the Tigers heads
the hurlers with five victories ana
no defeats.
The Detroit Tigers we're the hrst
club to face pitching 1000 times;
,hey turned this trick May 16.
"Pep" Young and DOME Bush, OF
me Tigers, flashed the first triple
rlav in the majors this year, May ls'
Babe Ruth, by going hitless in fve
hating tries before Urban Faber'
on Nav IS, turned in his poorest
batting card this season.
Ty Cobb tailed four times in the
game of May 16, against the sena-
tors, Ty repeating his trick Of May
s. -Four American Leaguers have
scored a quartet OF tallies in one
game this year. Cobb doing 1t twice.
Aaron Ward Of the Yankees, went
on a batting spree that endured IA
successive games till a trio OF Cleve-
land twirlers stopped him, May 10.
fAring his streak, Ward poles is
nl,s in 55 attempts for a mark OF
e97. He is the first Yankee to flash
a batting streak of 10 games or
more. In the same game BABE
Ruth quit after hitting them for 8
games in a row. in which the Bam-
b:no combed is safeties in "a bat
ting tries for batting figure OF
AL and 10 runs.
George Sisler. by being absent
from the lineup. May IA, owing to
an injured foot, missed his first con-
lest for the Browns since Septem-
her IL. 1918, George having engaged
In 1SS consecutive contests for his
team.
Harry Heilman OF the Tigers,
after setting the seasons record for
hitting safely in consecutive games,
quit May "a, to Jez Zachary, Of the
senators. Harry had massacred all
sorts of hurting for 16 games in a
row during which he banged out 81
hits in 5S attempts. for an average
or .594 and scored a dozen runs.
sam Jones OF the Red Sox, turned
Ina his sixth consecutive victory by
trimming the Tigers via the shutout
route May is.
Everett Scott scored four runs In
the game of May IS. Scotty is the
only major Lacquer to play 700 or
more straight games without a miss.
Scott completed his Tooth contest
May II, against the Browns, after a
stretch that began on June 20, 1916
almost hve years.
Donie Bush, OF the Tigers, quit
May 1s. to three Yankee pitcherl
after q batting streak that ha'
lasted IL games straight, during
which Bush smote IA hits in 81
trials, for a mark OF PA.
Iris Speaker quit TO George Mo-
gridge May 13, after batting safely
In 9 games in which Iris poled ~
hits in SO attempts for .52s and got
10 runs.
Bobby Roth Of the Yankees, after
scoring 9 runs in games, was
halted May II, by the Indians.
Kenneth williams OF the Browns,
after hitting safely for 8 successive
contests, quit May IA to Herb Thor
mahlen and Allan Russell. Ken,
during his streak. came through
with II hits in S3 tries, for a per-
centage Of .515. Williams had also
scored 10 runs in his last games
when he was halted.