The log cabin Democrat., 1921-07-16
HE'LL MAN TOPS SPEAKER
 AS A. |. LEADING HITTER
Detroit Climbs 23 Points in Week of Hitting-Ruth has 32 Homers
 to Credit.
(By the Associa.eJ presa)


 Detroit Tigers went on a pattinp ram page last week and batted himself ou of second place in the race for bat ting homers in the American leagu, and is now in front of Iris Speaker the Cleveland Warlds Champion pilot who stepped out in front week ago Helimann boosted his average to .432 compared with .409 a week ago Speaker did not do so we'll with the Willow and lost T points his average dropping from .415 last week to .3O4 the same figure held by Ty Cobb, the Detroit manager who has not been in the game for the last few weeks be- cause of an injury. The pair, how ever, are runnersup to Hcilmann, To- am of St. Louis being fourth with .375 and Babe Ruth of the Yankees next with .37l.
 Up to the recent New York Chicago series Ruth had been stopped by the ] Chicago pitchers and in addition to this he had been unable to get a home run in Chicago this year. Little Dick Kerr who set the nome run king back during the last invasion of the White Sox to New York was on the mound for the Chicago club during the final game in Chicago, and he fell the victim of Ruth's bat. Babe killed two birds with one stone. lie not only knocked out his thirty second home run off Chicago pitch CT, but adds Chicago to the list of cit les in which he has clouted out home runs. Chicago was the last of the American league cities to come in on Ruth's string.
 Ruth is far ahead of his last seas on,s record for homers. The aver ages released today and which include games for last Wednesday give him total of 34 circuit drives. He also has scored more runs than any other player in the league He has crossed the plate for his club S9 times. AL though he has cracked out only 1O6 hits, he leads the league in total bases with 245, which in addition to his string of home runs include 23 doub- les and ' triples. George Sisler, the St. Louis star failed to add to his string of stolen bases during the past week but his Is thefts continues high. The averages are those of players who have participated in 50 or more games. Other leading batters: Sev- ereid, St. Louis .367; Williams, St. Louis .364; Neach, Detroit .358; Sis Ter, St. Louis .357; E. Collins, Chica- go ,354.
 George Cutshaw. the initial sack guardian of the Pittsburg Pirates is making Rogers Hornsby, the St. Louis star, step lively to retain the lead among the National League bat ters, who have participated in 50 or more games, according to the aver ages released today and which include games of last Wednesday, Cutshaw, who boosted himself up to second place week ago by steady hitting, his increased his position appreci- ably. This week the averages show him hitting 1882 compared with .365 a week ago. Hornsby suffered re- versal in form and as a result slump ed eight points, but still retains the lead with an average of .420 Cy Williams of the Phillies boosted him. self to third place with an average of .364.
 George Kelley, the slugger of the Giants, again leads Irish Meusel of Philadelphia for circuit drive honors. Meusel failed to add to his string during the past week while the Gi- ants first baseman drove out his thirteenth four-ply blow. Frisch of New York and Carey of Pittsburg are having merry race for the stolen base honors. Carey is out in front with 23 thefts, while Frisch is one behind him. Frisch, however, leads the league as run getter, having crossed the plate 70 times for his club. Other leading batters: Grimes, Chicago .360; Young, New York 357; Meusel, Philadelphia .354; McHenry, St. Louis .352; Mann, St. Louis .351; Fournier, St. Louis .346; Maranville, Pittsburg .345.
 Traynor of Birmingham in addi- tion to leading the base stealers of the Southern Association has climbed up to second place among the batters who have participated in 50 or more games, according to averages re- leased today and which include games of last Tuesday. Trayner has stolen 38 bases. In batting he is hitting ,358 while I. M Boone, of New Or leans is topping the batters of Pres ident Martins circuit with .376. Me i Milan of Memphis is trailing Tray nor with .357 and Stellbauer of Nash vile is fourth with 356.
 Tutweiler of Mobile failed to in crease his home run string but re- mains out in front with 10. Polly McLarry of Memphis continues out it, i, |