Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-02
KELLY leads
BABE ruth
BY One HOMER

By knocking home run with the
bases full in the seventh inning in
game with Boston on Saturday, First
baseman Kelly. of the New York
Giants, surpassed Babe Ruth's cir
cult drive tally to date. Kelly now
has clouted out six home runs to
Ruth's five.
This is Kelly's secbnd year in the
big leagues as a regular. Last year
he was given the "rawz-berry''. time
after time by Giant fans for his bone
head plays.
watch Mister Kelly go this year!
Leading the American league with
five homers, Ruth is runner-up to
Harry Heilman of Detroit in the
scramble for the American league bat
ting honors, according to averages in
cluding games of Wednesday. He'll
man is topping the batters with an
average of .5l3. compared with mark
of 447 attained by Ruth. Stephenson
of Cleveland is behind the New York
slugger with .4l9. Harris OF Washing
ton is showing the way to the base
stealers with four thefts. Other lead
ing batters:
Charity. Washington .4os; Tobin.
St. LouiS 400; Young, Detroit $3.50;
land .3ss; Johnston. Cleveland .37s:
Speaker. Cleveland .376.
Johnston of Brooklyn Is leading the
National league batters with mark OF
.535, with Tierney of Pittsburgh. the
runner-up with .451; Maranville OF
Pittsburgh is third with .4o7, Maranville
went into a tie with Southworth OF
Boston for stolen base honors, each
having pilfered 4. Other leading bat
ters: Bruggy, Philadelphia .3sl; Grit
fifth, Brooklyn .3Ts: Kelly, New York
.s72; Barbara, Boston 80; Maisel.
Chicago .sss; Meusel. Philadelphia
1854.
Miller and Armstrong. st. Paul team
mates, are tied for the batting lead
| ership of the American association
each with an average of 1923 Shannon
of Columbus is the runner up with .42l
| and Covington of indianapolis is third
with .412. There are a half dozen play
erS however, who are topping the
St Paul sluggers. but they have not
participated in 10 games. Gamer Of
Milwaukee, is tied with Boone OF St
Paul for stolen base honors. having
stolen four. Zwilling of Kansas City.
who has appeared in nine games, had
slammed out four homers. Other lead
ing batters: SINNERS, Indianapolis
$50: Kinsella. Indianapolis $50; Bur-
rus, Columbus 81: Herzog, Columbus
Louisville 1888; Thompson. Columbus
.33s.
Stewart OF Birmingham not only Is
leading the batters in the Southern as
sociation with an average Of Al but
he is showing tho way to the base
stealers with six thefts. Mcmillan. OF
Memphis is the runner up to Stewart
in batting with an average Of .t61 and
Emery, OF Birmingham is third with
.44s other leading batters: Leslie.
New ORLEANS $50; D. Brown. Little
Rock $50; Colvin. Mobile .xn: Camp.
Memphis 1856: McLarry, Memphis 1856;
Sheridan. New ORLEANS 1854: Mullen,
Mobile 1854.
Tho Western league batters are
topped by Paddock of Sioux City who
has an average OF .5l2. Walker OF
Joplin is pushing him with mark OF
500 and Krucgcr of Joplin is third with
.47s Paddock u also tied with Davis
of Tulsa for home run honors, each
having bagged four. Smith OF Joplin
who has played in only nine games is
in front among the base stealers.
Other leading batters: Beck, Wichita
.45s; Davis, Tulsa Az; Lee, Omaha
.is5; b. Smith, Joplin .435; Metz.
Sioux City .42s; Thompson. Tulsa .429:
Clslason Omaha Az.