The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-10
AMERICAN SLUGCERS
STAGE BATTING RACE;
HEAMAN, COBB, LEAD
tBy Associated Pressl

CHICAGO, Sept. 10.-A quartette of
American League sluggers is staging
one OF the greatest batting races since
that years ago when Napoleon Lajoie
of Cleveland. and Ty Cobb, of the
Tigers. fought it out for the league
leadership, with only a function of a
point separating them at the end d
the season.
Harry Heilmann and Ty Cobb, the
Detroit stars, are holding first and
second position as the final stretch is
started with George Sisler, the ST.
Louis idol and last years champion,
putting on an attack which has carried
him into fourth place, ahead of Iris
Speaker, leader of the Worlds cham
pions, and which threatens to carry
him to the top again.
Sister Follows Ruth.
During the past two weeks, Sisler
mas hit for an average of just below
900, having cracked out 80 hits in SO
times at bat. He is just four points
behind Babe Ruth, of the Yankees,
who is in third place Heilmann's
average is .403, with Cobb trailing
with 800. Ruth is smashing the ball
for mark of 1888, while Sisler is hit.
ting .379. Speaker, who was tied with
the st. Louis star a week ago, is fifth
with 1863.
With more than three weeks of the
1921 major league season remaining,
Babe Ruth has equalled his 1920 home
run record, having scored six in the
past 10 days, and bids fair to set a
new worlds record for circuit drives
Ruth's oath homer was scored off Nay.
Tor Of the Athletics yesterday with one
man on base. His last three homers
IN 1920 were also off Philadelphia
pitchers, the 54th of last season com.
ing on Sept. %. The big southpaw
slugger also increased his total base
record to 393, the result of 176 hits
Besideh his homers he has made SO
doubles and II triples.
The big southpaw slugger also in
creased his total base record to 800.
the result of 176 hits. Besides his
homers. he made SO doubles and IL
triples.
5. Harris of Washington, by stealing
one base has brought his record for
the season to 26 thefts.
The averages are of players who
have participated in so or more games,
and include games of last Wednesday.
Other leading batters: Tobin, st.
Louis, .361; Jacobson, st. Louis, .344
Veach, Detroit, .343; E. Collins, Chi
cago. .342; Williams, st. Louis, Sal;
Strunk, Chicago. $40.
Rogers Hornsby, the ST. Louis star,
who last year led the National League
IN batting with an average of $40 for
70
season. He is the only regular in the
league hitting above the 400 mark his
latest average showing him travelling
at a .406 clip
George .Cutshaw, the veteran first
sacker OF the Pirates, is Hornsby's
closest rival with an average of $50,
while Walton Cruise of Boston is two
points behind the Pittsburgh star with
an average of .348. Jack Fournier. an.
other Cardinal, has tied Ed Roush. of
Cincinnati, who topped the National
League batters in 1917 and 1919. They
are hitting .347.
Hornsby is safely out in front in
total bases, his 210 hits giving him a
total of 333 bases. His hits include SO
doubles, 10 triples and 90 homers, the
latter being just two circuit drives
behind George Kelly of the Giants.
who is leading with % circuit blows.
Frank Frisch of the Giants, added
tour bases to his string of stolen
bases and is showing the way to the
base stealers with AZ thefts.
Other leading batters: McHenry. St.
Louis, .344; Mann, st. Louis, .341:
Frisch, New York, 1888; E. Smith. New
YORK, $50: Meusel, New York 900
c. Williams, Philadelphia, 1928: John
ston, Brooklyn, 1924; Griffith, BROOKLYN.
.324; Bigbee, Pittsburgh, 1922.