Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-23
MARAhVILLE GOES
TO SECOND IN
BATTING LISTS
Pirates Shortstop Goes On
Batting Rampage In
Week

chicago. May 2c.-"Rabbit' Maran-
Vile of Pittsburg was on a batting
rampage during tho past week and
went from tenth place to second to be-
come the runner up to Rogers Horns
by. the st. Louis star, who is topping
the National leagEa regulars in bat
ting despite the fact that he ran into
slump. Maranville's average Is .3ss
compared with .36S last week. while the
National champion OF last year dropped
from Al to .ts1.
George Kelley OF the Giants, who il
Yankees in the major league race for
home run honors. hit only one four
ply blow. which brought his total up
to eight while the American league
champion has AN even dozen.
Bohne of Cincinnati stole another
base during the week, and leads the
base stealers with s thefts.
Other leading batters: Schultz, st.
Louis. 1864. Barber. Chicago. ass: Har-
grave. Cincinnati. .5S; Johnston.
.SSt: II. Miller Philadelphia .346:
Carey, Pittsburg. .3t3: Deal. Chicago,
.3tl: Kelly. New York. $40.
The averages arc of those players
who have participated in fifteen or
more games and including games of
last Wednesday.
number of surprises arc In store
for the American league hatters in
tho next few weeks. Tyrus Cobb. pilot
of tho Tigers. is hack at his old tricks
with tho willow and promises to mako
things interesting for one OF his out
ficlders. Harry Hciiman who is lead
| ing the league with an average of .t5t.
Cobb's mark is .S95. George Sisler, tho
st. Louis star. is coming along fast
and has moved from thirty seventh to
fourth place In two weeks. His aver
age now is $50 one point behind
Stephenson. the Alabama University
star who is playing second base for
the worlds champion Cleveland team
Bib F'alk. White Sox outiicldcr who IS
declared to bc the find OF the season ls
attracting considerable attention bo-
cause of his slugging. Falk went frou,
.2a5 "A week ago to .17 and is tied with
Williams of st. Louis for tenth place.
Babe Ruth had fairly prosperous
week. bagging three circuit drives.
| Harris added a brace OF bases TO his
way with S.
Other leading battcrs including
games OF Wednesday: Speaker, Clevc-
land. .s7s; Ruth. New York. SIS; Mem
osky, Boston. $50; BasHler. Detroit
.362: Tobin. St. Louis. $50
Butler and Brief. Kansas City team
mates have exchanged places for the
leadership OF the American associa-
tion battors. the former topping the
list with an average of AS while the
waukcc continued To hold third place
with an average OF .i2a. Zwilling Of
Kansas city slammed out another
homer and brought his string OF cir
cult drives to soven. while Dresser. the
fleet footed ST. Paul player failed to
add to his dozen stolen bases
Other leading battcrs: Lear. Mil
waukcc. il3; Baird, indianapolis, IN.
Miller. ST. Paul. .3s3i Kirko. Jouis-
yillc. Sa6: kinseila. indianapolis. .5ss:
Gamer. Milwaukee. .5s1. Good. Kansas
City. .31i: Armstrong. St Paul, al
Smiling Jack" Lclivolt of Omaha
and Metz of Sioux city are pressing,
Paddock of Sioux City ter the batting
honors OF the Western iHa-ue among
the regulars who participated in hf-
teen or more games. according to aver
ages released today ana which include
games Of Tuesday. Paddock Is leading
with .i2i while Metz liz runner up with
AS and Lrlivclt's marx ,s ,5os
East. of Wichita mas pulled out in
front among the circuit drive hit
tors. East bagged four nomers in the
past week and is leading the home run
hitters with seven, smith. Wichita.
krueger. Joplin and y. Moore. OKLA
homa City are tied for stolen base hon
ors with eight oacn.
Other leading batters; walker. Jop-
lin .3a7; Robertson. Jopun. .soi,
Erucger. Joplin. $50 East, Wichita,
3,P. Harper. ok,anoma Citq. .3ss:
Beck. Wichita, 80. Wsshburn, Wichi-
Ia .356
T. Boone. New Orleans. dethroned
Hunglng Of Memphis Tor the leader
ship in batting in the southern asso-
2iation according TO averages released
Tuesday. Boone's average is $50. Frisr-