The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-09-10
RUTH EQUALS
1920 RECORD
His Home Run Yesterday
Off Naylor Was His
54th
HAS THREE WEEKS
TO INCREASE TALLY
Quartet of American Lea
guers Are Smuggling
Ball Hard

Chicago, Sept. l0.-With more IMAM
throo weeks of the 1927 major league
season remaining, Babe Ruth mas
eoualled his 1920 home run record, nav
mo scored six in the past ten days and
bids fair to set a new worlds RECORD
for eircuit drives. Ruth's 54th homer
was scored off Naylor of the Athletics
Yesterday with one man on base ms
last three homers in 1920 were also
of Philadelphia pitchers, the oath OF
the last season coming on Sept. %. The
bio southpaw slugger also increased ms
total base record to 1893, the result OF
I7s hits, Besides his homers he has
made 80 doubles and II triples.
A quartet of American league slug
gers is staging one OF the greatest pat
ting races since that of years ago,
when Napoleon Lajoie of Cleveland and
" Cobb of the Tigers fought it out for
fbe league leadership, with only trac-
ton of point separating them at the
end of the season.
Harry Heilmann and Ty Cobb, De-
troit stars, are holding first and sec
ond position as the final stretch is
started. with George Sisler, the 1t.
Louis idol and last years champion,
nuttinr on an attack which has car
ried him into fourth place ahead OF
Iris Speaker, leader OF the world
champions.
During the past two weeks Sisler
has hit for an average of Just below
500. having cracked out 81 hits IN
90 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 a mark
of 1888, while Sisler is hitting .3I9
Srfeaker, who was tied with the st
Louis star a week ago, is fifth with
800
S. Harris of Washington, by stealing
one base, has brought his record Tor the
season to 26 thefts.
Other leading batters: Tobin, st
Louis, .36l; Jacobson, St. Louis, ,344
veach, Detroit, .343; +. Collins, Chi
cago, .342; Williams, st. Louis, .34l
Strunk, Chicago, $40,
Rogers Hornsby, the st. Louis star
who last year led the National league
in batting with an average of .403 fol
the year, promises to repeat this sea
son. He is the only regular in tbs
league hitting above the 400 mark, hi
latest average showing hit travelling al
400 clip.
George Cutshaw, the veteran SECOND
baseman of the Pirates, is Hornsbyt
closest rival with an average OF $50
while Walter Cruise of Boston is tive
points behind the Pittsburgh star Will
an average of .34s Jack FORMER, an
other cardinal, has tied Ed. Roush o
Cincinnati who topped the Nationa
league batters in 1917 and 1919. They
re hitting .347.
u9rnsby is safely out in front il
total bases. his 2l0 hits giving him {
total of 1913 bases His hits include q
homers, the latter being just two be
hind George Kelly of the Giants whC
is leading with %
Frank Frisch of the Giants added
four bases to his string of stolen base'
and is showing the way TO the bast
stealers with AZ thefts.
Other leading batters; McHenry, st
Louis, .344; Mann, st. Louis, .34l
Friseh, New York, 1885, f. Smith, New
York. $50; Meusel, New York, 1923
C. Williams, Philadelphia, ,32S; John
ton, Brooklyn, .324; Griffith, Brook
lyn, 1924, Bigbee, Pittsburgh, 1922.