The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-12
DESPITE A SLUMP IKE BOONE STILL LEADING EATERS
Pie Traynor Leads Base SteaIers, With Twenty-two
 to His Credit

Southern league batters in general and Oscar Hungling in particular, received a setback last week, and Ike" Boone is now leading the league, although he lost 10 points. Hunglipg, who led last week, fell 37 digits, dropping to fifth place: Joe Guyon and Bogart were not affected by the slump fever and jumped into second and third places among the regulars, the former gaining 20 points and the latter 31. Don Brown lost several, but held to fourth place.
 Traynor is seventh among the regu lars with .359, and still leads in stolen bases with 22. He Is also setting a hot pace in run scoring with 51 coun- ters. Stuffy Stewart with .348, Emery with .330, and Bernsen on a batting streak with a 1921 average are the other leading Barons. Tommie Tay- Tor Is the other local In the charmed circle with .s04. Stewart of Birming- ham and Griffith are tied for second In stolen bases with Is apiece, while Emery Is fourth with IT.
 like" Boone still leads in total bases with IF, beinx closely followed by Don Brown. Harper, Griffith, Me Larry and Bernsen In tho order named. Anderson slumped last week. but Is ahead In home runs with seven, Don Brown and Tutweiler being sec ond with six each. Tommie McMillan has smacked out IS two baggers while his sidekick, Charley High, has like number. These two midgets lead McLarry and Leslie by two doubles In thls respect.
 A triple tie between Harper, Grif- filth and Burke is on for three-base hit honors, while Boone Is second with eight. Mano continued as chief sacrificer with 15, Bronkie being sec ond with IA. and Emery third with 12. Ike" Boone, with 79, had sarnered the most hits, while Griffith follows with 77 binsles.
 Little Rock continued its even 300 hitting, being closely followed by the Chicks with .2ss. Birmingham leads the second division with .29S. Bir- mingham is 20 bases ahead of the nearest competition in stealing sacks and leads in three -baggers with 42 Total base honors also rest in the Baron wigwam, and the Moleys are third in runs scored, the Chickasaws being ahead with 319. The Travellers lead Chattanooga by six home runs with 29 in their individual race for this honor.
 New Orleans continues to lead the teams in fielding with a boost. of one point over last weeks average. Mem phis is 10 points behind in second place, with Atlanta third, and Bir- mingham fourth, four points ahead Of Little Rock in the second division. The Pelicans lead in double plays with 46, Little Rock being second With A, and the Barons and Chicks tying for third with 41 apiece, Mo- bile still is the only team to have triple play to It's credit
 Tuero of the Chicks still leads the twirlers with one loss and nine vic tories, Zahniser follows, while Phil lips and Sugss intervene before Marks, another Memphian, looms up. Newton leads the local pitchers with six to four count Phil Morrison be- ing second with three won and two lost. Eberhard and Whitehill are the others over the .500 mark. Marks leads in strikeouts with ss, Jonnard being second with 74. The Atlanta chunker also leads in walks with 51. ana Is the hardest worked man in the circuit having pitched lSS in- nings.
 SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.
 Anciudins Games of Wednesday, Juno s.
 Compiled by IRWIN M H0WE