The log cabin Democrat., 1921-06-25
BATTING SLUMP SLICES
 AVERAGES OF LEADERS Heilman, Iris and Ty on Downward Grade as Pitching Tightens-
 Brown Third in Southern.
tBy the Associated Press)


 has been very much in evidence in ths
 baseball world during the past weel
 and his warmth apparently has
 brought pitchers who were slow ir , rounding into condition back to thei, l stride. Throwing arms apparent,
 have had the kinks burned out by the warm weather and as a result batting has suffered materially. Babe Ruth of the Yankees, king of home run hitters, who was on a home run batting spree a week ago, made only one circuit drive during the past week, and brought his string to "A. In the National League Irish" Meu- sel of Philadelphia failed to add to his mark of II circuit drives. Jack Fournier of St. Louis, however, man. aged to hang out brace of four ply knocks, bringing his total to nine, which puts him in tie with George Kelley, of New York, who has not made round trip blow for several weeks.
 The old warm weather also is help ing the base stealers, and the veter- ans are gradually stepping along with renewed vim.
 | Harry Heilman, the Detroit slugger. continues to top the batters of the American league, with an average of ! .414, according to averages released today and which include games of Wednesday, of players who have par tlclpated in 35 or more games. How ] ever, Heilman's mark has dropped F points below that of a week ago. Iris Speaker, pilot of the worlds champions, who is the runner-up to Heilman also slumped and now is hit ting .403, II points below his mark of week ago. Ty Cobb did not fare so badly as his two rivals, the Geor- gia peach dropping only two points, He is in third place with an aver age of 1896, while George Sisler, the St. Louis star, lost 13 points and is tied for fourth with Severeid, team mate at .377, the latter dropping only five points.
 Sisler is out in front among the base stealers of the junior major cir cult with IA thefts, while Harris of Washington is trailing him with 13. Other leading batters: Ruth, New York .371; Williams, St. Louis .357; Charity, Washington .355; R. Jones, Detroit .354; E. Collins, Chicago 353.
 In the National league Rogers Hornby added three points to his mark of a week ago and leads the regulars with an average of .419. The records include games of We'd nesday and are for players who have taken part in 35 or more games. Nicholson of Boston did the best hit ting of the week, however, the east erner boosting his average from 341 to 1883. He now ranks second to Hornsby. The St. Louis club pos sesses most of the leagues sluggers, for McHenry with 1882, Mann with .373 and Fournier with .370, all of St. Louis, come next in the batting standings. Other leading batters: Young, New York .363; Bressler, Cincinnati .353; Rousch, Cincinnati 1858; Johnston, Brooklyn .349; Mar anville, Pittsburg 348; Grimes, Chi cago .347.
 In stolen bases Carey of Pittsburg, who has been among the leaders for years, iss having tight tussle with Frank Frisch, the New York young ster. Each has stolen 15 bases. Southworth of Boston is not far be- hind with 12.
 I. M. Boone, despite a slump which brought his average from 1888 to .378, still holds the crown among the bat ters of the Southern Association, ac- cording to averages including game2 of Tuesday for men who played in 35 or more contests. Traynor of Birmingham also slumped, but his average of .376 still entitled him to second position.
 Other leading batters: MeLarry, Memphis .36S; Don Brown, Little Rock .363; Harper, Little Rock .360; Stellabauer, Nashville 1858; Bogart, Nashville .355; Mayer, Atlanta .347; Griffith, New Orleans .342; Emery, New Orleans $40.
 Tutweiler of Mobile made a brace of homers during the week and is tied for the circuit drive leadership with Bernsen of Birmingham, each having nine.
 Trayner of Birmingham stole six bases during the week and is run ing ahead with total of 30. Stew art of Birmingham, leader week ago, stole only two sacks and is run ner-up with 27.
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