Evening journal., 1921-07-16

HObtIS t1OTnSDy OF lne Cardinals
tops the National League hitters with
a percentage of .42O and has made
the most hits, 1879
Frank Frisch, of the Giants leads
the run scorers with 20 tallies and
his teammate, George Kelly, has
made the most home runs with 13
to his credit, while Max Carey of
the Pirates shows the way along the
base paths with 23. and Charles
Glazner of the Pirates is the leading
pitcher with s wins and 1 defeat for
a percentage of $50.
Heinie Groh, after hitting safe in
s games. was stopped by Joe Oesch=
ger. He punched out 13 hits in 29
tries for .44S.
Zach Wheat was stopped by a trio
of Red hurlers on July IS, after a
hitting streak that ran for 8 straight
games, in which he poled out Is
hits in 28 tries for a percentage of
.536 and scored 10 runs
Rogers Hornsy. after hitting safe
in l3 games, was stopped by Art
Nehf of the Giants on July 13.
Roger, during this hitting, punched
out 26 hits in 40 tries for an aver
age Of .5S1. This is Hornsby's
fourth hitting streak of more than
10 consecutive games. having one of
16, IL and 10 games previous to this
one. Roger has scored IL runs in
his last II consecutive games. His
run-scoring remains unbroken.
Earl Smith, OF the Giants, on July
13, hit the pellet for a home run
with the bases loaded off Roy Walk
er, Of the Cardinals, and his team
mate, Frank Snyder, on July 9, did
the same stunt off Jim Vaughn, Of
the Cubs. An odd feature of these
homerun clouts by the Giant catch
ers were that the blow gave them
an equal number of home runs with
z each. This is the sixth time in
the Heydler circuit this year where
home runs have been hit with bases
full. George Kelly, of the Giants, per-
forming it twice. Lee Meadows and
Ralph Miller. OF the Phillies, being
the others to do the same.
When George Kelly, of the Giants.
failed to play in the game of July s
he had a record of playing PSI con-
secutive games for the Giants. He
started his iron man work on Sept.
5, 1919. playing "a games. In 1920
he played every game his team took
part in, 155, and had played in 70
games this season till he was forced
to retire.
Jimmy Johnston, of the Robins.
after scoring s runs in Z consecutive
games. was halted by the Pirates on
July s.
Cborlo- c.~,x,,~. - ~. r,s--.-. - I.
ed prodigious batting streak that
ran for 20 consecutive games, when
Leon Cadore OF the Robins said stop
to him on July s. During his streak
he poled out 20 hits in rs tries for
an average of .3S7. scoring 10 times
Leslie Mann. Of the Cardinals. was
stopped by Wilbur Hubbell. of the
Phillies, on July 9, after hitting safe
in 10 games for .256.
Carson Bigbee. of the Pirates, af-
ter hitting all kinds Of pitching for
23 consecutive games and equallins
the same best record in the John
ston circuit, was stopped on July
10iby Burleigh Grimes Of the Robins
He punched out AZ hits in 106 trie;
for an average OF .443, and tailed
10 runs, when he set the record
longest streak OF consecutive hitting
in the Heydler circuit this season.
Austin McHenry, of the Cardinals
was stopped by Smith and Ring oi
the Phillies after punching out /;
hits in 46 tries for .2S3 in IL straight
games.
= Ralph Miller. of the Phillies. wa,
halted on July IL by a trio of Card
inal hurlers after games of hitting
for .333.
Fred Nicholson, OF the Braves
was stopped on July IL by Grover
Alexander after games of hitting
Fred poled out 16 hits in 32 triei
, for 500.
When Joe Oeschger, Of N
Browns. bested Alexander in tina
10 inning game on July IL it mad'
wins in a row for him.
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