Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-04
HORNSBY HIT
DOWNGRADEON
EASTERN TRIP
of Detroit Leading
American Singers But
Ter of Blues Ahead

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include rs doaa2es 10 TRIPLES and al
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in sixth Sssse5ea smcrE tine har-ersi
who have participated in 80 OF more.
saMes has zdv1mceG 10 second place
with an average Of $50. while NC
Henry the CARDINAL cEtfsesdsr-
though Irops5nE "a points remains
third with ssh
When George Kelly of Ne1 York
banged cut e homer during the week
he assed his total TO tea Jusa one he
hind Muesei of Philadelphia who fai1-
ed To add TO his string of IN
Max Carey the fTeet-seossI PITTS
burEh outtielder- and Frank Frisca of
New York are having q neck and meek
race for stolen base honcrs Each
added Four to his string and AGAIN they
are tied with IL each
Other leading hatteH: Rcusrh.
Cincinnati .s5s- Muesei- Philadelphia
-saf: Grimes Chicago -s54- Mann
81 Louis Isl: Fo1rrier- St Louis
.3s3; M~aranvilIe- Pittsburgh .s51:
Cutshaw, Pittsburgh. .s4s.
Ruth Cracked Ont Four.
Babe Ruth. the home run king. has
recovered from his setback last week
at the hands of Dick Kerr OF the
White Sox- He drove out fou circuit
hits the past week and brought his
total up to Is. including games of last
Wednesday. However. Ruth did not
fare 50 well a. regards averages his
batting figures showing a drop Of SIX
points to .se5.
Ruth has made So hits for a total of
201 bases. and also leads in runs
scored. having registered 80 times for
the New York club. He has cracked
out 20 doubles and seven triples.
Harry Holman. the Detroit Singer.
who is leading the men who have
played in 40 or more games, go back
into his stride and has been hitting
the ball with some regularity. HeiIman
has boosted his average to AIS: Iris
Speaker, pilot of the Cleveland worlds
champions, also made up some OF the
ground he lost a couple OF weeks ago
and Is the runner-up to Heilman with
an average of .40S. Ty Cobb, the De
7 troit leader, suffered a loss of eight
points during the last week. but. con
tinued in third place with .3SS- George
Sislers the st. Louis star. stuck to
fourth place despite a drop of IL
points. He is hitting 1865.
Sister pilferred another base dur
ing the week and continues to set
the pace in the American league
with Is thefts. with Joe Judge and
S. Harris of Washington tied for sec
ond place with 13 each.
Other leading batters:
Veach. Detroit. 1858: SEVERED. st.
Louis. 1853; Williams, st. Louis. .s55:
p. Collins, Chicago. 1853; Tobiny st.
Louis. $50: r. Jones, Detroit, .34s;
Charity, Washington. .346.
Russell Going Strong.
Reb Russell, the former White Sox
pitcher who is working in the out
field for Minneapolis in the American
Association, is making a strong bid
for batting honors in President Hick-
ey'ss circuit. with an average of .379.
Russell has moved into a tie with
k1rke OF Louisville for second place
among players who have participated
in 40 or more games. Butler OF Kan
sas City continues at the head of TIL.
regulars with an average of .401,
while Gamer who was the runner-ur
a week ago, TO- stands five points
behind Russell and Kirke with .374.
Russell also continues to run a
neck and neck race with Bunny Brief
of Kansas City for home run honors
Each cracked u his thirteenth
I homer the past week Baird of In.
dianapolis annexed four stolen base.
to his string and is showing the way
to the base stealers with 26 thefts.
Other leading batters:
Brief, Kansas City. 1855; Baird
Indianapolis, $50; Duncan, st. Paul
.357;t Gearin, Milwaukee,. 1856; Good
Kansas City 1855; Thorpe. Toledo
asa; Haas. st. Pau. 1852; Ellis, Louis.
vile, $50.
Besk Gets Homers.
Beck Of Wichita made three home