Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-10-08
BABE RUTH BREAKS
THREE RECORDS
Hornsby Leads National Sluggers
While Hielman and Cobb
Are Close In American


season just ended was productive
OF a number of new records. ac-
corcling to the unofficial averages
released today and which include
games of October 2 "Babc
/ Ruth was responsible for 1t least
three new records.
The home run sluggcr OF the
pcnnant winning Yankees broke
his own record for circuit drives.
! by pulling up with so four ply
blows and in doing so smashed
( the mark Of Gavy Cravath for
total circuit drives during H., ma
jor league career. Ruth since
coming into the major leagues
has slammed on: l62 circuit
drives. while Cravath had Il mark
!of III. Ruth also boosted the
American League record - Il RIM
! gcttcr by registering LIS t:mcS.
exceeding his mark oi year ago
! by ~ runs The total base record
OF the American | caguc. cStab-
lishcd last year by SiSlcr. OF ST
! Louis, also vas exceeded by tie
heavy hitting lankc" star. who in
making 2O4 hits. rolled up total
OF ASS bases. The former league
record was 500.
; There is much doubt Il, To who
was the best hitter in the Amcri-
can League. Some stati,tician,
: in their unofficial figures have
given the honorS To Harry Hell
man. hard hitting Detroit ont
! iicldcrS, while others. anon.
them siatisticianS Of the Amcri-
; can League. say that llcilman >
boss. Tv Cobb. i the champion
, Figures available here show I obj
! finished with an average of 500
while Heilman's mark i .,iSI
! according to these records Cobb
I played III l2S games. was at bat
sos times and cracked out l91
hits. Heilman' record >how~ he
PLAYED in 40 games and made
/ 2J3 hits in 6O2 times at bat 9th
er statisticians have figured that
: the Detroit Sluggcrs were rrac
, tiCally tied at the wire with 500.
but when carried to four figures
Hcilnan was given the edge by Il
margin Of .0O00S. Cobb'S mark
in this case was .i90l while that
Of Hcilman was .3904. Accord
. ing To these figures Iicilnan i
credited with 255 hits while the
! figures which give the Georgia
peach the honors. credit Holman
with only 255 hits.
/ HornSbv, OF the St. Louis Ma
tionals. put up a merry chase To
enter the select 100 hittcrs.
who attained fame in the Nation
nj League. but missed the coveted
goal by one point.
/ lay kirkc. of Louisville. cstab-
! liShcd Il new worlds record for
hits in one season by breaking the
record made by l.. y. Miller. oi
Oakland last season. kirkc made
his 2S2nd hit as the curtain went
down and beat Alillcr'S mark bv
two hits Miller PLAYED in lg9
/ games. kirke in only los games.
Base stealing honors OF the
American League were captured
by Sisler. of St. Louis. who swip-
ed 81. while frank Frisch. of the
Giants, with IL thcftS.. carried OFF
the prize in the National League
George Kelly. of the Giants
carried off the home run honor>
OF the senior major league with
rs circuit drives under his belt.
Leading batters OF the Nation
al League. playing 99 or more
games: Hornsby. ST Louis 800
Roush. Cincinnati. .355: McIIen-
ry. St. Louis. $50: Cruise. Bos
ton. $40; L. Mcuscl. New York
..345: Fournier. St. Louis. .S43
Frisch. New York. $40: Cutshav
; Pittsburgh, $40: ]. Smith. St
:. Louis. .332: Groh. Cincinnati, ..'5I
American League Cobb. De
; troit. 800: Heilman. Detroit. ,SSz
: Ruth. New York. .577; Sislcr. II
: Louis. .Tl: Speaker. Cleveland
r $50: Jacobson. St. Louis .S54
: Tobin. St. Louis. .55l: Williams
; St. Louis, .545; L. Collins. Chi
Z cago. .337:- Neach. Detroit. .555
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