Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-10-01
CLOSE RACE FOR
BATTING H0N0RS
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Chicago. oct. l-TIc champion
l,alicr uf the American l.c;.grc
; inat not be hi1ow.. uui.l the last
game ui tlic season lias lccu play
. c'l. The race lIas settled down a.
n rip and tuck lat L. l,-jVccn /,
. (, hb. yj;nl 81 lh. Detroit Ii@cr-.
AMI his had hitting u:lt t:ic'dcr
Harry ilciluan. Babe itutii Is t ic
Dark horse for prcraicr liunor~.
The Detroit >luGGCr>. tied -
week ago. are separated by unc
point. according tu the average
released to'lay and which include
games OF Wednesday. llc;lrlau
i hitting ..'9l. while III, boss ha-
mark oi 800. the former nav
ing participated in more game,
tl,an the Georgia peach. Ruth l.
trailing thc p-lir with au avcra.,
at .'SO a gain over Ia, mark ol a
week ago of two points. He'll
man cropped three points while
cobb lost -four. George Si~lc. the
It. Louis e.ar. suffered a Sigh;
failing off in his stick work In,
retains fourth Tiacc with rs.
while Iris Speaker. manager ol
TIC worlds champions. i holm"
iilh place with ..i5S. loss ui :
points.
/ Other lcaling battcrs ipr -iCg
ur more games TubinJ ST lSiqis
...45 T. Collins. Chicago. 70 &.
Ncas.li. Detroit. .iFos .S,rimk. Z ID
cage. .S3O. - til. .-
( Rogers Iorusby. at ST. Louis
il making a strong bid to b. the
first hitter Ia finish in thc Na-
,ional Lcaglicti tiils season. with an
average above the 100 mark inc,
the days of Dclehanty. who while
with Philadelphia in 1900. topped
the lattcrs with All aver - pi
.-iDS. ii the s: l.ouis star. WhJ
i hitting .4C0. according To- tn
averages released TODAY. AM
which include Wednesdays gam"
maintains his pace. ne will citer
the National League hall OF fame
; with such men n narnc>. Chicago.
who hit .4O5 in 1876. Cap Ansou.
OF Chicago. VINO finished in lS7"
with .+O7 Stencil. Pittsburg. who
averaged 400, in 1898: Duffy, oi
Boston. with .4,5S. IN 1904: Bur
, lett. of Cleveland. who held the
, leadership i'll 1895 and 1880, with
averages OF ass and .4l9. rcSpcC
tively. and Willie Keller. who a
member Of the Baltimore clui.
; in 1897. had a mark OF .4lI.
! Frank FrisclI. Of the Giants. re
/ taincd his lead as the best base
Stealer. despite The fact that ht.
failed to add TO his total OF ~ OF
a week ago.
4 Ed Rousch. OF Cincinnati. has
made a great squirt i'll his hitting
I: and has moved up to second place
| where he is trailing Ilornsby with
! an average Of .S51, while Nc
/ Henry. OF St. Louis. and Cruise ol
Boston. have tied for third place
with $40
Other leading battcrs for l0J
or more games: Fournicr. St
Louis. .34S: ieusel. New York.
.,543: Friseh. Sew York. ..339: ].
Smith. st. Louis. 1888; Bigbec
Pittsburg. .325; Johnston, Brook
lny. .524.
| Jav kirke. OF Louisville. APP
pears to have Il safe hold on the
batting honors OF the American
| Association, as the averages show
him hitting 1888. He also is out
in front for total base honors with
, 4OS bases. acquired on 2I3 hits
, which include AZ doubles. l.5 trip
}, les. and Il home runs. The real
race is OH for second place honors
}, between Reb Russell OF Minneap
u oils, who is hitting sos. Art But
!, Ter. of Kansas City, with .365. an'
!, Bunny Brief, another kansa:
! City slugger. with .3o5. lin
!, Thorpe. of Toledo. is on the heel:
!, OF the trio with 800.