The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-20
J.ANDERSON OF
ROCKFORD TOPS
BATTERS LIST
George lie Beau Slips To Third
KneiSch and Tatum Are Slug.
gfng Pitchers.

George LIE Beau, the Rockford
slugger, vacated the leading posi-
ton among the Three-Eye hitters
during the last week but his place
was assumed by Anderson, team
mate. LIE Beau slipped from first
and $40 to third and 1873, while An
derson merely added one point to
.339.
Kneisch, Moline pitcher, and Ia
tum, Terre Haute, boast the best
batting averages with 1868 and .S4f,
respectively, but because or the
small number of games both nave
appeared in, as compared with the
everyday FASTENERS, cannot be cred
-ited as the leaders.
Campbell of Terre Haute is. sec
ond to Anderson with .337, which is
d rise of three points. LIE Beau man
aged to remain ahead of Dunnlng OF
Terre Haute, who has a percentage
of 1886, an increase from $3.50. Ell
mer Benson, Islander manager, fol-
lows the Tot manager with 1876,
slump from .331. Al Bashang, lead
er OF the Evas, is certainly setting
race towdld the top. He added
points during the week and Is hit
ting .316. L. Cole, Evansville out
fielder, has .316 also, a climb from
.3O5.
Howard Jones of Moline, seems
to be fading rapidly. For over
month Howard has been in the
Lhroes OF { slump with the willow
and each week hnds him deeper in
the mire. Averages this week cred
it him with .314 as against .32g last
week Wasn't so long ago that
Howard was pelUlng the leather ap-
pie at .36U pace.
+ Bill Cole is having no end of
trouble conn ting safely, too. He
dropped II points and is BATH = an
even 800. FRANK Murphy, Islander
shOrtst- =, manages to POKE EN- out
consistently ana his record OF .294
stands. All Schweitzer added three
points Ind = even with Murphy.
Murphy leads the league in stolen
bases with ~. He failed to increase
this from last week.
Lee GooCh, hard-hitting outfeld-
er OF the Plowbeys, is slowly but
surely oVertGking Jones home run
record. Howard has chalked up II
to date but 1t has been several
weeks since he connected for the
last one. On the other hand, Gooch
has been taking some wicked cuts
and meeting the phi now and then
for circuit Smasnes until he can
point TO Is after his name. Platte of
Peoria has IL AnAnrCnn of
Rockford, IL.
Anderson is the leader in the mat
ter OF total bases with I'll. Gooch
is second with ZU9, while Jones has
zoe. Besides II ho4ners, Anderson
has driven out Is triples and 26
doubles. Jones has 81 doubles and
seven triples and GOoch, &c doubles
and 10 tIIples.
z22 Home Runs.
Moline has the greatest collection
of home run hitters. Their com
bined efforts have netted 63 around
the-bases smacks. Rockford is sec
ond with As. Peoria has 81. Bloom
ington and Evansville, 20 each, Rock
Island and Cedar Rapids, 16 each,
and Terre Haute pulls up the rear
222 home runs in the league for
games up to and including those of
Wednesday
Moline and Cedar Rapids continue
to lead in team batting with 279
each, slump of one point for both
clubs. Bloomington pulls up the
rear in matter of stIckwork but
leads the procession in fielding. The
Islanders are seventh in team bat
ting and sixth in team fielding.
The Pitchers.
Rose of Cedar Rapids ran into
tough going during the week and his
mates lost two games which he
started. His record of IL won and
four lost is still good enough, how
ever, 70 keep him from worrying
about his meals
Luke Nelson pitched Peoria to
victory in his only game an in
creased his mark to Is won against
three lost. Ralph Miller of Bloom
ington with II won and five lost is
establishing an enviabIe record.
Guy McMhOrter continues to be
the best bet among the Moline hurl-
ers. He has won II and lost eight
Heimach can point to 13 victories
and seven defeats.
The Islanders now have no itch
ers above the 500 mark. Herb Mil
Ter has lost IL and won nine, while
Ambrose has lost a similar number
and been credited with one less vic
tory. Ross has nine victories, over
Swallowed by Is defeats.
Sullivan of Moline is easily the
strikeout king with 149 in 154 in
nings pitched. His nearest chal-
lege for the honor is Marquard OF
Peoria with 123 in 1876 innings.