The log cabin Democrat., 1921-07-02
HORNBY HITS TAMELY
 AGAIN EASTERN FOES
St. Louis Slugger Still Tops League Babe Add Four Homers,
 Total No. 2S.
(By the Associated Press)

l
 the St. Louis star slugger, who is top
 ping the batters of the National
 League, went up against some stiff
 pitching the past week when the Car
 dlnals battled with eastern invaders,
 and dropped twelve points off his bat
 ting average, according to figures pub lished today which include games of ] last Wednesday. He was then hitting l .407.
 Hornsby has passed the century mark for hits, the first member of the
 Heydler circuit do this so far this
 season. He cracked out 105 for total of 162 bases, which puts him far in front of his rivals. His hits include Is doubles, 10 triples and seven homers.
 Pep Young of New York, who was in sixth position among the batters who have participated in 40 or more games, has advanced to second place with an average of .367, while Me Henry, the Cardinal outfelder, though dropping 21 points, remains third witt, .361.
 When George Kelly of New York banged out homer during the week, he raised his total to 10, just one be- hind Meusel of Philadelphia. who fail ed to add to his string of II. Max Carey, the fleet footed Pittsburg out fielder, and Frank Frisch of New York are having neck and neck race for stolen base honors. Each added four to his string and again they are tied with IT each. Other leading batters: Roush, Cincinnati .359; Meusel, Philadelphia .354; Grimes, Chicago .354; Mann, St. Louis .354; Fournier. St. Louis .353; Maranville, Pittsburg .351; Cutshaw, Pittsburg .347..
 Babe Ruth, the home run king. has recovered from his set back last week at the hands of Dick Kerr of the White Sox. He drove out four circuit hits the past week and brought his total up to 28, including games last We'd nesday. However Ruth did not fare so well as regards averages, his bat ting figures showing a drop of six points to ,365 Ruth has made s9 hits for total of 2o7 bases, and also leads in runs scored having register ed 73 times for the New York club He has cracked out 20 doubles and seven triples.s
 Harry Heilman, the Detroit slug ger, who is leading the men who have played in 40 or more games, got back into his stride and has been hitting the ball with some regularity. Heil- man 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 Detroit leader, suffered a loss of eight points during the past week, but continued in third place with 1888, George Sisler, the St. Louis star, stuck to fourth place despite a drop of 12 points. He is hitting 365
 Sisler pilfered another base dur ing the week and continues to set the i pace in the American league with Is thefts, with Joe Judge and s. Harris of Washington tied for second place with 13 each Other leading batters: Veach, Detroit .363; Severied, St. l Louis .358; Williams, St. Louis .355; E. Collins, Chicago .353; Tobin, St. Louis $50; R. Jones, Detroit .348; Charity, Washington .346.
 McMillan of Memphis went on batting rampage in the Southern As sociation during the past week and moved up among the leaders in Pres ident Martins circuit. 1. M. Boone of | New Orleans continues to top the bat ters who have participated in 40 or more games, according to the aver ages released today which include last Tuesdays game. The New Or leans slugger is hitting .37S, with Traynor of Birmingham the runner-up with .364 and Don Brown of Little Rock one point behind with .363.
 Traynor added another stolen base to his record and is setting the pace with 31 thefts. Bernsen of Birming- ham and Tutweler of Mobile failed to stretch out their home run totals, and remain tied with nine each. Other leading batters: McLarry, Memphis .356; Harper, Little Rock .354; Stell- bauer, Nashville .349; FcMillan, Mem phis .344 Griffith, New Orleans .340; Burke, Nashville .338; Hungling, Memphis ,337; Gilbert, New Orleans
 335; Bernsen, Birmingham 333.