Evening journal., 1921-05-07

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a percentage Of 444. George Kelly
leads with is runs scored. Jimmy
Johnston Of the Robins leads with
hits 26. George Kelley Of the
Giants enjoys home run honors with
rounds trippers. The following
PLAYERS are in tic for leading base
stealer with four each. Walter
Maranville. Billy Southworth, Clin
Heathcote and Sam Bohne, and Al
Mamaux of the Robins tops the
twirlers with three victories and nary
a defeat.
Jim Tierney Of the Pirates, after
carrying the longest streak of bat
ting this season, IA games in a row,
was stopped May 1 by the left-hand-
ed shoots of Jim Vaughn Of the
Cubs. During his long hitting siege
Jim came through with "a safeties
in SO batting tries for a percentage
OF .453.
George Kelly fell the same day
that Tierney did. Kelly needed
but to hit safely in one more game
to reach a tie with Tierney The
tall Giant had maintained a batting
streak through t3 successive con-
tests, when Hugh McQuillan of the
Braves applied the brakes. Kelly
during his period Of hitting belted
9 safe ones in so trials for a batting
mark of $50 and tailed IA runs.
on April so, zack Wheat went to
the bat officially $500 times. the
Robins captain celebrating the event
by clouting a homer off George
Smith and winning the game for his
mates. Wheat's lifetime National
League batting percentage is .302.
zack engaged in 1853 contests, get
ting 1851 hits in $500 times at bat.
Frank Frisch OF the Giants. after
hitting safely his last nine successive
games, was halted May 4 by Walter
Ruether. Frisch got IA hits in SO
tries for 400.
Up to May / there were only three
scorless victories staged in the Ma
tional League but on this day three
Of the four contests resulted in shut
outs, the Philies. Cubs and Browns
being the victims. Not since July
25, 1919, has three or more shut
outs been scored in the senior major.
on this latter date all four games
ended in scorless defeats, the Giants,
Robins. Reds and Cubs applying the
whitewash brush.
Jimmy Ring stopped a pair OF
Robins who were enjoying extended
streaks of batting in the game play
ed May /. Jimmy Johnston had
hit safely for 10 consecutive games
and gotten 22 hits in SO attempts for
a mark OF .629 and scored 10 runs,
while his mate, Tom Grifhth. quit
after eight games. in which Tommy
i came through with IL safeties in 20
tries for a percentage OF 1873. John
ston had also scored 10 runs in
straight games when the Phillie
0 halted Jim on April 80
George Kelly hit his seventh hom
run OF the season on May 2 II wa
} not until Aug. is last year tina
George reaped like number o
four base licSs. Kelly was on quite
a run-scoring streak when Walter
Ruether halted him May 4, Georg,
having tailed runs in his last
games.
Billy Southworth of the Braves
after hitting safely his last eight
games. quit May ] to Fred Toney
] Bill. during his period OF hitting
banged out a dozen hits in 32 batt-
ing tries for a mark of .375.
-Four players in the majors have
come through with "The Big Hit" a
homer with the bases loaded thus far
! this year, three National and one
} American Lacquer. Ralph Millei
Z and Lee Meadows OF the Phillies
I George Kelly OF the Giants anS
George Uhie OF the Indians.