Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-17
COBB FOUR POINTS.
BEHIND HE|LMANN
Georgian Only Ono of Leaders
to Show Gain-Fournier
Pressing Hornsby
GEORGE SISLER IN SLUMP

quartet which last week went into the
stretch fighting for the batting honors
of the American League who made q
gsin during the week. The Georgia
Peach added four points to his average,
giving him mark Of .394 for the rum
ner-up honors.
Harry Hcilmann, Detroit's slugging
outfielder. struck slump in his hit
ting and dropped to 1893. just four
points in front of his boss. Babe Ruth.
Of the Yankees. the third member of the
slugsing quartet. travelled along on
about fifty fifty basis. dropping one
point. He is third. with .3S2. George
Sisler, Of st. Louis, who a week ago
was crowding on the heels of the lead
ers. did not do so we'll with the willow
and has dropped to .374, loss of seven
POINTS.
Ruth broke his home.run record Of
fifty four circuit drives established in
1920, scoring his fifty-ffth at New
York on Thursday and his fifty sixth
yesterday, increasing his lead as run
getter. having registered 162 times.
Other leading batters: Speaker.
Cleveland. 1866; Tobin. st. Louis,
sos; Jacobson, St. Louis. .346;, f..
Collins. Chicago. .343; Strunk, Chi
cago, .342; Veach, Detroit, .341; Will
liams, st. Louis, .33S.
Fournier Makes Gain
Jack Fourner. first baseman Of the
st. Louis Cardinals, enjoyed a good
week with the bat in the National
League. and has climbed up behind his
teammate, Rogers Hornsby, for the
cpuit.' The big Frenchman is hitting
.352, while Hornsby dropped five
points. but continued to top the bat
ters with mark of .401.
Hornsby increased his lead as a run
getter, having scored 122 runs for his
club.
AS a home-run hitter, the st, Louis
star is giving great promise of over
taking George Kelly, of the Giants. who
is out in front with twenty-five circuit
crashes. Frisch. of the Giants, failed
to run his stolen base record above the
forty seven reached a week ago.
Other leading batters: Cutshaw
Pittsburgh. $50; Rousch, Cincinnati,
.34S; McHenry, st. Louis, .345
Cruise, Boston. al; Meusel, New
York, 1885, E. Smith, New York, 1888 ;
Frisch, New York, .332; Mann, st.
Louis, .331.
Jim Thorpe. whose athletic prowess
in the Olympic games at Stockholm in
1912 startled the universe, has made
wonderful strides among the batters of
the American Association players. The
! big Indian, who Is a member of the
Toledo Club, has climbed to fifth place,
with an average of 1853.
Jay kirke. the Louisville slugger,
although suffering a slight falling of
in his stickwork, continued to top the
batters with an average Of 1881, while
Reb Russell, the Minneapolis slugginr
outtielder, has passed Art Butler, OF
Kansas City, for the honors as runner
up to kirke. Russell is clouting 1915.
Buffers mark is 1860. -
Forty Homers BY Brief
Bunny Brief, of Kansas City, who
last week and brought his seasons rec
ord for circuit wallops to forty, is In
fourth place among the batters with
mark Of 1854.
Baird, of indianapolis, by stealing
two bases during the last week, is show :
ing the way to the base -stealers with
sixty three thefts. Other leading bat
ters: Good, Kansas City, 800; Acosta
Louisville, .354; Fischer, Minneapoli
500; Gamer. Milwaukee, .344; Lear,
Milwaukee, 1888.
!. NJ. Boone, Of New Orleans failed
to change his average of week age
and continues to top the batters Of the
Southern Association with a mark OF
.391. Griffith, a teammate, increased
his average for the runner-up honors
to 1856, while Polly McLarry, of Mem
phis. Is next with .352.
High, Of Memphis, is out in from,
among the run -getters with 131 tallies
while Bronson, of Birmingham, who
cracked out three homers in the last
week. Is showing the way to the four
base hitters with twenty circuit drives,
Stuart. also Of Birmingham. is blaz.
ing the way to the base stealers will
sixty five thefts, having NEGOTIATED
seven since the last compilation of fig .
ures. Other leading batters: Bogart
New Orleans. .345; Burke, Nashville
:345; Camp, Memphis, $40; Dor
Brown. Memphis, 1856; Traynor
birmingham. 1886: Bernsen. Birminp .
ham, .335 Harper, Little Rock, '329
Stewart, Birmingham. 1926: Wano
Little Rock, 1926; Williams, Memnbis
80; Anderson. Chattanooga, ,3o5