Evening journal., 1921-05-14

harTy hellman OF the IlBerhs tops
the American League hitters with
percentage Of .521.
Ty Cobb. the Tigers manager,
leads the run scorers with 25 tallies
and is also in the van for the most
ilits with 40. Babe Ruth of the
Yankees, heads the sluggers with
nine home runs. Stanley Harris, of
the Senators, shows the way along
the base paths with 8 stolen bases
and Harvey Sutherland of the Tigers,
leads the pitchers with FIVE victories
and no defeats.
The Athletics ano Yankees. by
playing a 14-inning game on May s,
staged the longest contest in the
Majors this year to date.
Ty Cobb, by ramming Emilio Pal
nero OF the Browns for two dou-
nles, a triple and a homer, on May
s. for a total of IL bases. equalled
his best total baseage for one game,
Cobb's biggest total base on hits for
game. previous to this. was on July
19, 1912, when Ty smote the offer
ings OF Carroll Brown and Herb
Fennock OF the Athletics for three
singles and two home runs for total
OF IL bases.
George Burns OF the Champion
Indians. garnered FIVE hits in six bat
ting tries Off a trio OF White Sox
hurlers on May 8. Burns is the Sec
ond American Lacquer turning this
trick the present year. Babe Ruth
vas the first one.
Ty Cobb, the Tigers manager,
scored four runs in the game OF May
s. Ty is the first player In his
league TO flash a quartet of tailies in
one contest.
Harry Hooper, last year with the
he'd Sox. left them with an un-
broken batting streak OF 10 straight
games Upon joining the White
Sox. Harry failed to get a hit his
nrst game off Leonard and Suther-
land, OF the Tigers. Since his first
sart for the White Sox. Hooper
came through daily with his base
hits for IS consecutive games. until
May s, when Stanley Coveleskie ap-
piled the brakes and halted Harry.
During his stretch of hitting, Hooper
came through with is safe blows in
40 attempts. for a mark OF .367.
Covey also stopped Ernie johnson. in
the same game, after Ernie had run
up a streak OF hitting safely
through 10 successive games. dur
ing which johnson poled 13 hits in
20 trials for a batting figure of .333.
Harvey Sutherland, a rookie hurl-
er that Manager Cobb grabbed from
The Pacific Coast League. turned in
his fifth wining effort in a row by
licking the Yankees May IL. Suth-
erland's other victims were the In.
dians. White Sox and twice the
Rrowns.
Harry Heilman, OF the Tigers anc
leading hitter Of the league. is on a
prodigious streak OF hitting safely in
consecutive games. Heilman's hii
% Waite Hoyt. OF May IL. made / 4
straight games OF hitting. This is
the longest hitting streak in the
Johnson circuit this year and equals
he National Leagues best, IA
straight. by Jim Tierney. During
his period Of hitting Heilman acted
\as a pinch hitter on May ?. but did
not break his streak for Harry. by
V allxing. did not get a chance to hit
one. Heilman banged out 2S safe
blows in SO batting tries for a bat
ting figure Of .52s; his streak is
unbroken.
Bob Meusel, OF the Yankees and
George Sisler, of the Browns. eacl
set odd records by combing pitch
crs for four hits in game twl
games in succession. Bob slashel
out four safe ones of Eric Erickson
Nay 6, and backed this up by smii
ing Walter johnson for a quartet q
hingles May Z. Meusel hit for tn
cycle in getting his four blow
against johnson, one being a singh
"A double, a triple and one a hon
run. Bob is the first big leagu
player hitting the cycle this yea
Only three major leaguers hit fC
the cycle last season. these wei
George Sisler. on August 8; 30
Neach, on September II, and Geore
Burns, of the Giants, September i
George Sisler poled four hits o.
Harvey Sutherland. on May 6, an
repeated this. stunt in his succeed
ing game against George Dauss
Sisler, in this latter contest, ais
scored four runs. being the frs
player in his set to flash this fea
lhis year.
Manager Cobb concluded hli
FIRST batting streak of the present
year on May Z. Ty, after hitting all
sorts Of hurting for IL consecutive
games, was halted by Bill Bayne
Cobb. during his stretch Of hitting
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