Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-27
EXPECT BABE RUTH WILL
LEAD IN CIRCUIT DRIVES
Hauscr Makes Wonderful
Squirt i'll Past Week by
Heavy Hitting.
tBy AsHociated pr.ss.1

CHICAGO. Aug 2s-way back
when his homc-run total was OK
pressed In a total hgure-and when
suspensions. hncs and hleachcr boot
inIs were NOR" OF a daily occurrence
than four base hit--I,ahc Ruth sail
~" l92@ season would end with him
thc champion homc-run hitter OF the
major leagues.
IN those DAYS. back In May. Bah.
and Mrs. Ruth seemed 10 he about
tho only people i'm the United Sta,es
cohhd"nt OF Ruth's comeback To-
day Ruth's challenge TO Kenneth
Williams. OF ct. Louis, whose home
run hitting AZ the start or tho yea
son was sensation. and TllIy Walk
or. OF the Athletics. has begun To-
sound like the real thing
Expect Ruth Ia Irnd.
lthth. Win :hc closc OF tn. season
niue more than month away.
mas 70 hoiners 20 his credit, Williams
- and Walker 81. The Bambino
smashed out four this week. while
me best Williams could do was
pair Walker. however. connected
with three. Ruth II h. continues
MS present pace. will make good his
prediction. IN the Judgment OF base
ball critics
inc race in tho American League
Tor batting honors continues to he =
merry one. with the veterans bat
liInG I" overcome George 'Slsler. of
81. Louis. who is showing the yyay
with an average Of .4l3 " r'obh
pilot Of the Tigers is trailing SIsior
wan 400, and iris Speaker. leader
"i IN" Indians. Is next with $40. Tho
remarkable smuggling OF Harry iIoU-
mann, OF Detroit. the past week ha.
placed mir,
an average OF .353. The AVERAGES in
clude Wednesdays contests
Sister Leads nn.- Runners.
liaus"r. Connie Mack's FIRST sacker
although he has PLAYED IN ONLY
ScNcnty-hve games, made wonder
iui showing during the paFt week.
FROM position down abont ,wen
i!"th In the list. Hauser boosted his
average from .32l 10 ash by max
ing seventeen hits in eight games.
SISTER added three more bases 10
ms string OF thcfts. and continues
!" set the pace for the base s,eaIer.
with forty.
Other leading batters. participant
Ing in ninety or more games. Tnhin
81 Louis. 1886: Williams. st. Lou,s
,"a3; SchanG. New York. 1913: Gal
ioway. Philadelphia. $3.50: Blue. De-
troit' $50; Basslcr. Detroit. .3es.
smashing out thirteen hits in nj.
lhSt hNe games Rogers fornsbv. tho
-. Louis star. succeeded In widen
ing 10 nineteen points the gap tina,
separates him from his rivals I'm
INC scramble for the batting honors
OF the National League. an corn
pared 10 eleven points week aro
liornSby is batting .3S2. whiIo
RiIhee. OF Pittsburgh. his closest
rival. is hitting .3G3 Grimes Of
Ihicag". is just point behind Riu-
bee. lIornshy has bagged thirty
homers. with Williams. of Phiia
deiphia. as his closest competitor
with nineteen
Miller In Fifth Place.
Hack Miller. Of Chicago. who
mas shown liking for icft-hand
pitching, hatted his way into fifth
place in the list Of leaders nv con-
Meeting safely eight times In his las,
'o"r games Mlller's performance.
with the exception OF Hornsby. wa.
'he outstanding feature Of the week.
Max Carey. of PITTSBURGH. CON
tnues 10 he the class Of the Icarue
IN base stealing, with total OF
thirty-siS. Other leading batters
FOR ninety or more games: Iol-
iocher. Chicago. .354: Miller. Chicago.
.aoi; Carey, Pittsburgh. $50; Kelly
New York. .3ii. Daubert Cincinnati
.3il: Walker. Philadelphia. .34O:
Johnston Brooklyn. .337: Bancrof,
New York. .337.