The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-14
SCHULTZ IS STILL SHOWING WAY IN
 SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Witt Leading American Bat. terS, While Toporcer
 Heads National


 Chicago, May 1s.-Schultze of Mo bile is clinging to the batting lead of the Southern association with an av- craze of 800. and also Is the king pin was hitting home runs, with four to his credit. Silva of Birmingham grabbed the lead in base stealing. boosting his total to nine. The av- erages include games of Tuesday. Other leading batters for Is or more games: Niehoff. Mobile, .3sS; McMillen, Memphis. .3so: Mcdonald, Chattanooga. .S77 Connolly, Little Rock, .S71; Ripperton, Chattanooga. .3e5; Tutwiler, Memphis. .Ss4; Jack son, Little Rock. .364; Taylor. Bir- mingham. .S6s; Camp. Memphis. .359 In the Big Leagues
 Chicago, May 13.--Lawton Witt, the | former Philadelphia outfielder, who | is holding down one of the garden positions for the New York Yankees is at the top of the list of hatters in the American league, according to figures released today which include games of last Wednesday,. The av- eragcs are of players who have par ticlpated in i5 or more games 1 The pitching in the past has been to Wits liking. and he boosted his average from 396 to .4f0. Catcher
 severeid. for the Browns. brought
 his mark of .391 to .404. for the runner-up honors. George Sisler, another member of the Browns who l topped the hitters a week ago, slumped s little and Is In third place with 402 with Steve ONeill, star ca tcher of the Cleveland Indians, pressing him with 400.
 ! Sisler however, continues to be the best run gctter with 27 tallies and ! Is setting the pace for the base
 stealers with an even dozen thefts.
 His teammate, Kenneth Williams, is Ior Sisters heels with 10 thefts. Will Hams added to his home-run mark yesterday. his total amounting to II again ahead of the 1921 schedule of
 Babe Ruth scheduled for reinstate-
 ment next Saturday Other leading batters: Clark. Detroit. 3a3; Jamie
 son, Cleveland. 397; Ed Miller. Phil 1 adelphia, .373. Gardner. Cleveland,
 .3el; Pratt, Boston, .353; Williams, St Louis, S4s; Scott New York, .34s. In the National
 l George Toporcer of the St. Louis l f which promises to make the batters | of the National league hustle to keep pace with him. He cracked out nine hits in his last five games including Hast Wednesdays contest. and boosted
 hls average from .360 to t3s Rab- bit Meranville of the Pirates lost one point. but with an average of .4l3 IS
 the runner-up, while George Kelly,
 the slugging Giant first baseman' who topped the list a week ago. lost 49 points and Is resting In thiru place with an even 100.
 Rogers Hornsby, the St. Louis star lfas tied the slugging Kelly for the lhonors in home-run hitting, each hav- ling six.
 Half dozen players are in the race for base stealing honors, Maran- yllle, who was showing the way 2
 week agu with five tnefts. failed to lswell his total. while Rawlings and Young of New York, Meyers oi Brooklyn, Carney Of PittsburR and statz of Chicago caught up with the Rabbit.
 Other leading batters: O'Farrell' Chicago, 3s5; T. Griffith, Brooklyn .sa2; Hornsby. St. Louis. .390; Big bee. Pittsburg. .s76; Powell Boston <, .s73; Walker. Philadelphia. .5sl; Meu- sel, New York. .35s.