The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-30
hORNSBY And
SISLER. LEAD
BATTING LIST
Rogers Also Takes Home Fun Lau-
rels From the Once Mighty
Ruth.


curtain on the major league season
tomorrow with George Sisler Of the
Browns batting champion Of the
American league, Rogers Hornsby
Of the St. Louis Cardinals cham
pion of the National league, and
Hornsby also the conqueror OF the
mighty Babe" Ruth for the 1922
honors in home run hitting.
Sisler, acclaimed the most valu-
able player in the American league,
and the smuggling Hornsby both will
finish the season with an average
above the coveted 400 mark, as
the latest figures show Sisler hit
ting AT and Hornsby whaling
away to the tune of 400. With the
final games scheduled for tomor-
row, these St Louis rivals will have
an opportunity to better these fig
ures, which include games of We'd
nesday.
This is the third time HornSby
has been crowned king of batters
and the second for Sisler. Hornsby
captured the honors in 1920 and
1921. Sisters last appearance on
the throne was in 1920 when he
finished with mark Of .407.
The honor of batting above the
400 mark has been held by only
three players in the American
league, and two Of them are still
playing. They are Ty Cobb, Sis
ler's rival, and Sisler himself.
Cobb held the honors in 1911 and
1912 when he headed the process
sion with marks of APO and 40.
respectively. The only other play
er to attain this honor was Napo-
leon Lajoie, who, while a member
Of the Athletics, in 1901, batted .405.
Cobb's average this year I'M
doubtedly will be the best he has
attained since he hit .410 ten years
ago. He is batting 1898 today. Al
though he led the league six times
after that, his average never was
above $3.50. Previous to 1911 Cobb
led the league for four years, but
his best mark Curing that period
was 1856.
Harry Heilmann of the Tigers
who last season nosed out Cobb for
the batting honors, is in fourth
place today with al average OF
.357, compared with his 1874 last
season. Iris Speaker, manager of
the Indians, who led in 1916 when
! he finished with a mark of 1856, is
in third place with an average of
! 1878.
In addition to being the cham
pion batter, Sisler also is the king
of base stealers. He has pilfered
40 bases, and his closest rival is
Kenneth Williams, teammate,
who has stolen "a.
Williams, who started with a
blaze of glory to capture the home
run honors. has clouted out 80 four
baggers, with Tillie Walker of the
i Athletics the runner-up with SO.
Ruth, who last season bagged SO,
is in third place with SIS.
Other leading batters for 100 or
more games: Speaker. Cleveland,
BIS; Heilmann. Detroit, 1857; viii
liams, st. Louis, 1872; Ed Miller,
Philadelphia, .331; Tobin. St. Lou
| is, .32S; Schang, New York, 1927
Veach, Detroit, 1876; Pipp, New
York, 1926; Bassler, Detroit, 1926.
Hornsby, the st. Louis star. with
AZ home runs, is the leading home
run hitter of the majors after one
Of the most exciting races in the
history Of the game. Kenneth Will
liams of the Browns is close sec
ond, and Ruth trailing in fourth
place.
,Hornsbys in addition to his new
laurels. is in line to accomplish
something among the National
league batters which has not beer
done in the last % years-finish the
season with a mark Of 400 or bet
ter.
The last National league player
to hit in 400 was Ed Delehanty Of
Philadelphia. who made the grade
in 1899. when he finished the sea
son with a mark of .40S. Prior tt
that only FIVE others had become
members of the 400 club. These
were Willie Keller, Adrian pop
Arson, Jesse Burkett, Hughey DUFF
fly and Ross Barnes.
/ Hornsby, in acquiring his aver
age. participated in $50 games. HI
cracked out 243 hits for a total o
4aS. bases. His hits include Al dou
bles, IA triples and AZ home runs
There is no danger of Hornsky be
ing overtaken for the batting hon
ors as his closest rival is Oscal
Ray Grimes of the Cubs, who is tn,
runner-up with an average Of 1854
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