, 1922-09-30

pion of the American league, ]
Cardinals champion of the Ma
the conqueror of the mighty .
orr In home run hitting.
sister. acclaimed the most valuable
player in the American league, and
the smuggling Hornshy both viii finish
the season with an average shove NJ
tovsted 400 mark. ss the --latest fig
urss show. sisier hitting az, and
Hornsby whaling away TO the tune OF
400. with the final genes scheduled
Tor tomorrow. these ST. Louis -ivnis
rul have an opportunity n better
these figures. which include games or
"wednesday.
This is the third time Hornsby has
been crowned king OF batters and the
second for Sisler. Hornshy captured
the donors in 1920 and 1891. Sister
last appearance on the throne was IN
1890. when he finished with \ mark
OF .toT.
The homer OF batting above the 400
mark la been held by only three
PLAYERS IN the American league. and
two OF them are still playing. They
are Ty Cobb. Sisters rival, and sisler
himself. Cobb held the honors in 1911
and 1912. when he headed the process
sioIl with marks OF .42o and 40 re-
speedway. The only other player to
attain THIS honor was Napoleon In
joie. who. while a member OF the
Cleveland Indians in 1901 bstted .4o5.
Cobb's average this year undivided
" will be the best he has attained
since he hit 40, ten years ago. He
u A-4aN-- aac
led the league six times after that
his average was above 800.
Previous TO 1911. Cobb led the league
for four years, but Ills best mark dur.
ing that period was .5s5.
Harry Hellmann OF the Tigers. who
last season nosed out Cobb for the
batting honors. IS in fourth place to-
day with an average of .s57. compared
with his .3a4 last season. Iris Speak
er, manager Of the Indians. who led
IN 1916 when he finished with a mark
Of ass! is in third place with an aver.
age OF .37s.
In addition TO being the champion
batter. Sisier also is the king of base
rtealers. He has pilfered 40 bases and
his closest rival is Ken Williams, team
mate. who has stolen "a.
Williams, who started with a blaz.
OF glory to CAPTURE the home run hon.
ors. has clouted out SO four-baEkers.
with Tillie Walker OF the Athletics the
runner up with SO. Ruth. who last
bagged SO. is in third place.
with az.
Other leading batters for 100 or
more games. Speaker. Cleveland. .sTs;
Heilmann. Detroit. .357; Williams. st.
Louis, .Ss2; Ed Miller. Philadelphia.
.5si; Tobin. st. Louis. .32s; schang.
New York. .s27; Neach, Detroit. 1875;
Pipp, New York, .G2s; Bsssler, De.
troit. .scs.
Hornsby. the St. Louis star. with
~ home runs, Is the leading home ron
hitter OF h majors after one OF the
most exciting races in the history Of
the game. Ken Williams of the
BTowns is a close second and Ruth
trailing in third place.
Hornsby. in addition 70 his new Iau.
rels' is in line 10 accomplish some.
thing among the National league bat.
tiers which has not been done in the
last % ~years-finish the season with a
asrk OF 400 or better.
6oN -NaAAoilaA lcdEue players TO
hit in 400 was Ed Delehanty OF Phil.
adelphis, who made the grade in 1893.
he finished the eason with a
mark OF .4os. Prior to that only five
others had become members of the
400 club. These We're Willie Keeler.
Adrian Popl Arson, Jesse Burkett.
Hughey Duffy and Ross Barnes.
Hornsby, in acquiring his average,
participated in $50 games. He crack.
ed out 245 hits for a total OF 45s bases.
His hits include Al doubles. II triples
and ~ home runs. There is no dan.
ger OF Hornshy's being overtaken for
The batting honors as his closest rival
Is Oscar Ray Grimes OF the Cubs. who
is the runner IN with an average Of
1854.
Max Carey OF III, Pirate. has the
stolen base crown safely tucked away
with his IS thefts, Frisch OF New
York being his only rival with so.
Other leading batters for 100 or
more ame Miller. Chicago, .35l:
Tierney. Pittsburgh. 1851: Hoilocher.
Chicago. -S4a; Daubert. Cincinnati.
$40 Walker, Philadelphia, $40; Har.
per. Cincinpati. $40; Carey, Pitts.
burgh, -sSl; Frisch. New York. .s3f.
eusel. New York. $40; Kelly. New
York. .53O.