Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-20
B|NG MILLER ADDS
25PO|NTS IN WEEK
Stands Fourth in A. L.-Curt
Walker Drops 81 Points.
Galloway Hits .311
SIsLER LEADS AMERICAN

EDMUND "BING" MILLER. Con.
~ ME Mack's king Of swat, just to
prove that his average Of .373 last
week was not fukc. added twenty five
more points since that time and now
stands fourth in batting in the Amcrl-
can League with the magnificent aver
age Of 1893. During his boosting
period Bingo has bit safely in twelve
straight games up to and including
yesterday.
While Miller was adding points tn his
total. Curt Walker. who last week led
the Phillies. took decided drop out Of
the ranks OF the swatters. The former
Giant tmmbled Just thirty two points,
from .36l to 800. At that Walker
leads the Fhils nt bat.
Inc Mackmen have four battcrs in
tnc select set and one other hanging
On the bridge. In addition to Miller
nieimach. the slugging southpaw has
lowed by Galloway with .3i1. Moore
with an even 300 and Johnston .Spo
Jimmy Dykes. guardian of the hot cor.
ner' dropped from 300 to 30 during
the last week. e
Of the Athletic regulars. CIV Perkins
Is Is, batting .2o1. Young .246, Clarence
wa, Maiher; IN spite of his timely swat.
ting, DO. Wclch 200.
-. ~ Williams stands second among
inc p rhiilies: with mark of .3IO'
rutch lIenline has n mark ~ 400
leslie. leslie. Parkinson, Fletcher and Ic.
D9urveau. regulars, are all hittinc
apoVc 800. Goldic Ram, King amS
Lee. who have seen considerable sctiom
are all under $50. "'''"'
Sisters Great Streak
Ge1rs? Sisters great streak Of bit.
simso sins on,rinS the Browns visit here and
ire iran nraving brings the former Mich.
tho "" aaumhus tn into first place among
uooL ,"n Hnerlcan H;N, League batters. LAST
this s" % "isier stood fourth. His average
sxN,1"o,1ik s%.S "GGk Is AZ. Whitley Witt, the
Cohh Chhduh!sn' ;' is In second place with
Miller in fourth. WV anu Ding
EDDIE Rommel. the Atblo,ios, .,
hnri"r. is the real leader omn, sat .ta
pitchers in the American with s oi In tne
tories and two defeats. Rmsb Nnw w.
1ork; Stoner. Detroit: Danfortb NS~ St
LOUIS; Johnson. Detroit, and pru;t, ~
81. louis are all undefeated hurlcrs
Griffith. of Brooklyn. lends 'S: tbe r.
'ional League batters with an avoroao "
or ~ displacing Specs Torporccr To- 81
,,h wrrk leader. who is in third Mace
YIN Bressler Of the Reds. in src"nd
Kohrwer, of the Pirates. and o,a R"nar
Horns, iiornsby' of the Cards. follow Tor. TSr.
Shcrdc': of st. Louis. with sir vic.
,ori"s and nary n defeat. CONTINUES to
,cad the twirlers. Doak, ST. Ton;s ~ |.
Comch. Cincinnati: Causey. Ncw ;" V"rS ..
lclIowhoTse. Pittsburgh: Osborne ~,
ras". so and Millet, Boston. remain unde :.
Jimmy, Ring, with four wins md tuo
aSteats, ,%le leads the Phils. Meadows imS baS
'hrre victories and quartet Of desoat, aa
Jacobs, OF Jersey City, leads tho T'' IT,
,"rnntlonal with a mark of no Co, f
lowed BY Brady. Rochester ZjtmMnu M
Jersey City; Webb. Newark, and mnm' RnIon
Baltimore. all above 400. ""' "''e''
Jimmy Walsh. the ex .Atblctic ,.u
OF Baltimore. has an average NJ aGS %TW
lena styles, who caught for Tho '". a..
,as' ASS, season, is hitting .3G5. clam
killinger, the former Penn State tmn star
Is bntting .2So. ''a'e STAR