Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-07-22
SlSLER LEADS !.
, WITH AVERAGE
OF 4l6PERCEN'Tl'
Georgia Peach is Old Tim
er But is Still Going
, Strong.
Cobb Srnashes out Nine Hits
In His Last Five Games;
Average 405.
tHy The Associated Press)

Chicago, July 22.-Perhaps Tyrus
Raymond Cobb Is convinced, IN his
mind, that he Is Slowing up" aft
er II years a. a star in the American
League. but George sisler. the marvel
player with St. Louis, whose. batting
honors/ Cobb is threatening today, Is
positive the Georgia Peach will be
MS most dangerous. rival forSthe 1922
batting championship.
The race between Cobb and sisler
today Is narrowed down, to a differ
ence of only II points, with Sisler sets
ing the pace with an average OF 416,
: a drop of four points within a week
smashed out nine hits in his last five
games. bringing his average of .405,
while the best Sisler could do was
-FOUR in as many games.
Sisler, however. is showing, his
worth in base standing and scoring.
having registered se%venty-nine times.
and stolen thirty-four bases-the best
stealing performance in the major
Clarence Utilize" Walker, the slug.
ging outfielder with Philadelphia, is
having a hard time catching Roger
Hornsby, the National League home
run leader. Just when Title poles a
circuit drive, Hornsby bags one for
himself. Tillie smashed/two out in
one game and ran his string up to
tWenty-three. which gave him a lead
of two ahead Of Ken Williams of St.
Louis. Harry Holman Of Detroit has
sixteen poled and Babe Ruth has fiji
teen.
: Other leading batters for fifty-five'
or more ames Speaker, Cleveland,
.365:-Schange, New York. .36O: He'll
mann, Detroit, 1856; Meusel, New
York, .34S; Bassler. Detroit, BAT; Ed.
Miller, Philadelphia, BAT; Tobin, St.
Louis, .342; O'Neill, Cleveland, 800.
New Stellar Lights.
A recruit and a veteran are giving
National Leaguers something to talk
about this week. The recruit is Law
renee Hack" Miller, the Pacific
coast slugger with Chicago. and the
veteran is Jake Daubert, first base
man with Cincinnati. They nave been
wielders of the hickory with telling
effect, each cracking out a: dozen hits
IN the last seven games. Daubert's
hitting included two doubles and a
home run, while Miller bagged four
circuit drives and two doubles.
The Cincinnati veteran brought his
average from 1855 up to .371 and is
the runner-up to Roger Hornsby, the
St. Louis star. who tops the list with
mark of. .s97. ! Miller added ten
points to his average and moved up
among the select ten, his percentage
being $50,
Hornsby's keen eye and hitting
prowess keeps him out in front among
the major league home run .clouters,
with a string of twenty-five for the
season, a-,,s
=, Carey Going Good.
Max Carey, the speedy outfielder of
the Pirates, in addition to showing the.
way to the base stealers with "a
thefts, is out in front as a run getter,
having registered 76 times.
Other leading batters for -fifty-five
or more games: Gowdy, Boston. $40;
Ho%llocher. Chicago, 1856; Grimes. Chi
cago, 1853; Snyder, New York, 1903:
Bigbee. Pittsburgh, 1852; J. Johnston,
Brooklyn, .35.7: B. Griffith, Brooklyn,
1851: L. Miller, Chicago, $50.
Eddie Brown, star outfielder with
indianapolis, by pounding out thir-
teen hits in his last six games, de-
posed Jay Kirke of Louisville as the
citation, according to averages today
which include games of Wednesday.
Brown Is leading the rae with a
mark of .37S, with Kirke second with
.374. Myatt of Milwaukee Is resting
in third place With .372. "Reb' Rus
sell. the outfielder Minneapolis sold
to Pittsburgh, is going back to the
major Ieaeues VIII a rat average. In
seventy-seven games, he has made
81 hits, including II homers, for an
average of 1881.
. The home ruiz hitters are trailing
Bunny Brief of Kansas City. who is
.etting the pace with %. Matthews
of Milwaukee jumped ahead Of Baird
Of Indianapolis in the scramble for
base stealing honors, going into the
lead with 10, Baird has stolen 16.
Other leading batters> for fifty-five
or more games Lear, Milwaukee,
.371: Good, Kansas City, 80; Matt
hews. Milwaukee. $50; Combs, Louis
Vile. 1856; Lamar. Toledo. 1854; Beck
er, Kansas City, .S44: Kruger, Indian
apolis, ,.339; Mawer. Minneapolis,