Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-07-22
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1856 FOR COLONIES
tBy Associated Press)

in his own mind, that he is slow
/ ing up after seventeen years as a
star in the American league, but
George Sisler, the marvel play
er with St. Louis. whose batting
honors Cobb is threatening today
is positive "the Georgia peach"
will be his most dangerous rival
for the 1922 batting champion
ship.
The race between Cobb and
Sisler today is narrowed down
to difference of only II points,
with Sisler setting the pace with
an average of .416, a drop of
four points within a week. Cobb,
continuing his batting rampage,
smashed out nine hits in his last
five games, bringing his average
to .405, while the best Sisler
could do was four in as many
games.
Sisler, however, is showing his
run clouters with a string of Is
ing, having registered seventy
nine times and stolen thirty-four
bases-the best base stealing
performance in major leagues.
Clarence "Tillie" Walker, the
Sluggine outhelder with Phila-
delphia, is having hard time
catching Rogers Hornsby, the
National league home run leader.
lust when Tillie poles a circuit
drive Hornsby bags one for him
self. Title smashed two out in
one game and ran his string upI
to %, which gave him a lead OF
two ahead of Ken Williams, of
St. Louis. Harry Hellman, of
Detroit, has 10 poled and. Babe
Ruth has Is.
Other leading batters for S. or
more games: Speaker, Cleve-
land, .365; Schang, New York,
800; Heilman, Detroit, 1856;
Meusel, New oYrk, .348; Bassler
Detroit, .347; Ed Miller, Phila-
delphia, .347; Tobin, St. Louis,
.342; O'Neill, Cleveland, .339.
A recruit and xeteran are
giving National leaguers some
thing to talk about this week.
The recruit is Lawrence black"
Miller, the Pacific Coast slugger
with Chicago and the veteran is
Jake Daubert first baseman of
Cincinnati. They have been
the hickory with telling
effect, each cracking out a dozen
hits in their last seven games.
Daubert's hitting included two
doubles and home run, while
Miller bagged four circuit drives
and two doubles.
The Cincinnati veteran brought
Ills average from 1856 to 81 and
is the runner-up to Rogers
Hornsby, the St. LOUIS star, who
tops the list with mark of 1917.
Miller added ten points to his
average and moved up among
the select ten, his percentage be-
ing 800.
Hornsby's keen eye and hitting
prowess keeps him out in front
the major league home
run cloutres with string of 3
for the season.
Ma Carey, the speedy outfeld-
err of the Pirates. in addition to
showing the way to the basej
stealers with "a thefts, is out in
front as run-getter, having
registered 70 times.
Other leading batters for IS or
more games: Gowdy, Boston,
$40; Hollocher, Chicago, 800;
Grimes, Chicago, 1868; Snyder,
New York, .363; Bigbee, Pitts
burgh, 1862 j. Johnston, Brook
Ign, .357; B., Griffith, Brooklyn,
.351. L. Miller, Chicago, $50.
Eddie Brown, star outhelderi
with Indianapolis, by pounding
out Is hits in his last six games
deposed Jay Kirke, of Louisville,
as the batting leader of the Amer
lean Association, according tol
averages of today which include
games of Wednesday.
Brown is leading the race with |
a mark of 1873, while Kirke is
second with 1874. Wyatt, of
Milwaukee, is resting in third
place with .372. "Reb" Russell,
the out6elder Minneapolis sold
to Pittsburg, is going back to the
major leagues with fat aver
age. In seventy games he has
made 81 hits, including II hon.
ers, for an average of .331.
The home run hitters are trail
ing Bunny Brief, of Kansas City,
who is setting the pace with q.
Mathews. of Milwaukee, iurnpedi