South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-16
c Obj Threatens
To Lead Sluggers
With Great Rally
Jumps to Top; SisleE in Front
With Bat and Base
Stealing.

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Within a week. the noted Georgian
/ batted his way from sixth 10 second
/ place i'm the list OF leaders for an
| average Of .391. just p points above
! his mark Of a week ago. The De-
| troit leaders remarkable batting re-
suited in slashing ont Il hits in his
/ last seven games. while the best Sis
Ter could do was nine in five games.
/ Sisler, however is entranChed In the
/ lead with an avera ge Of .43O. The
/ figures include games Of ednesday.
! Sisler also is clinging 20 the lead
in base stealing, with p. while Ken
meth Williams the 1922 home run
J marvel. is second with % Williams
smashed out his 10th homer and is
| being trailed by Walker of Phila-
delphia. the runner-up. with II.
Ruth. Heilman of Detroit, and Miller
OF Philadelphia each have conneqed
with Is.
Holman Up There.
other leading batters for so or
more games: Heilman, Detroit, .366;
Speaker Cleveland, 1866; Witt, New
York, 357; O'Neiu. Cleveland, $50;
Blue, Detroit. .354; Schang, New
York, $50; Miller, Philadelphia,
.S49; Bassler. Detroit. 345; Nc
Manus, St. Louis. 339.
Rogers Hornsby, the St. Louis
star. with an average Of $50 is p
points ahead of Hank Gowdy Of
Boston in the National league bat
ting race. Goudy is hitting .367' with
Miller Of Chicago third with $50.
Hornsby is ahead Of Williams, his
St. Louis rival, in home run hitting,
and is tied with Southworth Of Bos-
ton for second place honors in base
stealing with II. Carey Of Pittsburg
continues to lead in this department
with IS.
Other leading batters for so or
more games: Doubert, Cincinnati.
356; Bigbee. Pittsburgh, $50;
Smith, St. Louis, $50; Johnston,
Brooklyn. .348: Crimes, Chicago,
S4S; Honocher, Chicago, .548; Dur
ban, Cincinnati, .S45.
Lamar Up In 4. A.
A streak of consistent hitting has
Placed Lamar Of Toledo as a con-
| tender for. the batting leadership Of
| the American association, according
J TO figures compiled today. Lamar,
! fourth in the list a week ago, batted
/ his way into second place by smash
ing out nine hits in his last seven
! games. giving him an average Of
| 1868 Wyatt Of Milwaukee, with an
average of 800 continues to lead
the race. however. with Brown Of
indianapolis third with 1854. The
averages include games of Wednes-
day.
Bunny Brief Of Kansas City. by
bagging six more homers IN his last
II contests, jumped TO the front in
home run hitting with a total Of 20.
| "Reb" Russell Of Minneapolis is
second with Is. and Decker Of Kan
sas City. third with a dozen.
Mathews Of Milwaukee is showing
| the way TO the base stealers with 10.
with Baird of Indianapolis second
with IA
other leading batters for so or
more games: Kirke, Louisville,
800: Lear. Milwaukee. 1853;
Hendrix. St. Paul. .356; Mayer,
| Minneapolis. .354; Kruger. Indian
! apolis. 1853; Becker. Kansas City,
.346: Scott, Kansas City, .344;
/ Mathews. Milwaukee, BAL
/ Fisher in " western.
With an average Of 40S, Manush
| Of Omaha is threatening 10 dislOdge
| Fisher Of St. Joseph from the lead
in the scramble for batting honors
of the Western league. Fisher is
blazing the trail with an average
Of APP. with Carl East, the heavy
| hitting Wichita star, clinging 20
third place with 1913. The averages
include games OF Monday.
The Tulsa club is the class Of the
! league in home run hitting, as three
/ OF its players have connected with
a total Of Al. Davis IS setting the
pace with 90, while Bennett is sec
ond with IA. Lamb is tied for third
with Washburn OF Wichita. each
having connected with Is.
Hemingway Of Sioux City IS in no
\ apparent danger Of losing the lead
in base stealing. He has stolen %,
/ while Fish Of the same team Is his
! nearest rival with II.
Other leading batters for so or
more games: Grantham. Omaha.
.2S5: Berger, Wichita, .379; Davis,
Tulsa. .375: Long. Denver, .375;
/ Bennett. Tulsa. .367. Sioux City,
/ 362: Lelivelt. Tulsa. .34ti Pitt OK
| lahoma City. $40.
Tucker leads Southern.
Tucker Of New Orleans IS the new
batting leader Of the Southern AS
ISOLATION for players competing IN
! so or more games He Is hitting $50.
with Mcmillan OF Memphis the run
ner-up, with .346 Schultz OF Mobile,
who led the race for several weeks.
/ is hitting .3S3, bat he has only par
/ ticipated in ~ games as against 70
/ FOR Tucker
Connolly OF Little Rock continues
/ 20 lead in home run hitting with
eight. while Williams Of Mobile and
/ barrett OF Little Rock are tied for
| second with seven. In base stealing
| Henry OF New Orleans IS showing
the way with 25. with Stewart OF
/ Birmingham second with 25. Silva.
also OF Birmingham. Is third with
%
Other leading batters for 80 or
/ more games: Japan Little Rock,
| 3f2: Connolly Little Rock. .339;
Camp, Memphis. .331; Niehoff. Mo-
bile. 326: Schle- bner. Little Rockk.
| .327; Berusen, Atlanta. .324; Neun.
/ Birmingham. 1913; McLarry, Mem
phis. .323; Boga-rt. New Orleans,