Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-07-03
LAYTON WITT
CLIMBING ON
ST. LOUIS STAR
Sisler Still Holds Top Place
in The American
League
81 The Assre.. ,

Az -AS---4G-- -sISss
Ea5caEo. July 2--Lawspn WIFI the
Yankees nutze3de-- today is on the
hes o! ehe hs11ing leaders o. sns
American league with the prospects
Of becoming q dangerous contender
for fs-s, place hocors-
II seventh place a Eeek ssc WIFI
cc-aasc-ed Ei1h ten hits ia h5k las.
s1 games and halted his way into
puIh position with an average of
81 compared with -5ss for b pre-
ssons eek
George Siss3e-. the 81 Louis Browns
SS-. celEnNes 70 lead the ace with
an average Of -sss--comparei with
-sSt last week Harry lehman
Of Detroit displaced Iris Speaker OF
Cleveland for Ehe -1n2e--up honors
three poials ahead Of Witt his aver
age beng So These figures include
Of "Wednesday
SaS3s- continues TO add 10 his rec
c1ds Of total runs scored hits and
total bases, having ccr S. times and
made 5zs hits for Z total of lEe
bases HIS htase stealing performance
of IS remains unchanged
Kenneth Williams. z ;eammate.
Ehc IS leading both leagues for the
hnne ritz henors- smashed OIL, an
~hs'~ "a Sz&2ISsaa% Hale ~
for the sessn1 to IL RE also has
approved in his batting. his mark be-
ing -Ses as compared with -es5 q
~eek ago.
Other leading bat.er for IS or
more games: CNeiil. Clevelard, .2ss:
Cobb, Detroit -3s1: Blue. Detroit.
.5ss: Ed Miller Philade iphiz. 1852;
Schnag. New York -35n: Bsssler. De-
t-oiL $40: Hooper, Chicago, 1875;
NcManns, St Louis, .32s-
Miller Is Climbing.
Lawrence Hack" Miller. the strong
man Of h Chicago Nationals and for
me- siusEer of the Pacific Coast
Isd<re. has started a climb among
the National. league ba,,ers iha, is
attracting considerable attention.
Miller slammed out 90 hits in his las.
Is games This boosted his average
from $3.50 10 1858 and landed him in
third place among the players who
have participated in IS or more
games. according ! o figures which in
ciude games Of Wednesday.
Rogers Hornsby of St. Louis con-
tinues 10 top the batterx with an
average Of .2?3. He has run his
-rins Of home runs to 1s. which is
fa- in front Of his rivals. : Hank
Gowdy of Boston is the runner-up
WIN q mari OF $50.
Max Carer. the feei-footed out
fielder Of the Pittsburgh Pirates stole
three bases during the past week.
giving him a string OF II for the sea
SGT. His speed was in a great way
responsible for catching up to J
Johnston of Brooklyn for the honors
: in runs scored. Each has registered
! IS times.
Other leading batters for As Or more
games: Bisbee. Pittsburgh. 1855;
Daube-t. Cincinnati. .354; Kelly. New
York, .351: J. Smith. st. Louis. $50;
Bancroft, New York. .343; Crimes
Chicago, .s42; Duncan, Cincinnati
Mayatt Still Leads.
With an average of 412, Myatt 0,
for the batters of the American AS
ISOLATION according to figures which
include games OF Wednesday,. Brown
Of Indianapolis remains in SECOND
!! place with 1888 and kirke of Louis
Vile third with .372.
"Reb" Russell Of Minneapolis. VIII.
has been playing remarkable ball thi
season. tied the performance of Bun
nv Brief Of Kansas City in slam
ming out IA homevs. Kruger of In
dianapo!is and Becker of Kansas Cit.
have connected with II.
In base stealing. Hass of St. Paul
Mathews Of Milwaukee and Murph,
Of Columbus are tied with Is apiece
Baird Of Indiana polls and Chr1sten
son Of st. Paul are next in the lis
with ~.
Other leading batters for As or NOR
games: Lamar. Toledo. $40; Lear
Milwaukee,, .35S: Kruger. Indianap
oils. .35s: Hendryx. St. Paul. 1856
Scott, Kansas City, $50: Becker
.349; Mayer, Minneapolis. .34S; Jour
dan. Minneapolis. .343; Russell, Min
neapolis, .343.