Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-11
sIsLER AND. GOWDY. LEAD
THE MAJORS In sLUGG|NG
Warmer Weather Aids Pitch
ers and Hits Are Com
ing Harder.
'IBy Associated Press

CHICAGO, Juno 10.-with warmer
weather and more work. the major
league pitchers are hitting their
stride with the result that the slug
gers are finding II harder every day
to get the ball into safe territory
This In shown By the STEADY shrink
age during the past week or two of
the batting averages OF such hitters
as George S.sler. Ty Cobb. Iris
Speaker. Rogers Hornsby and others.
The youngsters who set the league
afire in the first weeks of tho sea-
son with $50 marks now are getting
back to their normal averages Of
.275, while Sister and the others,
dropping more slowly than the flash
lin-the-pan batters. still are rapidly
getting down TO their usual records.
Sister stu Leads.
Sisier sim tops the i American
League batters today, despite a drop
to .41s this week. the mark Including
games of last Wednesday,.
Sisler cracked ont nine hits In the
last six games. scored six runs and
stole 1--WE bases. and as a result con
tinues to be the whole show, petthithe
exception of the i,ome.runv attraction
With his twenty-th-ce stolen bases
sisler Is far In front OF his rivals on
the paths. his closest competitor be-
ing Kenneth Williams, who has pill
fered seventeen bases. The LATE start
and glow progress made by ."Babe'
Ruth, the King of swat. to retain his
honors, has encouraged other play
ers to enter1the compctitioa.in the
hope OF topping the Babe" Ken
Williams, OF st. Louis. bagged en-.
other homer, bringing his string tc
fourteen. Ruth has six. Ell. MILLER
of Philadelphia, is trailing Williams
with twelve; G. Walker, of Philadel-
phia. has 81. Harry Heilmann, of De-
troit. s, while Baker. of New York
| Judge. OF Washington. and Falk. OF
Chicago. have entered the contest
| with seven, each.
Other leading batters for twenty
Ave or more games: Stephenson
Cleveland, .416; Ed Miller. PhIladel-
phia, 1885, Witt. New York. 1872: Cobb
Detroit. .37o; Speaker. Cleveland
.ss9: O'Neill. Cleveland, 1854; Schang
New York. .3+7: Heiimann. Detroit
| 500; Bassler. Detroit. .336: Blue, De-
troIt. .aal; McManus. st. Louis, .33O
| Severeid, st. Louis. 1928.
Honors for Gowdy.
First In war, first In batting. This
/ ~. VIC iiOiIOk has thAfcH lC
Hank Gowdy. OF rhe Boston Braves
the frst major league player to en-
list I'm the war. Today he. Is leading
the battersJof the National League
with an average OF 1854. Gowdy is
nine points ahead OF Bigbee. OF PItss-
burgh. and Hargrave OF Cincinnati!
who are tied with .375 for. the rum
| ner-up honors. Hornsby, OF ST
Louis, and r. Griffin. OF Brooklyn
are trailing for third place honor.
with averages of 1874 each.
Hornsby failed TO add to This home
run record in his last five games. but
is far in front with thirteen.
Max Carey. of Pittsburgh, con-
tinues to lose. the base stealers with
ten. @
Other leading batters for. twenty
five or more games: B. Griffith
Brooklyn. All: Daubert. CINCINNATI
1862; Kelly. New York. 1850; Grimes
Chicago. .34a: Southworth, Boston.
.341; Snyder. New York, $40; Maran-
willie. Pittsburgh. .3s9; Myers. Brook
lyn. .337; Duncan. Cincinnati. 1893;
Groh. New York. .333: j. johnson,
Brooklyn. 1871; Bancroft. New York,
$50; Holiocher, Chicago, 1926. We ~