The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-15

WILLIAMS HAD
SLUMP IN HOME
RUNS LAST WEEK
Failed TO Add a Single Circuit
Smash To His String
OF Ten
BABE RUTH TO PLAY SOON

BABE RUTH TO PLAY SOON
Chicago, May 15.-LnHtOn Witt, the
former Philadelphia outfelder, who IL
holding down one Of the garden posi-
ticns for tie New York Yankees is at
the top of the list of batters in the
American League, according to figures
released Saturday which include
games Of last wednesday. The aver,
ages are of players, who have parlici,
'pated in Is or more games. ;,
- The pitching in the. past week has
been to Wits liking and he boosted
his average from .395 to .41O. Catcher
SEVERED. for the Browns brought his
mark Of .3l9 to .404, for thesrunner-up
honors. George Sisler, anothGESplem
Der of the Drowiis, who tGrTied the
hitters week ago. slumpedSh little
and is in third place with a mark of
.402, with Steve OiNeill, star catcher
of the Cleveland Indians, pressing him
with 400. .@
Sislcr, however, continues to be the
best run gettef with p tallies and is
setting the pace for the base stealers
with an even DOZEN thefts His team
mate, Kenneth Williams, is on Sisters
heels with ten thcfts Williams failed
to add to his home run mark Of Il
week ago his total circuit smashes
remaining at ten, with Babe Ruth, the
king of home run Nclouters scheduled
for reinstatement next Saturday.
Other leading battcrs for fifteen or
more games: Clark, Detroit, 1893;
Jameson. Cleveland .379; Ed Miller,
Philadelphia, .&73; Gardner, Cleveland
.3G1; Pratt, Roston, 1853; Williams, St.
i Louis, .3AS; Scott, New York, .34S.
George TopOrcer of the st. Louis
Cardinals has struck a batting stride
which promises to make the batters
Of the National League hustle to keep
pace with him. < He cracked out nine
hits in his last five games, including
last Wednesdays contest, and boosted
his average from 1850 to .439 Rab-
bit Maranville of the Pirates lost onej
point, but with an average Of Alb is |
the runncrup to TopOrcer,r while;
George Kelly, the slugging Giant first
baseman, who topped the list week
ago, lost 40 points and is resting in
third with an even 400.
Rogers ,Hornsby, the St. Louis star,
has tied the slugging Kelly for the
honors in home run hitting, the
latter failing to add to his mark, while
Hornsby brought his total to five.
Half a dozen players are in the race
for base stealing honors. Maranville,
VINO was; showing the way week ago
with five thefts, failed to swell his!
total, while, Rawlings and Young of
New, York, Myers of Brooklyn, Carey
of Pittsburgh and STATE Of Chicago,
caught up with the Rabbit. I
Other leading batters for Is or more
games. C'Farrell, Chicago, 1895; Y.
Griffith, Drooklyn, 1892; Hornsby, St
Louis, 800; B;gbee, Pittsburgh, .376,
Powell, Boston, 1913; walker, Phila- !
dedphia, .3G1; Meusel, New York, 1858.
Becker of Kansas City is giving
king" Lear, the Milwaukee secondtI
baseman race for the batting lead
ership of the American Association,
with Lear topping the list with a fat
average OF .451; Becker, in six games,
slammed out nine hits, boosting his
position in the race from seventh to
second place. The averages include
games OF Wednesday.
Bunny Brief OF Kansas City, "Reb"
- &c
of Indianapolis are in triple tie for
home run hitting honors, with seven
apiece. Murphy Of Columbus, Math-
ews of Milwaukee. and Baird of In
dianapolis are tied in base stealing,
each having stolen five. y
Other leading batters for fifteen or
more games: Mayer, Minneapolis,
.394; Russell, Minneapolis, S92; Lut-
IKE. Kansas City, .SS1; Purcell, Indian
apolis, $50; Hill, Toledo, .973; Jour
dan, Minneapolis, 1872; Griffin, Mil.
waukee, .371 IIendry, st. Paul, .371.
Driving out fifteen hits in six games
gave Fisher of st. Joseph the batting
honOrs of the Western League, with
an average Of .44S, according to fig,
ures including games Of Monday. Carr
East, the Wichita slugger, dropped in
second place, one point depriving him
of a tie with Fisher.
Davis of Tulsa and Washburn Of
Wichita are on even terms in home
run hitting, with seven apiece. Wash,
burn connected with brace OF HON.
ers since the compilation of averages
a week ago. Bennett of Wichita Is
trailing the pair with six. Thompson
of Tulsa is showing cne way to the
base stealers with eight.
Other leading batters for fifteen or
more games: Elsh, Sioux City. .44O;
Manush, Omaha, .43G; Middleton,
Oklahoma City, ABS; Davis, Tulsa,
.2S1; Washlburn, Wichita. .3S1; Griffin,
Omaha .272; Comes, Denver, .367; De-
fate, St. Joseph, 1854.
Schultz of Mobile is c]:nging to- the
batting lead of the Southern Associa-
ton with an average of 500, and also
is the king pin in hitting home runs
with four to his credit Silva Of Bir-
minghan1 grabbed the lead in base
stealing, boosting his total to nine.
The averages include games of Tues
day.
Other leading batters for fifteen or
,ooro rrop,oc Ninhnff Mobile SS.