The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-02

Chicago, July (Special.) .)-DriV- ing out an average of one hit a game keeps Schulte of Mobile in the lead for batting honors of the South ern association. Sehulte today Is set ting the pace with .s91, with Tucker of New Orleans second with .365. Burke of Nashville is third with 1862. The figures include games of Tues day.
 Connolly and Barrett of Little Rock cintiaue to blaze the trail for the home-run hitters. Connolly is leadingO with eight, while Barrett IS second with seven.
 Other leading batters for 45 or more games: Lapan. little Rock, .357; Camp, Memphis. .352; Connolly, Little Rock. .339 Meharry, Memphis, 1885; Niehoff, Mobile, ,SS1; Huhn, Mobile, 1920; Critz Memphis. .319.
 Chicago, July 1.-Lawton Witt. the Yankee outfiS3Ier, today is on the heels of the batting leaders of the American league, with the prospects of becoming a dangerous contender for first place honors.
 In seventh place a week ago, Witt connected with ten hits in his last six games, and batted his way into fourth position, with an average of .371 compared with .365 for the pre- vious week.
 SisIer stiIi Leads
 Geor ge Sisler, the St. Louis l Browns star, continues to lead the race with an average .429 compared with .4s9 last week. Harry Heilmann of Detroit displaced Iris Speaker Of T Cleveland for the runner-up honors with an average of .3S1. Speaker IS three points ahead of Witt. His aver age being .374. These figures include games of Wednesday.
 Sisler continues to add to his records of total runs scored, hits and total bases. having scored 6S times, and made 124 hits for a total of 1S2 bases. His base stealing performance of 26 remains unchanged. Kenneth Williams, a team mate, who is leading both leagues of the home run honors, smashed out another circuit drive. bringing his total for the season to 19. He also has im- proved his batting, his mark being .305 as compared with .295 a week ago.
 Other leading batters for 45 or more games: O'Neil, Cleveland, .s6S; Cobb. Detroit, .367. Blue, Detroit, 1858; Ed Miller, Philadelphia. 1852; Schang. New York, .350; Bassler. Detroit. .S49. Hooper. Chicago, 1926; McManus, St. Louis. 1925.
 Hack Miller Climbing
 Lawrence Hack Miller, the strong man of the Chicago Nationals and former slugger of the Pacific Coast league, has started a climb among the National league batters that is attracting considerable attention. Miller slammed out 22 hits in his last IS games. This boosted his average from .s30 to 1858. and landed him in third place among the players who have participated in 45 or more kames, according to figures which include games of Wednesday.
 Rogers Hornsby of St. Louis con tinues to top the batters with an average of 1898. He has run his string of home runs to 1e. which is far in front of his rivals. Hank Gowdy of Boston is the runner-ur with a mark of 1883.
 Max Carey, the fleet-footed out -sfieider of the Pittsburg Pirates, stole -fthree bases during the past week giving him string of IT for the seAson. His speed was in a greal way responsible for catching up tc '. Johnston of Brooklyn for tht h0nors in runs scored. Each has Yegistcred 5S times.
 Other leading batters for 45 or more games: Bigbee. Pittsburg, 1856; Dau- bert, Cincinnati. .3b4; Kelly. New York, .351; J. Smith. St. Louis, .a> Bancroft, New York, .343; G<-mes chicago. .342; Duncan. Cincinnati, .34o