The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-30
t5s.zdE LEADERS
6z.lITiNG in 400
:, PERCENT CLASS
Williams Startled Baseball
World With His Record;
Speker is Knocking
Around 449 Now


CHICAGO.-Kenneth Williams, the
hard hitting outfielder with the st.
Louis Browns who startled the base
hall world by cracking Babe Ruth's
home record for the first two weeks Of
+ the season when he smashed out his
sixth circuit drive is at the top Of the
batters in the American League, ac-
cording to average which include Wed
nesdayS games.
Williams is tied with Iris Speaker,
the veteran leader Of the Cleveland In
dians. Each has an average Of .449.
Williams is no, only topping the hit
ters, but is showing the way to the
base stealing with eight thefts. His
six home runs is a big advantage over
his rivals, and if he maintains his pres
ent stride, Ruth will have a big handi-
cap tc overcome when he returns to the
game on May 20. The St. Louis slug
tger also is out in front in total bases
with total of AZ.
George Sisler, another star OF the
iBaoWns, has been welding the willow
with telling effect since the curtair
rose, and IS trailing the leaders with
an average oe "A.
Other leading botters Tor five or more
games are: Pratt, Boston. .432; L.
ismith, Boston, .429; L. Collins, Chi.
,Wood, Cleveland. .S75; Jameson, Of
gCleyeland, $40; Blue. Detroit .S64;
iHeilnann Detroit 1854; Cutsnaw, De.
ltroit $40; Rice, washington .346.
Kelley May Repeat.
u f,1g y
man, who last season led the National
League home run hitters, IS out TO re-
ipeat this season, but appears 10 have
some keen competition in MS teammate,
lMeusel. and Cy Williams, the Phiia-
ldelphia outfielder. This trio mas cloUut-
led out three homers piece.
Kelly is topping the batters with an
average Of ASS while Groh Of New
York is behind with mark Of .429.
Hornsby of ST. Lolis, who carried off
the league batting honors last season
is down in the list with mark of
$50.
Rabbit Maranville of the Pirates and
Rawlings of the Giants are having n
nip and tuck. race for the honors among
! the base stealers. Each had pilfered
-four.
Other leading batters for five or
1more games are:
Tierney, Pittsburgh .429; Harper, Of
Cincnnati .421; Hollocher OF Chicago
1885, Williams Of Philadelphia 1856;
lMara1viile OF Pittsburgh 1878; Parkin-
son, of Philadelphia .S75; Hornsby Of
,St. Louis 1868 Bigbee of Pittsburgh
t.362; HenIine of Philadelphia .351.
Gossett Leads American Association.
Initial averages of the American AS
I,sociation show Gossett, the Milwaukee
tcatcher, basking in the leadership with
an average of .419; Mayer, a catcher
fwfth Minneapolis, is runner.up with
S.405.
Seven players are in the scramble
for homer un honors, each having col
llected two. They are: Gossett, NIL
Iwaukee; Mayer, Minneapolis Lamar,
Toledo; Russell, Minneapolis: Todt, To-
fledo; Burrus, Columbus. and Brief,
kansas City. Catchers have been on
the alert for thefts as the leading base
stealers have been held down to three
tapiece. They are: Mathews, Milwau.
kee; Regh, indianapolis; Christensen,
St Louis.
Other leading batters for 10 or more
games: Kirke, Louisville, 400; Kruger,
indianapolis, 400; Lamar, Of Toledo,
1876; Ruussel, Minneapolis, 1896; Muir
ply, Columbus 1892; Hartley, Colum-
bus, $50; Sticking. Indianapolis, $50;
Lear, Milwaukee, 1905.
East Leads Western:
Carl East, outfielder with the Wich-
ita club. is blazing the trail for the
hitters in the Western League with an
average Of .512. In his first y games
East collected % hits. three Of them
being homers and four going for dou-
bles.
Davis q Tulsa Is carving a name
for himself IN the home run hall OF
fame. In thirteen games, he poled six
circuit drives Bennett and Thomp.
son also Of Tulsa are following him
with four homers apiece. Coulun Of
Wichita Is leading the league Ia base
stealing with five.
Other leading battors FOR 10 or more
games; Dish, Sioux City. .462 Bennett,
Tulsa, 1886, Lelivelt, Tulsa. .i34 Davis,
Tulsa, .43l; Long, Denver, .il3; Comes,
Denver, 4OS; Nufer, ST. Joseph, .404
Manush, Omaha .404; Middleton, Ok.
lahoma City, .l0l.
In the Southern Association, Nc
MILAN OF Memphis Is on top Of the