The New York herald., 1922-08-27
Brown Star Clouting .416,
While Cardinal Ace Regis
ters 1892 Average.
WILLIAMS PILES UP HITS
Outfielder With Home Run
Habit Has Batted Safely
in % Games.


hits, 197 and showing the way along
the base paths with forty stolen bases.
Lu Blue of the Tigers is the leading run
getter having scored 112 runs; Kenneth
Williams of the Browns heads the
sluggers with 32 home runs: and Joe
Bush of the Yankees occupies hurting
honors with twenty victories and five de-
feats. for pitching percentage OF 500.
Kenneth Williams of the Browns is
at present enjoying the longest streak
OF safe hitting in consecutive games OF
ary major league player this season.
Williams has poled one or more hits in
each of his last twenty-eight games.
This betters by FIVE games the previous
seasons record OF twenty four games es-
tablshed by DerrllI Pratt of the Red
Sox. During his streak, which remains
unbroken to date. Ken has poled forty
five hits In Ill tries for a batting fig
ure of .405.
The Browns are the first club to gar
ner 100 stolen bases in their company
this year; the Brownies stole their CEN
tIry base on August 21 off the Athletics.
blue scores Five Runs.
Blue OF the Tigers scored five runs
August % off the Athletics. He is the
second American Lacquer to tally nve
times In one game this season. George
Sisler turned this trick on April 10.
Babe Ruth quit August % to the In
dians after scoring seven runs In five
straight games.
Urban Shocker's victory August 20
over the Red Sox was his fifth consecu-
tive success.
Bob Veach of the Tigers enjoyed
healthy streak OF hitting safely in II
consecutive games until Bob ran afoul
of Warren Collins on August Is and
ended his run of hitting. While getting
his hits veach clouted "a safeties In 70
batting tries. for a percentage OF ASS.
ana scored 13 runs.
Blue was the first American Lacquer
to tally one hundred runs this year.
Rue secured his century tally or the
Red Sox on Aug. 10.
Bill Jacobson OF the Browns went
or batting spree that had endured
fos II straight games when a trio OF the
Athletics hurlers applied the brakes
Turing his period of hitting Jacobson
punched out 27 safe blows In IS trials
for batting figure of .397.
GaIloway's Streak stopped.
Chick Galloway OF the Athletics,
after scoring nine runs in hve straight
games. quit August 10 to the Browns
Fred Heimach of the Athletics after
dropping seven straight games, ended
his losing streak by defeating the
Browns Aug. 81.
Joe Bush OF the Yankees. after
setting the seasons record for con-
secutive victories among major hurl-
crs, winning nine games in row.
tasted defeat Aug. % from George
Uhle and the Indians. Bush's record
of nine straight equaled the longest
winning streak among major league
hurlers last year. held Jointly by Joe
Bush OF the Red Sox. Carl Mays OF
hc rlf Irh nf tha
--rowns and Babe Adams of the Pirates
In the season of 1920 Bob ShawfSey
OF the Yankees. with Grover Alexander
OF the Cubs, both held the record with
eleven successive victories.
Hornsby Shows. way.
Rogers Hornsby Of the Cardinals tops
The hitters In the National League with
q percentage OF 1882, has raped out the
most hits, 179, and leads the sluggers
with 20 homo runs. Max Carey of the
Pirates scored the greatest number OF
runs. 108, and shows the way along the
base paths with 3s stolen bases. Lou
North Of tho Cardinals occupies hurting
honors with victories and defeats
FOR q pitching percentage OF 500.
Percy Jones OF the Cubs quit 70 the
Dodgers on August 23 after winning his
last six games. In the same contest
Sherry Smith OF the Dodgers ended a
losing streak OF I'VE straight defeats by
blanking the Cubs.
HI Myers of the Dodgers after en-
5oyins a prodigious streak of safe hitting
in consecutive games, after getting one
or more hits in his last nineteen games
was stopped August 90 by Eppa Rixey
of the Reds. During his lengthy streak
Myers came through with 80 safe blows
in 70 batting tries for batting fgure
of All.
After coping eight straight victories
Wilbur Cooper of the Pirates lost August
Is to the Braves.
Dazzy Vance OF the Dodgers turned
IN his sixth consecutive victory by trim
ming the Cubs on August 20.
Cliff Heathcote of the Cubs, after hit
ting in twelve straight contests. was
halted August 20 by Jack Scott and
Claude Jonnard. During his streak
Heathcote punched out 20 safeties In 54
attempts for a mark OF $40. Heathcote
also had scored six runs In his last six
games when he quit the same game to
the Giants.
Krug stops Against Giants.
Marty Krug OF the Cubs was stopped
by the Giants August 10 after Krug had
tailed IL runs IN nine straight games I;
IN the same contest the Giants also
stopped Charley Hollocher after a scor-
Ing streak OF eight g=.ies that yielded
as many runs.
Emil Meusel Of the Giants enjoyed
big batting day August IS at the ex-
pense of the Cubs hurlers when Mcusel
smote five hits for total of ten bases
Marty Krug of the Cubs. after hitting
safely his last eleven straight games.
ended his streak by going hltless August
% before the elusive shoots OF Dazxy
Vance. during which time Krug smote
is safe blows In IL trials for percent
sge Of .t39.
George Burns OF the Reds stole five
bases in three successive games.
Leslie Mann of the Cardinals on Au-
gust "a knocked a home run with the
bases full against the Braves.
Eickey After Pitcher.