South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-24
SisIer And Cobb
Battle For Lead
With War Clubs
Only Few Points Separate
American League Hitting
Stars-Cobb Climbing.

thILAtTOs July 90 10y a ~
Perhaps Tyrus Raymond Cobb is
convinced. In his own mind that he
Is slowing up" after II years as a
star IN the American League. but
George Sisler, the marvel player
with St. Louis whose batting honors
Cobb is threatening today, Is pos
tive the Georgia Peach" viii be
his most dangerous rival for the
1922 batting championship.
The race between Cobb and Sisler
today is narrowed down 70 a differ
ence of only II points. with S.sler
setting the pace with an average OF
.416. a drop OF four points within a
week. Cobb. continuing his batting
rampage, smashed out nine hits IN
his last Ave games bringing his av-
erage 20 .405. while the best Sisler
could do was four in as many games.
Sisler. however, IS showing his
worth in base stealing and scoring
having registered 70 times ana stol-
en- 80 bases-the best base stealing
performance in the major leagues.
Clarence CTune'D Walker, the
smuggling outfielder with Philadelphia
is having a hard time catching Rog-
ers Hornsby, the National League
home run leader. Just when Title
poles a circuit drive, Hornsby bags
one for himself Title smashed
two out in one game and ran his
string up 70 %, which gave him a
lead OF two ahead Of Ken williams.
OF st. Louis. Harry Heilman Of De-
trcit. has Is poled and Babe Ruth
has Is.
Other leading batters for So or
more games: Speaker. Cleveland,
.s65; Schang, New York. $50; He'll
mann. Detroit 1856: Meusel. New
York. 34s; Bassler. Detroit, SAT;
Ed Miller, Philadelphia. .347: To-
bin, St. Louis, .342; O'Neiu. Cleve-
land, 339.
A recruit and a veteran are Civ
ing National Iseaguers something to
talk about this week. The recruit
Is Lawrence (''Hack") Miller, the
Pacific Coast slugger with Chicago,
and the veteran IS Jake Daubert.
first baseman with Cincinnati They
have been welding the hickory with
telling effect. each cracking ont a
dozen hits IN their last seven games.
Daubert's hitting included two dou-
bles and a home run. while Miller
bagged four circuit drives and two
doubles
The Cincinnati veteran brought
his average from .355 up to 81 and
IS the runner-up 70 Rogers Horns
/ by, the St. Louis star, who tops the
list with a mark OF 1877. Miller
added 10 points to his average and
moved up among the select 10, hi.
| percentage being $50.
Hornsby's keen eye and hittlne
! prowess keeps him out IN front
among the major league home run
clouters, with A string Of % for the
/ season.
Max Carey. the speedy outAelder
OF the Pirates, in addition TO showing
| the way 10 the base stealers with p
thefts, is out in front as a run get
/ ter. having registered rs times.
other leading batters for So OF
more games: Gowdy. Boston. 800
Hollocher, Chicago, 1856; Grimes
Chicago 363; Snyder. New York
.363; Bigbee, Pittsburg. 1852: J
Johnston, Brooklyn, .357: B. Griffith
Brooklyn. .351; L. Miller. Chicago
$50.
Eddie Brown, star outfelder with
Indianapolis. by pounding out Il
hits in his last six games, deposeC
Jay Kirke OF Louisville as the bat.
L. ~ h. A
ton, according to average todas
which includes games OF Wednesday
Brown is leading the race with q
mark OF .37s, with Kirke secon5
with .374. Wyatt Of Milwaukee 4.
resting In third place with 372
"Reb" Russell, the outfelder Min.
neapolis sold TO Pittsburg. is goins
back TO the major leagues with q
fat average. in II games he Ia.
for an average Of .351.
The home run hitters are trailin,
1 Bunny Brief OF Kansas City. VII,
is setting the pace with %. Math
ews OF Milwaukee jumped ahead o..
Baird OF indianapolis In the scram.
BILE for base stealing honors. goina
into the lead with 70 Baird Ia.
stolen Is.
Other leading batters for IS OF
| more games; Isar, Milwaukee, 81
| Good, Kansas City, $40. Mathews
Milwaukee. $50; Combs. Louisville
1856; Lamar, Toledo, .354: Becker
Kansas City. .544; Kruger. Indian
apolis .33s; Mayer, Minneapolis
337.