Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-28
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~nVH ms & nome RIM total was ex-
pressed in only single n9VFs-and
Mnen sYspAnsions, hnesE and bleecher
Thootths6 mnrsaot ! daily occur
Ruth ntaaaths I33ysssason would
run hitter csfrths STANDARDIZATION.
insthase deyssss'baelsssinEFMa Babe
and Mrs Ruth S%eired 10 be about
the only people in the United States
confident OF Ruth's comeback. To.
days Rnth'a. challenge to Ken, Will
ilama of st. Louis, whose home run
= %sensation. and Tilly Walker Of the
Athletics has begun to sound Nike the
real thing.
Ruth, With the close, Of the season
2 little more than q month away. has
twenty-six homers to his credit. Wil-
ilams thlrty-twO and Walker thirty,
the Bamblno> smashed out four this
week, whilf the best Williams could
'connscted with three. Ruth. il he
eontinues' his present pace. will make
5000 his prediction In the judgment
Of baseball critics. -
staer sulltIaada
The rete in the American League
for batting honora continues to b a
merry with the veterans batting
to- overcome George Sisler, Of st.
Louis. who Is showing the way wit,
AZ average Of .413. ~ Cobb, pilot Of
thu Tigers, IL trailing sisl0r with 400,
and iris Speaker. nader of the In
dams. Ia next with .S70.A Tho remark
able elusglng of Harry Heilmann Of
Detroit. the past week had placed
erass Of ASS. The svsras.s inelude
Wednesdays contests.
Hauser, Connie <Mack..s first sacker.
although he has played in. only sew
enty-fve games. made a wonderful
showing during the past week. From
Fa position down about. twentieth in
the list, Hauser 4beosted,. hts average
teen hits In his last eight aanaes,
eieler added three more bases to
his string of thefts and continues TO
SGT the pace for the base steaArs with
forty, his closest rival being Williams,
hts teammate, who has, thirty-two.
Other leading batters participating
IN ninety or. more games; Tohln. St.
Louis. .33e; Williams. st. Louis. .335;
aehanE,. New York, .saa; Galloway,
$50; Bassler, Detroit, .329.
Farther Away.
Smashing out thirteen hits in his
last 1--WE games, Rogers Hornsby, the
st, Louis, star. succeeded In. widen
ing The to nineteen points that
scramhlefor the batting sApnors OF
the national League, a .osl1pared to
eleven points a week ago, Hornsby.
IL he maintains his present pace, will
Lbe in no apparent danger of being
Inosed III of the league batting cham
pionship, and he apparently has the
home u honors already. tucked cAf'
Hornaby is batting 1882, while Big
bee Of Pittsburgh, ~his/closest rival, is
hitting .363. Grimes Of Chicago, is
just a. point behind Bigbee. Hornsby
has baEged thirty-one homers. with
Williams of Philadelphia, as his
closest competitor, with eighteen.
"Hick"| Miller of Chicago. who has
shown a liking for lefthand pitching,
list of leaders by connecting safely
eight times in his last four games.
Miller's performance. with the ex-
ceptien Of Hornsby,' was the outstand-
Ing OF the week.
Max Carey of Pittsburgh, contin-
uas to be the class of the league in
base stealing with a total Of thirty
six. Other leading bsttera ter nine
cage, 1854; Miller, Chicago. 1854: Ca
rey, Pittsburgh, ash; Kelly, New
York, ,244: paubert, Cincinnati, ,341;
Walker. Philadelphia, $40; Johnston,
Brooklyn. .as7: Bancroft, New York,
.ss7.'
Another Leader.
The reign of Jay Kirks, the Louis-
vile slugger, as batting leader OF the
American Association IL ended-tem-
| perarily> at least.
driving out eleven hits in his last six
games, dislodged kirke from the
front ranks. Goods batting, streaK
save him an average of-.969, while
Kirks dropped into third place with
F.368. Myatt of Milwaukee, Is Sec
end with 1857: Tbs best KiYke could
INdo An eight games was eight hits
while Wyatt baggsd eight in six
lstapts. The figures Include games Of
Wednesday.
The positions in home run hitting
land base stsaiins remain UNCHANGED
gettins the. pace for the emulatera OF
Becker, also of Kansas City, Is sec
opa With tWenty-one. Lamar Of Toll
ode II leading the base stealers with
ltwenty-one, while Mathews Of Mil
waukes, and Baird Of Indianapolis.
are tiled for second with twenty
Other leading batters for ninety Or
mare games; sLsAr, Milwaukee,, .3b7;
Nathswe, Milwaukee; ,s97; Brown,
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