Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-05-27
GEORGE SISLER A ONE
MAN BALL TEAM
(By Associated Press)

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Chicago, May 27-George Sis
Ter continues to prove himself a
oneman ball team, for the St.
Louis Browns first sacker again
occupies leading position in al
most every column of the Amer
lead League statistics released
today, which includes games of
Wednesday.
Sisler heads the batters with a
.439, despite the fact that this is
three points lower than last
weeks average. He has scored
the most runs, 80; made the most
hits, 65; leads in total bases with
90; heads the base stealers with
l8, has banged out ten two bag
gers, against eleven for the lead
ers and his cirucit drives total
five-enough to place him near
the top.
Ed Miller, of Philadelphia, has
been climbing steadily and is sec
ond to Sisler in batting. with an
average of .402. Miller now has
ten home runs against twelve for
Ken Williams, of the Browns,
who has taken Babe Ruth's posi-
ton as the chief slugger of the
circuit. Ty Cobb is third with
1893, other leading batters in 20
games or more are: Speaker,
Cleveland, .397; O'Neil, Cleveland
.395; Witt, New York, .377; Clark
Detroit, .358; Schang, New York
.352; Jameson, Cleveland, .341;
Blue, Detroit, 1888.
Ken Williams, besides leading
in home runs, ranks second to
Sisler in stolen bases with IA.
George Toporcer, the smuggling
inhelder with St. Louis, by pound.
ing out thirteen hits boosted him
self to the top of the National
League batters with an average
Of .404.
Tommy Griffith, who has been
consistently for Brooklyn
is the runner up with a mark of
3S5, while Rogers Hornsby of St.
Louis, and Bigbee, the feet-foot-
ed outfelder for Pittsburg, are
tied for third place with a mark
Of .372.
Hornsby leads the run getters
with 80 tallies, is out in front in
total bases with a mark of 50.
and leads home run drives with
nine. Max Carey, of Pittsbur%,
continues to set the pace among
the base stealers with nine thefts.
Other leading batters for 20.or
more games: Maranville, Pitts
burg, $40; Hargrave, Cincinnati,
$40; Kelly, New York, .368; j..
johnson, Brooklyn, 1858; South
worth, Boston, .351; Grimes, Chi
cago, ,348; Hollocher, Chicago,
.34z. III
Kruger, of Indianapolis. is stao
ing show all by himself in the
race for batting honors of the
American Association. He tops
the list of hitters with an aver
age of .435, is tied with ''Reb'i
Russell, of Minneapolis, in home
run hitting and has stretched his
hits for a total of 100 bases. Kru
ger and Russell have connected
with nine homers, according to-
figures which include games of
Wednesday.
The Indianapolis star smashed
out twelve hits in his last six
gamse-a performance that shot
him to the top, displacing King
Lear, the Milwaukee second base
man, the leader a week ago.
Christensen, of St. Paul, contin-
ues to set the pace for the base
stealers with a total of nine.
Other leading batters for 20 or
more games: Myatt, Milwaukee.
.426; Lear, Milwaukee, .416;
Good, Kansas City, 1856; Hen
dryx, St. Paul, $50; Griffith, Mil
waukee, .377; Kirke, Louisville,
.375; Jourdan, Minneapolis, .375;
Russell, Minneapolis. .5e8.
Two Former Officers,
Wor,,o Accused M,,rJa.