Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-07
TIGER LEADER
Still ] II RETAINS i!
81 STICK Hl0NO|R|'S
Cobb Drops Of Few Points,
But Still Hitting
Hard
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|Hornsby Continues Best
Man III the National
League
(By The Associated Press)

chicago, Aug. 5.-Ty cobb. the De-
troit, pilot, continues to sock the ball
with marked consistency, in. the Am
erican league. while George Sister,
the star. Of the ct. Louis Browns. is
kept out of the, game because Of i'll
than the Tiger leader during the last
week, as he made q gain Of n point
over his mark of the previous week,
by playing in three games. Cobb on
the other hand suffered a loss of
three points An his last six games,
according to batting averages releas-
ed, today ana which include games
Of last wednesday.
Cobb is topping the list with an
average OF, .4l5' COMPARED with AIS
q week ago, while .Sisler continues to
be the runner7up with .4o5, a gain of
one point over. his mark Of last week.
The other two. members Of the big
Four" altho ug not in the 400"
class are tagging along behind the
leading pair, Tris& sgsIna ma er
of the Indians, being third with 1854.
and Harry Heilman of the Tigers.
next with 1857. each Of whom has
made rapid strides toward the top
sisler Loses Out.
Blue 81 the Tigers. took the honoss
Of best run 'getter from Sisler. by reg
istering 81 tallies, and Ken Williams.
the total base honors, by boosting his
total to 236, eight better than Sis
ler's record. However, Sisters mark
Of 81 stolen bases Is far above that
Of any Of his opponents.
r Ken Williannsss$ gave the home, run
hitters something to shoot at when
he cracked out six homers in as many
days; and ran his string Of four base
blows to Is, giving him the lead for
the season among the major league
home run clouters, his closest rival
being Rogers Hornsby Of the St. Louis
Nationals, who held the honor, for
several weeks. ."Tillie" Walker Of the
Athletics. has bagged "a four baggers
and Babe Ruth is trailing the duet
with 10. - ~
more games: Ed Miller. Philadel.
phia, .s49; Bassler, Detroit, .345;
Tobin, St. Louis. Sal; McManus. st
Louis, $50; Blue, Detroit, $50: Witt
New York. 1913.
Loses Home Run Honors.
Rogers Hornsby, star of the Card,
nails, was deprived .of some of hi.
honors during the last week, although
he continued to lead the batters O.
the National league, with an average
Of 1871. This. however, is a falling
off of seven points from his mark
Of a week ago.
He bagged only two circuit drives
and brought his string Of four baser:
to 2S, but lost the honor of leading
the, major leaguers in this depart
ment, as his toWnsman Ken Williams
of the Browns, is even with him.
:. Max McCarey, the speedy outfielde,
of the Pirates. also took another
honor from the St: Louis favoritt
when he showed a sudden burst o.
run getter. Max scored 81 times
while Hornsby's total is Sc. Carey
also stole four more bases and j.
showing the way to the base stealer!
with 81 thefts.
Hornsby, however. in addition t.
being the leading batter and HON.
run hitter in the league, a. a gooc
mark Of $50. His hits include, be
sides his homers, thirty doubles ane
seven triples.
other leading batters for so Of
more games: Grimes, Chicago, 1868
Hollocher, Chicago, 800: Daubert
Cincinnati, 1857: J. Johnston, Brook
lyn. .355; Bigbee, Pittsburgh. 1852
burgh, 1852: Kelly, New York, 1877
Bancroft, New York, 1885,.
Kirke. Slumps.
Jay Kirke, the Louisville 'slugger
suffered a slight slump during tn,
past week. while Wilbur Good. O.
Kansas City, who is making a strong
bid for the batting honors Of the Am,
erican Association. retained his mari
of a week ago--.371. BY 80 doing HI
has tied Kirke, who dropped av'
points, for the runner-up honoys t
e. Brown OF Indianapolis, whose av
erage of a week ago, 1882, remained
unchanged.
Becker bagged another homer
bringing his total to 1s, but is still
four behind his teammate Bum,
Brief, who Is leading the home ruiz
clouters with %.
Baird of indianapolis, who was tiet
a week ago with Matthews OF Mil
waukee. for stolen base honors, add
ed another base to his string n nov
is in the lead with 20, .
Other leading batters for so o.
more games: Lear, Milwaukee, 1851
Matthews, Milwaukee, 1851: Becker
Kansas City. $3.50 Lamar, Toledo
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