The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-06-12
MAJOR RLEAGUERS
GETTING Stride
FORFASIER WORK
Sisler Still Tops American
League Hitters; Williams.
Still King of Swatdom
With Babe in Rear.

CHICAGO. - With warmer weather
and more work, the major league pitch
ers are hitting their stride with the
result that the sluggers are finding II
harder every day TO get the ball into
safe territory. This is shown by the
steady shrinkage during the past week
or two in the batting averages of such
hitters as George Sisler, u Cobb. Iris
Speaker, Rogers Hornsby and others.
The youngsters who set the league
afire in the first weeks of the season
with .450 marks now are getting back
to their normal averages of .275 while
Sisler and the others, dropping more
slowly than the flash.in.the. pan bat
ters, still are rapidly getting down to
their usual records.
Sisler still tops the American League
batters despite a drop from .425 last
week to .419 this week, the latter mark
including games OF last Wednesday.
Sisler cracked out nine hits in his
last six games. scored six runs, and
stole five bases and as result con-
tinues to be the whole show, with the
exception of the home run attraction.
! With his 90 stolen bases, Sisler is far
in front of his rivals on the paths, his
closest competitor being Kenneth. Will
lians, who has pilfered II bases.
The hte start and slow progress made
by Babe Ruth, the King of Swat, 10
retain his honors has encouraged other
players to enter the competition in the
hope of topping the Babe" Kenneth
Williams Of ST. Louis bagged another
homer bringing his string TO IA. Ruth
has six. Ed Miller of Philadelphia is
trailing Williams with 70; Harry He'll.
man of Detroit and c. Walker of Phila.
delphia have eight a piece. while Baker
of New York, Judge Of Washington and
Falk of Chicago, have entered the con-
test with seven each.
Other leading batters for 25 or more
games: Stephenson. Cleveland .416; Ed
Miller, Philadelphia 1856; Witt New
York .372; Cobb. Detroit $40; Speaker,
Cleevland 1853; O'Neill, Cleveland .364;
Schang, New York .347; Heilman. De-
troiit .339; Bassiler, Detroit 1856; Blue.
Detroit. 33l; McManus. St. Louis 800;
SEVERED, st. Louis 1928.
Hank GOwdy on Top.
First in war, first in batting. This
is the honor which has failed TO Hank
Gowdy, of the Boston Braves, the first
major league player TO enlist in the
war Today, he is leading the batters
of the National League with an aver
age of 1884, Gowdy is nine points ahead
of Bigbee OF Pittsburgh and Hargrave
Of Cincinnati who are tied with .375;
for the runner.up honors. Hornsby Of
St. Louis, and 7. Griffith Of Brooklyn.
are trailing for third place honors with
averages Of .374 each.
Hornsby failed to add to his home run
record in his last five games, but Is far
in front with 10.
Max Carey of Pittsburgh continues
to lose the base stealers with 10.
Other leading batters for 25 or more
games:
B. Griffith. Brooklyn .371; Daubert
Cincinnati 1852; Kelly, New York $50
Grimes, Chicago .349; Southworth. oi
Boston .34l; Snyder, New York $40
Maranville, Pittsburgh .33s; Myers, OF
Brooklyn .337; Duncan, Cincinnati .3S;
Groh, New York 1888; j. Johnston, oi
Brooklyn .33l Bancroft, New York
$3.50; Hollocher. Chicago .32G.
Myatt in American.
Myatt OF Milwaukee remains on toI
Of the batting heap in the American
| AScnriatfnn with "a af All
with King" Lear. teammate. run
= ming second four points behind him
Third in line is kirke OF Louisville
with an average OF 1888. The figures
include games of Wednesday.
"Reb" Russell of Minneapolis. will
Kruger OF Indianapolis, and Becker o
Kansas City, are shooting ut the hom
run leadership with the prospects o
overcoming Bunny Briefs mark Of IA
y The Kansas City slugger has been ou
. of the game due 10 illness. Russel
! has connected with 10 homers, Will
Kruger and Becker have nine apiece
Mathews OF Milwaukee and Baird G
Indianapolis are tied for base s;ealln
honors. with 10 apiece.
Other leading batters for 80 or NOR
;. games: Becker, Kansas City 1873; Her
dryx. ST. Paul .37s; Krueger, Indiai
apolis $40; Haas, ST. Paul, .SG4; Gri
fin. Milwaukee .362: Jourdan. Mimi
:, apols 1852,
! East Works In West.
= Connecting with l5 hits In seve
:, games. Sarl East. the Wichita slugge
= boosted himself into u tie with Manus
- OF Omaha for the batting leadership
;, the Western League. They are hlttin
y AIS, with Fisher OF ST. Joseph ne'
in lire with .9s7. l,cvis OF Tulsa r
Ia mains in possession o. home run hiitir
honors. with ~. while Hemingway