The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-18
SisIer and Hornsby Setting Fire to Respective Leagues. Stewart Leading Base Steal- CT in Southern.
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CnlCaSo, June lf+-Scnutte or MO- bile Is drawing away from his rivals In the scramble for the battling leadership of the Southern assoeia- ton. Schulte today is hitting 1886. with McMnlan of Memphis the run ner-up with .35s. Jackson of Little Rock is third with .357. The averages include games of Tuesday.
 Barrett of Little Rock retains the edge in home runs hitting with seven homers to his credit. while Connolly. his team mate. is running second with six. Stewart of Birmingham is show ing the way to the base stealers with 2l, while Henry of New Orleans, who led week ago. Is second with 1s. Stewart beat the ball to five bases on his last nine games
 Other leading batters for s5 or more games:
 Tucker, New Orleans, .355; NeIhoff, Mobile. .341; Camp, Memphis, sss: Connolly Little oRek. .332; Neun.. Bir- mingham. .3Ss; Silva, Birmingham, .Ss0; Lapan, Little Rock, 1929.
 Writing baseball this season has developed almost exclusively Into writing about George Slsler, for the incomparable first sacker of the St.
 HS To RAAJfnB bQCn DElI- liant baseball that he leads in al- most every branch of the sport and seems to be trying to win a pennant for the Mound City single handed.
 Major league averages, released to- day, show that SIsler not only stands at the top of the American league in most branches of the game but that his figures In most cases are better than those made by any National rta Sisler is:
 First in batting averages in either leagne.
 First in runs scored in either league.
 First In total hits In either league.
 First in total bases in either league.
 First in three base hits in either league
 First in stolen bases in either league.
 First in either league te make 100 hits this season.
 And close to the top In two bag gers and home runs In the American league.
 sisler on Rampage
 Sisier went on a batting strike last week. that brought his average to .433 against .419 the previous week. He made his tooth hit We'd nesday in the game with Washing ton which he virtually won with a home run with the bases full. SisIer,ss stolen bases number 23 with Ken Williams, his teammate, second in the American league with 2f. The averages include games of Wednes- day.
 Bing Miller of Philadelphia. Ia runnerup to Sisler on the American league averages with mark Of 376. Ken Williams brought his home run mark to 16 and leads Miller by three and Rogers- Hornsby. the National league peace setter. by one. Other leading batters of the American league for s5 or more games.
 Cobb, Detroit, .375. Speaker. Cleveland. 1869; O'Nelll, Cleveland. ,367; schang, New York .a55;f Heil- man, Detroit. .351; Blue. Detroit, .s4s; Bassier, Detroit. .s39.
 Hornsby Whole Show
 Rogers Hornsby, the St. Louis star. Is the whole show in the Ma tional league batting figures this week. Hornsby. by slamming out 14 hits in his last games. batted his way from fourth place to the top of the heap with an average of .s9s, with Hank Gowdy of Boston, the leader a week ago. and B. Griffith Of Brooklyn tied for second place with 1885.
 The St. Louis slugger. besides leading the league in batting, Is tied with Young of New York. and Carey of Pittsburg. for honors in base stealing with Il piece. Hornsby is setting the pace for the home run hitters with 15. His closest rivals are Zeak Wheat of Brooklyn. and Eddie Ainsmith, also of St. Louis. who have knocked out eight a piece.
 Other leading batters for 35 or more games: Bigbee. Pittsburg, 371; Daubert, Cincinnati. 1884; Kelly New York .355; Crimes Chicago, .354; J. Johnston, Brooklyn. -346; Bancroft, New York, .34a; Snyder, New York. .3ss; Duncan, Cincinnati, 1885,