The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-06
HEILMANN TO
WIN CROWN OF
KING OF SWAT
DetrOiter Will Take HOnOrs
Held by HOrnsby of Ma
t;Onals Last Year


Chicago, Oct. 6.-Harry Heilmann
of the Detroit Tigers will be crowned
1929 batting champion Of the Amer
lean League, with Rogers Hornsby,
of St. Louis, succeeding himself as
the premier swatter of the National
League.
With the season closing tomorrow,
Heiimann who won the title In 1871
with an average of 1874, has an aver
age of .401 including games OF last
Wednesday, If this 400 average is
maintained in the final games of the
race. it will be the sixth time in the
history of the American League that
a player has batted above 400 for
the season.
A year ago, George Sisler, star
first baseman with st. Louis, who
was unable TO play large part OF
this season because of eye ailment
led the race with an average of .4l9.
One of the notable achievements
OF the 1928 race was the performance
of Eddie Collins of the White Sox,
who answered the challenge that he
was slipping" by climbing from
twentieth last season TO fourth this
year, with an average above $50.
Collins also is far in the lead in stol-
en- bases, with a record up to We'd
nesday, of forty-seven.
Babe" Ruth, star of the Yankees,
is fourteen points behind Heilmann.
Ruth managed to collect one four
Dagger during the past week, bring
ing his total up to thirty-eight. He
still leads in total bases with 1913, but
has been passed as run-getter by
Heilmann and Speaker and Jameson
of Cleveland. Jameson is leading
with PIP TALES, while Heilmann has
scored 21O times and Speaker 207.
Ruth has registered only 1870 runs.
Other leading batters. f. Collins,
Chicago, 1859; Williams, ST. Louis,
.354; J. Sewell, Cleveland, 1852;
Jameson, Cleveland, .341:f Cobb, De-
troit. $40; J. Harris, Boston, .331;
Manush, Detroit, 1881; Burns, Boston.
1927.
The National League race finds
Hornsby of the Cardinals batting
.3S4 with indications that no other
player will pass him. lack Wheat
of Brooklyn is running second with
.378.
The veteran Cy Williams of the
Phillics is heading for the home run
honors of the majors with string
of forty. n
Carey of Pittsburgh looks like the
king of the base stealers with his
az thefts, with Grantham of Chi
cago trailing him with AZ. Carey
and Young of New York are running
a close race for the honors in scor-
ing. The Pittsburgher having count
ed 119 times, while Young registered
121.
Other leading batters: Bottomley
st. Louis, 1867; Fournier, Brooklyn
1853; Frisch, New York, BAT; Roush
Cincinnati, Sal; Grimm, Pittsburgh
$40; Young, New York, 1886; Har
grave, Cincinnati. 1874; Traynor
Pittsburgh, 1892; Johnston, Brooklyn
1927; Duncan, Cincinnati, 1927.
The batting leaders in the Amer
lean Association are beginning t,
feel the strain of the hot race which
is drawing to a close. Lamar O
Toledo, however, is safely out il
front with an average of 1893 Will
his manager, Terry. trailing with 81
and Carl East of Minneapolis, il
third place with 1915.
Bunny Brief of Kansas City, fel
oft In home run clouting, allowin,
East to pass him, with thirty-on,
homers. Brief has 90.
Cooney of Milwaukee by stealth,
80 bases, has set pace that assure
him! of first honors. Other leadin,
.batters:
Combs. Louisville, .373; Brown, In
.dianapolis, 1865; Brief, Kansas City
.357; Griffin, Milwaukee, 1856; Bra
nom, Kansas City, 1854; Good, Kan
ssas City, .349; J. Smith, Toledo, .346
=. Murphy, Columbus, .344; Haas, St