The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-05
Hum Is Still Leading South ern League Eaters While Danny Clark Is Topping List Of Four-PIy SWatterS

CHICAGO, August 4.-(By Associ ated Press .)-Babe Ruth, the original king of swat, is proving to baseball dom that he is as valuable to his club. the New York Americans. this season as ever before. According to averages released today and which include games of last Wednesday. he Is only two points behind Harry Heilmann. the Detroit slugger, who has been topping the list almost from the start of the season. The big Yankee made a net gain on the De- Hoilmann suffered loss of nine points, his average dropping from 4o1 to 1892, while Ruth, by boosting his own mark from .375 to .390. showed a gain of Is points.
 In addition to this Ruth maintained the lead among the home run hitters in the American league with a total of 25, two more than a week ago. Playing in seven games, he scored eight times, and Is out in front as tho best run getter with 95 tallies. Besides his four-ba,A CTS, Ruth's 127 hits include 25 doubles and eight triples, which give him the lead in total bases of 243
 There has been little change among the other leading hitters during the past week.
 Eddie Collins of the Chicago White sox is leading the sacrifice hitters with 2s, and the base stealers with 2s pilfered sacks.
 Cleveland is the first of the major league clubs to make more than 1 1,000 hits this year. This years figures show that the Indians have crack ed out 1,oo6 hits and are leading the an average of .2s6. Detroit is sec ond with .2s5 and New York third with .293
 Joe Sewell Near Top.
 Other leading batters: Speaker. Cleveland, .36S; J. Sewel1, Cleveland, .357; Jamieson, Cleveland, 1851; E. Collins Chicago, .343 Witt, New York, .366; Flagstoad, Boston, .333; Burns, Boston. .332; J. Harris Boston, .332 Williams, St. Louis. 332; McManus, St. Louis. .327; Haney. Detroit. 1924 ; Cobb, Detroit. 324; Myatt Cleveland, .ol6; Huel, Washington, .315; Veach, Detroit, .314.
 Rogers Hornsby. champion hitter of the National league. has pounded his way In one month from .343 to .40S, according to the averages re- leased today and which include games of last Wednesday. Jimmy Bottom ley. spurred on by the hitting of his teammate, Hornsby, has been making rapid strides toward the top of the batting ladder and today Is perched in third place with an average of .363. Zach Wheat, the Brooklyn Ma tionals star slugger, added one point to his average. He continues as run ner-up to Hornsby, with an average of .3S2
 Hack Miller of the Chicago Ma tionals appears to be the only player in the circuit who is Keeping pace with Cy Williams among the homi run hitters. The elongated phillies outfielder Is leading all long-dis tance hitters with 27 homers, whil,
 Hack Miller is his closest rival il the National league with 14. Will Hams has taken the lead in tota bases with 203. His hits include It doubles and triples
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 "Pteo Traynor Leading Thieves, Harold Traynor of Pittsburg, wha was out in front a week ago, has l been tied by Frankie Frisch of the New York Nationals. Each has a ! total base mark of .2o8.
 Other leading hitters of the Ma tional league:
 Traynor. Pittsburg, 362; Frisch .3b4; Young, New York, 1852; Rousch Cincinnati. .352; Barnhart, PittsburE .34s; Grimm. Pittsburg. 345; John l ston, Brooklyn, .342: Hollocher. Chi. cago. .342: Southworth. Boston. 33s OFarrell, Chicago. .330; Hargravo | Cincinnati, .327; McInnis. Boston 1924; Williams, Philadelphia, 1924.
 Hum Leading Southern. Huhn of Mobile is leading the hit
 ters of the Southern league with .37