New Britain herald., 1924-08-23
Bench.Warmer Rising to Fame-yeteranS Forge to Top in American League.
Hy fh. AnaslaIfa Rlesa.

BY The Associated fless
 Chicago, Aug, ss,-Irom q laNls
 bench warmer awaiting q chance il slip into the game as I substitute, ta one Of the brightest stars in the Ma tlonal league, is the remarkable rise of Hasen tuyier youthful autield star with the Pirates,
 cuyler today fnds himself batting the famed Rogers Hornshy, second base star Of the Cardinals, for the batting championship Of the league, He bagged II hits in his last five games, giving him an average Of ,aSa and is trailing s7 points behind Hornsby, who is topping the list with .tio, Zach Wheat. The Brooklyn Net- eran. suffered a slight slump, drop- ping into third place with .s66, The averages include games of Wednesday.
 The rise Of cuyler, n rookie from the Southern league. reads like page from baseball fiction, His chance came by accident when Max Carey, the Pittsburgh veteran, was injured. When Carey returned to the game. Manager McKechenie of the Pirates found Cuyler's services indispensable. His batting. fielding and sparkling base running was an inspiration 10 the Pirates. who carried the light 10 the Giants for the lead in the pen nant race.
 Great Base Stealcr
 cuyler. under the coaching of Carey. developed into one of the greatest base stealers in the league. Carey is leading with 30, with cuyler and Heathcote of Chicago tied for second place honors with 23 each.
 Jack Fournier of the Dodgers, lead ing home run hitter of the league, is basking in the total of c5, while Frisch of the Giants is setting the pace in scoring, having crossed the plate 90 times. six within the last week.
 Other leading batters: Fournier, Brooklyn 344; Young. New York, S44; Bressler, Cincinnati. 344: Roush, Gin cinnati. 343: Blades, St. Louis, S25; Bottomley, St. Louis. 343: High, 1 Brooklyn. 321: Kelly, New York, SIS; l Grigsby, Chicago, SIS.
 In the American
 Veterans of the American league | are gradually crowding their way to- ward the top. Following the exam pie of Eddie Collins, of the White Sox, | Ty Cobb, pilot of the Tygers; Iris | Speaker. leader of the Indians and | Harry Helmann. Detroit slugger have | worked themselves up among the | leading men.
 Babe Ruth, who continues to top the regulars dropped from his 400 mark of a week ago to 1896. How ever, he still has comfortable lead over Bib Falk. of the White Sox who Is in second place with .S6o. George sisler fell out of the 300 class and is day down in the hst with an average of .esS.
 Ruth failed to increase his record of 3s homers. but managed to get an average of one hit game in his last four contests. giving him 15S hits for . total of 314 bases. Besides his homers, his hits include 2s doubles ( and seven triples By scoring twice he f ran his run getting record to 116. Cobb had made the greatest number 2 of hits in the league, turning in 163 I blows. |. Eddie Collins failed to add to his 4 string of S3 stolen bases, but still holds a safe lead over his rivals.
 Other leading batters: Jamieson, .s4s; Cobb, Detroit, .S45; E. Collins. Chicago, .344; Sheely, Chi \ caso. .s42; Boone, Boston, .S42; $ Speaker, Cleveland, $40; Heilmann, k Detroit. .334: Jacobson, St. Louis, F. 332; Goslin, Washington. .350; Arch D deacon, Chicago. .SS0. F