The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-09-13
L'ETERANS MAY
TAKE MOST OF
LEAGUE PLUMS
18th Season Little More
Than Two Weeks To Go,
They Are Leading
Youngsters
UTH IS WAY AHEAD

Chicago, Sept. l3.-With the close
the major. league race Il trltle
ore than two weeks away, veter-
S, with years of service behind
EN-, seem certain Of capturing all
the honors of the 1924 season.
In the American league, Babe Ruth
without danger of losing the bat
lg championship as we'll as the
me run title. The Babe, accord
to latest averages today, is hit
lg 1856, thirty points ahead OF
mieson of Cleveland, his closest
val. 1t is startling to note, how
er, that Ruth made only five hits
mis- last five games, but two of
EN- were homers, which increased
home run total to forty-four.
The veteran Eddie Collins, captain
the Chicago White SoX, shining
a major league star for 10 years,
III capture the base stealing hon
$. He has stolen 80 to date, while
ce of Washington is next in line
ith twentythree.
The Detroit Tigers, possibly with
strain of keeping in the pennant
ght removed, went in for some
.avy hitting in recent games, and
ivanced from fifth to second place
club batting. To accomplish this,
e Tigers made a gain Of four
,ints, while other teams generally
ere dropping. Cleveland held the
ad in team batting, but slipped out
the 800 class to .299. The Tigers
hitting :293.
In Individual batting, Speaker of
eyeland and Collins of the White
* exchanged places. Speaker GO
& into fourth place with BAT, while
lllins in batting fifth with .346.
Xix of the White Sox is third with
IL.
Other leading batters: Brassler,
atroit Bah; Cobb, Detroit, .337;
Done, Boston .335; Rice, Washing
1874; Goslin, Washington, .334;
iller, Philadelphia .334; Heilmann,
atroit 1873; Myatt, Cleveland 1928.
Rogers Hornsby, the National
ague's premier hitter, expects to
nish the season with an average
Eli above the 400 mark. He re-
rned to the game after being out
ten days due to an injured back,
ID in Il week of action, dropped
ur points from his high mark, set
day he was injured. Hornsby's
test-average is .42o. AS runner-up
Hornsby, lack Wheat of Brook
passed Hazen Cuyler of the Pr
es by margin of ten points.
heat is hitting .379, with Cuyler
50. Then comes Youngs of New
,rk with BAT.
Max Carey, Pittsburgh veteran,
ded four stolen bases to his rec
d, bringing his string up to for
two. Fournier Of the Dodgers
ntinues to remain high in home
hitting, leading with twenty-six.
With splurge of hitting again
e Boston pitchers set a new single
me record for the season, the Gil
is pushed themselves into the 300
ISIS as hitting team, and are
lding with percentage of 1902
,e Cardinals are second with .292.
Other leading batters: Bressler
ncinnati BAL; Rush, Cincinnati
%; Fourier, Brooklyn, 1874; Kelly,
wv York 1874; High, Brooklyn 1896;
isch; New York 1926; Bottomley
Louis 800; Blades, St. Louis 800
Charlie Dresser, st. Paul third
seman, is the latest threat to
hnny Neun, also of st. Paul, for
batting championship of the AM
ican@Ass oNation. Dresser, by pass
3 three men, landed in second
ice with an average of 1858, ten
,ints behind the leading Neun
lose lead seems safe enough to
rry him through to the finish.
Hodapp of Indianapolis moved in
third place with an average OF
-, forcing Bunny Brief of Kansas
ty into fourth with 1852. Neur
ans certain of carrying off the
Sc stealing honors, as he has
olen fifty, while Christenbury, al
of St. Paul, his closest rival. has
1y twenty-seven.
Elmer Smith of Louisville, with
homers to his credit, remains on
o, followed by Reb Russell of Co.
nbu with twentv-fonr