The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-06-21
Sports
CHICAG0S
PLAYER RISES
TO TOP PLACE
Maurice ArchdeacOn Takes
American League Batting
Lead From HeiImann
TY COBB GOES STRONG

II COBB GOES STRONG
Chicago, June 81 (By the A. p
The tumble of Harry ncilmann from
: the American league batting lead te
fifth place, the climb Of Maurice
Archdeacon, Chicago outtielder to the
leadership, and the continued slug
ging OF Iy Cobb, furnished the out
standing developments Of the major
league batting race today.
Heiimann, who was out of the game
for a few days due to an operation
for sinus trouble, apparently has
confined his efforts to sacrifice work
Archdeacon has an average of 37J
for "a games, during which he was
at bat l0i times, scoring "a runs,
"a hits and getting Al total bases.
Cobb, who has played in 81 games,
more than amy Of the leading hitters,
Is batting .36I, and is the real lead
er He is pressed by Jameson, Cieve-
land, with an average of 1868. Babe
Ruth holds his own with .36l, COM
pared with 1856 Il week ago He'll
man is next with 1853, but he leads
the league with sacrifices, havrng Ia
TO his credit. The figures include
games of Wednesday.
Other leading batters are: Meuscl
New York, 1855; Falll Chicago 1852;
Robertson st. Louis .352; Harris,
Boston .349; Sheely, Chicago $40;
Boone, Boston, .3l6; Sewell, Cleve-
land .341; Gosim, Washington .342;
Prothro, Washington .342; Williams
St Louis, .35l.
Ruth has sixteen horAers and is
leading both leagues, while Williams,
st. Louis, is only behind the cham
pion slugger.
Collins, Chicago, and Williams, st.
Louis are tied for the base stealing
honors. Each having 10, with jamie
son, Cleveland, closing on them with
'nlne
Washington leads as the strongest
club of hitters, averaging 3Ol in 53
games, with Cleveland tying the per-
centage with 81 games.
Rogers Hornsby, st. Louis tops the
Ndtiohdi League nlttclS, averaging
.394 in 81 games, Wheat, Brooklyn
and Snyder, New York, are tied with
1872. Kelly, New York with 1881 and
Fourier, Brooklyn 1856 completes the
leaders.
Other hitters in order are, Frisch,
New York 343; High, Brooklyn, 1888;
Grimes, Chicago, .33G; Tierney, Bos-
ton .331. Grantham, Chicago 1927;
Young, New York .3l9; Pinelli, Gin
cinnati BIT; Williams, Philadelphia,
.3lG; Johnson, Brooklyn .3l4; Ban
croft, Boston BOA.
Fourier has Is home runs with
Harnett, Chicago eight Grigsby,
Chicago leads in base thefts with H.,
while Heathcote, Chicago, Carey Of
Pittsburgh and Bigbee, Pittsburgh,
each have eleven.
New York, Chicago, and BROOKLYN
lead in team batting with respective
averages of 3O4, .288 and .28l. On
defensive work Pittsburgh has an
average of .975. Boston .972 and
Philadelphia .968.
Whiting under the fire of warm
weather pitching, Neum of st. Paul,
batting leader of the American As
sociation, started to skid, but braced
in the middle OF the week, pulling
up with an average of l6,scomparcd
with ,432 week ago. This gives
him safe lead over Brief of Kansas
City, who is second with .391.
Dresser of st. Paul is third in the
list with .37G, while Mcguire of To-
ledo is fourth with 1868.
Neum, eager to increase his bat
ting average, apparently neglected
the art of base stealing, as he fail
ed to increase his total of twenty six.
This, however, is sufficient to give
him the lead by wide margin.
In home run hitting, Russell of
Columbus went into tie with Smith
of Louisville for the leadership with
eight apiece, leaving Brief second
with seven.
Other leading batters: Shannon,
Louisville, 1853; glastonbury, India
napols 1862; Dixon, st. Paul, $50;
Allen, indianapolis, $50; Lemar,, To-
ledo $50; Bethel, Louisville, .342;
Mccartney, Milwaukee, 1892; Grimes,
Columbus 1929.
All of the fireworks in the Wes-
tern League were furnished by Out
fielder Dunn/lg of Wichita, who, in
the last eight games smacked out
"a hits, swelling his batting average
from .376 to All. This moved him
into second place, twenty points be-
hind Cullop of Omaha. The roll call
among the other leading batters re-
mains the same, with Tulsa having
the four next sluggers to .Cullop and
Cunning. Austin is batting 1896,
Lamb, 1889; Lelivelt, 1888, and Davis
1888.
Davis and Washburn of Tulsa are
still tied for tie lead in home run
hitting with fifteen, while Beck of
Wichita added two, bringing his
total to eleven.
Smith of Wichita apparently found
the catchers too alert for he failed
to add a single stolen base, although
he, still holds the lead with nineteen.
Other leading batters. Luderus,
Oklahoma City 1864; Robinson,
Omaha, 800; Miller, st. Joseph, 1856;
st. Joseph, Dab; Ginglardi
Denver, BAL.
"A general tightening up of the
eading hitters Of the Southern As
I0ciation resulted in Knode of Bifm-
ngham and Paschal Of Atlanta being
down among the pace max
RS, all of whom suffered, loss in
and some in position.
Japan Of Little Rock still leads. the
but his average was shaw
IN to $50. COMPARED with .4O4 a week