The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-08
FOUR STARS
DOG SPEAKER
Tribe Leader Retains First
Place in Batting Aver.
age Race

Chicago, Aug. 8.--P)-Eour vctcr-
ans and Il younsstcr from the West
crn end Of the American League CIR
cult are topping the slugscrs this
week. it is shown iT~averuges rcicas-
ed today and which include Wcdncs-
days games.
/ The pn'ntcttc is composed Of iris
Speaker, gray 'hatchcd leader of the
| Cleveland Indians, who heads the
proc sion with .39t; Harry Rice,
young versatile player Of the ST..
Louir Browns with .331; Harry He'll
mann, star outficlder Of the Tigers
with So. and ~ Cobb and George
Sislcr, with .37S each. AL Simmons,
of tn" Athletics. is the closest East
crn contender, being sixth with .371.
Sislcr Jared better than the other
leaders. making a gain Of seven
points over his mark Of last week,
! while Speaker dropped eleven points.
Rice, Cobb and Hcilmann lost 4
points each.
leads With - home runs. Bob Mcu-
sci Of the Yankees cracked out one
ana is trailing Williams with 2I,
Johnny Moatil Of the White Sux
remains 1t the top IN base stealing
with n thcfts, and has Increased his
lead aS Il run gcttcr with % regis
trations.
Other leading b..t.crs: ..n,
Lamar. Philadelphia .3G3; f.. Rice,
washington .%5s: Barrett. Chicago
1868; Collins, Chicago .357; Wingo,
Detroit ."Gl: !. Scwrll. Cleveland
.355; Hale, Philadelphia $50; Coch-
ranc, Philadelphia 1856.
Gcttin" nine hits in his last seven
games, Jimmy Bottomlcy of the Car
dinals moved from third place among
the National League battcrs to the
position Of runner-up to his boss,
Rogers Hornsby.. Hornsby, despite
slump Of four points. is topping tho
list by twelve points wlh an aver
age Of 1874.
Bottomlcy. in addition to boost
ing his mark to 1872. broke away
from lIornsby for the total base
leadership with 25G. Two of Jimmy's
blows were circuit crivcs while two
others were good for three baks
each. Ilornsby added Il circuit blow
ard leads all circuit drive hittcrs
with q.
Max Carey. speedy Pirate fly chas-
er. cut loose on the paths and. by
swiping three bases, ran his total to
25.
J. Wilson. catcher of the Phillics.
who week ago was challenging
Hornsby among the batters. dropped
from second place to fifth Jack
Dodgers, who also were knocking at
the door Of the leader. took tum-
Bile dow ngradc. Fourier droroing
ten points and Stock eight.
Other leading BATHS:
Stock. Brooklyn 1915: Blades. st.
Louis .35l; Fourier, Brooylyn .36o;
Barnhart. Pittsburg .3i9: J. Wilson.
Philadelphia .3G4; Bressler. Circin.
natl .3i7: Burrus, Boston .35s; Harp
or, PHILADELPHIA 1856: Wheat, Brook
Ign ."tl; Wrightstonn, Philadelphia
.3!i: Bancroft. Boston Sal: Terry.
New York .352; Mueller, s.. Louis
.31l.
Eddie Murphy Of Columbus and
Cedric burst Of ST. Paul. were the
shining lights in the scramble for
batting honors among tho Ancr ican
Association hittcrs. Murphy ad-
vanccd his average Of week ago. SIX
points. and now is topping tho ladder
with .399. burst climbed eighteen
points to position among the lead
crs. Leh9urveau of Kansas City, is
holding has own as runner-up to the
Columbus star. with mark of 1881,
while Bunny Brief of the Brewers
is trailing along in third place with
.3G6.
AS whole, the same familiar
leaders arc in about the same posi-
lions. Brief added "A home run and
now is behind Duncan of Minneapolis
for the honors. Duncan failed to- in
crease his total Of %. Russell OF