New Britain herald., 1925-08-01
COBB BEGINNING
 TO SHOW STRAIN
Veteran Of 20 Major League
 Campaigns Drops to Fourth

Chicago, Aug, Fs--Ty Cobb, veteran of twenty major league cam paigns, today Is beginning to show inc strain in his conquest Of the 1925 American league batting cham pionship,
 The Tiger leader, coming out sec ond best in his tilt with the pitch CTS, dropped this week from the lofty emincnrc hc held to fourth place. whil" tho youthful Harry Rice Of the St. Louis Browns, tacking ten points on his average. moved into second place. tobb's failure to smack the ball where there were no 0elders meant a loss Of IS points and made a wider gulf between him and the leader, Iris Speaker,
 The veteran Cleveland pilot added point 10 his average over his mark of week ago. Speaker is batting .4O5. followed by Rice ~ith .395. Harry Hcilmann Of the Tigers is , third with .3S6 with Cobb next m line with .3S4. Tho figures arc based 
 The heavy swingcrs on the Phila- ; delphia wrcckinC crow are holding their own and this does not count the pinch hitting French. who is at the top with a total of ,526. Among the others who are coming is Rice Of the Senator's who now figures among the leaders. The consistent l George Sisler of St, Louis is holding l his own. as he has done for weeks. Al Simmons of the Athletics, has been hitting consistently. dispacing Ken Williams of the Browns for total base honors. Simmons, with IA hits, has a total of 225 bases. They include 31 doubles. six triples and 16 homers Williams failed 10 add 10 his string of 24 home runs
 Johnny Mostil's speed has given him inc honors as the best run get ter. In addition to stealing S4 bases. the White sox flash has crossed the plate Ss times.
 Other leading hatters:
 Sislcr. st. Louis, .371; F. Rice, Washington, .367: J. Scwell. Cleve- land, .366; Simmons, Phia delphia, .366; Wingo, Detroit. .366; Lamar. Philadelphia, .364; Cochrane, Phila- delphis, .5s4; Hale. Philadelphia.
 360.
 | Hazen CuyIer is the first player in the major leagues to cross the cen tury mark in runs scored. The speedy fly-chaser of the Pirates has counted 1ol times. His tremendous speed is one of the reasons why Pittsburgh is leading the National league pcnnant race. During the last week Cuyler swiped six bases which planted him right on Carey's tail with 21, Carey has stolen o2.
 Rogers Hornsby of tho Cardinals has been hitting in tough luck. For the first time since June 10 he dropped below the .4h0 mark. He still has comfortable lead over his rivals, however, batting .29S, 12 points lower than week ago. Hornsby added two more home runs to his string and is showing the way
 "i'i Sp' 'llStl VI lHN CuDS IS : trailing with 23.
 Catcher Wilson of the Philles and Milton Stock of the Dodgers along with Jimmy Bottomley of the Card inals, have shown inclinations to challenge. Wilson is the runner. up to Hornsby with .3s4 Stock Is next ;, with 1882 and Bottomley is fourth with .$S1, an advance of eight points ', over his previous mark.
 Other leading batters:
 Fournier, Brooklyn. .S7;; Burrus. Boston, .35s; Wrishtstone, Philadtl-
 phia, .S5s; Bancroft, Boston, .S54; Cuyler Pittsburgh. .S5o; Felix. sos- ton, .Sj2; Hsner. Philadelphia, .. .S51 Blades St. Louis, .S51.