Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-03

then step to the front in the Ma
! tional pennant chase have become
the leading hitters in the league.
They have, also set up the best
fielding record among the teams in
! the senior circuit.
Five of the Red regulars are
hitting in the two hundreds but
Hendricks has three players among
the first ten hitters in the league
and enough others scattered along
above the 800 mark to give the
team battling average of .288.
With fewer extra bases on their hits
than a handful of the other clubs,
the Reds are tied with ST. Louis for
the highest run total.
Some Significance might be at
tached to the fact that the Cincinnati
club and the Cardinals, having made
] the most runs to date, among the
/ National clubs, have also turned in
the largest number of sacrifices. The
Reds have sacrificed 106 times, the
Cards ranking second in that de-
partment with Sc. The Hendricks
men have otherwise avoided credited
at bats by way of the pitchers
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than are shown by any other league
club.
In team slugging, the Reds hold
only bare margin over the Cubs,
whose drop in the game standing is
not reflected in their batting and
fielding percentages. The Mccarthy
mem finished the eleventh week Of
the majors year with hitting aver
age of .2S7, just ahead of the 1886
of the world champion Pirates.
! Kiki Cuyler leads the individual
batting with an average of 1865 and
is still showing both leagues how to
steal bases. He has run his total to
Is, drawing away from the per-
sistent Frisch. While players above
him a week ago slumped, Bressler of
! Cincinnati climbed into second place
! in slugging with 1859, Traynor of
the Pirates being third with scant
margins over Herman of Brooklyn,
Smith of Pittsburgh and Rogers
Hornsby.
Babe Ruth has faltered a little in
his dash to keep up with his record
breaking home running of 1921 but
is well out in front as the leading
hitter in the majors. Finishing the
eleventh week of the season with G3
circuit drives, the Babe had an
average of 1888. His sailing was
not so smooth elsewhere, however,
his teammate Gehrig going into a
tie for the most runs, last Tuesday.
Between Ruth and Gehrig and a
string of other players slugging
rigth up at the top, the Yankees
j have most of the majors batting
honors tucked away. Their .312
average is by far the best in either
league and they have turned in
more runs, more hits and more home
runs than any other majors club.
Also more strikeouts than any team
except the st. Louis Nationals.
/ The White Sox rank second in
American league club hitting, with
1886, and Detroit is third with .29O.
Meusel of the Yanks failed to in
crease his total of stolen bases,
relinquishing the majors theft honors
to Cuyler in the other league. Rice
of the Senators, HunnefieId of Chi.
cago and Mostil of the White Sox
are pressing Meusel for the lead in
IAAC hA1A1S11Cdu.
Having added another winning
start, Lee Meadows of the Pirates
finished the eleventh week with
eight victories and no defeats. Ted
Lyons, pitching for Chicago in the
other league, hasn't Meadows per-
feet record but Lyons has pitched
twice as many games, winning a
dozen and losing four. Hoyt and
Pennock of the Yankees each have
ia records so far, among leading
American pitchers. Rhem of tho
Cardinals has lost the lead in the
number of victories but wound up
Inc flrst eleven weeks with the re-
markable record of IL games won
and but one lost in the National.
Leading hitters in 35 or more Ma
tlonal games: Cuyler of Pittsburgh,
1868; Bressler of Cincinnati, 1853: TRAY
nro, Pittsburgh, .351; Herman, Brook
lyn, .349; Smith of Pittsburgh, .345:
Hornsby st. Louis, .344 Christensen
Cincinnati, .341; Brown, Boston. $40.
Wright Pittsburgh, .S33; Walker of
Cincinnati, 1892
Leading American hitters in az or
more games; Ruth of New York,
1888; Heilmann of Detroit, .377; FaIk,
of Chicago, 1867; Burns, Cleveland
1866; Meusel, New York, 1854; Dugan
New York, 1854; Mostil, Chicago
$50; Collins of Chicago, 1854; Gehrig
New York, S49; Cobb, Detroit, .S44
The race for batting honors il
the American association has de-
veloped into slugging match be-
tween the Milwaukee Brewers anC
| the champion Louisville Colonels
tied with club averages of .316.
II Each of the teams has three play
ers among the leading hitters ant
the teams generally are slugging eff
fectively Kansas City and Toledo
with averages of .311 and 3O4, re
spectively, are pressing the leader
and indianapolis ranks fifth in tn
standing with a percentage of 80:
Veach of Toledo increased hi
eleventh week of the season Jus
short of 400, his average, of .39
leading by a narrow margin the .39
and 1896, respectively, of the tw
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