New Britain herald., 1926-09-18
CINCINNATI LEADS
 LEAGUE STARTERS
Four of Hendricks Clan Among
 Ten Leading Batsmen


 that has, excepting brief slumps, led the league during the length Of the 1928 season.
 Al present it is of .:95 caliber little above the average for the year, nine points better than that ot the Pirates and 12 points better than the hitting of the St. Louis Car dinals as the three clubs pound down the stretch.
 Four of the Hendrick, clan place among the Nationals ten leading regular batsmen, although one of the quartet is the idle Rressler. An other factor in the Reds lead Is the work Of the veteran pitchers Dono- hue and Luque. whose occasional hitting has been. respectively. of .sss and .Ss6 variety.
 Cuyler of Pittsburg has dropped out of the leading ten regulars, but he ranks as the leagues best run eetter. Averages including Wednes- days games and released today show he has been responsible for 1o1. his team-mate Waner rating next with ss.
 
 Hack Wilson Of the Cubs is out standing with q circuit drives that have helped Chicago scoring. Wan CT of Pittsburgh. leads in triples. with q, and Jimmy Bottomlev of the Cards is the ranking doubles sleeger.
 Cuyler has the additional distinc- ton of being the majors leading base stealer although the nearing end Of the season finds him well away from all-time records.
 Two pitchers are doing much for the Pirates in their pennant drive. Kremer leading the league regulars with 1a games won and five lost. His t.am-mate, Meadows has pitch- ed ls winning games and suffered seven defeats. a seasons record du- plicated by Rhem of the battling Cardinals.
 Leading National hitters: Har- grave, Cincinnati, .366; Bressler, Cincinnati, .S57; Christensen, Gin cinnati, 1858: Earl Smith. Pittsburgh 1850: Grantham. Pittsburgh, .S4s; Stephenson of Chicago. .SS7; Brown, Boston, 335: Williams of Philadel- phia, .S34; Leach, Philadelphia, .3S2; Roush, Cincinnati, .3S1.
 A month ago Ma.nush of Detroit began hitting, and today he is lead ing the American Leagues batsmen and still climbing.
 Ten hits in six games were re- tponsble for two-point average climb which gives the Tiger out fielder .Ss2 percentage and further marks him as successor to the bat ting crown won by his teammate HeilnaRn last season.
 Otherwise, the hitting in the American League has been slumping q little as the Yankees move on their unperturbed way toward the pennant.
 Johnny Mostil of Chicago has found time, while hitting .S51, to pass the 1925 league total of stolen bases. averages released today and including Wednesdays games show ing him with 30. four more than anybody in the circuit could pilfer last year.
 Babe Ruth Is far short Of his record total of home run, but ranks as the majors leading run getter of the year. His teammate Gehrig is close behind. but one tally separat- ing his total from the circuit drive kings 127.
 The Yankees generally lead the l circuit in hitting, their .294 club | average being three points better than that of both Detroit and Cleve- land. Washington ranks next with | .29o hitting.
 Uhle Of Cleveland Is bidding to be | the seasons best moundsmen in the 1 American, todays figures crediting | him with 24 winning starts and ten | charged defeats. Pennock of the | Yanks had ten defeats also, but only | 21 victories, while Shocker of New i York had a 19-9 record.
 Leading American batsmen: Man ush, Detroit, 1882; Fothergill, De- trict, .573: Ruth. New York, .37l; | Burns of Cleveland. .S64; Heilmann, Detroit, 1858; Goslin, Washington, .357; Collins of Chicago. .347; Miller. St. Louis, .346: Falk. Chicago, .s43; P. Rice of Washington, Meusel of New York and Cobb of Detroit, .33s.
 Tho feature of current general slump in American association hit hng Is the rise of the Louisville Colonels to definitely assume the lead In slugging as we'll as in the pennant race.
 And this with but one player list ynn 1a1 He is the Colonel backstop, Dever- mer, whose 1864 ranks him below both Veach of Toledo and Lebour- veau. Mud Hen who apparently has no intention of tossing his hold on the league leadership, with an aver age of .3So.
 The Colonels forged to the top in batting while both Milwaukee and Toledo were slipping. Averages in- cludins Wednesdays games and re- leased today show Louisville hitting .3ns, Milwaukee .306 and Toledo 1903.
 Lance Richbourg of Milwaukee leads In run getting, with 14S, and likewise is well out in front In stolen bases. The nearest approach to his 4s pilfered sacks are the 42 Lebourveau has found time to col lect along with his heavy hitting. Brief of Milwaukee is the asso- eiation's home run slugger, total of 26 putting him ahead of the 22 chalked up by both Duncan Of Min neapolis and Cullop of St. Paul. With Carmen Hili departed the league and Indianapolis with an ex- oellent record, Cullop of Louisville ] sets the pitching pace. Today's av- erages show him with 1s victories and seven defeats to share honors with his teammate Tincup, who had . 17-6 record, and Orwell of Mill (