Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-15

run clouts of which he has 33. Sim
: mons Of the Athletics also got two
home runs this week, the same as
T,azzeri of the Yankees, while Ken
Williams got three
Hunnefield of the Chicago White
Sox and Ed Rice of Washington each
| still tied at IT,
, Pate the Athletics relief pitcher,
} who has held a mark of eight victories
and no defeats to top the league for
some time, finisehd out another game
/. this week without affecting his rec
4 ord. Ernie Nevers, the Pacific coast
football star, got into the official
! major league averages this week for
the first time when he won his first
/; start for the ST. Louis Browns. He
has done relief hurting in five other
|, games. but none affected his own
l,pitchin record. Pennock of the
Yankees and Uhle of Cleveland are
still tied on victories, one more apiece
this week making II. Pennock has
lost six games and Uhle eight
| Washington and st. Louis were the
only teams to improve their team hit
ting percentages this week, while tn
Yankees dropped one point to slide out
of the 300 class.
Leading American league hitters:
Fothergill, Detroit, .4O3; Burns, Cleve-
land. .971; Ruth, New York, 1857; Meu-
sci, New York, 1866; Goslin, Washing
ton 1866; Manush, Detroit, 1854; Falk,
Chicago, 359; Heilmann, Detroit, 1855; !;
Mostil, Chicago, .S4S; E. Collins, Chi
cago, BAT.
| There was little cnange in the ros
ter of leading American Association
hitters during the past week, the fea-
lures being the climb of Richbourg of
Milwaukee back into the first ten and
the advancement of his percentage by
Lebourveau of Toledo, while most Of
the leaders were slipping.
Lebourveau collected a triple and
six singles to push up into the 400
class again, joining zinn of Kansas
City. who had been left alone by the
previous weeks general slump in
slugging. The Mud Hen player at
tained to .4O1 by his slugging, but
watcher Richbourg go to hte front inl
! their season-old race in base stealing
the Brewer pilfering three for a totaIl
! of 81, while Lebourveau stood on his
old total Of SO.
Duncan of Minneapolis had good;
week with the willow, seven safeties,
his league leading collection 20, NOV
ing him UP the line despite two
point drop in his average. He had
more luck hating his slump than most
of the leaders, Shuttle of Milwaukee,
dropping IL points despite eight cleanI
hits, and other leaders faring SINH
larly.
The tagging pace of the leaders was,
reflected in the team hitting, the club
percentages generally dropping off.
Toledo leads with rating of .314,!
Louisville ranks second with .313 and
Milwaukee is travelling at a .909 clip.
Charley Robertson has continued his
auspicious start with the Brewers,
following his trade to them, by run
ming his string to five won games
and none lost. Hill of Indianapolis
added two more victories during the
week of no losing starts for sea-
sons record of 18 games won and
but four lost. Dawson pitched win
ming game for the Colonels to make
his years total IL, with two defeats.
Leading, hitters in the American
Association: Lebourveau, Toledo, .4O1;
Shuttle, Milwaukee, .377; McMenemy,
Milwaukee, .376; Veach, Toledo, 1875;
Duncan, Minneapolis, 1850; Brief, Mil
fwaukee, .359; Webb, Louisville, S57;
DeVormer, Louisville, 1857; Richbourg.
Milwaukee, 1856; Branom, Kansas City,
348
The race among the leading hitters
in the western league was up in the
air during the past week with flock
of major average changes that Sc
verely iostled the top ten sluggers.
Blakesley of Omaha still leads them
all. but after a week of sensational
bat work that saw him hitting APO,
| slipped, bit and halted at .4O9. Casey
| of Tulsa remained second with $3.50,
while O'Brien of Denver added ten
points to his average to pass both
Henry of Omaha and Ginglardi OF
| Denver and go into third position with
375.
! Among other changes In the leading
| ten hitters was the reappearance or
Wetzel of Des Moines, who climbed
! back among the elect by slugging
/ .347. Patterson of Tulsa had GOOD
week, boosting himself up the column
by hitting of 1863 calibre.
| Sturdy of Tulsa is well out in front
in home run slugging, having added
three during the week for a total of
"a, BIakesley collecting two more to
trail the Tulsan with 80.
/ The base stealing race has simmered
down to Hughes of Des Moines and
Funk of Oklahoma City, with Henry
of omaha possible third. The Iowan
has pilfered the high total of S5, Funk
has a total of 80 and the Nebraskan's
1 record for the year is rs.
Omaha and Tulsa are in lonesome
class in club hitting. The Nebarskans
are hitting .315 and Tulsa's percentage
as team is .314, Denver ranking third
with 299.
Another winning game and one lost
put the pitching record of Moone OF
Des Moines at Is victories and four
defeats, while Hall of Denver ranks
] a good second with % winning starts
and but seven games lost There is
! not a. moundsman in the league with
clean slate.
Leading Western league hitters