New Britain herald., 1926-06-26
CINCINNATI SETS
 UP GREAT RECORD
Leading League in Batting and
 Fielding

Chicago, June 26 Rl-Pounding away in unpretentious fashion since the start of the season, the Cincin- nati Reds, hardly regarded q slug ging club, in a week which has seen them 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 filding record among the teams in the senior circuit.
 Five of the Red regulars are hit ting in the two hundreds but Hcn- dricks has three players among the first ten hitters in the league and enough others catered along above the 300 mark to give the team q batting average of .2SS. With fewer extra bases on their hits than q hand full of the other clubs, the Reds are tied with St. Louis for the highest run total.
 Some significance might be attach ed to the fact that the Cincinnati club and the Cardinals, having made the most runs to date, among Ma tional clubs, have also turned in the largest number of sacrifices. The Reds have sacrificed 106 times, the Cards ranking second in that depart ment with SC. The Hendricks men have otherwise avoided credited at bats by way Of the pitchers box, tehir 221 walks bring more than are shown by any other league clubs.
 In team slugging. the Reds hold only q bare margin over the Cubs, whose drop in the game standing is not reflected in their batting and fielding percentages. The Mccarthy men finished the eleventh week of the majors year with a hitting aver age of .2S7, just ahead of the .oSG of the world chamuion Pirates.
 Individual Eaters.
 kikt Cuyler leads the individual batting with an average of .3G5 and is still showing both leagues how to steal bases. He has run his total to Is, drawing away from the persist ent Frisch. While players above him week ago slumped, Brcssler of Cin- cinnati climbed into second place in slugging with ,35S, Traynor of the Pirates being third with scant mar gins over Herman of Brooklyn, Smith of Pittsburgh and Rogers Hornsby.
 Babe Ruth has faltercd 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. Fin ishing the eleventh week Of the sea son with 23 circuit drives, the Babe had an average of .3SS. His sail ing was not so smooth elsewhere, however, his teammate Gehrig going into a tie for the most runs, last Tuesday.
 Between Ruth and Gehrig and string of other players slugging right up at the top, the Yankees have most of the majors batting honors tucked away,. Their .312 av- craze is by far the best in either league and they have turned in more runs, more hits and more home runs than any other major club. Also more strike-outs than any team except the St. Louis Na- tionals.
 The White Sox rank second in American league club hitting, with .296, and Detroit is third with .290.
 Meusel of the Tanks failed to in- crease his total of stolen bases, re- linquishing the majors theft honors to Cuyler in the other league. Rice of the Senators, Hunneficld of Chi cago and Mostil of the White SoX are pressing Meusel for the lead in the American.
 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 i dozen and losing four. Hoyt and | Pennock of the Yankees each have ! 11-4 records so far, among leading | American pitchers. Rhem of the | Cardinals has lost the lead in the | nunDer or NlClOEltS buL NOHHd "P | the first eleven weeks with the re- | markable record of II games won | and but one lost in the National.
 Leading Hittcrs
 Leading hitters in 35 or more Na' tional games: Cuylcr of Pittsburgh, 1885; Bressler of Cincinnati, .@59; Traynor of Pittsburgh, .35l; Her man, Brooklyn, .349; Smith of .345; Hornsby, St. Louis, 344; Christensen. Cincinnati, .341; Brown, Boston, $40; Wright, Pitts. burgh, .S3S; Walker of Cincinnati. .3S2.
 Leading American hittcrs in $5 or more games: Ruth, New York, .@SS; Heilmann, Detroit, ST; Falk, Chi cago, .3G7; Burns, Cleveland. $GG; Meusel, New York, .3G4; pugan New York, .364 Mostil, Chicago s60: Collins of Chicago, .%54; Gch- rig, New York, .349; Cobb Detroit 344.
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