Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-26

CHICAGO, June 25 (H).-It may ere
long be safe for Sam Breadon to walk
the streets of 81. LOUIS again, ano
perhaps remark, Il told you So" for
( frankie Frisch, the erstwhile Giant
who went to ST. Louis in a trade for
the favorite, Rogers Hornsby, has
finally passed Hornsby in the batting
averages. Figures compiled tocay, in
Guiding Wednesdays games, give
Frisch 381 and Hornsby 376
They have played in the same num-
! ber of games and F'risch has lined out
nine more hits, even though many of
hem did not travel quite so far as
| those which bounced OF Hornsbys
| club.
/ Frisch's efforts have taken some of
the spotlight beams away from the
Pirate trio who still dominate the Ma
tional leagues list of premier hitters-
Clyde Barnhart, Joe Harris and Paul
Waner.
They are in that order this week,
Harris slUmping bit more than Barn
hart in the past week. Even the re-
doubtable Harris could not stick for
long at batting mark Of .451, although
he is still above 400. Tied with Waner
Tor third place is Mueller, OF the
Giants, who takes the weeks batting
horors with nine hits i'll three games,
raising his figures from .281 to .391.
The other newcomer in today's big
ten in the National league is Bill
SouthWorth, of the Cardinals. Freddie
Lindstrom, of the Giants, found the
pace bit too swift and dropped back.
Mueller's performance edged out Glenn
Wright, of Pittsburgh, although the
Pirate shortstop's figures remained un-
changed at $40.
/ Specs Meadows, of Pittsburgh is the
leading pitcher today, with a row of
ten victories to one loss. Jess Haines,
of st. Louis, has II wins and Charley
Root, of the Cubs, IL, but with several
defeats. Crowding these two is old
Grover Alexander, who pitched out of
turn Wednesday to down his old team,
the Cubs, for his ninth.
Leading hitters in the National
| league: Barnhart, Pittsburgh, .418;
Harris, Pittsburgh, AT; P. Waner.
Pittsburgh, .391; Mueller, New York,
.39l; Frisch, st. Louis, .381; Hornsby,
New York, .376; Farrell, Boston, .375;
Harper, New York, 1853; Southworth,
st. Louis, .351; Traynor, Pittsburgh,
345.
|. Although the Yankees seem hardly
in need of batting strength behind the
plate, it is there if the wrecking crew
shows signs of faltering. Pat Collins
is the slugging backstop, and his aver
age of two hits per game this week has
landed him today among the first ten
/ hitters of the American league, in
/ averages compiled today including
| Wednesdays games.
Even better than that is the per-
formance of Wally Schang, wearing
shinguards for the st. Louis Browns.
He gathered two hits per game, too,
and jumped back to the top OF the
heap. His collection of swats included
two honlers.
Harry Heilmann, of Detroit, makes
his 1927 debut among the top ten
today, a group he has adorned for
many years. This year, however, he
seemed to be waiting for some hot
weather pitching. Collins and He'll
mann crowded out Goslin, of wash
ington and Shuttle, of ST. Louis. Babe
Ruth passed three more stick experts
in his slow but steady climb toward
the top, landing in twelfth place today.
Ruth on Wednesday had "a homers,
leaving Lou Gehrig's 18 far behind.
Lou, however, might try for George
Burns two base hit record, also SO.
Gehrig has % doubles to % for Burns.
With such a heavy socking group
back of him, Waite Hoyt may soon
catch the White Sox pair of Fingers
in victories. Hoyt, of the Yankees has
10, Thomas II and Lyons IL. Lyons
leads the trio in hard work with the
equivalent of more than Is full games.
Hoyt and Lyons have each been sunk
three times and Thomas five times.
Goose Goslin'S slump at bat has also
spread to his base running, trough his
total Of 10 is still two ahead of o group
of fleet footed pursuers. In team bat
ting, only the Cleveland Indians bet
tered. their figures of week ago, gain
ing three points while all the others
dropped back bit.
Leading hitters in the American
league: Schang, st. Louis, Alb: Geh-
rig, New York, .384; Dykes, Philadel-
phia. $50; Simmons, Philadelphia,
.378; Meusel, New York, .377; Cobb,
Philadelphia, 1865; E. Miller, st. Louis,
1864; P. Collins, New York, 1862;
Fothergill, Detroit, 1885, Heilmann,
Detroit, 1853.
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