The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-10-01

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Leaders
Detroit Player Heads American
League Batting List, Ousting
SimmOns-Paul Carries Off
Individual HonOrs in Ma.
tional League With 1873 Ay.
erage
(Bv The Associated Fress)

New batting leaders were
crowned in both major circuits
today. Harry Heilmann OF De-
troit snatched the American league
honor away from AL Simmons Of
Philadelphia by getting seven hits
in nine times at bat in yesterdays
double header at Detroit. HeiImann
succeeds Heinie Manush of Detroit,
who set the pace last year with
$50.
Paul Waner of Pittsburgh carried
off the individual batting honor in
the National, his final average of
1873 being 20 points better than his
closest rival, Rogers Hornsbv Of
New York. Waner succeeds Bulb
bles Hargrave. Cincinnati catcher,
who led the circuit last season with
1853.
Babe Ruth, with his record
breaking total Of 60 home runs for
the season, finished Is home runs
ahead of Lou Gehrig, ..is closest
rival, but Gehrig led in extra base
hits, 116 to Ruth's 81. Ruth was
the leading run scorer with 15S tai
lies, and was followed in order by
Gehrig, with 148; Combs of the
Yankees with 1877; Hornsby, 134,
and Lloyd Waner of the Pirates
with 1873.
frankie Frisch was away ahead
of all competitor in both major
leagues in stolen bases with IS.
George Sisler Of the St. Louis
Browns topped the American league
base stealers with Is thefts.
Jess Haines Of the St. Louis Car
dinals topped the National league
pitchers with "a victories and 10
defeats, and Waite Hoyt of the
Yankees led the American league
with % wins and seven defeats.
Fourteen major league baseball
teams were disbanding today
and more than $50 players We're
starting for their homes, barring
the few who live where they play
or who will witness the world series
starting Wednesday a. Pittsburgh
The curtain dropped on the 1927
season yesterday with only one con.
test on for position. The st. Louis
Cardinals defeated the Chicago
Cubs to 4, and gained SECOND
place in the National league.
The New York Giants, who hae
aspired for the runner up post, bea,
out Philadelphia, S to A, in 10 in
nings, but landed in third place, one
half game behind the worlds cham.
pions. The Cardinals were booked
for a double-header against the
Cubs, but rain set in during the
eighth inning and the second game
was called off.
Pittsburgh closed the season ono
and one-half games ahead Of St.
Louis. The National league cham
pions lost their final game to Gin
cinnati, l to 0. Chicago ended in
fourth place, six and one-half games
behind the Giants. Cincinnati was
fifth, and the Brooklyn Dodgers
who won their closing game from
Boston 5 to 3, finished sixth. Bos.
ton was seventh and PHILADELPHIA
last.
The Yankees were not scheduled
yesterday, but they won the Amer.
lean league pennant with 1872
games to spare over Philadelphia
Washington beat Philadelphia to 5
in the last game and placed third
Detroit took q double-header from
Cleveland. II to 5, and 5 to 4, and
ended in fourth rlace, two and one.
half games behind Washington.
Chicago finish ID fifth, Cleveland
sixth, and the St. Louis Browns,
who closed with an 8 to 3 win over
Chicago, were seventh. The Boston
Red Sox brought up the rear Of the
procession. The Red Sox. and the
Philadelphia Nationals finished last
in their respective leagues with the
same percentage, each having won
81 games and lost 1Ol. Philadel-
phia was 43 games from Pittsburgh
and first place, while the Red Sox
were So games behind, the Yankees.