New Britain herald., 1927-08-13
HITTING OF CUBS
i ON THE UPGRADE
Joe Mccarthy Figures Chicago
: Team As Good As "In'

lowering around the .270 mark as
q team average all season. For most
Of the season the Cubs have led
the league in fielding accuracy. but
today they are still 20 points be-
low the Pirates in hitting.
Seven OF the Cubs are among the
IS hftters in the 800 class of the
National League but only one has
been able to break into the first
ten leaders, Riggs Stephenson. The
Pirates have eight batters In the
300 division and for many weeks
three of the Ptitsburghers have
been grouped at the very top.
Today these three Pirates, Paul
Waner. Joe Harris and Clyde Barn
hart, are farther in front than ever
with the field, led by frankie
Frisch, from IS to so points below
them. Brother Lloyd Waner also
holds his own in the first ten,
ranking ninth in averages compiled
today. including Wednesdays
games.
Frisch slumped IS points after
his challenge last week to break up
the Pirate trio the rest of the first
ten skidded with him, while Paul
Waner led his mates into higher
ground. Frisch also failed to add
any stolen bases but his mark of
IL Is still nine better than Hendrick
Of Brooklyn. the runner up.
Two victories this week for Larry
Benton Of the Giants have put him
At the top among the National
League pitchers. with ten victories
to three defeats. The two Pirates,
Meadows and Hill. who held the
lead 50 long. are now second and
fourth. Jess Haines Of the Cardinals
IS third, but Charlie Root OF the
Cubs leads Haines by three victories,
Root added his 10Th and goth this
week.
Leading National League hitters
are: P. Waner. Pittsburgh, .391;
Harris, Pittsburgh, 379; Barnhart,
Pittsburgh. 1856: Frisch, st. Louis,
1888: Harper. New York, $50;
Stephenson. Chicago, .345; Hornsby,
New York. .344: Hafey, st. Louis,
.341: L. Waner, Pittsburgh, 1884;
Hendrick, Brooklyn. 1872.
Every other years seems to be
at" for Harry Heilmann Of the
Detroit Tigers. as he won the Amer
lean League batting championship
In 1921, '23 and '25. and is making
a determined bid for the top right
now. Only Al Simmons Of the -Ath-
letics and Lou Gehrig of the Yank-
ees rank higher today than He'll
mann, but Gehrig shows no signs Of
weakening. Simmons has been on
the bench for the last two weeks.
Heilmann is twenty-one points
behind Simmons in averages COM
piled today including Wednesday S
games, but he has gained more than
that in the past month of steady
climbing. Most of the others among
the first ten batters of the American
League shed few percentage points
this week while Harry was making
a gain Of seven. Ruth and Speaker
slipped the most, except Bing Miller
of the Browns who dropped clear
out Of the ten leaders for the first
time in many months
Near Front Row
Miller Joined Ken Williams and
George Sisler, his teammates, just
on the fringe OF the front row. Sis
Ter added two more stolen bases,
making %, while Johnny Neun,
Detroit's first sacker, passed Tray-
ener Of the Tigers for runner up
with 10.
The home run duel still swings in
favor Of Gehrig. Lou had 3s We'd
nesday to SO for Ruth, but In the
total Of extra base hits Lou stands
out like lighthouse. He has 81
two-baggers and IL Triples, far
ahead Of the Babe in each class.
Pipgras, now apparently back
with the Yankees to stay, has much
League hurlers, six wins and but
one loss, though the honors among
the regulars should go to Waite
Hoyt Of the Yanks. Hoyt has Is vic
tories and four defeats and only
Ted Lyons Of the White Sox eX-
ceeds his total Of wins. Ted has is
victories and is still the hardest
working twirler in either major
league. having worked the equiva-
lent Of 25 games with nearly eight
weeks Of the season yet to go.
Leading American League batters:
Simmons, Philadelphia. 1874: Geh-
rig, New York, 1874; Heilmann, De-
troit. 1873; schang, st. Louis, 1872;
Ruth, New York, .S64; Speaker,
Washington, 1864; Fothergill, De-
troit. 1852: Meusel, New York, So;
Dykes. Philadelphia, .346; Combs,
New York. .344.
Race for Leadership
The hot race for the leadership
Of the American Association be-
tween Milwaukee and Toledo is re-
Elected all the way through today's
statistics. In team batting individu-
al hitting and pitching effectiveness
they are neck and neck.
Emilio Palmero ranks as the As
sociation's best finger in averages
compiled today including Wednes-
days games. He has ten wins to
one defeat, pursued closely by Os-
car Orwell Of the Brewers with II
victories and four defeats. linn and
Sheehan Of Kansas City both cut
rank them in number of wins
with marks of II and is respective
ly. but are third and fourth because
of more setbacks.
Orwell tops the battars with p
mark of .395, with Grimes, the
Hens first sacker. not far behind at
1856 Reb Russell of indianapolis
stands third and then comes an
other Brewers Hens duel between
Bobby Veach Of Toledo and Ricon-
da, OF the Brewers.
In team batting the Hens lead
with .317. three points better than
Milwaukee, each club made slight
gains this week, even in their
e.