New Britain herald., 1927-09-24
AL SIMMONS MAY
 BE BEST BATTER
Making Great Attempt to Cap
 ture LaurelS

Chicago. Sept. 4 LP'-h Sin1- mons. graduate of the American Association under the late Otto Bor- Chert at Milwaukee, is making q great effort to become the first right hand batter 10 gain the batting championship Of the American League in many years, Back in tho game after an extended stay ''i the bench. Simmons hoped up his average with the war club 10 .39T, in figures compiled today including Wednesdays games.
 Harry Heilmanu, the Detroit slug
 ger, who has won the crown cycry other year since 1921, and might b. expected to gain it again this year, added q few points 10 his percent age, too. but he is still four shy ot Simmons .39T, with only one week to go.
 The homo run pace Of Babe Ruth has proved too fast for Lon Gchrig. but he seems certain to grab the two hagger title for this season. Ruth scored his 55th homer Wednesday, giving him a lend of ten on Gchrig. Lou has B doubles. a lead of two on George Burns. Cleveland first haseman, who possesses the major league mark of sc for season
 Alone among the old timers still keeping up with the first ten is inc Georgia Peach. Ty Cobb. Iris Speaker. Eddie Collins. and Zacl1 Wheat, who have been lowering around the select group all season. gre still outside In todav's averages. George Sisler is well down tho list, too. but his mark of o6 stolen hases is likely 10 last through the week to give him the championship.
 The pitching honors of the season are apparently assured for Waite TIoyt of the Yankees. He not only has the largest string Of victories in the league, p, but stands second in percentage among the regular hurl- CTS. Eddie Rommcl of the Athletics has the highest percentage but has only ten victories. Following Hoyt in the pitching standing are four other Yankees twirlers, before any other club breaks in. and then comes young Lisenbce of tho Sena tors with Y victories
 Leading hatters of the American .cague: Simmons. Philadelphia, .3A7; Holmann. Detroit. 3o5: Gohrig New York, s76; Fothergill. Detroit,
 365; Cobb. Philadelphia. .257; Combs, New York. .254; Ruth Now York, S52; Gos1in, Washington. .s39; Mouscl. New York. .3S6; schane. St Louis. .S21
 The Waner brothers of the Pirates, Paul and Lloyd. will have q title apiece when tho National League season closes. Paul has the season batting championship appar- cntly cinchcd. with a lead of o5 points over Rogers HNrnshy. the nearest rival Lloyd has broken the modern oaior league record for enc base hits q season, set at 179 by John T. Tohin of tho Browns in 1891. Lloyd has a tS2, in figures today including Wednes- days games, and he might break thc 3o-voar- old mark of Wee Willie keclor of the old Baltimore Orioles, 19a.
 Tho "Throc Musketeers" of Pitts burgh who tet such 1 merry pace for the National League clouters all season have been separated for good and all now. Joe Harris. the form CT runner-up to Paul Waner is now tied for fourth place, and Clyde Barnhardt has fallen clear out of the first ten.
 Frankie Frisch. who once led his rival. Hornsby. with the war club. is now g points below. but Frisch's total of 4 stolen bases is much the best record in either major league. Hondricll of Brooklyn IS the closest to Frisch, with %.
 The Pirates-Giants series is now under wa yto decide pitching onors of the National League. Larry Ben ton and Burleigh Grimes of the Giants arc in tho lead now, with Lee Meadows and Carmen Hill. the two Pirates. close behind. In between these two is old Grover Cleveland Alexander. liable 'o slip in and cop the laurols himself Jus, a year ago the Cardinals got Alex