The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-07-30
WAIVER, HARRIS
ADD TO TOTALS:
BARNHART UP
Frisch Is Closest to Pitts.
burgh Trio-Has 1853, 81
Stolen Bases
BABE, LOU TAKE DROP
Reb Russell Tops A. A. Bat
ting Column With .391-
Grimes, Orwell Tied
BABE, LOU TAKE DROP

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Pirate trio of heavy hitters are still
sailing along serenely at the tor o
| the National League batting column
with a little wider gap between then
and the rest Of the field. Pau
Waner and Joe Harris each made bi,
gains this week while Clyde Barn
hart added one point to his per
! centage. If help were needed, it j,
not far behind for brother Lloyc
Waner is just on the border of the
fire. ten hitters of the league.
Riggs Stephenson, the fly chaser
whom Manager Mccarthy tried a,
third base early in the season. has
recovered his batting eye out in the
sun garden and has crashed through
into the, select list.
The Reds winning streak is re.
Elected in their batting figures, which
improved from PIT to .28O, and
fourth place which was held by the
Cardinals. The Pirates, the only
300 team, held steady at their reg
ular mark of .314.
Frisch Is Closest
frankie Frisch is the closest to
the Pittsburgh trio, with the same
percentage as a week ago, 1853, and
three more stolen bases, making his
total 81. His batting mark is now
- points better than Hornsby and
he his Is hits ahead Of Rogers,
though Hornsby has scored five more
runs.
Like the Yanks, the Pirates are
easily the best in their circuit in
both batting and pitching. Carmen
an and Lee Meadows. the bespec-
tacled twirlers. have won Is and ii
games respectively, with only four
defeats apiece. Charley Root of the
Cubs has 16 victories but has gone
down to defeat nine times.
Naturally, the home run race in the
National League is not as hot as the
Babe Ruth-Lou Gehrig competition,
but old Cy Williams, who could
knock them over the fence before the
days of the jack rabbit ball, is in the
lead with 20 four base blows.
Waner Is Leading
Leading National League hitters:
7. Waner, Pittsburgh, 1888: Harris,
Pittsburgh, 1856; Barnhart, Pitts
burgh, .37l; Frisch, st. Louis, 1853:
Harper, New York, .354; Hornsby,
New York, .345; Hafey, st. Louis.
.343; Farrell, Boston, $40; Traynor,
Pittsburgh, 1886; Stephenson, Chica-
go, 1871.
The home run twins of the Yam
KEGS. Babe Ruth and his pupil. Lou
Gehrig, have Joined forces for an at
tack on the league leadership in bat
ting, which now rep0ses on the brow
Of Al Simmons of the Athletics.
Gehrig held the honor post himself
awhile, with Ruth way down the col
umn, but the home run duel with
Ruth cut down Gehrig's batting per-
centage until Simmons shot past him.
Now Babe and Lou are third and sec
ond. five and ten points respectively
behind Simmons.
Cobb Drops to goth
The pace at the top grew too hot
for Ty Cobb, Simmons tutor, and he
is down in Goth place, IN averages
compiled today. including Wednes-
lays games. Iris Speaker, though.
after breaking into the first ten a
week ago, moved up to sixth place,
The team batting figures show
hat the Yankees are getting the
best batting marks and the pitching
ranking proves they are getting the
best pitching. The Yanks have scored
lO3 homers, Ruth and Gehrig having
s. apiece of this number up to Thurs
lay. They are more than one hum
1red runs ahead of the next team,
and have more than
vice as many homers as the Ath-
letics.
Dutch Reuther and Waite Hoyt.
heir star and left and right hand
are at the top among Amer
can League pitchers. Reuther's
score is IL victories and two defeats
md Hoyt's Is and four. Ted Lyons
II the White Sox has 16 victories,
but defeats.
Bob Fothergill, .Detroit's big boy
slugger who in years past has how
cred around the top of the batting
ist, has just managed to break into
The first ten this week. George Sis
Ter is Just below him, in twelfth
place with Jimmy Dykes of the AS
in between. Sisler, whom Phil Ball
has stated he might be willing to
trade, only got one stolen base this
week: but his total of 10 is two bet
ter than Jimmy Tavener, Of Detroit.
the runner-up.
Leading American League hitters:
Philadelphia, 1894: Gehrip.
New York, 1889; Ruth, New York.
374; Schang, St. Louis, .37l: Neun.
Detroit. $40; Speaker, Washington.
1859; Heilmann, Detroit, 1896; L. Mil
Ter, st. Louis. 1854; Meusel. New
York. 1863; Fothergill, Detroit, .349.
Reb Russell, former White Sox
pitcher now chasing flies for the In
Association team, has won
his way to the top of the batting col
umn in that circuit with mark of
1871 in averages compiled today, in
Wednesdays game.
Grimes, Orwell Tied
Grimes. Toledo's first sacker.
went into . tie for second honors
with Orwell when the Brewers
pitching outfielder lost his 400 mark.
Dewitt Lebourveau, who held the
lead SO long that it seemed his by
right OF tenure, appears to be on the
way out Of the select group. since
his sale to the Athletics was an
nounced. He is now ninth in the