The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-07-09
HARRIS,WANER,
BARNHART ARE
STILL AT TOP
Meadows and Hill Top Fling.
ers-Gehrig Needs Only l
Point For 400 Average

Chicago, July 9.-(R-For fou
! straight weeks now the three mus
! Ecteers Of the Pirate crew hav.
! dominated the hitters of the Nation
], al Leaeue-the aged Joe Harris, tn,
!, young Paul Waner and the newcomer
Clyde Barnhart, and this. trio is
still at the top today.
The d'Artnagnan Of the three
Paul Waner, was the last to climl
the heights. joining his pals The
first week Of June, but he has hello
up his end nobly ever since.
The batting figures Of today, in
Guiding Wednesdays games. show
that these three alone of the tor
notch stickers Of the National League
have held their own against the no,
weather pitching Of the summers
first fortnight, the Others in the
first ten doing n collective fadeaway
like tenpins. Waner dropped two
points and the other two stand on
their same percentages.
Frisch, HOrnsby Slump
frankie Frisch and Rogers Horns
by slumped together, just back of
the Pittsburgh trio, Frisch losing 1G
points and Hornsby IL, with Frisch
only five points ahead of his rival
While Hornsby and Hack Wilson
OF the Cubs were marking time in
their home run contest, Cy Williams
OF the Phillies caught up with them
and all three are tied at Is, Cy scor-
ing three drives. Frisch failed to
add to his stolen base string for the
first week this season and Sparky
Adams, the Chicago shortstop, pill
fered two to come up even with the
Pirate champion, Cuyler. They have
Is apiece while Frisch has %.
On the mound, too, the Pirates are
supreme. Their two bespectacIed
twirlers, Lee Meadows and Carmen
Hill, top all the National League
FINGERS, Meadows with mark of II
and and Hill with mark of IL and
4. Charley Root Of the Cubs has ii
victories but six defeats charged
against him.
Leading hitters of the National
League: Harris, PITTSBURGH. 1895;
Barnhart, Pittsburgh, 1892; p. Wa
ner, Pittsburgh, 1913; Frisch, St.
Louis, .3Gs; Hornsby, New York,
1903; Farrell. Boston, .36l; Mueller,
New York, 1854; Harper, New York,
.34S; +. Scott, Chicago, BAG; Tray
nor, Pittsburgh. .343.
Gehrig Ends Big Week
The new home run king, Lou Geh-
rig, has just finished his biggest
week with the war club and lacks
only one point today Of being the
major. leagues only 400 batter. In
the eight games over the holiday
period Lou slammed fifteen hits. in
cludirg the four home runs which
gave him lead of two up on the
king whose crown is slipping, Babe
Ruth.
Out in the west another star rose
over the horizon, Herschel Bennett
Of the st. Louis Browns. When his
chance came to play in the outer gar
den regularly, the former Tulsa
Western Lacquer responded with an
average of two hits per game. be-
coming one of the first ten hitters
in the league. Tradition has it that
he once outran Loren Murchison in a
100 yard dash.
Ken Williams of the Browns, once
wearer of the league batting hon
ors. has made his debut into the
first ten this year, while Harry He'll
mann's slump came back on him and
he fell back about seven places \ in
the list of leaders.
The White Sox pitching team of
Lyons and Thomas which sruled the
circuit for time has been broken
up. Thomas has been jinxed by in
ability to chalk up his 18th victory,
while Ted Lyons has gone on to his
18th and the league leadership. Will
lis Hudlin, the Indians sensational
youngster, is close behind in per-
centage, although he has but ten vic
tories. a mark reached by three
others.
Sisler Steals Bases
Failing so far to rank high up in
the hitting limelight, George Sisler
has turned to base stealing in order
to get around the paths and now has
IA, a gain of five for the week. Ty
Cobb is only three behind him and
Tavener, the Tigers flashy new
Leading hitt tier " Of the eoD American
League: Gehrig, New "" York. "e .sss;
Simmons. Philadelnhia, 1888; Meusei,
New York, .373; Schang, St. Louis.
.373; Dykes, Philadelphia, All; Ruth,
New York, .366; Bennett, St. Louis.
1854; E. Miller, St. Louis, 1862; Cobb,
Philadelphia, 1853; Williams, St.
Louis. 1858.
The batting race Of the American
Association is no longer a parade
through the dust of Dewitt Lebour-
veau, the Toledo -.sluprer. Ollie
Tucker, the Millcrs' new outfielder,
has passed "Bcvo" for batting hon
ors. Tucker clouted safely dozen
times in the weeks eight. games
while Lebourvcau slammed out only
seven. which ruined his 400 percent
age.
Oscar Orwell, the Brewers pitch
ing outfielder, IL tied with Tucker
today for top position at .39l. An
other hustler close on their heels is
Kirkham. Columbus pinch hitter
who delivered twice out Of three
times at bat. Orwell shot to the tor
by hitting for 500 clip this week
Smith Adds to Homer Total
The fence busters increased their
activity over the holiday period, Ear
Smith Of Minneapolis, the present
leader, getting two homers for q
total Of IL. The runner-up, Haasel
Of Kansas City, added another, to
reach IL, and two more stoler