The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-08-06
SIMMONS HITS
BRING HIM UP
TO A. l. HEAD
Gchrig, Ruth and Meusel
Stand Second on Leagues
Batting Column
COBB S TILL SLIDIN &
Frisch Makes Outstanding.
Gain; OrwOll's Pinch Hitting
Gives Him A. A. Lead
COBB s TILL S LIDIN G

Chicago, Aug. 6.-CR)-The Ameri-
can League now has hard hitting
trio like the three Pittsburgers OF
the National League but the three
Yankees lack one step of being at
the top of the batting column. AL
Simmons Of the Athletics sits serene
ly on the throne there, although he
has been on the bench the past week.
Right behind his chair, though,
are Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth and Bob
Meuse, a first baseman and two out
fielders, the same as the Pirate trio
of old Joe Harris, Paul Waner and
Clyde Barnhart.
Meusel joined his two mates in
averages compiled today, including
Wednesdays games, with a great
hitting rally which ran his percen-
tage from 1868 to .37l, IL hits in
six games. Earl Combs doubled Meu-
sells gain to make the fourth Yankee
in the first ten batsmen, displacing
Johnny Neun, the Detroit first
sacker.
Cobb Is Sliding
Still sliding, Ty Cobb, who month
ago was in the first ten, today is
down in 22nd place, but iris Speaker
still hangs around in fifth place. The
Detroit pair, Harry Heilmann and
Bob Fothergill, who used to be bat
Ting for leadership, also are still in
the first ten but we'll down the list.
George Sisler is still waiting for
an opportune vacancy among the
leaders, but meanwhile continues to
add to his stolen base string which
now totals 20. Neun has displaced
his teammate, Travener, as runncr-up
with Is, gain of two.
Lou Gehrig is only two home runs
behind Babe Ruth's pace in the 1921
record year and led Babe by three
on Wednesday night. Lou had 81
and Babe "a.
With all the New York batting
power behind him, Waite Hoyt still
holds the leadership Of the regular
.moundsmen of the league with q
mark of IA victories to four, defeats.
Ted Lyons of the White Sox, has the
most wins, II, but is charged with
eight defeats.
Leading American League batters:
Simmons. Philadelphia, 1894; Gehrig,
New York, 1857; Ruth, New. York,
err, Washington, 1863; E. Miller, St.
AIouiSs 'ooO, IlcIludHIs OcCIOISs 'oOt I,
Schang, st. Louis, 1854; Fothergill,
Detroit, .351.
Frisch Coming Up
frankie Frisch, who broke up the
Pirate trio at the head of the Ma
tional Leagues batting list three
weeks ago, threatens to do it again.
He was the only one of the leaders
with the exception of Harvey Hend-
ricks of Brooklyn, to make an out
days figures. He is but one point
behind Clyde Barnhart, the trailing
member Of the Pirate trio.
Hendricks, who held middle seat
in the first ten for several weeks, a
month ago and then dropped out, re-
turned to his accustomed spot today,
displacing Eddie Farrell Of the
Braves.
! The Fordham flash, as they used
to call Frisch in New York before he
was traded to St. Louis, didn't steal
any bases this week but his mark of
81 is dozs. higher than the former
base stealing leader, Kiki Cuyler, of
Pittsburgh.
\ The home run honors of the elder
league still rest upon the brow of
old Cy Williams. He would have had
enc more than his mark Of 22 if the
hickory hadn't given. way in a game
against the Cubs. When the bat
broke, the ball, instead of sailing out
into the bleachers, dropped weakly
back of the infield. Cy had % Wed
nesday.
Rogers Hornsby, the crown prince
OF the Giant.squad, was the first Ma.
tional Lacquer to cross the century
mark in runs, with Frisch close be.
hind him. Gehrig turned the tricE
in the American League two weeks
ago, and Paul Waner, the Pirate star
was just on the threshold Wednesda,
night, with 90 runs.
Benton Gains Z Notch
Rube Benton, on the Giants sue.
cessful western tour slipped in be-
tween Lee Meadows and Carmen Hill
the two Pittsburgh& pitchers, wht
have been sharing: the league honors
and Hill dropped to third. Meadow.
leads the regulars with IA victorie,
and five losses. Charley Root Of tn.
| Cubs has IL victories but nine de
| feats.
Leading batters of the Nationa
League: P. Waner, Pittburgh, 1886
Harris, Pittsburgh, .378; Barnhaft
Pittsburgh, .366; Frisch, st. Louis
1865; Harper, New York, .349, Horns
by, New York, .346; Hendrick, Brook
lyn, .344; Hafcy, st. Louis. .343
Stephenson, Chicago, 1888; Traynor
Pittsburgh, 1898.
The Brewers all around star, Os
car Orwell, is back into first plac,
among the American Association'
batters today, through his pinch hit
ting success. Reb Russell, las
weeks. leader, increased his. battin,
pace, but not enough to hold TIL
honor post.
Tucker II IN Slump n
AL the other leaders shed q few
percentage points and Ollie Tucker
the Millers' new outfielder, final,
slumped clear ont Of the first ten
Hauser, the Blues first baseman;; dis