The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-03
Hornsby Takes Third Place
in Nationals Batting List

Up to Fourth Place in
American League-Russell
Leads A. A.
Chicago, Sept. 3.-<P)-The punch
driving the Giants through one OF
the greatest winning streaks of the
season lies in the war club of Rog-
ers Hornsby, the former manager of
the Cardinals who was six-time
winner Of the National League bat
ting h0nOrs, until 1926. Hornsby
has at last broken up the Pirate trio
which dominated the batting honors
Of the Heydler circuit.
Clyde Barnhart, the low member
Of the Pittsburgh three, fell today
from third place to fifth in the
league, in averages including We'd
nesday's games. Hornsby's average
OF .35a is exactly the same with which
Eugene Hargr3ve Of the Reds cap
tured the. league title last fall. Riggs
Stephenson Of the Cubs also passed
Barnhart to land in fourth place.
Giants Well Represented
\. Counting the ties for last place,
the Giants now have three regulars
and one pinch hitter. Dutch Mueller,
in the first ten clouters OF the
league. as compared with the five
leading sluggers Of the Pirates reg
ular wrecking crew. Joe Harris. the
ex-senator. has a bare seven point
margin on Hornsby, but Paul Waner,
the league pace setter, is still thirty
points ahead of Rogers.
frankie Frisch, whom the Giants
snapped for Hornsby, slumped from
fourth to sixth place among the reg
ulars, but is still miles ahead Of the
other base steaierS. with q total
Of "a.
Working in parts Of four games
this week. Charley Root Of the Cubs
got credit for two victories and but
one defeat, and from his mark Of "a
wins. with four weeks of the season
yet to 20, has brilliant chance to
reach the thirty mark in games won
Benton. Haines Pass Meadows
RUDE Benton Of the Giants and
Jess Haines of the Cardinals both
have passed Lee Meadows Of Pitts
burgh for pitching honors. Carmen
Hill. who with his teammate Mead
ows. long held the lead, is now fourth
with Charley Root and Grover Alex
ander only few points behind.
Leading hitters Of the National
League: p. Waner, Pittsburgh, 1882;
Harris, Pittsburgh, 800; Hornsby,
New York, 1853; Stephenson, Chicago,
:34S; Barnhart. Pittsburgh, .343;
Frisch, st. Louis, 1888; Traynor,
Pittsburgh, .335; Harper, New York,
1886; L. Waner, Pittsburgh, 334;
Farrell, Boston, .324; Hendrick,
Brooklyn. 1924; Jackson. New York,
1924; Burrus. Boston, .324.
To start his twenty-third year in
major league baseball. Tv Cobb has
struggled up to fourth place in the
American League list Of leading hit
ters, though he is still separated by
forty points from the top place which
he held for thirteen years with but
one break. from 1907 to 1919.
Only Harry Heilmann, AL Simmons
of the Athletics who has been onSthc
bench for month, and Lou Gehrig
are hitting better than the fromer
Detroit veteran Of more than 1000
times at bat.
Hellmann's Mark Shrinks
Heilmann's 400 mark Of a week ago
shrunk a couple points in averages
compiled today, including Wednes-
days games, but If Simmons stays
on the bench. Harry has his fourth
batting championship Of the league
almost within his grasp. Gehrig is
hardly close enough to threaten, and
besides he is too busy swinging from
the heels in his effort to keep step
with Babe Ruth in home runs.
Babe was two ahead, ut 43, after
Wednesdays games, but on the other
hand Gehrig had driven out as many
two baggers as the two.base cham
pion himself, George Burns Of Cleve-
land. They were tied at &c doubles.
eighteen short Of the mark set by
Burns in 1926.
The newcomer in the list of the
leading ten batters this week is Bud
Clancy, back again at first as a reg
ular for the White Sox. His stick
work appears to have pulled the SOx
out Of disastrous slump. Clancy
gained exactly twenty points, to take
tenth place from George Goslin, who
resisted the Washington jinx for a
while.
Yanks Cop Honors
Demonstrating the effect of the
willow upon the pitching records, the
first seven pitchers in the league,
with the exception Of Ed Rommel of
the Athletics. belong to the New York
Yankees. With SUCH aluggers back
Of him, It seems almost any pitcher
could win, and .Hoyf.. Ruether, Moore,
Shocker, Pipgras and Thomas, all are
at the top of the league In hurting.
Ted Lyons has . margin Of two VIC
tories over Hoyt, 20 to Is.
Leading hitters Of the American
League: Heilmann, Detroit, 1893;
Simmons, Philadelphia, 1894; Gehrig,
New York, 1881; Cobb, Philadelphia,
:354; Ruth. New York, 1853; Combs,
New York, BAG; Speaker, Washing
ton. .346; Meusel, New York. .345:
Fothereill, Detroit, .343; Clancy, Chi
cago, .343.
The first division race in the
American Association IL almost aI
match for the hectic struggle in the
National League, as the fourth place
Millers are not SO far behind the
present pace settlers and travelling
like q prairie fire. Kelley's home
run twins, Frank Emmer and Earl
Smith. banged the apple out Of the
lot five times apiece this week, and