The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-27
Frisch Has Percentage Fig
urc Of 1881, While Horns.
by's Is .376-Piratc Trio
Still Dominates National
Leagues List of Premier
HitterS

Chicago. June 27.-LP)-It ma,
ere long be safe for Sam Breadon t,
walk the streets Of st. Louis again
and perhaps remark 81 told you So
for frankie Friscir, the erstwhilt
Giant who went to st. Loouis in :
trade for the favorite Rogers Horns
by, has finally passed Hornsby in the
batting averages. Figures compiled
today including Wednesdays game:
give Frisch 1891 and Hornsby 376.
They have played in the same mum
Der of games and frisch has lined
out nine more hits, even though
many Of them did not travel quite
so far as those which bounded Off
Hornsby's club.
Frisch's efforts have taken some
of the spotlight beams away from
the Pirate trio who still dominate
the National Leagues list of premier
hitters Clyde Barnhart, Joe Harris
and Paul Waner.
They are in that order this week
Harris slumping a bit more than
Barnhart in the past week. Even the
redoubtablc Harris could not stick
for long at batting mark Of .45l
though he is still above 400. Tied
with Waner for third place is Muel-
Ter Of the Giants, who takes the
weeks batting honors with nine hits
in three games, raising his figures
from PSI to .39l.
Southworth in "Big Ten
The other newcomer in today's big
ten in the National League is Bill
Southworth Of the Cardinals. Freddie
Lindstrom OF the Giants found the
pace Il bit too swift and dropped
back. Mueller's performance edged
out Glen Wright of Pittsburgh, al
though the Pirate shortstop's figures
remained unchanged at $40.
Specs Meadows Of Pittsburgh is
the leading pitcher today, with a
row Of ten victories to one loss
Jess Haines Of st. Louis has l wins
and Charley Root Of the Cubs II. but
with several defeats. Crowding
these two is old Grover Alexander.
who pitched out of turn Wednesday
to down his old team, the Cubs, for
his ninth
Leading hitters in the National
League: Barnhart, Pittsburgh. ALB;
Harris. Pittsburgh, AIT; p. Waner,
Pittsburgh, .39l; Mueller, New York,
.39l; Frisch, st. Louis, 1851; Horns
by, New York, .37G: Farrell, Boston,
1915; Harper, New York, 1853; South
worth, st. Louis, 35l; Traynor, Pitts
burgh, So.
Although the Yankees seem hardly
in need of batting strength behind
the plate, it is there if the wrecking
crew shows signs Of falterng. Pat
Collins is the smuggling backstop, and
his average of two hits per game
this week has landed him today
among the first ten hitters of the
American League. in averages com
piled today including Wednesday 8
games.
Schang Back at Top
Even better than that is the per-
Torrance of Wally Schang, wearing
shinguards for the st. Louis Browns.
He gathered two hits per game, too,
and jumped back to the top of the
bean. His collection Of swats in
cluded two homers.
Harry Heilmann of Detroit makes
his 1927 debut among the top ten
today, group he has adorned for
many years. This year, however, he
seemed to be waiting for some hot
weather pitching. Collins and He'll
mann crowded out Goslin Of Wash
ington and Shuttle of St. Louis. Babe
Ruth passed three more stick e%-
perts in his slow but steady climb
toward the top, landing in twelfth
place today.
Ruth on Wednesday had "a hon.
ers, leaving Lou Gehrig's Is far
behind. Lou, however, might try for
George Burns two base hit record.
also SO. Gehrig has 90 doubles to %
for Burns.
With such a heavy seeking group
back Of him. Waite Hoyt NAV soon
catch the White Sox pairpf Fingers
in victories. Hoyt of the Yankees
has 10. Thomas, IL and Lyons, IL.
Lyons leads the trio in hard work
with the equivalent of more than Is
full games. Hoyt and Lyons have
each been sunk three times, Thomas
five times.
Goose Goslin's slump at bat has
also spread to his base running,
though his total Of 10 is still two
ahead Of group of fleet footed pur-
suers. In team batting, only the
Cleveland Indians bettered their
figures Of week ago. gaining three
points while all the. others dropped
back bit.
Leading Hitters
Leading hitters in the American