Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-29

A .
neH.. hoy shortStop with the New
York, Giants, has. climbed, to the
front as the leading batter OF, the
National league. hne
Tile sensational young colleglan
]. bv consistent hitting since the start
OF the season., today finds himself
!, looking down, on some well estab-
lished sluggers,. including the ,res
.rowned Rogers Hornsby. Farrell AaS
8 mark of r412 attained in 90 games
in. which he made 49 hits for a,
total of 81 bases. having three honl-
ers. and nir.e doubles.
Within a week. Farrell raised his
averages from 1893 as the result OF
getting seven hits in six games. The
figures are based on games lnclud-
ing Wednesday and are OF players
who participated in Is or more
gan1es.s
On the heels OF the New Yorker
is pie" Traynor OF Pittsburgh, VINO
boosted his average 81 points from
$40 to .S91 and is ranking next to
Farrell. Eornsby, who dropped down
a week ago, boosted his mark q
point during the week and has .3T7
for fourth place. George HARPER,
also OF the Giants, is third with .379.
The veteran ICY" Williams OF the
PhiIIies, by clouting three homers,
moved to the front as the leading
home run hitter with q total or
nine. Hack Wilson and Earl
Webb of the Cubs, with Hornsby,
are tied with seven each.
81. Hazen Cuyler, fleet foot fly chaser
Of the Pirates is setting a rnerry
pace among the base Stealers with
IA. gail: OF four since week ago.
frankie Frisch Of the Cardinals is
! his closest rival with 10 thefts.
- The Pirates replaced the Giants
in team batting with an average OF
.306. the Giants having dropped 10
second place with 300, while the
FhiIlieS continue to hold down third
place with $780, @
other Il aiding batters: P. Waner
Pittsburh 800; High, Boston .343;
Wright, Pittsburgh BAL; F'risch, st.
Louis 1886; Hafey, ST. Louis .339:
Purrus. Boston 1888; Lindstron. New
York Il 1888; Soutflwortn, st. Louis
.5S3 sSa& aess
"Bing" Miller of st. Louis made
another threat during the week to
cause lot OF American league slug
gers plenty of worry He continued
his marvellous socking, bagging sevenL
hits HI six games, and really is the.
leader OF sithe2' league with an aver
age of AIT, although Wallie Schang,
a teammate, is two points above
him, although he did not appear IN
any games during the week
Miller has performed in 81 games
been at bat 96 times and made 40
hits to compile his average. Lou
Gehrig, star first baseInan with the
Yankees, VINO was leading 8 week
ago with 425, dropped down to third
place with 4O8. Goose" Goslln OF
the Senators returning to the game
after a spell OF illness, nosed ahead
of GehriG with All. Ty Cobb is
blazing the trail for the Athletics
With .4O2 giving him fourth place
among the leading swatters OF the
league. AZ
Gehrig is forcing Babe" Ruth to
step a spirited pace to keep out in
front in home run hitting. Ruth, by
connecting with pair, has a total
of IL, with Gehrig next with 10.
Little Boy Blue sWiped one base,
and tied Goslin and AL Simmons
of the Athletics, who failed to add
to their total The trio is dead
locked with seven apiece.
Ruth is making it hot for Gehrig
and his teammate Earl Combs to
keep pace with him in crossing the
plate. The big Boy" has scored SO
times while his two rivals both have
crossed the plate "a times.
There was no change in position
among the three leading clubs in
team hitting although each suffered
a falling off. New York tops the
list with SO5, Philadelphia is next
With .SSU2s. and St Louis third with
2g9. ..s-~-.-e.a
other leading batters:
Simmons, Philadelphia 1896; Meu-
Il.