New Britain herald., 1928-08-11
H0RNSBY RETAINS
Lead IN BATTING
Same Competitors Appear This
Week for Major Crowns

New York. Aug. IL Rl-The Ma
tional league still presented the same
competitors in the lead for the ma
Jor coronets, Rogers Hornsby in bat
ting and Larry Benton in pitching
but new faces had crept in here and
there in some of the less prominent
endeavors in the averages released
today, which include games Of last
Wednesday. Hornsby had sagged
back, and with Paul Waner advance
ing steadily it no longer seems SO
certain that the Boston manager will
regain the purple toga he wore for
six straight seasons while playing for
st. Louis.
Hornsby entered only two games
in the week ending last Wednesday.
and in them lest four points TO sink
TO 1888 as Paul Waner. climbed to
$50. The Rajah had played in So
contests and tho Pirate slugger In
l0..
Behind this pair George Sisler was
storming along with a mark of 1857
for 60 games. The former star OF the
Browns can play In something like
lis games, and would therefore, be
eligible for the batting championship
if he can pass the elder Waner and
his own manager. Such turn of
events would entitle him to place
beside the late Ed Delehanty. the on
ly man who ever led both OF the
present major leagues in batting.
"a In
for the batting lead. Paul Waner
edged In among tho leaders in'total
hits and doubles when Taylor Dout-
hit and Jim Bottomley slumped.
Paul ousted Douthit from the top in
total hits with l5.. and entered a
tie with Bottomley In doubles at IS.
The st. Louis first baseman had
several crowns left, however, and re-
manned on tho heels of Hack Wilson
of Chicago for the league lead in
home runs, with the Bruin outfield-
er just shading him, &c to "a. Sunny
Jim stood at the head Of the class
IN runs scored with 90, In triples
with Is and in runs batted in with
s5. Cuyler Of Chicago again led In
stolen bases with 20.
| Hughey Critz. the Cincinnati dou-
ble-pla phenom, set a seasons rec
ord for hitting in consecutive games
before his squirt was ended earlier
this week at "a. Hughey went down
as the Reds brought their eastern
invasion to a close with double de-
feat by Boston.
Other batting leaders were:
Grantham, Pittsburgh. $50: Lind.
strom, New York. .35.; Hogan, New
York, .349: Bottomley. st. Louis
.S43; Hafey, st. Louis, .S4e; Roett'
ger. St Louis. .S4l, and Herman
Brooklyn, 1877.
Larry Benton, the Giant ace, stood
prominent among the pitchers witt
IS victories and I defeats for per
centage Of SIS. Burleigh Grimes
the Pittsburgh war-horse. had wor
the highest total Of any hurler In tn
league-20-but ranked fourth be
hind Benton. Flint Rhem and We
Willie Sherdel. Burleigh had los
nine times which pulled his average
down TO $50. Rhem with ten victor
les and four defeats had an average
Of IA, Sherdel next through q rec
ord Of fourteen and six for 700. Red
Lucas of Cincinnati former runner
up had dropped into = tie for sixth
place with ten and five for .667.
The Pittsburgh Pirates, who hav'
been hitting madly all season. arr
finding their war clubs handy In thi
latest uprising they have put o.
against the first division. The Cub
still led the league with a health.
1903. ten points more than the Van
KEGS and the Athletics show In tn
rival circuit and twelve more thai
the Cardinals can muster In the Ma
tional. The Giants were third witt
.292. The Cardinals and the Cub
were tied for the top in fielding
each having .e74. With the Reds tw
points away in third place and tn
Giants two more in fourth. The Gin
cinnati double play total reached lS
on Wednesday.