The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-09-07
LOU, MANUSH
AND SIMMONS
ARE FAVORED
These Four Stars Of Four Diff
ferent Teams Have Made
Class by Themselves
DETROIT is OUT
iris Speaker, George Sisler,
and Babe Ruth Have Broken
Detroit String
DETROIT is OUT
BY BILLY EVANS

Tbs years batting crown in the
American League appears to rest
between Goose Goslin Of the Sena.
tors and the man, at this time likely
to be one Of several, who can beat
him out. Either Lou Gehrig Of the
Yankees, Heinie Manush Of the
Browns or AL Simmons Of the Ath.
letics may be that man.
But these four stars Of four diff.
ferent clubs seem far enough ahead
of other clubbers to ward off any
late spurts and it is fairly safe tt
say that one Of them will win the
batting crown this year.
Goslin seems the man to beat. He
has been high in the average all the
year and he seems bent on continu.
ing his healthy hitting. As Septem.
Der opened, Gehrik was right on his
heels and Manush was not 50 fal
away. Simmons trailed them.
Detroit Is Out
One thing is certain, though. That
is, the 1928 title will not go to 4 De.
troit player. Down through the
years the Tigers have had quite q
monopoly on the hitting honors. II
fact, only four times since Ty Cobt
first flashed to the top back in 1907
has the toga been won by a player
not wearing a Tiger uniform.
iris Speaker, George Sisler and
Babe Ruth have been the ones t.
break the rather monotonous Detroit
regime. Speaker came through in
1916; Sisler in 1920 and 1922 and
Ruth in 1924.
From 1907 to 1915 Cobb showed
the way; in 1918 and 1919 he re
turned to the purple heights; il
1929 and 1927 Harry Heilmanr
squatted atop the throne with Heinz,
Manush making the grade in 1926
Thus, across a 21-season span De
troit has produced II batting cham
pions, record without equal in ma
jor league circles.
While the Detroit successes have
for the most part, been fairly cas-,
ones, do recall q pair of exceeding
ly tight races. One came up in 1910
Cobb and Larry Lajoie, who wa
playing for Cleveland at the time
reached the next to last day of tn
campaign neck and neck.
Their battle for the title cause,
unusual attention and more so be
cause the Hugh Chalmers aut
trophy was to 60 to the winner a
an added prize. On the final day o
the season the Cleveland team wa
playing q double-header with tn
Browns. Cobb still chung tenacious
~ to small lead.
Cot Eight Hits
In that twin bill, however, LAIR,
chalked up eight hits in as man
trips to the plate. It appeared tina
Lajoie had beaten Ty out but whel
the official averages came out Cob
topped the Frenchman by a fractio
Of point. The Georgian finishes
with 1886 percentage.
While Cobb copied the battinI
championship, Larry, by virtue o
the unusual closeness Of the fight
also was the recipient Of Chalmer'
award.
Then there was the great race i,
1925 between Speaker and Heilmanr
iris had shown the way nearly Al
season. Early in September he wa
kept out of the game for quite
stretch owing to injuries. His lea
looked secure, however.
But in the last few weeks Of tn
campaign, Heilmann came on with
tremendous rush, and by gettin
something like seven hits out Of min
times at bat during 4 double-heade
on the last day Of the season bea
Speaker out by just four points.
The highest figure ever to win tn
American League crown is AZ
Cobb set it in 1911 and Sisle
equaled it in 1922. The lowest IVA
Cobb's .324 in 1908. This year Sin
mons and Goslin are likely to battl
it out around the 800 mark.