New Britain herald., 1928-09-29
H0RNSbY AGAIN
 BATTING LEADER
Manle9 of Brlyes TakS 7th
 Individual Championship

New York, Sept. 2S N1-The Ma tional league moves to the close of it's season tom orrow with Rogers Hornsby. now manager. of the hap less Braves. in full possession of his seventh Individual batting championship but hts first since his departure from St. Louis two years ago. Always prominent among the hitters. Hornsby first gained the peak in 1920 as he fought his fifth National league campaign. He re- matned up there through 1925 for a-run Of six straight championships. and q new National league mark.
 Then, blsEdsaed~wftli the added carea~~0f managing big league club. the St. Louis star ill 1926, his first full season 3 q team pilot, led his charges through to the first Ma. tional league pennant St. Louis ever won, but lost his batting crown in the mixup. Traded to New York he hit aArd but not hard enough to prevent Paul Waner Of Pitts burgh from scampering off with the 1927 title.
 The elder Waner continued to an- noy Hornsby this season. and as re- gently as two weeks ago was actual ly in the lead-for the first time. Waner's battle in reaching the top seemed to sap. his strength so that he toppled almost immediately. And now, with Hornsby ''in," it isn't even close. The Boston manager owned a gaudy mark Of .39l in 137 games today against Paul Waner's .377 in l5o. The averages issued today in- cluded games of last Wednesday. They show the other leaders to be: Klein, Philade lphia. .362; Lind strom, New York. .366; Sisler. Bos- ton. .342: Roettger, St. Louis, .S4l; Hafcy. St. Louis. 3ss; Richbours. Boston, and Hogan. New York, .s3a. and Herman, Brooklyn. .s37. While the older of the Waner boys surrendered to Hornsby in the big race. enough of the minor crowns rested on the Pirates head to satisfy almost any player. He led in runs scored with l4o. and in doubles with 51. in addition to holding a tie with Jim Bottomley of St. Louis in triples. of which each had le. Cuyler of Chicago crashed into this monopoly for the lead in stolen bases with sS. P. Waner and J.indstrom of New York were tied in I total hits each with :"3,
 Bottomley also was leading Hack Wilson of Chicago by the thin mar gin of one home run in a spirited duel. Sunny Jim had 31 against Hacks thirty, With Chick Hafey of St. Louis holding -c7 and third place. Del Bissonette of Brooklyn had 23.
 Larry Benton, the Giant ace. had clinched pitching honors with 2s victories and only eight defeats fol a percentage of 76S. His teammate Fred Fitzsimmons. owned twent! victories and eight defeats for .7i' for second place but was crowded by Jess Haines of St. Louis who hat won one fewer and lost the sam' number for .704.
 Jack Scott and Carl Mays. extrs hands on the New York bench both topped Benton in the percent ages, each with four victories ant one defeat for 800, but neither rates as a regular.
 Benton also retained chance tt beat out Burleigh Grimes of Pitts burgh for total victories, as Grimes with c5 to his credit. failed in hi final game against Brooklyn. Grime ended up with 14 defeatas and { percentage of .641. Benton ant Grimes also were tied in complete games, each with 2s.
 The Pirates had the satisfaction If any. of leading the league il team batting. They had a mark 0 .3ll. and were safely entrenchet against anything the second-plac' Giants might do to dislodge them The Giant average was just .2sS but it would be hard to convince rival pitchers that 1t was less thai 1000.
 The Cubs and the Reds were tiet in team fielding, each with .975. st Louis was third. only one poin away. The Reds were the prcut possessors of 1ss double plays. si, more than the previous majo league record, made by Washington in 1928.