New Britain herald., 1928-10-01
BATTING LEADER l STILL UNCERTAIN
Race Betveeu G0Gn ind xi1- ush Rer:ins to Be Settled

week beyond any poSSfDlty or dOuO' the American eague battle between Goose Goslin of Washington and Heinie Manush of st. Louis remain ed unsettled until the last ball Wal pitched yesterday. Final settlement in fact, will be definitely made only " hen the official statistics arc pub lished next winter
 Goslin and Manu. grappled down the stretch in the closest bat ting duel in the younger major league since i19os when Larry La
 joie thought he beat out Ty Cobb on the final day by rolling five singles down 10 Red Corriden Of S. Louis. who played third base bach on the grass. l.arrys five h,ts st ood, but the .fficiaI averages show ed Cobb with two or three more saf.ties than he popularIy was sup posed to have. and the Detroit staF led after all with a mark os .324.
 The semi official statistics Of the offjcja, American league statistician show Goslin in the lead over Man ush tcda by the thin margin tf one noint. ,37s to .37S. Unofficial hg- ures throughout the major league cities were at great variance oh these two players. And the real truth will be known only when IT, win N. Howe releases the. onlciai standing.
 Neither Goslin nor Manush came anywhere near the figure wlth wnicn Harry Heilmann won the 1s27 championship-.3ss. Heilmann him. self, strangely poor in even years and almost invariably a champion in the odd. fell off ~ points to ,3ct.
 Paul Waner of Pittsburgh. second to Hornsby in the 1928 Nationa' league scramble wit, .S1o. won the 1927 championship with an ave- age of .379.
 Babe Ruth retained his mastery over both leagues in home runs ana in runs scored. but again yielded 10 Lou Gehrig in runs batted in. The Babe tied 1920 in home runs with 54. making this season rank m q tie with the year Of his Yankee debut as his third best major league campaign. The Yankee swat smith remains the only man in either circuit who has hit 50 or more home runs.
 The Babe crossed the plate le2 times this year against lbs runs last season, and batted in 1%4 marx CTS only to see Gehrig shade him hy one. The first baseman beat out the Babe last year in runs batted in by a margin of l7s. the maJcr league record. to 164. although Ruth was setting a new home run mark of 60 while Gchrig was smashinS only 4s. Lou again was second m homers this season. but with sa mere 27.
 Paul Waner led the National League in runs scored this year with HI against the l33 hts brother Lloyd and Hornsby brought in last year for tie. Paul topped the Ma ttonal in 1927 with l31 runs batted in. but Jim Bottomley of St. Louis took the crown this year with lS3' pottomley also tied Hack Wilson os Chicago for National League home
 run honors. each getting 3l. Hack tied with the veteran Cy Williams
 Of Philadelphia last season, each ringing up 30. Cy could get only 12 this year. ,.. Larry Benton of New York retain ed pitching honors in the National this time with 25 victories and only g defeats for .7.9. Last year he wor l7 and lost [ for .70S. Waite Hoyt made 1t an all-New York proposition last year by taking the American
 League title with 22 and for .7is but Alvin crowder. the St. Louis
 star. gathered the honors for. ls2t
 by winning sl and losing only 5 for sos. Hoyt's won and lost figures
 were identical with those he estab-
 lished last year. National League
 Rattins-Hornshy. Braves .3s'.
 Runs scorcd-P. Waner. Pirates l4I. Runs batted in--BottomIey, Car. dinals. 133.
 Total hits--Lind;trom Giants, 231 Douhles-P. Waner. Pirates. 5l. Triples-Bottomiey Cardinals. 20 Home runs-Botto omley. Cardinals
 Wilson. Cubs. 3I.
 Stolen baSes-Cuyler. Cubs, S6. Pitching-I,enton. Giants won
 g. lost 9: percentage .739.
 Am"ri. an League
 Battins-Goslin. Senators. .37?. Runs scored--Ruth, Yankees. 162 Runs batted in-Gehrig. Yankee |, 145.
 Total hitG Manu. h, DroTns. c4l DoUblcs- AIanush. Brown, 47. Triples Combs. Yankees. .l. Home runs-Ruth. Yankees, 54. Stolen ba.scs-Mycr, Red Soa. % Pitching-trowd Browns--wo or H1 lost ,: percentage sos