Show Mel Ott Hikes Own Record NEW YORK June 5 When UP-When UP When Manager Mel Ott of the New York Giants drove in his run at Chicago Thursday he supplanted Rogers Hornsby as up runner-up to Babe Ruth in total runs batted in but jut didn't set a new National league eague record record because because he already held It v A check of the record books Friday showed that Ott established the he National league mark near the end of last season Hornsby drove in 1582 runs in 23 years In the major leagues but 29 of them came during the five years he was with the St St. Louis Browns of the American circuit Ott OU started the 1942 season with witha a record of 1555 two above Hornsby's Hornsby's Hornsby's Horns- Horns bys by's National league mark Babe Ruth holds the American league record of 2197 runs batted in and the major league standard of 2209 having chalked up his last 12 during a short term with the Boston Braves in 1935 4 |