Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-05-30 | Page 15 | Young Dominic Dimaggio Grabs Fist Place in Coast Hit Race

YnimgJOomimcJMM First Place in Coast Hit Race By UnJtsd Press -Little Poison" Dominie DiMsggio to swipe a title from the Waner family Bible steps out this week as the Pacific Coast league's premier pre-mier batter. If brothers Joe and Vines are interested (that the New York Giants are, goes without earing), ear-ing), Dora is hitting at a .40 clip for 57 semes, which should assure him of bread and butter for a long time to come. Tittle Poison's" average thus climbed 11 points during the past week against tough pitching offered by the Los Angeles club pitching good enough to set back the San Francisco Seals In five out of seven games. Bespectacled Dom is embarrassed em-barrassed no end, however, by the fact be dropped a fly ball an Sunder. Sun-der. DiMag has been among too first five batters nearly every week since the season startsd. In moving into first place he displaced Spencer Harris of Hollywood, who found the Oakland pitchers extremely penurious penuri-ous with bese hits last week, and dropped down to the third spot with a mark of .380, a come-down of 88 points. Into second spot went Manager Bill Sweeney of Portland with a healthy .390 as against .377 a week ago. Fourth position In the hitting standings is held by Dominie Dal-lessandro Dal-lessandro of San Diego with .379, while teammate George Detore snaps at bla heels with a .373. Arnold Ar-nold (Jigger) Stats' of Los Angeles is hitting J67 for ths league-leading Angela. DlMagrie In compiling his percentage per-centage hss also scored 33 runs off his 3 hits, which goes to show that the Seala are sending him home with astonishing regularity. On the other hand, Sweeney bas scored only 33 of ths 71 times be has hit safely, which might prove that the so-called Portland powerhouse bas blown a fuss. Of the regular pitchers working, statistics compiled by William Mo-Gee Mo-Gee of Ban Francisco show that Julio Bonetti of Loa Angeles leads the pack with aeven wins and one defeat. Webber of Seattle hes won five against one loss; Hebert of San Diego bas seven wins, two losses. Floras and Hallett of Los Angeles have each wen a game and been undefeated. . A brace of former major leaguers. Babe Herman of Hollywood and Rip Collins of Los Angeles, lead in the odds and snds department. Herman has the most two-base hits, 23, and la tied with Collins for runs batted In 08 each. Collins, though bs hasn't slapped one sines the last week of April, still leade in home runs with 11. Archie of Seattle leads In three-base hits with seven; English of Los Angeles has the most sacrifice hits. 17, and White of Seattle has atolen 13 bases. Si ..... I. Dominie DiMaggio ... He leads Pacific Coast league hatting race with .403 average for 37 games.