Show IRIS TRIS SPEAKER TOPS TY TV COBB FOR BAT TITLE First Time Famous Tiger Has Been Downed Since 1906 CHASE LEADS Nl TS CuBo Gallop Cullop of Highlanders and Hughes of Braves Take Pitching Honors Sept 23 Speaker Speaker put another nn- nn I C i other point between him and Cobb CobbIn I In the race racO for raco-for for tor tho the American league batting championship thin this week eek and with Cobbs Cobb's conc concession of or the title may now bo be reckoned the champion It will bo be the tho first time since 1906 that on any player participating in more than fifty games panics has Cobb In the American league Tho The Georgian still leads eade in stolen bas bases base s with eo 60 against his r record ord of oC 96 for tho the whole season lu last t year and also is In front in number number num num- ber her of runs with compared with IH for Cor the whole 1915 season Beason Weaver caver Chicago loads In sacrifice hits lilts with WWI 39 usher Baker of oC New York has hM hastied hastied tied his hia team mate for th thu tho nome homo run honors with 10 Jackson Chicago is ahead In total bases with and Detroit leads lends In 11 club batting with Leading batters who ho have o played In half their teams team's games Sarnes Including Wednesdays Wednesday's Wednesdays Wednesday's Wed Wed- Speaker Cleveland Clo Cobb De De- troit Jackson Chicago Strunk Philadelphia Gardner Boston 31 E. E Collins Chicago 09 Veach Detroit St. St Louis Roth Cleveland 23 n New Now York 93 Leading pitchers for tor 24 games TV r. r L. L Pct Pet E. E ER R. R Cullop N New w York 13 12 4 60 2 10 10 H. H Coveleskie 23 9 Faber a bel Chicago 16 16 7 65 2 I Morton Cleveland Clo 13 6 9 Benz Benr Chicago Chicag o 9 R ic 6 3 21 Cicotte Chicago 12 7 63 Leonard Boston 17 17 10 69 2 23 37 Ruth Boston 20 20 10 1 12 65 Dauss Detroit Ii 17 11 3 15 Shawkey key New York 20 13 2 1 12 Hal Chase of ot Cincinnati is IR still in front in the National league race raco ac and aud Daubert who led tho the league a largo large part of oC tho season has dropped to fourth place Th The contest In tho National National Na Na- a- a is much mere open than that In the American Carey Pittsburgh holds the stolen ba base honors with 5 52 2 Flack FInck Chicago o. o leads in sacrifice hits hit with 35 35 Williams Chicago in homo borne runs with Ith 12 12 Wheat Brooklyn In total bases with Burns New York ork In runs scored with 9 92 and Brooklyn In team hitting with Leading batt batters batters bat bat- t e rs Chase Cincinnati Whoa Wheat Brooklyn 34 McCarty Brooklyn an anNew and Ne New York Daubert Brooklyn Hornsby St St. Louis LOuie Hinchman Pittsburgh Robertson New York Wagner Pittsburgh Stock Philadelphia 94 Zimmerman Chica Chica- New go-New York Long St. St Louis Leading pitchers for tor twenty four games W W. I L. L Pet Pct ER En Hughes Boston 16 3 84 23 22 New York 8 S 2 3 1 26 Alexander Phila 29 11 lu Philadelphia 20 8 4 21 Brooklyn 22 U 22 10 00 Cheney Brooklyn 18 11 9 1 8 Benton New York 13 13 7 Marquard Brooklyn 11 6 1 77 Rudolph Boston Boston 17 11 10 PerrItt New York 17 10 6 2 69 Butcher of at Denver has practically clinched the Western league batting championship his average including last Tuesday s 8 game being Shields Denver leads In stolen bases bues with 65 Krug Krug- Omaha maha in sacrifice hits with 34 U Dyer Denver in home runs with 16 Butcher Butcher in total bases with Mil MU- Ul- Ul ler lor Omaha In runs scored with and Denver in team hitting with 98 Leading haters baters Butcher Denver Miller Omaha S sl St St. Joseph COY Cov Wichita Oakes Denver Den Gilmore Gilmore Gil- Gil more Sioux City 36 Johnson Lincoln Lin Lin- coin coln coln Krueger Omaha Wat Wat- atson at son Sioux City Griffith Wichita Wichita 3 8 Leading pitchers for tor 23 3 games game W. W I. I L L. Pet Pct L Omaha 15 15 6 G North Omaha 15 15 7 i Schart Sioux City 15 15 S East Lincoln 24 24 13 Holla Lincoln ln 32 2 12 Merz lerz Omaha 18 11 18 10 Thompson Omaha 18 1 18 10 0 Caspar Gasar Sioux City 11 11 7 Krause Omaha 14 1 14 9 9 Ford Denver 14 9 |