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Show I w ill men SherwooH Magee of Phillies and Campbell of Indianap-qlis Indianap-qlis Feds Bright Lights CHICAGO, April 25. Leading hat-tors hat-tors in the major ami big minor leagues hit tho ball at the rate at bolter than .500, according to averages published here today, and including tho games Hj played up to yesterday, Detroit is leading the American league in club hitting, with a club por centago of .272, and Now York is next j frith .269. Crawford is doing tho best vrork for Detroit, with an avoraee of .500, K-hile Cobb is hitting at .321 and ranks tenth. Tb; first ten butters in the American lenguo are: Williams, St Louis, .522; Collins, Chicago, .510; Crawford, Dotroit, .500; Jackson, Cleveland. .300; C. Walker. St. Louis, .370; Lclivolt, Cleveland, .350: Black-bourn, Black-bourn, Chicago. .333; Mclnnes, Philadol-phi Philadol-phi a, .333; Johnstone, Cleveland, .323; Cobb, Detroit, .331. j Sherwood Magee of Philadelphia leads the National Teagpera and his per centago of .579 is keeping tho Philadel-phia Philadel-phia team in front with, an average of .316, Brooklyn being noxt with .205. The next nine batters aro: Gowdy, Boston, .538; Phelan. Chicago, .500; Gibson, PittabuTg. t429; Lobert, Phila-delphia. Phila-delphia. .412; Tingling, Cincinnati, .400; Miller, Brooklvn, .400; Xillifer, Philadelphia, .365: Daubert, Brooklyn, .385; Dalton. Brooklyn, .375. j Vmcont Campbell. Indianapolis, is ahead in ( the Federal league, with .643, j five hits in one day helping his average. 1 The St, Louis team is leading the lcaguo in club percentage with .201. John Titus of Kansas City, who has hammered out four home runs already, is ahead in tho American association, with .571. Kansas Citv lends with the j utick, with .340, and Indianapolis is next, .288. Burrell, Des Moines, tops the Western league batters with .533. The noxt five are batting .500 each and nro Thoma-son, Thoma-son, Omaha; Bpahr. Denver; LcJouso, Siour City; Jones. Dcs Moines, and G. Watson, St. Joseph. Remaining in the first ten aro: Crosby. Omaha, .467; JBossolIoni, Wichita, .467; Hahn, Des Moines, .420. and Schirm, Lincoln, .412. Dcs Moines batters are ahead with ,343, and Omaha second with .301. Lord of Mobil o is leader in the Southern league, with .467. The club leader is the champion Atlanta team, with .080. |