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Show CRAWFORD TOPS THE AMERICAN HITTERS Detroit Slugger Displaces Joe Jackson of Cleveland; Phe-lan Phe-lan Leads National. CHICAGO. May 30. Art Phelan, Chicago Chi-cago pinch hitter and utility man, lead-the lead-the National league batters this v. e-k with an average of A)., according to figures fig-ures puhlislied here today. In the fiit eleven then follow: Byrne, Philadelphia. .371: Dal ton, Brooklyn, ."54; Burns, New York, .304; Cather. St. Louis. .Wol: Oib-fon, Oib-fon, Pittsburg. .31; J. Wagner. Pittsburg, Pitts-burg, .346: Hyatt, Pittsburg. .335; Flaubert, Flau-bert, Brooklyn, .328: Bresnahan, Chicago. .324; Lobert, Philadephia. .3"4. New York leads in club batting with .264 and Brooklyn Brook-lyn ie second with .262. Base-stealing honors are held by Lee Ma gee of St Iouis and Mar?ans of Cincinnati, with eleven each. Joe Jackson has been displaced a-American a-American league leader by Sam Crawfoid of Detroit. The Cleveland sluggc" is batting at .336, while Crawford iV doing .33?. Cobb of Detroit Is third, with .S:M. Then follow Barry, Philadelphia, .33: Mi la n, Washington. .3L'3: Hartzell, New York. .313; Lelivelt. Cleveland. .313: "Walker. St. Louis. .3QR: Sneaker. Boston. .29; MclnniP, Philadplphia. .295. Dc-troit Dc-troit tops the clubs with .255 and Philadelphia Phila-delphia is second. .254. Milan, Washington, Washing-ton, and Mai?el. New York, have fourteen four-teen stolen bases. John Titus's record of .500 still keeps the Kansas City man on top in the American Amer-ican association. St. Paul is club leader with .2S0. Comoton of Kansas Cltv and Barbeau of Milwaukee lead in "stolen bases with thirteen each. With an average of .415, Evans of Brooklyn leads the Federal batters. In team batting Indianapolis is ahead with and St. Louis next with .273. KaulT leads the base stealers with fourteen. Kirby of Mobile Is the Southern league's best hitter with .356. Callahan of Nashville leads in stolen bases lea in batting with ,l'5. Lejeune of Sioux Citv is best in the Western with .492. Then follow Rapps Topeka. .451; Butcher, Denver. .38$; Mullen. Mul-len. Lincoln. .3So; Spahr. Denver 371 -Kane. Sioux City. .370; Komer. Topeka .:?r.2: Congalton. Omaha, .359; Shaw Les Moine?. .35H; Spike. Omaha. .347. Sioux City leads in club batting with .300 and Denver is next. Nicholson. Wichita, is best base stealer, with seventeen. International league batters are led bv Scbultz of Rochester with .370. Providence Provi-dence leads the teams with .61. GeU of Newark leads in stolen bases with eleven. |