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Show FIGHT FOR BATTING HONOR IN NATIONAL The battle Tor the batting' Icancrsiiii' in the National league furnishes a aide issue almost as Interesting as the league race itself. Five men are In the fight, and they have been .alternating in the lead for over a stretch of" three months. .lust now. Ti:derus, the Phillie slugger, has the slightest advantage, 'louting around .325. Doyle of the Giants Is close on IiIk heels, with .320, while Snyder the St; Louis catcher, is running a close third, with .31?. Lonp and Gonzales, also of St. T.ouls, are fourth and fifth, respectively, re-spectively, less than twelve points behind be-hind the loading LaJderua, and close enough to overhaul him If they should connect with a batting streak that would carry them through to the end of the season.' |