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Show Ism GOES FURTHER 10 LEAD Is Now Thirty-one Points - Ahead of Cobb; Chase Leads National. CHICAGO. Sfpl. 23. Speaker put another point biMwwn him nnrt Cobb in tlio race for tli American Amer-ican league batting eliHiiiptonwhip this week nd. wltli Cobb's concession ot the title, may now be reckoned the champion. It will be ihi! first tlmo since 3905 that any player participating In moro than fifty 5311103 ban onthit Cobb in tha Anier-U'un Anier-U'un league. Tho Georgian still len.ls to Btolen bases with Mxly. ufmliibt Ids record of nli.eiy-slx for the whole seat on laM year, and alao is In Tront n number of runs scored with 103, compared com-pared with Ui Tor the whole 1015 reason. Weaver of Chicago lead in sacrifice hits with thirty-nine; Baker of New York has tied his team mate. Flpp. for the home-run honors with ten; .lackstn of Chicago in ahead In total bases with 2S1. and Detroit leads in club natllng with .Ifil. Leading batters, who have played in half their team's games, including Wednesday's: . Speaker or Cleveland, .331. Cobb of Detroit .360, Jaikeon of Chirao . 34 S, Strunk of Philadelphia .Glti, Gardner of Boston .312, E. Collins of Chicago .300. Veach of :trok .301, Siiler of St. Louia 2'.'0, Roth of Cleveland .2P3, Nunamaker of New York .29:. T Leading pitchers for f want y-f our gamea: Pitcher. W. 1. P C. K n. Cullop. New York 13 4 .765 2.10 H. Coveleskle, Detroit 23 .718 1 .St Faber, Chlcnsn 16 7 .695 2.'Ji Morton, Cleveland 13 fi ,6S 2.31 H"nz. Chicago fl 6 .613 2.12 I'b-otte, Chl.aso 12 7 .632 2.22 Leonard. Boi-ton 17 10 .629 2 37 Ruth, Boston 20 12 .62S 2.01 Dhvips, Detroit 17 11 ' .68 3.1.1 Sl:nwl;c-, Nfiw York 20 13 .W6 2.12 Chase Still Leads. Hal Chase of Cinclnnitd is still In front In (he National league race, and Daubcrt, who led the league a ana part of thfl season, has dropped 10 fourth place. The contest in the National is much more open than that in the American. Carey of Piitebu'-K holds th stolen ha Be hnnars with fifty-two; Flack of Chicago leads in sacrifice sacri-fice hlis with thirty-five; Williams of Chicago in home runs with twelve; Wheat of Brooklyn In total base? with 256; Burns of New York In runs -cored with ninety-two, and Brooklyn In team hitting with .2i9. Leading batters: Chase of Cincinnati .3,"0, Wheat of Brooklyn .324. McCarty of Brooklyn and New York .323. Daubert of Brooklyn .3H, Hornshy of St. LouU -312. Hinchmp.n of Pittsburg .307. Robertson of New York .306, Wagner of Pittsburg .29S, Stock of Philadelphia .294, Zimmerman of Chicago and New York .290. Long of St. Louis .280. Leading pitchers for twenty-four gamei! Pitcher. ' W. L. P.C. E.W. Hughes, Boston 16 3 .K42 2.2.1 Sobupp, New Yoik S 2 .20 1.21 Alexauuer. Philadelphia 29 It .727 l.M Ri-ey. Philadelphia 20 S .724 2.17 Pffffer, Brooklyn 22 10 .fiS 2.00 Cheney, Brooklyn IS 9 .667 1.S4 Benton. New York 13 7 .650 3.10 Mnrquard, Brooklyn 11 6 .fit7 ' 1.77 Rudolph, Boston 17 10 .629 2.3ft Perrltt, New York 17 10 .629 2.63 Butcher in Western. Butcher of Denver has practically cinched the Western league batting championship, his average, including last Tuesday's gamo, being .373. Shields of Denver leads in ntoleu bases with sijctv-fl ve; Krufl of Omaha in sacrifice hits with thirty-four; Dyer of Denver in home tuns with sixteen; Butcher Butch-er in total ba.ves with 230 ; Miller of Omaha in runs scored with 116. and Denver in team hitting hit-ting with .29S. Leading baiters: Butcher of Denver .373, Miller of Omaha .347. Kirkham of St. Joseph .344. Coy of Wichita .333, Oakea of Donver .337, Gil more of Sfoux CHy .336, Johnson of Lincoln .333, Kriioger of Omaha .331. Wati-on of Sioux City .323, Griffith of Wichita .32S. Leading pitchers for twenty-three games: Won. Lost. P.C. O'Toole, Omaha 15 . 6 .7; jT North, Omaha 16 7 -Im Schardt, Sioux City IS 8 ,Jl Kat, Lincoln 24 13 .6:0 Halla, Lincoln 22 Y .67 1 Morz, Omaha is jo .641 Thompson, Omaha 17 10 .623 Caspar, Sioux City 11 7 11. K ranee, Omaha H 9 .603 Ford. Denver u 9 '-603 |