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Show IRIS SPEAKER GOES INTO SECOND Pli.CE CHICAGO, Sept. 15. Tris Speaker, the 1916 batting champion, Is making a desperate des-perate drive to finish second to Ty Cobb for American league batting honors. Averages released today show the Cleveland Cleve-land star back in second place with an average of .353. with Sisler of St. Ixmis, who held the spot a week ago. six points behind him. The averages include games of Wednesday. Cobb fell off twelve points in the week, getting onlv five hits in seven games, nut he is safelv in the lead with an average of 374. The Georgian stretched his total base hitting to 301. His record includes thirty-nine doubles, twenty-four triples and five circuit drives. Bush, the Detroit shortstop, shot over the 100 mark in scoring, having brought in 101 runs. Roth and Chapman of Cleveland are fighting it out for honors in base stealing. Roth, with forty-five, having a lead of three. Leading batters who have played in hall of their clubs' games: Cobb, Detroit, .374: Speaker. Cleveland, 353; Sisler, St. Louis. .347: Felsch. Chicago, Chi-cago, .314: Veach. Detroit, .306; Chapman, Cleveland. .306; Dewis, Boston, .305; Jlc-Innes, Jlc-Innes, Philadelphia, .32; Harris, Cleveland, Cleve-land, .301; Bodle. Philadelphia, .300; Jackson, Jack-son, Chicago, .207. Cicotte Leads Pitchers. Leading pitchers participating in thirty or more games, rated according to earned I runs per game: G. TV. L. E.T!. Cicotte, Chicago 44 24 11 l.a4 Faber, Chicago 35 13 11 l.M Avers, Washington ...3a 8 8 Coveieskie, Cleveland.. .41 16 14 l.an Ruth, Boston 36 21 11 l.J-i Leonard, Boston 35 U 14 1.31 Mavs, Boston 30 10 i 1.9! Roush of Cincinnati widened the gap between himself and Hornsby, the St. Louis shortstop, for the batting lead in the National league, averages including games of Wednesday, giving Roush an average of .345 nineteen points ahead of his rival. There were no changes among leaders in other offensive departments of the game. Carev of Pittsburg added another stolen base to his total, bringing it up to fortv-one, and Burns of Xew York stretched his mark in scoring to ninety-three. ninety-three. Roush Is on Top. Leading batters: Roush. Cincinnati, .345; Hornsby. St. Louis, .326; Groh, Cincinnati, .30S: Kauff, New York, .307; Burns. New York. .209, Cruise, St. Louis, .209; Wheat, Brooklyn, 297; Wllhoit, New York, .297; Zimmerman. Zimmer-man. New York, .206; Carey, Pittsburg, Pitts-burg, .296. Leading pitchers participating in twenty-nine or more games: G. W. L. E.R. Anderson. New York ..33 0 S 1.67 Cheney, Brooklyn 30 S 0 1.S4 Alexander, Phila'phia. .39 25 12 1.S5 Schupp, New Y'ork 32 10 7 1.92 Perritt. New Y'ork 31 14 7 1.94 Sallee. New Y'ork 29 17 5 2.12 Vaughn, Chicago 38 22 12 2.14 With the close of the Western league season set for tomorrow, Shaw of Omaha apparently is safe as the leading batter among the regulars, with an average of - J .320. The averages include games of P Tuesday. Gllmore of St. Joseph stretched his scoring scor-ing to 113, while Cochran of Joplin brought his stolen base total up to fortv-seven. fortv-seven. Ewoldt of Des Moines, the leading lead-ing sacrifice hitter, has mado sixty-five. The mark of ten home runs set by Butcher of Denver apparently is in no d danger. g Leading batters: Shaw, Omaha, .320; Jones, Wichita, .310; Butcher, Denver, .30$; Connolly, St. Joseph, .306; Gil more, St. Joseph. .294; Krug, Omaha. .292 ; Horan, Joplin, .292; Diltz, Hutchinson, .291. Leading pitchers participating in thirty-three thirty-three or more games: G. W. L. E R. Adams, Hutchinson ... 35 20 13 1.75 Kallio, Des Moines 37 24 9 1.79 J0 Musser, Des Moines ...47 21 IS l.si Gregory, Lincoln 37 i!3 7 2.2J Hall, Joplin 50 '22 15 2 Mapel, Joplin 41 18 9 225 Baker, Wichita 42 21 17 2.29 Gaspar, St. Joseph 3.'! 23 7 2.30 Sander, Joplin 41 .", 12 3.39 Merz, Omaha 42 26 J 2 42 |