Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-10-07 | Page 16 | Cobb and Roush First in Hitting

COBB 10 RGUSH Finn CKapman Leads in Stolen Bases in American; Carey in National. CHICAGO, Oct. 6. Ty Cobb, the Detroit De-troit star, and Eddie Roush, the hardhitting hard-hitting outfielder with Cincinnati, are the 11U7 batting champions with the major ma-jor leagues. Cobb, with an average of .SR0, finished with a lead of twenty-two points over Tris Speaker of Cleveland, who Ifid the American league in 191rt, according ac-cording to unofficial averages released today. Roush showed the way to the National league batters with .313 twenty-one points ahead of Roger Hornsby of St. Louis, his nearest rival. These averages aver-ages include the final games of the sea-" son for the western teajns. In the American league the fight for bae stealing honors resulted in a surprising sur-prising shakeup. Chapman of Cleveland went into the lead w4th fifty-four. In four games Chapman stole six bases. Bobby Roth, Chapman's teammate, who held the lead a week ago, stole fifty-one and Cobb forty-nine. Chapman also topped the sacrifice hitters with sixty-nine. sixty-nine. Cobb was credited with 224 hits in 153 games. He cracked them out for 333 bases. Plis record included forty doubles, dou-bles, twenty-four triples and six home runs. Pipp of New York, however, leads in circuit drives, having made nine up to October 3. Ownie Bush, the Detroit shortstop, is in possession of scoring honors, having counted 112 times, with Cobb six rune behind be-hind him. Detroit clung to team batting honors with 259, with the championship Chicago outfit five points behjnd. American Leaders. Leading batters who played in half or more of their club's games: Cobb, Detroit, .380: Speaker, Cleveland, .358; Sisler, St. Louis, .347; Veach, Detroit, De-troit, .315; Felech, Chicago, .SOS; Mclnnis, Philadelphia, .305; Lewis, Boston, .305; Harris, Cleveland, .305; Jackson, Chicago, .303; Chapman, Cleveland, .299. Leading pitchers participating in thirty-five or more of their club's games, rated according to earned runs per game : Q. W. L. E.R. Cicotte. Chicago 49 2S 12 1.54. Coveleskie, Cleveland. 44 19' 14 1.78. Mays, Boston 35 22 9 1.83. j Faber, Chicago 40 16 13 1.85. Ruth, Boston 41 24 13 1.91. In the National league Carej' of Pittsburg Pitts-burg finished far in front for base Bteal- ing honors with fifty to his credit. In- i eluding Wednesday's games, Cravath of Philadelphia and Robertson of New York ! were tied in home runs, each having i twelve. Burns of the championship New j "iork club brought his total of runs j scored up to 103. Heine Groh of On- ! cinnati trailed him with ninety-one. Deal of Chicago topped the sa-ifice hitters with twenty-nine. Hornsby in Total Bases. j Hornsby, the St. Louis shortstop, who ; finished second to Roush in batting, stretched his hits for a total of 248 bases, ! while the best Roush could do was 23G ! bases. Hornsby drove out 16S hits, which Include eight home runs, twenty-six dou- . bles and fifteen triples. Roush made eighteen doubles, fourteen triples and ; four circuit drives. In team batting Cin- ' cinnati had .264 and New York .260. Leading; batters who played in half of their club's games: Roush, Cincinnati, .343; Hornsby, St. Louis, .322; Kauff, New York, .307; Wheat, : Brooklyn, .3u5; Groh, Cincinnati, .305; Burns, New York, .302; Zimmerman, New York, .300; Smith, Boston, .297; Jack Smith, St. Louis, .297; Cruise, St. Louis, .296; Carey, Pittsburg, .296. Leading pitchers participating in thirty-five or more games, rated according to earned runs per game: ' G. W. L. E.R. Anderson, New York.. 39 10 8 1.56. Perritt, New York ...35 17 7 1.87. Alexander. Phila 45 30 13 1.88. Schupp, New York ...35 21 7 1.S9.