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Show ; ill'S STREAK IS h OHLY FLASH IN PAN h. Boston Flinger Slumps at j Bat; Merkle Stars in r' National.' 1 "' Ic.'Ai ;o, June 1,". "Bribe" Uulh. tiie Huston flinLT, ran into u slump in tlie 1 In I week. lie lias ilroppi-,1 to nIMli 1 phic iunomr the batters who havo plnve'l in Livrn ly-1 ivt. or more t;;imos, iicrcintin M , ! to ;t venires pul-IIslieit loilu y, anil which I iimliiilt. uaim-s of W'i'ilnCMiiiy. Rurii.s of j . I Miilailelpliiii has hiillei! his way into the " ; lend with a niaik ot" .:tr.:i. Tv LY'Uh of ...roit Is haithiK .tOI, while his Iwise- Mealing mark is an even dozen. ' Marry lloi.per, newly appointed oap- ' lain ot tlic liiHltih rluh, lias jumped inln Ihti lead as the leadlnc run getler. lie ''' ha.s counted t i ii rTy-se v u times. Rulh's "' mark of seven horn.- tins remains hiKh. Shean of Hoslon lias riroken the tic for sacrifice, tiit honors, held Willi his tcam- ' male. Stuffy Alclnnis. lasl week. He I Inads with cifhleen. Sister of St. Louis ''l , ''Ontlnued to set. the pare anions the base 'I' j stealers with tweut -1 hree. New York, '"j; with .271. leads in team batting. I.ead- ' ! i 1ng halters fur twenty-three or more i ; fcamet: 1 J I I'uriis, Philadelphia, . T'. :. 9 ; Sisler, St.' ' i i l.oulK, .".'i.'i; Walker. Philadelphia, .319: " I .ll.iker. New York, .iilli; Hooper, Boston, 1 .::.17: ttuth, Boston, .3:':(; 10. Collins, Chi- ' ! l ' '.raso, .eM7; Speaker, Cleveland. .313; Mo-Mullltl, Mo-Mullltl, Chicago, .olJ; llilhoolev. New 'S j York, .SOS. ' 'a In tho National league, Fred Merkle of 'u. j j Chicago continued his slufis'iUL; and added j Another point to his ,nverHe,e. lie now is 1 j battinpr .o77, which is thirteen points bct- ; ! ! Mi-r than .1. C. Smith of Boston. Povle's i ' 'mark, however .41'G. made in fifteen M 1 I sanies still remains hi.h. The New Yorker continues out of the pame on ac- j, , I -ount of an operation. The averages in- I ;ludo panics of Wednesday. Carey of Pittsburg litis been dethroned ,J ! by Ceorse Burns of New York as leader I i ; of the base stealers. The New York ottl- ;t ! i fielder lias pilfered tw'enty-nvo to ;J Rroy's twenty-one. Cruise of t. IjOuis lt I ohalked up two more circuit drives for H j . bltnse.if and pulled away from Wtckland -ij j 1 of Boston for home-run honors. Cruise i baa made five homers, lenny Kauff of rj i i New Y'ork. who soon will be a member I j , of the national army, is leading scorer ! of the league, having registered thirty- i three times. Cbieaso. with a mark of i .2S1. leads in club batting. Leading bat- 1 ; : j teis for twenty or more games are: !. i Morklo, Chicago, .377: J. C. Smith, Bos- I ; Ion. .;:t!4; Mann, Chicago, Daubert, I Brooklyn, .ooti; YVickland, Boston. .3o3: J Kauff. New York. .:ji'.: Paskert. Chicago, '. ' Holloeher, Chicago, .t:-: Groli, Cin- i einnati, .SIS; Paullette. St. Louis, .314. s i Wuffli of Topeka and Hutchinson eon- '. j t.tnued In the lead anient; the- Western 1 ! leag'uo batler.s, according- to averages w ! wtiich Include games of' last Tuesda. . ' I lis mark Is .ttlhi. Doniea of Omaha con- il Itniies to lead as run-getler with twenty- 't e.ight. Murphy of l'es Moines leads in homo runs with eiglU. Coffey of Des "toines is showing the way to base sleal- 1 I ers with fifieen. Jackson of Omaha leads ; in sacrifices with thirteen. Leading bat- tors of the twenty or more games: Wuffli. Topckn-Hulchlrison, .01:6; Hittcs. t 1 Htitchinson-Ollahonia City, .otit; Wash- ! , tmrn. Wichita, .00-: Cass, Des Moines, .32"; McClelland. Oklahoma City. .327; Millt-r. Joplin. ,:U4; Keishle, Sioux City. , .313; Doniea, Omaha. .3e7; Brandt, .lop- t i t iin, .3CI: Block. Hutctilnson, .3e2; Coffey, t ' 1 IVs Moines, .302. Wichita hids in club batting with .270. |