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Show EDDIE COLLI NEW BASE ili KING Has Also Climbed in Batting; Bat-ting; Cravath Leads National Hitters, CHICAGO, Sort. W. Eddie Collins, star second baseman of the Chicago White Sox, stepped out in front among the base-steal-ers Inst Wednesday with 21 thefts. Ho also climbed from tenth rla.ee among the batters of the America.! league who have 1 participated in iJO or more games, to sixth 1 I place, according to averages released today. to-day. His nearest rival for stolen bftpe honors is Sis'rr of St. luns, with IT. Cobb. Detroit, is far aheiid of the rvgu-lar rvgu-lar batters with an average of .;$?. He : is topped by Eddie Murphy, pinch-hittlng . star of Chicago, who, in games, has ' butted ,7S. I Barber. Chicago, continued his climb among tho National league batters going 1 from seventh to fourth place with .517. 1 Cravath Philadelphia is loading the batters bat-ters with an hvoiuku of .3."t. Kouseh Cincinnati is being pressed by Myers BTook'yn for totM base borers Kousrh hns si 4 total bases while Mvers has une les. Burn. New York, moved Jmh, Cincinnati, Cin-cinnati, out of the scoring honors and l'-ui his rival by on run. Burns recii-trred recii-trred :n tlmcM. CutHhnw. VUtsburg, dded snot her stolen bnse to his string, nnd Is showing the way in tho paths with 55 thefts, i |