Show former toaster aster Is ils leading Major league Swat Star CHICAGO Nay May 12 By fly A A. P. P The P.-The The Therace race for tor the 1023 1923 batting championship of ot the American cia els on today with l Harry rf y Hellman I the Detroit slug slug- yv ln ger gr I In the v van with T an average of ear Glenn Myatt Cleveland's new catcher In second place with Tho The figures Include games game of ot Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- da day but Helmans Helman's average was acquired In sixteen games gaines whereas Hyatt only participated in ten Eddie Collins star second i cond baseman with wih the he White Sox who the experts say Is la slowing up responded to this thia criticism by taking the tho lead in base stealing with seven also the lead In sacrifice hitting with wih eight and be beSides besides be- be sides is reposing in the select clas of ot hitters hitter Babe Dabe Ruth Is la leading In scoring registering eighteen times in nineteen games games Other leading batters bater for ten or more Cobb Detroit Detro t. t Burns Boston Veach Detroit Speaker Cleveland S. S Rice Washington Jamieson Cleveland 37 13 E Collins Colllns Col Col- lins Chicago Miller Iler Philadelphia 34 Williams St. St Louis Boston Bill Southworth sIal start star outfielder with the Braves Draves is anchored anchored at the top top of ot the National league hitters with wih an average average av av- av- av of ot 48 Charlie Charle Grimm sensational first baseman is the with wih UZ Rogers Hornsby of ot t the te e Cardinals 1922 1022 batting champion Is II fourth position with a merle mark of ot while the veteran Zack Wheat of ot Brooklyn is 18 hitting 42 Hornsby has las scored core the tue greatest number number number num num- ber of ot runs having counted twenty twenty-sU times Sammy Bohn of ot the tho Reds leads in stolen bases base basel with wih seven Leading batters In ten tenor or 01 more games gaines I Frisch New York 11 Miller le 1 St. St Louis h Gooc-h St. St Louis Loul Flack lack St. St Louis 37 Hartnett Hartnett Chicago 70 Traynor Pittsburg Williams WIlam Philadelphia |