Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-10-13 | Page 4 | Heilmann and Hornsby Finish First in Race for Swat Honors

Heimann and ornsby Hornsby Finish FAish First in Race for Swat Honors CHICAGO Oct 13 By A. A P. P P.- P. King ICing Football Is i poking his head around the corner cornel today chasing chasing- baseball Into winter qU quarters with Harry Hellmann Helmann of ot the te Tigers Tigers' 1923 batting hatting champion of ot the American league and Rogers Hornsby Horsby of at the St. St Louis IS Cardinals nal repeating e as the batting batting- 1 leader header of the fl tn National a To league The final unofficial averages I showed Hellmann Helmann hitting while I Hornsby finished with wih an average of ot I Th The five leading leading- leading hitters In the two leagues follow AM Bill CAN r Heilmann Heimann Detroit Detroit Ruth aNew York 39 Speaker Cleveland Eddie Collins Chicago St. St Louis NATIONAL I. Hornsby Horsby St. St St Louis Bottomley Bottomley Bottomley Bottom- Bottom ley St. St Louis Fournier Brook- Brook I lyn Roush Cincinnati I Frisch New Now York Babe Ruth went into a tie with wih the veteran Cy Williams of at Phia- Phia Phila Phila- delphia for homers in run home-run hitting hit hit- ting each connecting with wih 41 41 The base stealing honors also re resulted re- re suited suled in a tie te with Eddie Collins Colins of the Chicago Chiago White Sox and Max Carey Crey of leading the parade pa- pa I rade 49 apiece Ruth copped in th the scoring honors honors hon lion ors with wih a record of thirty ahead of ot Pep Young of the Giants who lead the National league havir hav- hav ir Ic II crossed tho plate pate 1 1 times With aj al record of or 27 victories out of 35 games Luque tho the Cuban pitching pItchIng star of Cincinnati Cincinnat led all al major league twirlers with wih Pennock Pen- Pen flock flock- nock of the Yankees pulling puling up tip as the premier pitcher of ol the American American Ameri Amen can league Pennock won 19 out of 25 games Grover Grovel Cleveland Alex Alexander Alexander Alex Alex- x AI ander of Chicago ChIcago gave only 29 bases on balls IS In innings a unique record co v