Show EILMANN NN LEADS LEADS AMERICAN AMERICAN LEAGUE LEAGUE SW SWATTERS A AFTER AFTER SENSATIONAL SENSA TIO L RACE TAKE I NEARLY ALL ALLI I RECORDS ight of Ten Leading Batters Were Left LeftA I I Handers A ier ter er s. s sensational race between y of Detroit and Georgo I ith h of ot New York the Detroit slugger t I ih he batters in the American league muTe l lie e second time in his lila career His Ills of ot 03 was wall far tar above his cord lart year when he finished Ruth h slumped In his hitting toward dead elend of the season season finishing with an of Heilmann Hellmann and RuthI Ruth I lithe eige hs he procession all season the tha forgetting for for- getting off oft to a a. good start lIell- lIell wL started to slump in and andlen ten len the season was about two-thirds two e er Ruth cau caught ht up and passed him I to lose the lead during the final weeks D TIMERS ELL lis to b be noticed t that veterans fig fig- In to most moot t of t the exceptional ff U s during the year a Of lor the st sten iten ten batters eight Ight are seasoned play play- Jt Is also noticeable able that the great of heavy e hitters are left hand hand- a. a the stick Of the h first a ten I ht were In position to punish right n nt pitchers the most Practically c e every record went n to o play play- a have e stood i the gaff for o le lea years eminent among the star performers ore re Cobb Heilmann HeUmann Speaker E. E Colet CoilS Col- Col if lS et Ruth and Kenneth henneth VIII Williams lams Cobb tined lined the distinction at the end of ot the thear theat ar r of completing his eighteenth con- con year ear with a batting average of lOor Dor r better FAKER KAKER SETS IrS NEW Toll IOU HARK Iris ris Speaker of ot Cleveland set set seta a a. new merlean league record In two base hits I eL Cleveland pla player er and manager out 69 60 doubles Ruth of New Newark rk ark led all In runs accumulating I fraction under on one run per game as Splayed played In A glance glanc at at Ruths Ruth's I If iTaro round nd record explains why the Yan- Yan Wee voted the most valuable JI ayer U f 39 of the tases tasea e year e which He Ito included compiled Y 45 5 a two two- toU to- to iggers 13 triples and 41 U home runs total being twelve w more than sincerest competitor t r Williams of St. St Eddie Collins' Collins marks of 49 9 stolen etolen bases buel id ld 59 9 sacrifice hits were noteworthy a ruT IUT VE VEIl VER Laving out of consideration those ho hO figured only in a a. few games the tho cords show chow that lut ut of the thirty thirty- batters batten wo Oo lIt Alt the ball for Better there ae are very few J newcom- newcom roc elm the league e who crowded Into this column Manush of Detroit of Clevel Cleveland d ma may be counted tithe lithe brilliant exceptions Cleveland finished at the top among icet eFt with In IDe Detroit batting the but u former It was winding a n close f Uhe season with a a. percentage of at ily o one point ahead of t Detroit r New Nework ork Yankees t pennant n winners winnert 1 and orld's champions were vere an even 10 lifts Inh behind Detroit while St. St Louis another J 10 tO 0 points The Philadelphia Athletics were un- un keep up the e early seasons season's a bat bat- and finished d de next t to last Dos Bos- up the season with a per- per of just 40 points behind and 2 points less than In year Chicago was mid mid- a. ay with Washington a point above h I |