Show TV TV COBB WILL ILL BECHAMP BEl BE BElCHAMP CHAMP TWELFTH TIME Georgian Georgia Has Safe Lead in f American n To Tobin in Is Among Leaders Sept 27 Closing Closing days C CHICAGO of ot the baseball season season finds Tyrus Cobb star outfielder at Detroit in possession of ot the tho American league batting championship for the twelfth time in thirteen years ears Cobb according to official averages today Is leading the theraCe therace therace I race with a mark of twenty-nine twenty points ahead ot of Veach his teammate The figures include games of Wednes Wednes- I I da day The only year ear in which Cobb was I deps deposed d from the tIme batting batting- championship during his lila major league career was in 1916 when Tris Tris Speaker er forced him out I of the coveted position Babe Ruth the home run marvel is In seventh place lace in the list of or batting leaders with an average of or Ruth whose achievement ement of driving out ty-eight ty homers fo for foe a worlds world's record leads the league In extra base hitting having stretched safe blows for a total of bases He also leads in scoring having counted runs Eddie Collins the Chicago second baseman baseman base base- I man Is topping the base stealers with 32 2 with George of Sr Louis next I in the list with 28 Other leading American league batters for sixty games gamnes Jackson Chicago St. St Louis LouK Tobin St. St Louis J 26 rH Heilman f m Detroit t i. i 3 R Ruth hL Boa Bos sS ton Jacobson St. St Louis Detroit Rice Washington Washing ton Collins Chicago pa paugh gh New York 31 Cravath manager of the Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia Phil Phil- adelphia club dub is ahead in the race for forthe forthe forthe the National league batting title al altHough although although al- al though the race is lose close The Tho averages I how show Cravath in the lead with with Jim Thorpe of Boston five points be- be hind hinC bIm Eddie Roush sPar outfielder I be-I with Cincinnati n i is third w with wW rn Burns r f New Nevi 1 York who o crowded Heinle Groh the Cincinnati third baseman baseman base base- base I man out of the commanding position In scoring managed to cling to his lead of or I Ione one run Burns has registered 79 73 scores Zack Wheat the Brooklyn veteran and andRoush andRoush Roush are fighting it out for honors in I total base hitting Roush hap ham a total of while mark is Cutshaw of Pittsburg Is In no danger of or being baing depo ed as the leading base stealer his record of thirty-five thirty being high Bigbee a teammate is next in line with twenty Cravath's home run record of eleven remains unchallenged Other leading National league batters for sixty or more games Carey Pittsburg Pittsburg Pitts- Pitts burg Groh Cincinnati Philadelphia Hornsby Hornsb St. St Louis Barber Chicago Chicago- Stock St. St Louis Myers 1 Brooklyn 30 Holke Boston Wheat Brooklyn 29 |