Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-08-13 | Page 8 | O'Doul Grabs Batting

3 ODOUL GRABS GRAB BATTING LEAl LEU Foxx Crowded Out of RJ Fir Place Klein Tops Five Hitting Departments d 1 1 NEW V YORK Aug 13 Foxx of the Philadelphia who held the major league batt lead for so long Ions looked like Uke he j h a permanent tt t to It it fin finally aUy t ut til h bee been crowded i of his Ius position 1 Brooklyn's t c southpaw J ODoul ove o overto and passed t Athletics Athletics' ac Set ace t U it week af aft after r Philadelphia r als als Don Hurt Hurst Ir Chuck Kl Klein ln b bo had taken a aen era at his average final figures figure 11 i the week ODoul in ii yes t e games showed ODoul with with a j mark and Foxx and Klein tied second six points below Hurst I i topped the National league last lut in and trailed Foxx by a point a am w ago ngo was fourth at nt Other leaders on the current N 11 league list were P P. P War Wa Pittsburgh Stephenson Stepheno c CJ c cago L. L Waner Pittsburgh J j St. St Louis Herman C Ci Ott New York 32 ar aJ Watkins St. St Louis trailing T In m in the American lea league ue were Geh Gehr New York Manush ton ton Ruth New York i Combs New York Jolley i B Jon ton Walker Detroit A AVI ill Cleveland Cronin Wa Wash hk ton and Stone Detroit FOXX LOSES HONORS Foxx also was shorn of a 3 few his slugging honors during the wi W we while Klein continued to improve t position Jimmie retained the m rasi league lead with runs b batted ti c and 42 homers Chuck topped th thC N league in five out of seven li and led both circuits circuits' scoring with runs and hit hits with Kleins Klein's other first place figu figur were runs runs- batted in in 35 home r ru and nd 16 stolen bases while his triples left him only one behind B Bat Bal Herman of Cincinnati and Dui Dud Budi Myer of Washington Foxx had i OJ second with runs batted in in ju one behind his teammate Al S mons J WEAVER I IN N LEAD The pitching race t to ti to show some interesting Ii fj ures Monte Weaver of Washing led the American league with 18 18 vi tories lories and five defeats The Nation n league leader Lon Lan Warncke Warneke Wi i i close behind with 17 games won Il ar five lost I