Show SIMMONS HOLDS BATTING LEAD NEW YORK June 17 P With JP-With With John Pepper Martins Martin's hitting leadership lead lead- In the National league threatened threatened threat threat- ened by Chuck Klein Al Simmons American league batting champion In n 1930 and 1931 continued to set t a aast 7 ast pace in the junior circuit this week Simmons slowed d down wn a little but managed to tack I two points to his y average boosting t it it to 37 with 10 i M t hits lits in six gam games s. s f I IThe The average was fw good enough to s lead the hitters in either league and Simmons left leU him 18 points in front of or Fred Schulte of the Senators and Ben Chapman of the Yankees who moved Into a tie for second cond place Martin hit hU at a much faster clip but found his position challenged by the hard hitting Klein who hit the ball ballat ballat ballat at a rate to send his average soaring soaring soar soar- ing to a gain of 16 points The Cardinals' Cardinals third baseman connected connected con can nc with six hits in 22 times at bat which left him with an average of at the end of yesterdays yesterday's games gaines Kleins Klein's spurt just about left him himIn himin In n control of every department of slugging in the senior league He was first in runs batted in with 49 In hits with 80 in doubles with 20 and tied in triples and home runs run with 6 and 11 respectively Simmons was not quite so Ing ng In the American league but led ledin ledin in n runs batt batted d in with 52 and in hits with a total of 84 The ten leading hitters hillers In each league follow American Amerlean League Learne G AB AS R It H Pot Pet Simmons 54 2 44 4 84 Schulte Washington 47 41 36 64 Chapman New York n 43 40 02 62 Hodapp Boston oston 49 1 19 13 63 3 2 West St St. Louis 43 25 US 54 Appling pp Chicago 54 39 30 75 IS Dickey New York 46 12 55 Swanson Chicago 49 43 3 57 87 Goslin Washington 82 2 39 32 73 Ruth nuth New York 53 43 41 57 7 Foxx Fou Philadelphia 47 42 12 55 Martin Marlin St St. Louis National Nation 1 50 League 42 74 Ie 3 3 Klein Philadelphia 5 55 35 80 Davis Philadelphia 54 20 63 Moore Boston t 45 23 51 Collins St. St Louis uI 42 U n 25 23 46 g Mills Philadelphia 55 32 78 Medwick St. St Louis Louts n 47 27 57 Leslie Brooklyn 41 22 45 Ott New York 52 34 64 TrUDor traynor Pittsburgh 54 24 68 Hartnett Chicago 57 51 1119 25 S 63 |