Show Medick Climbs I In Hitting Race NEW YORK YORK July July 20 UP While JP-While While the two hitting leaders of the major leagues continued to slump during tho the past week some of their leadIng leading leading lead lead- ing r rivals rals put on lively performances performances performances perform perform- ances with the willow to make the batting races look a lot more in interesting in- in Joe Medwick offered Arky Arley Vaughan the first real threat since he took the National league lead early in the season when he brought his average up seven points to while Vaughan dropped seven to Joe reduced Bob Johnsons Johnson's American league margin to a mere three points to as he added five points to his mark while Johnson dropped four tour Jim Collins of the Cardinals hitting hitting hitting hit hit- ting 17 times in 32 attempts jumped from tenth place in the National to tie tic Bill Terry lerry erry for third as as' as he picked up 22 points Two Philadelphians Doc Cramer and Jimmie Foxx came up from the bottom of the American leagues league's first ten to take third and fourth places gaining 15 and 10 points respectively The leading regulars in each major league NATIONAL LEAGUE o a AD AB R H Pet Pct Vaughan Pittsburgh 70 2 5 63 08 I Medwick St. St Louis SO 80 12 Terry Teul New York 81 5 59 J. J Collins St. St Louis ro 80 61 11 lOG Hartnett Chicago o 70 10 u 38 83 ott New York 81 il 61 Martin 81 Louis 72 69 10 J. J Moore PhIL Phi 81 31 51 98 Galan Gaian Chicago 82 31 GO 60 A LEAGUE G An R U H Pet Pd Johnson Phil 77 71 67 10 3 a Cleveland 78 43 3 Cramer Phil 77 57 Foxx Phil 7 11 2 19 67 91 Myer Washington 81 61 01 GehrInger Detroit 85 75 stone WashIngton n 73 53 95 Campbell Cleveland 66 44 81 Moses Phil 69 52 94 9 Greenberg DetroU 85 72 Cochrane Detroit 68 60 80 |