Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-08-27 | Page 10 | Foxx Wrests Batting Lead from Travis

Foxx Wrests Batting Lead From Travis I NEW YORK Aug Au 27 GB The Al Th major league batting races settled settle down this week to a pair of close clos stretch fl Jimmy Foxx of the Red So Sox co collecting collecting col- col 19 hits in 43 batting chances chance boosted his average 10 points t to and regained the American America league top spot from Cecil Travis of the Senators by bya a a three point margin Ernie Lombardi Lombard of th the Reds while still setting the National Na Na- league pace with a mark saw his lead shrink to 11 points b by the late season drive of Phil PhU Wein Wein- traub of the Phillies Phillies- who advanced advance five points to to take second place from Cincinnati's Buck Mc- Mc Cormick In the American merican league the to top ranking leaders all increased their thel averages with Hal Trosky of th the Indians climbing from sixth to third thir by a an 1 point 11 ri rise e. e The National league saw saw its top flight with th the single exception ion o of lose los ground r Newcomers Newcom rs In It h the top 10 groups group during duIng- the w week ek were Joe DiMaggio DiMaggio gio and Bill BUr Dickey of the Yankees Yankee and J Joe e Cronin of the Red Sox who climb climbed l to a tie tle for eighth place in fn the American league a at and Stan Hack t f the I Cubs w who O nosed into i tenth tl pl place in n the National league at Season records of the top 10 in each ach league more at bats American League O G GAB AB R H Pet Pct Foxx Boston Travis Trav Washington 79 70 Trosky Cleveland 84 Averill Cleveland 91 Chicago 83 49 Ii f Chicago 92 i 3 49 H 3 heath leath Cleveland 88 71 N N. Y Yoo Cronin Cronin Boston 72 12 Dickey Ickey New York 71 Hayes Chicago 62 40 78 National League LombardI CIn 98 45 Phil 64 34 75 V Vaughan uPhan PlUs Pitts 68 McCormick 73 13 St. St Louis 75 alt Ott tt New York v 94 Moore New York 94 58 Goodman Cm 88 Jordan ordan Jordan Phil PhU j. j 72 30 81 Hack flack Chicago 71 6 e