Show I U H AI S IX POINTS TO DISPLACE BIB FALK AS A t m L. L SWAT KING KINQ 81 Louis Louis- Cards Tale Take r I Hitting Honors of W k Herb Pennock and Jones Top Big Circuits iu ill Pitching Department Hunnefield Hunnefield Hunnefield Hunne- Hunne field Going Strong CH CHICAGO July 24 AP The AP-The The league leading Yankees in the I Johnson circuit for the first time this season sealon tave fallen as a teem team below the mark in hitting but their stellar performer Babe Ruth did not share in the slump Ousted for week from a leadership of nf the te batters the Babe iUm ha k to tu u the inc L. L he rw top iop P ap in in official averages tu u inc rw top iop P ap in in official averages sued today gaining six points Bib Falk of ot the Chicago White Sox who displaced him temporal lly dropped b back ack a bit and is now sec sec- ond Detroit outfielder eder has a regular and ha hu hatho tile remarkable percentage of ot nc bt has plaY played d In only two na ni many JUn s as th the Bambino Man Mansh h of ot Detroit m made m. de weeks week's est iest showing with the wll- wll t low v goin goic from tenth to fifth t ra e among th the leading ten hitters while most of the tte others In the first ten n fell feli back Detroit and St St. L Louis were the only American league eague teams to Improve their batting battin per percentages ie ei- ei tuis week of ot New York maintain his lead Ir runs over o Ruth pi- J ably by le reason son of ot his high tIt l lot of ot 14 Inre thre l Fal Fall holds both the thoO and nd nd total hl hits 8 leadership leadership leadership lead lead- oui on Ruth Ruth as S usual is hf Mr in front in An home runs now no having hayIng hayIng hay hay- ing 29 A ne 1 newcomer Omer In the majOrs majOr's Hunnefield Hun- Hun of oC the Chicago While Sox has tak taken n the lead in base bas stealIng steal steal- Ing lag with 16 16 eusel of ot New York and andE E. E Ri Rice of Washington h hIlin failed to pilfer any this we Me Pate of ot the Athletics is now credited cred with fight eight straight victories In the box bOX but Herb ol of the Yank Yankees es is the real leader cf the pitchers with 15 victories t to 6 defeats w two gam games s this week His teammate Shocker is Just a step behind with Zachary Zachary- of St. St Louis lose i-lose up Dutch l reuther of ot Washington ranks them sightly sight ly In percentage among the regulars regulars regu regu- lars but has las won but 10 games to 3 defeat Leading American league hitters Fothergill Detroit Ruth NEW NEWYork York 3 Falk Chicago New ew York Detroit Hellmann Heilmann Detroit Burns Cleveland Washington l Chicago McNeely Washington The St. St Louis Cardinals took the hitting honors of the week In the National league with Lester Letter Sell Jell third bas man making the He b best st showing allowing of the squad d and nd gOIng goin j jt ilo to the first t jO in the ae ave ages issued today Ste Stephenson he henson son new v Chicago outfielder aljo alo has hu made an Impressive gain in ill percentage percentage percentage per per- but has pla played ed in less les than half the seasons season's game gam i ChrIst men of ot Cincinnati w ws s the only one of ot last weeks week's batting leaders to add much to his rit ng Grantham of ot the Pinter Pinte and Babe Herman of Brooklyn d considerable considerable con con- slumps Hack Wil Wilon on n of ot the Chicago tubs Cubs hit his his- his fourteenth run ot of the season hut but so did t ol of t St. St Louis Fournier of ot Brooklyn crossed Into double figures with his circuit drives Kiki Cuyler regained his traditional traditional traditional leadership of the base stealers stealers stealers steal- steal ers after atter a period of obscurity due to the speed of at Frank Fri Friech ch and Youngs of New York Cuyler now has 19 19 two more than his contend contend- ers S Jones of Chicago ago became the leading pitcher of ot the league this week with seven victories to one defeat detent but Rhem of ot St St. Louis l leads ds the stalwarts with 12 victories and Pete Donohue of ot has 11 U though charged with eight losses Leading hitters In the league Hargrave vet Cincinnati Bressler Cincinnati Herman Brooklyn Grantham Pittsburg Pitts- Pitts burg Christensen Cincinnati tl L. L Bell St. St Louis Traynor Traynor Tray- Tray nor Pittsburg Hornsby St. St Louis E. E Smith Pittsburg Cu Cuyler ler Pittsburg I |