Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-09-02 | Page 14 | Hornsby Widens His Lead for Batting Honors

Hornsby Widens His Lead for Batting Honors NEW YORI Sept 1 Just AP-Just when it began to seem as it if Paul Waner's drive to overhaul Rogers t Hornsby in the race for the National National Na- Na league batting championship might be su successful the Boston Doston L manager applied a little pressure on his own account and soon widened wid- wid ened the margin between S Sand and his challenger Hornsby leads by to according to averages averages aver aver- ages issued today and Including games of last Wednesday I HAS OTHER LAURELS I The Pirate flash has other laurels seems to have little need to worry over the batting row lIe He leads In total hits with in runs scored I wIth In doubles with 44 and In inS triples with 17 This Is a greater S monopoly even than Jim Bottomley ot of St. St Louis was able to set up 1 earlier In the campaign Bottomley now excels only In runs batted in with lOG Cuyler and Wilson of at the Cubs I Iare are the two remaining Individual I leaders In offense offense-Cu Cuyler ler in stolen L i bases with 26 and nd Wilson in home t runs with 30 BENTON STILL IN LEAD Other regular batsmen followIng S Hornsby Horneby and Paul Waner Vaner are Traynor Pittsburg LindStrom Lindstrom Lind- Lind strom New York Grantham Pittsburg Hogan New York Ro St. St Louis Bottomley Dot Dot- and Hafey St. St Louis Herman Brooklyn and Boston Despite his loss to Boston Doston at the i Polo grounds this week Larry Benton Benton Ben Ben- ton remains well ahead ot of hi his field fieldin in pitching The New York ace S now has won 21 and lost only five S for fOl a a. percentage of Willie S Sherdel is second with sixteen and seven for and Nehf ot of Chicago third with eleven and five for S The Pirates continue on their mad batting spree now have a a. team aver ge of with nobody even clos close Tho Card Carde and the Giants were tied for second with each The Cubs and the Cardinals were In a a. tie for fielding honors each showing a mark of The Reds were second with and had double plays plas I