Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-09-02 | Page 14 | Individual, Team Honors Tighten in American League

I I Individual Team Honors Tighten in American League Goslins Goslin's Batting Bating Lead in Danger Grove Goes Great ChICAGO Sept 1 AP only a month left lef before the season month ends the races rac's for Individual and team honors In the American league are tightening up In batting Goose WashIngton Washington Wash Wash- Ington outfielder is only three points ahead ahad ot of Lou Gehrig of the Yankees Waite Waie Hoyt ot of the Yanks Is three games In In front of at Lefty Grove Philadelphia pitching ace and the Yankees are two percentage percentage per per- points ahead of the Ath- Ath in team batting unofficial averages including Wednesdays Wednesday's games show In team fielding Boston Boa Bos- ton Is leading leding by only ono one point GOSLIN GEHRIG SLUMP Both Goslin and Gehrig slumped during the vast past week the averages show but Lou gained as a he dropped only three points as compared with wih the theother theother the Gooses six Most of other leading hitters gained slight ly lr including Babe Dabe Ruth who hiked his average five points The ten leading batters and their averages Goslin Washington 7 Gehrig N New W York ManuSh St St. S1 Louis Simmons Philadelphia LazzerI New York 34 Id E. huller lIler del del- Philadelphia Foxx phia Ruth New York 33 J. J Sewell Sewel Cleveland and Bishop shop Philadelphia 32 each GROVE WINS TWENTIETH no Hoyt t added another game to his string during the week and flO v no bo boasts ts a record pf of seventeen won and three lost Grove Grove however WOn two and Is second In the pitch pitch- pich- pich victories and ers era race with wih twenty six defeats On the basis ot of actual pitching Grove has an edge on Hoyt He has ha hurled burled Innings allowing hits and 53 walks Hoyt has pitched his innings allowing 01 al- al lowIng hits and 4 4 walks LEADS THIEVES John y of the tho White Sox I Istl still leads In stolen bases with 21 to his credit but slyer of Boston Is only one behind In double pla plays s 's CI Cleveland veland is far in front adding eight more during the past raising its total to Other Is leaders Team Team batting New Nets York team Boston Boa Bos- ton toil 9 runs run scored Ruth New C I York 18 doubles York and New triples Combs New Boston Doston 38 home runs runs Ruth nuth New 17 and York 46