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Show HOI HUNS HURT KEN'S BUTTING AVERAGE Williams Slumps From First to Fortieth in League Swat Averages HT, forw. June 9 Hy A P -tnr Kenneth Ken-neth Williams of tha Rt. Louis Rrowne, lumped to th front ee a, potential knir of bm run hitters, hit batfrug av'K hag dropped 111 points, ha hti fallen from first to fortieth place inrnni tha hlttere of th American ltus regular and hla pre4nt mark of JU im 44 ptnts balow hla perrent-i perrent-i at of last Miiun, h ha eraah-d out fuf-I fuf-I ficlent hits to give him a. msioq .record af . J4T. HUi QIFRTIOX. Aa a result of thla greet alum p. the question ques-tion now la naked abound tha American league circuit, '"la trying to Ht bom rinu ruining Willi. ma aa a better?" Virtually -vary b'svv Mirer In the Amr-Iran Amr-Iran league baa lost many points In hla bat I'M average during ilia pa at few we kg. although none haa even approached Willis Wil-lis me' tremendous drop. Improved ph Thing, Th-ing, brought en hy lh warmer weather, la said t have a used shrinkage In bettlne- 1 mark a I UTATIHTirfl. aiattatlf-a on Wllllama preaant mm Inter-aatlng Inter-aatlng facta whleb, howavvr. ara takan by ame t Indira t a that tha ronilnual effort to and the ball out of the park haa brouictat th Ht. I.oula alugg-er from tha top of tha Hat to a plara among madlorra hlttera Wtl-liama' Wtl-liama' racwrd for tha pa at fw wa-ka wiowi: lte Tog. A H. K H IB. ID. Hit. Pet. April II... 1 10 22 I h May I I IT 1 l I Ml May Iff 91 29 II ft 1 10 May IT 9 11 II It T 1 II May 14... II 111 IT 41 II U -11 May II 14 HI II 4T 10 t II . J una 7 ... 40 IM II II 10 S 14 .11 I In May lllng Millar f Philadelphia, ba gan to preaa WMllama for knm run honors and at thla partod Wllllama h rn to slump l tha moat, but when It --get a Hornaby In ,4ba I National laagtia equaled Wllllama' mark, tha l latter alumpd even mora. WAKNKO HT KITH. Purine tha period given abova Wllllama haa averaga only flva htte a wak. wblla In ona week h drove aafaty only twice. Whan Wit llama flrat upa-t the leagua with hta ham run a, Haba Ruth, tha king of all aluggera and then under auapanalon, warned tue t. t.oula outfielder to b tara-i tara-i ful not to try too hard for long drlvsa. |