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Show SALT LAKE BEST HITTING CLUB IN THE UNION ASSOCIATION Qulgley Ill 52 .144 S22J" Ill 42 B u?"l 117 41 ,5 K'"y 113 40 ;5I ftsaeer i2j 37 St MpnVnM , ... 88 It .211 Sr.""1 '! -mi 4tfru a 2 ann Crittenden 71 ,5, r"0"el'-- 11 oil Ama 11 .0J7 Teem average BlfaSHII I ftf 4" P?6 Mors 10 4W) wfe::-..:: ::: 'J. 4? :ffl S" .ill 4I & 5fSJ' 41 .23 clif" 1-1 a? ,2t leriine uj 4. .,7 Dashhech 114 il i Treck.ll .in -J 'JS Hlankenshlp JS i - Rohan T 1 Maloney ;J J ' cJuarry '.; J $ Team average OREAT FALLS. " Delhi A,?' "V,?hm,n ::: :Si wo.;.,-:. ;. .v;::::.--,ll I Hi sjs ,.. . ::::::.i.i ifi Toner ,,- ii ;!i "ester .. .. kl 3 ; Duffy '. " V.. '" ft ;5 Ifl William, "" J ' 111 Hlldehrand U I ;JJ ,JU .::..v:::" j :J Tsarn averajjs Bill Davis Leads in Batting in Runs Union association batting averages for all games to and lewdly., the con tests of June S bring oat one prominent promi-nent feature the marked Improvement shown In this department by the Sky scrapers. During tha past two weeks McCloskey 's man have coma Into their strides with a vengeance, with tha result re-sult that tha team has three .400 hitters hit-ters and four man wall over tha .300 mark. Tha others, including pitchers, an also hitting very creditably, so that, atrmmlng It all np, tha clnb has tha highest team batting average In tha league. The Halt Lake team aa a whole ie hitting at a .317 clip, far ahead of its nearest rivala, Ogden aad Oreat Falls, each of which have a team average of t74. Ogden scarcely beloaga in tha .174 class, as the team ie really hitting below that. Krwin Jenaen of the Knightowls has been up four timee and secured three hits, which gives him a percentage of .730. Jensen 'a percentage percent-age alone bring 'e Ogden 'a total up considerable. con-siderable. Helena ia next with a team average of .265, and Missoula mmes next with .262. Bntte ia laet with a total of .931. "Bkipper" Roberts, Blankeaship 's promising young catcher, who is on his way to join the St. Louis Nationals, haa the satiafaction of leading the Union association hitters for the first time during his three years' stay ia it. Roberta has been pounding the Oold-emith Oold-emith at a .440 average. Salt Lake .an lay claim to Roberts' nearest rival. It it none ether than Bert Spencer, the Kkvserepera' great center fielder. Bert has beea hitting like a big leaguer during the past few weeks, and as a result has pulled kis average up to The averages this week also show that some of the men who started out the season with an average far ahead of their actual ability are rapidlv giving giv-ing wav to the real consistent nitters who will lay claim to the top positions among the league's leading hatters. Murphy aad Huelsman of the Bait Lake elob. for instance, are getting back into their old form, which haa en. abled tbem to lead the league in previ ous years, and their work of the past few series nlainly showa that thev are again on their wav to the top, where thev rightfully belong. Noteworthy in the hitting of the Salt l.ske club is" the Improvement shown bv Billv Davis and Johnnv Pendleton. Both of theee bovs have been clipping off the bits at a merrv pace. Billv Davis has hit in more runs than anv other plaver on the Bait Lake club. Thlrtv eue times has he delivered the hit that scored a run or ruae. and. in addition, he has scored nineteen him-ee!f. him-ee!f. Frank Huelsman ia next with thirtv and Bpenrer is third with twen ty-five. The complete averages for the Salt Lake club appear in a box which accompanies ac-companies this slorv. while the batting averages for the other five clubs follow herewith : OO PCS AB H. P.O. Jensen 4 1 Tia Murray 113 42 .lit Mooreheed 131 31 .244 Jonea 8 84 741 Wesaler lit 81 .341 Porch 12 4 sag aes UT 3 :ti Polsy 41 14 144 Pourroy . M 8 .1:7 Knight 14 i .214 Perkins Ill 14 .J14 Van 114 3 .141 Sln.lalr .14 4 .147 Fiddler 18 1 .141 Team average J74 Bl'TTE AB. H PC. Orlet 14 .4 Kafora 44 IT .844 ludy i;i 4i Mg Marshall lit 44 .34! Turgeon IIS 81 .141 Kellogg 41 14 111 Demagglo 1J 7 .147 Whaling 11 It .sjl McOeehan 44 j .117 Leyf 114 it .141 Bnh'nson 14 1 147 Shsnnon 23 J 1x4 Kaltlo 31 4 IM ateran 3 4 eee Teem average . jjj sauawa. AB. H. PP. Thotnon ' ; ;t eg, Usages UI Sil |
