Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-09-30 | Page 11 | Ruth Races for Swatting Title

RUTIIIlflSi SllTlilGTIRE ' ' a Now Only 10 Points Be hind Harry Heilmann fHirAOO, Rept. tt (By A P Rated Hulk frMt.y faoea a fighting vhana of addiog the American U-ane h 1 1 lug rhantionahtp to hta la urle alih the cioao of L..e aeaaon laaa than a voak away The N-w York atar muat overroma a ten-point leatd hfltl by Hirty lieu-man lieu-man n of Ietrolt to accompli..') una ai-i-v, -nent. H now ha an av-erRt. av-erRt. t,( ,tn, while Haiimanii la poondtng away at a ,11a dip. Hba, however, leada In home run, wuh a total af thlrty-aaven, and la ao far In front aa a e or. r thera la no p-Ibla p-Ibla rhanra of being overt k-n 1 Ira la In arorlng. having counted l-7 llmea. Tha aeragra include g.tnea Of V,ednealMv. Kddia ton ma of the Whle Fix ran-tlnuea ran-tlnuea to lead the baee atealera with fort y . four. other leading bat I era for ninety or mora gamea: Hlakr, Cleveland, .175; J, N w-II. w-II. ( I-vela nd. atii. Ullllanif, Ht. Ju-ka. Ju-ka. .Jial: fc. foillna, I hie ago, .3..I; Jamicaon. Cleveland, .114; Cobb L-troit, L-troit, .141. rtogera Hornahy of Ml. fyula e-ema llks-y to retain tha battltig irtam- plonahlp of tha National teatf in He la batting .Ih4. ten poinU ovor'Zack Wheat of tha po.lgere. Jimmy Httiriinlv. Hornaby'a teammate, team-mate, la running third with .JA). Max (Tarey of Plttahurg g blnxlng the atha with forty -at X atoten Imafi; tleorge Uraniliam, tha 'ht.aro apead-Bter, apead-Bter, la trailing with fort -one Cy Will la rue. the veteran Philadelphia Philadel-phia Outfielder, dropped from .))& to -'- In a week, lie failed to Increaaa hla home run record of thlrty-aaven circuit dfivaa, but haa a aafa lead to fmiah the aeaaon. 1 other leading bad org for ninety or more gamea: Kournler, Hrooktyn. .i:4; Rouah, flticlnnatl, ,J.M ; KrUk-h, New York. 147; (irlmm. PltUburg. ,4J; Toung. New Tork. .10.