Show Speak ro on Heels 9 of 1 Ssie a. a e a. a Clr mt 0 KI King g Leads Leads Scorers er July 17 H.-As H. As a result of ot a sensational batting drive e C CHICAGO TrIs Speaker manager of ot the tho Cleveland cland Indians toda today threatens threaten the oust George star first baseman with St. St Louis from tho the batting leadership of or the American league Speaker el whal whaled d hIs hla way from fourth place to second within a week driving out eighteen hits In eight games garnes and boosting his Ills average from to s 's average crage Is Joo Joe Jackson the Chicago slugger Is trailing Speaker with an nn average of ot while Babo Babe Ruth the home run Icing dropped from second to toi toj j i fourth with a mark of or Ruth Huth was s batting a week ago I Ruth In addition on to his a I home run drive Is leading tho the league In scoring having crossed the tho plate two eighty-two times Rico lUco of Washington tailed foiled to steal any bases during tho the w week ck but buthis his thirty-five thirty thefts remain high Other leading batters Rice Washington Weaver er Chicago 1 E. E Collins Chicago 3 9 Milan Washington 34 Now New York Ht Hendryx Boston Doston Erickson Washington 33 Jacobson St. St Louis 3 39 9 Felsch Chicago 38 Johnston Cleve- Cleve II land iland nd Chapman Cleveland Elmer nimer Smith Clev Cleveland land 1 Boston Doston Cobb Detroit I Hornsby Leads National Nation l I Although El layers Eayers rs of or Boston is on top In the tho National league with an average of or Roger Troger Hornsby Hornsb tho the St St. t. t Louis star conI continues con con- I to be the real leader with an asi average of or Hornsby has has' hasI I played In one eighty games garnes as compared with one ono for tor tho the Bostonian Cy Williams of ot Philadelphia the tho lea leading home hon run hitter boosted his total above the nine mark In base stealing Max la I ICare Care Carey of ot Pittsburg continues to show the way with a total of ot i two thirty two an an advance ad of or four within a week o Other lending leading batters Smith New York Konetchy Brooklyn Roush Cincinnati Chicago 3 7 I Groh Cincinnati Nicholson Hollocher Chicago Chi Chi I cago c Smith St Sl Louis Myers Brooklyn rooklyn 1 i With arr are a average rago of ot Ben Den Tincup of or Louisville Louls remains in possession of or the tho American batting honors Hartley of or Columbus I. I Ij Li In second place with Ith Rapp of ot St St St. Paul dethroned dc- dc Leo Dressen his teammate as the leading mase mac stealer hanging up a n total of or thirty Bunny Brief Shines I of ot St S1 Paul and nd Brief Drier of or Kansas CIt City are again the therun home run leaders being tied with ten each elich I Other leading batters baUers WIckland Toledo Jennings s. s Minneapolis Min Mm- neapolis Butler Dutler Milwaukee Sweeney Kansas City I Wade Minneapolis Rapp fialI St. St Paul Good Kansas CIt City S1 Massey Masse lasse Louisville Louls Bagging twelve hits hUs in eight gam os gaves Yaran of ot Wichita thc tho batting leadership of or the Western league He is hitting with ti-Rh Bogart Bosart of ot Joplin who was a week ago aso In second with Carl East tho the Wichita pitcher ct Is batting but has only been in three fifty games Lee of or Omaha continues to set ct the pace for tor the base stealers with a total of ot twenty while Beck Deck of or Wichita is high in home run hitting with fourteen Other leading batters batters- Shestak St. St Joseph laUe latte Omaha Beck Deck Wichita CoCCO Coffey Des Moines Omaha Brannon Drannon Tulsa Crosb Crosby St St. Joe 34 |