Show GEORGIA PEACH IS LEADING HITTERS Detroit it Manager Is Playing Great Ballat Ball Ballat Bal at Present CHICAGO July 4 AP Ty AP-Ty TY A-TY Ty TyCobb Cobb for twenty years a star In b baseball sebal to today ay has an opportunity to laugh at the moth eaten adage that Youth must be served Cobb forty years young Is fooling youth fooling foUng the youngsters of the American league at least for tor he is safely perc perched ed at the top of the I leading sluggers slugger with an average of ot 09 His batting performance in his his I last nine games netted him sixteen hits his shoving him up the ladder from front fourth place The work of the Georgia Peach is noticeable I In almost every department department He Heis Heis I is tied ted for second place honors' honors In I two-base two hitting having twenty- twenty five tie t-ie same came number as Boone of oi of Boston Cobb also has pounded out nine triples and eleven home homer r runs ns but the former speed king has stolen only three bases this season Cobbs Cobb's sensational batting has been an inspiration to his hrs Learn Learn- mates three of whom are trailing him all al hitting around 00 WIngo is t second cond to the Tiger pilot piot with while Heilmann Helmann and Burke are tied for second with Sammy Sammy Sam Sam- ted my Hale of the Athletics the leader lead lead- er a week ago has dropped from the picture 5 Johnny Most of ot the White Sox in increased his base stealing mark to tw twenty three by adding another theft while Simmons of the Athletics Athletics Ath Ath- brought hi hl total scoring figure figure fig fig- ure tire to sixty Other leading batters baters H H. H Rice St. St Louis Lamar Lmar Philadelphia Detroit Detroit De De- De- De troit troit Carlyle Boston 37 Simmons Philadelphia Speaker Cleveland Paschall Paschal New York Hale Philadelphia Combs New York K Williams St. St Louis St. St St Louis Collins Chicago Seasoned hitters hiter o ot 01 the National league are beginning to creep toward the top to vie with wih Rogers Roger Hornsby for tor the leadership Milton Stock and Jack Fournier Fournier Fournier Four- Four nier buddies with the Dodgers have made the greatest strides toward the top Stock advancing to third place with an average of while his teammate added twenty- twenty five points to his average for a amark amark amark mark of 01 and a berth in sixth place Hornsby dropped six points but continues to lead with wih Barnhart Barnhart Barnhart Barn- Barn hart of the Pirates remains in third place with wih Bottomley of the Cardinals ls is lodged between Stock and Fournier with Sparky Adams of the Cubs failed to increase his base stealing mark of sixteen Other leading g batters P Philadelphia Brooks Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago Bancroft Boston Blades Blade St. St Louis 37 Bentley Bentey New York Carey Pittsburg Harper Philadelphia Philadelphia Grantham Pittsburg Cuyler Pittsburg and Burrus Boston |