| Show Managing Job Conducive i To Hard Hitting for Ty I CHICAGO May 28 Managing l Managing a ball bali club seems to be conducive to heavy hiting hitting hit hit- ting ing for Ty Cobb pilot of the Detroit Tigers and Tris Speaker manager of the he Cleveland Indians are giving Harry Hellmann Heilmann of Detroit a terrific fight forthe for forthe forthe the batting leadership of the American league eague Cobb boosted his mark from last week veele to for this week according to averages released today and which in included included in- in eluded games of last Wednesday while Speaker raised his last weeks week's average of ot to Heilmann although he suffered suffered suf auf a batting balting slump is 14 it points ahead of Cobb Hermann's Hermanns average is as compared with 45 a week ago HITTING FOURTH of St. St Louis also has come to the front in grand style The slugging catcher of the Browns who was hitting a week ago has attained a mark marle of and is in fourth place Babe Ruth the king of home run litters hitters ran into a a. slump when the Yankees Yan- Yan kees Ieee tees hit the Western Vestern trail of the th circuit His batting average dropped from 78 to The big slugger failed t tO get any four our while in Chicago but in the final game at St St. Louis Wednesday he cracked out a drive which was said to be bethe bethe bethe the longest made at the Browns' Browns park and brought his total string of home runs up to thirteen Shocker was pitch pitch- ing ing- Harris of Washington stole two bases while the Senators were touring the West Vest and is showing the way to the base stealers with ten thefts Other leading leading- batters for twenty or more games Brower Washington St. St Louis Tobin St. St Louts Louis Stephenson Cleveland Williams Wil Wil- liams llama St. St Louis Loui Ruth New York GRIMES HITS PACE Grimes s of the Chicago Cubs who tho is Tilling filling Merkle's shoes at first base struck his batting stride during his first invasion invasion invasion inva inva- sion of or the East and climbed from fifteenth fifteenth place to fifth filth in the National league batting race Most of last weeks week's leaders went into a slump Roger Rogel Hornsby Hornsby Horns- Horns by tho the St. St Louis star dropping from to However he is safely en entrenched en- en trenched at the top of the batters of the National league who have participated in twenty or more games Snyder New York catcher is up to Hornsby with an average of of while McHenry of St S1 Louis who was in seventh place a week ago is batting and is in third position Maranville of Pittsburg who threatened t to dethrone the St. St Louis Louts star tar a week ago dropped to fourth place with Grimes who a week ago hit is pushing Rabbit with KELLY SLUMPS George Kelly the New York Giants Giants' slugger who is leading the National league home run hitters failed tailed to add to his total of eight and now is five behind behind behind be be- hind the American league rival Babe Ruth Bohne of Cincinnati failed to increase his stolen base record He lie leads however however however how how- ever with eight thefts Other leading batters Johnston Brooklyn Tierney Pittsburg 52 Kelly Kel- New York 34 Barber Chicago Hargrave Cincinnati 0 Cutshaw Cutshaw Cutshaw Cut- Cut shaw Pittsburg 40 Davis of Tulsa made the best showing with the willow among the Western Vestern league batters during the past week The Tulsa star batted himself from twenty twenty- eighth place to a a berth among the first ten He is In seventh place with an average of compared with a week ago Jack Lelivelt of Omaha was unable to Keep up th and dropped from third place to eleventh Paddock of Sioux City who topped the batters a week ago dropped to fourth with an average of while Metz Mets a teammate who was up runner-up moved to the top of the ladder with an average of Walker of Joplin who has not played during the past week is the up runner-up with while Robertson his teammate is third with Haney of Omaha has taken the lead from Smith of Wichita for stolen base honors and Is showing the way yay with ten Beck of Wichita cracked out a brace of home runs in the past week and took the lead away from his teammate East who has seven circuit drives Becks Beck's string is eight Other leading batters Harper Oklahoma Oklahoma Okla Okla- homa CIt City 36 East Wichita Davis Tulsa Washburn Wichita Beck Wichita 36 Butler Wichita |
