Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-08-06 | Page 4 | Tyrus is Gaining on Detroit Slugger

IT TYR Us 15 I S GAINING N I N 6 ON DETROIT j i SlUG SLUGGER GE R r II U X J F Still Holding Top Swat Honors in In v c j v. v National r fl I v w CHICAGO Aug G. G T G.-T Tr G.-Tr Ty Cobb Coh manager or the tho Detroit Tigers today Is creepIng creep creep- Ing ng upon Harry the tho h hard rd hit hit- Detroit outfielder In the race for tor honors of oC th the tho American league with only 25 5 points separating them Cobb gan 4 9 points during tho week for anver an Average ver ge o of or 3 38 8 while Hellman Buffered I p. p Joss ou of qt 7 points pointe his hili average dropping to U Trie Speaker Sneaker of Cleveland rea re- re a in third place pl with Tho averages aver aver- ages agu Include games game of Wednesday YANKS MAKE HOMERS The Ilie New York Yankees lead the league for lor circuit drives es with a n. total of or soven- soven thirty-eight thirty of which were cracked out by Babe Ruth nuth The Athletics Ath Ath- are second with nine fifty Ruth who cho emas smashed ed out a ti brace of circuit drives during the past week has registered for tor hIs hla club Tho The bl bi big slugger also increased hi his hIlt lead in total base hitting tp to nude made on 1 hits which besides IiI homo runs Include twenty four tour doubles dou dou- tIes bles and eight triples Th The Washington club J Is in o out ot t In front with seventy nineteen nine nino n stolen bases baBos teen een of ot which were pilfered by Harris Herds who is hi showing howIng the w Way y to 10 o tho tha pose bais ue steal steal- ers era of the league Ot Other er leading leading- batters of ot the league who have hava participated in five fifty v or mo moro more o games are arc 5 Tobin St. St Louis Williams St. St Louis fouls Ruth fluth New Kew York SeP Sov- reid St. St Louis 35 E. E Collins Chi Chi- cago ago go 1 Veach Detroit Ji r Louis lIls s S Stephenson Cleveland I 3 HORNSBY LEADING In In the National league Roger Horm Hornsby Horneby by byor of or St. St Lotus is IB hitting for tor tho the ting Ung leadership Twombly of ot Chicago is t the e runner up with 30 while whilo Nichol Nichol- 4 con on of ot Boston Is third with The Philadelphia club ia Is out In front I for homo home run honors with two sixty George Kelly of ot the Giants is Js the lead lead- ng to base four bose hitter of or this circuit with eighteen to his credit Prank ink Frisch of New York added three t bases caSU to his string of stolen bases and leads with thirty Oth Other r leading batters batter batters Young Ne New NewYork York l McHenr St. St Louis Pittsburg Cruise Boston Meus l New York Fournier er fit SL Louis ouis Mann Ml St. St Louis C. C Williams Philadelphia Maran Maran- yule