Show iv COBB STRETCHES Ii TYING SEASON DETROIT OfT P PILOT I LOT STRENGTHENS I AVERAGE Out Outfielder Heilman Hard HardI Pressed for League Honore Honore Honore Hon- Hon I ore by Own Skipper CHICAGO Sept 3 With With thc tho dose close f x the baseball season a a. month away ry y Cobb pilot of or the tho Detroit Th Tigers t the homo home stretch only three Ints behind Harry Hellmann his hiI outfielder for tor the tho hatting batting sonora lonora of oC tho American league lieu Hen nann suffered a slight slump dropping rom to while Cobb raised ii average from Crom to 3 Sp Speaker aker leader of ot the Cleveand Cleve- Cleve and ind club advanced nc d from Crom sixth to placa with Ith nn an average or 33 ties George SIler tho St. St Louis tar Babe Dabo Ruth nuth continues In third posItIon with Ruth nuth however his hla total of JC runs rUnA scored to ton 42 n and his hits have given him a I. I olal otal of bases balles which Is far hi In front Cronl f his rivals Th The Tho Yankee slugger lu Ser also racked out 37 doubles and 10 triples AnniS STEALS Harris H of ot W Washington on added three ioro stolen bases total and now as LaS 25 Other leading batters for seventy or lore game Tobin St. St Louis S Veach Detroit n 17 E. E Collins Chicago 31 U I 1 Jacob- Jacob on St. St Louis Williams St. St Louis ItO Strunk Chicago o Severe Ill t. t Louis ONeill Cleveland ewell Cleveland Roger ROJer Hornsby star of ot tho the St St. t. t Louis Is giving promise of or being he National NI league Jender Jeader In several apartments Ho He not only hns In- In fused his batting average nV to but butt t I. I threatening to grasp the homo home run onora of the league lel from George KolP Kol- Kol I P the Giants' Giants slugger Kelly failed faDed 3 add to his string of twenty one omers during tho week while Horns lorns- smashed out three and has a total t r twenty As a a. run getter etter ho lends leads Bancroft ancroft having registered ItO times Umes r his club Ho has smashed out 02 Its iti for fot a n total of or bases I George Cutshaw of ot tho the Pirates Is the tho up to Hornsby for tor batting honre honri hon- hon r re ri being being- 64 U points behind with an nn of ot 35 Prank Frank Frisch of tho Giants the tho leadis lead- lead Ig is base baso stealer has 43 to his hs credit rEo r HITTERS Other leading batters for seventy RO or 0 ioro loro games Roush Cincinnati 37 McHenry St. St outs Founder Fournier St. St Louis oung Now Nov York Mann St. St oula otili Cruis Cr Boston Doston 33 Big Big- se e. e Pittsburgh 33 Groh Cincinnati it U 2 E. E Smith No Now ew York Frisch ew York ork Mou Mouse el New York New York 29 29 J. J Smith St. St Louis K of or Louisville and Reb Russell Russellr f r Minneapolis are arc on tho the heels of or Art utter of ot Kansas City for tor tho the batting snore In tho the American association hey arc aro tied for runner up with an m of ot Butler tops the tho list Rh Ith an average D. of ot 33 P Bunny Brief of Kansas City etty who roke the home run record of or the tho ague cracked out three more and ad ids with thirty Baird of ot Indianapolis continues to OW tho Wo way to the tho base with thefts I Ot Other er Reading leading batters for se e t. t or orore orore ore ote games frames Brief Kansas City CIt Good Kanis Kan- Kan is UI City Fl Fisher her 1 Minneapolis Costa costo Louisville Gainer MIl Mu- auke aukee Thorpe Toledo 3 l ott Kansas Kansan CIt City Jock Jack Lelivelt elt of Omaha loads all 1111 at men In tho the Western estern league with n. n a. a average verago of ot Harper of Okla- Okla oma m City Is 15 his hie closest rival with 03 Beck of ot Wichita brou brought ht his tod toil to- to il d LIt of circuit drives to twenty ney iney of ot Omaha brought his base baling tealing total to forty Other leading batters butters East Wichita Metz Sioux City ItS 46 6 Griffin Omaha Davis Tul- Tul I Omaha 37 Fisher St. St I Ie e oloph eph OConnor O'Connor Des Dell Moines 45 61 Blakesly Wichita I |