Show 4 B BOB B FOTHERGiLL S TOPS BIG S H O w I 4 OR R i y 0 HORSBY l LEAD A nuns HiTTERS I NATIONAL Jess Jes Haines Tops Hi Hurl With Five Straight Wins CHICAGO May 1 7 ATh l first four weeks of the seas slugging l o fielder has connected safely C leonce once in each grata e and m na he has ha soared to tile the top i of American league list of leading b bt t r His mark in the aver compiled today Including Vi days day's d ys y's games was vas with two hits for his sixteen among them nine doubles a a tn arid and a home run J Next ext but far below him a ae youngsters of the Chicago SOx S x Bud Clancy and McCurdi McCurd close behind this pair are th the he hitting twins of the Y M Mad 1 sel ad and Gehrig Lou Geh stealing the stuff stutt of his tam teammate Babe Ruth in thi th thebo bo run kings king's own specialty The v tied vv with ith six round trips i p Wednesday Gehrig evenin e count that day with v a base bU i which sent the Babe home hom ar ahead himself Ruth has crossed li I lo group but is far d do ahia w wUst list of or heavy hitters He Her j jum away from Tris Speaker Speak r this gaining one fifty POl points lS while t or gained d nineteen teen Simmons of Philadelphia hi hien hu has t ten ten en the lead head 8 sway way from Goslin Washington in stolen bases batel seven to date j Eichrodt Cleveland Cle l h who broke In last week am and and played in six games has start started major league career with a I bat average ave of I Hudlin of Cl Cleveland Cleland eland and Jo Jon Jont the St. St Louis LOJIS Browns have tt thi pitching records to date dale with victories S apiece and nd nO n dote dete d Waite Ho Hot Hoyt t of the Yankees Yankee hardest worker among the Arc Amen league has three but one loss jj The leading American league tens who have played In m ln mon monten r nt t ten games are Fothergill E Del De McCurd McCurdy Chicago 41 C C cy Chicago 41 K w Y 41 Gehrig New ew York 1 ark Q 41 Gehrig New ew York 1 ark Q lin un Washington WashIng Cobb P 22 delphia Koenig Ne e l St St. Lows Louis mons mans Philadelphia if Rogers Hornsby has made mad a at t t tart start toward another J Nat Na a league batting championship stands out strongly in batting averages as the real reaU reale with a mark of 42 40 In figur s. s piled today todar including Wedna games His nearest rival ar and nd only other National above OO is old Cy Cv William Willian I Philadelphia with a mark of ff 4 Both of or them have e a pretty prett I collection of home runs Ho hoe 1 having three and Earl Webb the Chicago C Cubs Cubs' bs' bs outfielder led the league We WedaY Weday daY dav with five fl Due largely largel t to Hornsby work the Giants are their mark maik in team battini hatting they are far in front in run with Their opponents made more runs rims off than off any other club excel exee Cincinnati Reds Th have ha runs the Re Red Frankie Filsch the lad who swapped for Hornsb iJ hI rather well for tor himself the league in extra base bl blows blow ws has made seven total of one fifty one bases In l five doubles five the triples and n d circuit drives Cuyler of Pittsburg is g tU early sarly start on his base kals vals He lie h his ts seven sen se n while Waner aner his teammate has six Jess Haines the chief stil helping to k keep ep the St St. Loil JI up around the top lea leagues eague's ues ue's leading pitcher this with five victories going the route oute each time No o Is is close to his mark of f for fohY r Innings in the first four we wethe the he season enson Lee Meadows 1 fj burg jurg h has s four w wins Ins to his cr crew Leading batters of the a- a j in ia league eague wh who wha h have ha e played than ban ten games are HornsbY Hornsb- York fork a 1 orK oric iv 1 aw Ii Williams V zam 1 L York fork a 1 orK oric iv 1 aw Ii Williams V zam 1 1 Farrell New York 39 1401 strom New York FriSI 1 Louis Felix Brooklyn Lucas Cincinnati P P- Pittsburg Sand S nd Hafey St. St Louis The Western VestErn lc league gul batting ers era the o team sl sI bad badly this week while thel l teams improved and I and Tulsa passed the Texa team batting Denver nOw with a percentage of TUl 1 1 about steady at an and Al A fell off oft from to t Three of ot Amarillos dropped below that m mark i Smith and an Nick a of Denver took their places the ten leaders I Compton ct cf Denver tho tho I ping somewhat from his W in a week ago ngo still shil or Of the Western VEstern I lea s. s ti figures urel compiled today i T Wednesdays Wednesday's games with of ot Davis of Omaha I f his percentage from irons to tit week and holds second plat Da Davis vis Is the UIs adl run hitter with five so tar tarp j for tor Compton and Mun Joe Rabbit of Omaha U the party at a White So SoX C camp r-miu a few tew ears years ago Is tho tho-e tho e things s on the stolen Molen nine bases bast's so an far tar tn III I This has helped to 10 put ni hi runs rims scored 1 it me ne lesii Ita t t. t of or Omaha Rabbit h hI t twenty one r t. t lime two I |