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Show BATS AHEAD OF COBB. Trls Speaker, the agile Red Sox outfielder, continues to hold a safe lead over Ty Cobb in the race for the batting honors of the American league. He now- has a hitting aver-e aver-e of .3S9, while the Detroit star is walloping the ball at a .377 rate. Speaker is a natural hitter and ball player, and, having struck his stride In ea nest, all pitohers look pretty much alike 10 him For Instance, ho I compiled four hits out of fhe timos up against Ed Wlsh In the last engagement en-gagement with tho Chicago White Sox, that being one-third of all tbe hits mado off the big spltballei bv the Boston club Local experts are of the opinion that Trls Is the greatest outr gardenor In the country, uot eve i barring Cobb on |