Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-08-03 | Page 27 | Ruth Leads in Many Lines Veteran Slugger Gains New Honors; Hornsby after Record

RUTH lEADS iN LINES Veteran Slugger Gains New Honors Hornsby After Record CHICAGO Aug By 2 By Tf The Associated Pros Press First in iii runs scores corps first In circuit drives es first firstin firstin In total ba bases s first among the hit hit- hitters hit frs I Is Bibe E Ruth fluth king kins of or home run hitters hitter who ho now promises to surpass his record of 1921 That e r he ed out 59 four hag gers This elson the in inthe Inthe the month of Juls Juh brol broke s hi his best previouS pre m mark rk fo foi home runs I c ith red in one month when hen he out his hia fourteenth n af the tho Vi 1 bite hilI So So In CIlc o l nuth fluth now h his s 33 Figures In- In in elude glInes of ot Wednesday Tho The great grat v slugger scored 99 runs In n 9 99 09 games ho has s pia PC an average of one run a 0 game gamt and has roads made hits for a tot tolt ml of bases Ills IUs batting average to- to today to day by I Is 3 31 1St 1 Maurice Archdeacon of the tt hita Sox lox ox Is tied with auth Ruth In the averages but hut ha- ha ha In only 6 65 05 games game nib fib Filk another WhIte ostar bo So l o star Is tho the real trailer of Ruth with eith A mark of o of CJe Cleveland eland holding third place with Edd Eddi Collins Colllns White Sox I Is lead lead- leadIng leading leading ing tho the base stealers with eith 30 thefts Other leading loading for tor 60 GO rames r or more are Goslin Wash Washington ington Sheel Chicago Cobb Detroit E r Collins Collin Chicago Boone Boston lellmann Hellmann Detroit Speaker Cleveland New NewYork tork Jacobson St Louis 32 Heath Chicago Matt Cleveland Hornsby Hornby Cardinal t r second Is la well ell on hi his way to shatter the record of Honus Wagner Vogner four tour times timea batting cham cham- champion champion pion of the National league Horns Horns- Hornsby Hornsby Horna-by Horna by tied Wagner I last st season when hen hI he won his liLs fourth consecutive championship It ho he continues his hi present stride he will III better any ot of his hia previous records as he ha has shown a tendency to well weil abo aboe e the itO 00 00 mark marl At present he Is la traveling at nt a clip 1 Zack Wheat Dodger veteran fly chaser continues to be the runner runner- runner up up of o 0 th the tho St LouIs Loula Idol with n an average of ot and ami Jack ler Fourn-ler ler ier Wheat's Is la tied tId for third place honors with Ed rd Roush of the Cincinnati Reds each with leads the circuit dr 0 hitters with 22 homers Other leading I batters balters NewYork Cincinnati Young No Now York 34 KelleNe Kelles Kelle New Ne York Tonic Frisch New Now lork tork 35 33 by by Chicago Snider New Nework ork Hartnett M ht E t Louis 32 Philadelphia