Show Speaker Batting Way W y Up Puts Indians I A At t Top T p IRIS TRIS CLOUTS WAY TOWARD TOP OF LIST Cleveland Veterans Veteran's Work Feature of American League i CHICAGO July 28 A R W Speaker of eland Cleveland through hIs hitting In the last few I weck has taken a place close to the top of ot the list of butters batters In tho American league Iague according according- to av- av averages av tOj released rele sed today and garne o ot of last Wednesday J he hitting of the veteran has placed placed ed d the Indians at the tho head of tIe the thelast J list last In team batting The rhe club Is 18 hitting Speaker 11 b racking cracking out OLIt 16 15 hits bits In his last six BIX games game his a average from to 10 placing him third among who ho have hate participated In 55 or more garner games Harry Harn of DetroIt again lias ad advanced abo aboe above e the mark His Ills average a rosa roe from to which tops all alt the reg- reg reg regulars ular ulars Babe Babe Ruth who has 11 been n passed time times manages manage to get ct hold ot or of the ball hail with marked reg- reg rec and has advanced to eec eec- ond ond place for tor the honors th nith Elbe bp Clashed out hIs home 1101 run during past eel Ruth Huth also loads leads In total bines hies Res his Ius string Iring of or hits giving him a a to- to total to total tal of bases Besides his hom horn homers ers era his blo blows blos s Include 21 doubles double and seven triples Ruth Buth hns has scored scored scored ed 87 runs STE I S 29 28 DAG BAGS EddIe Collins Collin of the tile ChIcago WhIte hitI So Sox Is la still blazing the tho v ny ay I WIth a Ith 28 thefts and also Is more ithan than Ihan holding his Ills 0 own on n as tho the best I sacrIfice hitter with Ith 29 I IOther Other leiding batters nii eland 39 J Se e ii 1 eland Cle Cleveland E Collins Colllns WIlt Witt lIt New Yolk 40 Burn Boslo J Harris Boston Doston Manush anush Detroit Boston Williams Illiams I bt t t LouiS Hane Detroit Cobb I Detroit Harold Tra TraS nor of by cracking out 14 hits JIlts In his last soy soy- seven soyen sev seven en games has not only boosted hiS batting average a from 8 35 to In the rational league lens but has stepped out In front In total bases his hits hils Include nine doubles 14 triples ad nd 10 homers homer s i giving Ing him hima a total of bases HOR HORNSBY f SOME SOE O SWATTER SW Rogers ers Hornsb the tho St Louis Is at the tho head of the pro pro- procession pro procession cession Hornsby Is hitting the ball baU at a clip Zach w eat the veteran Brookin fly chaser continues to be the hIs marl mark of ot placing him next to the St Bt Louis star Clyde Barn Barn- Barnhart hart Barn hart of ot the Pirates Is In front of o ohis his teammate Tra or with I Ihas Ma Max Care Carey also of ot the PIrates has met a tartar artar In George Gcorge Gran- Gran Grantham tham Gran-tham tham of o the Chicago Cubs along alongI I the paths Grantham Is leading with 27 thefts Carey Is trailing lt 23 Ma Mac Mai has registered 76 75 runs Cy Williams ams the elongated vet vet- veteran veteran vet veteran eran outfielder of o the Ph lilies fall fail failed tail tailed ed Id to add to his 1115 strong of ot homers which remains at 23 Other leading batters Young Now York Roush Cincinnati Johnson Brooklyn Fournter Fournier Brooklin Frisch New York Yort Bottomley St StLouis Louis Grimm pittsburg South orth Boston Holloch-er Holloch er Cr Chicago OFarrell Chi Chicago cago ago |