Show Yankees Lead American Clubs In Hitting With Fine Marks Hornsby Continues to Hold Honors Ruth Clouts Homer CHICAGO April 24 Dy 24 By The Tho Associated Press Tiie Press The major league pennant races are tinder underway way with all the tho fervor of ot other years but not the tho lh hitting Whether the tho light hitting Is temporary and due duo to the irregular training of the spring or tho the r re- re re result suit sult of ot a slower ball In use uso In Inthe inthe inthe the two big time circuits to be reflected th throughout tho the year wilt wll be shown only as the tho season pro pro- progresses pro progresses greases The fact f ct stands borne born out by cold figures figure that tho so sofr far has been phenomenally light lightSome Some few major leaguers 1 Q ha plied piled up unusually high Early e sea season son averages a In their stick k work but the th teams as teams are ar hit hit- hitting hit hitting ting this pretty prelly well down don In the col- col column column column as averages go 0 for this stage ot of the th race races Records of ot the tho first week or of orthe the season and including last Wed Ved Wednesday's Wednesdays Wednesday's I games gaines Issued today show the Phillies leading the National clubs with an average avenge of 91 and the tho Yankees at the top of or the Am- Am American Am American j league standing with a 38 I IThe percentage ire c The Th Giants showed a team bat bat- batting ling bat ting average of to pia place co sec sec- second sec second ond and CIncinnati tl ram cams canis third with 62 The world champIon Pittsburg Pirates trail them all with the th extremely ly low v team per pcr- percentage percentage of ot 17 INDIANS DUNS SECOND SICO In virtually a direct reversal re ot of their final 1925 pennant standings are the th American league clubs Next to the Yankees come the Cleveland Indians with a n team av- av average average av average of ot 96 and Boston stands third with The champion cham Washington Senators arc aro last with witha a rating of ot 17 One of ot the th few veteran leading batters near the top of or the Indi Individual vidual standIng at this time Is Rogers Bogers Hornsby of the St SI St Louis Cardinals who holds his llis 01 old 1 post at the top of the of-the the National players with an average e of ot Next Is Zach Wheat of the Brooklyn Rob Rob- RobIns Robins Robins ins with made In six game games and Heathcote Chicago outfielder Is third with sn Bottomley of the St St Louis Cardinals who tin fin finished fin finished second among the hitters in hi his league last season Is down downIn downin downIn In place Stringers Strangers to their post held the ranking places In the Amen Amen- c Ian can n Individual standings after the first week Bennett of ot St SI St Ll Louis had a rating of ot out of or times at bat and Flagstead of or Dos Bos Doston Boston play ton one of ot as an active play play- player player er Dykes of or Philadelphia being third with Babe Dahe Ruth nuth stands twelfth and at nt that well above others of or th the veterans Speaker S or of Cleveland Simmons of Philadel Philadelphia lel- lel phia Hellmann of ot Detroit and Ceo Gro ShIer of ot St St Louis placing well down The worn battle Ty Cobb didn't figure having hating appeared only as a pinch hitter ABSENCE NOTED So far tar there ha has been evident absence of ot extra base hits bits and two circuit clouts stood as the homo home run homo run record Three National hi hit bit hitters made mado that many Leach or of Philadelphia Williams of ot the Ute Phil Phil lies lies and Bottomley o of 01 St Louis while In the tho American Pat Cal Col- Collins Callins Col lins and of or the tile Yankees tied with a pair each cach Babe Bab Ruth nuth ted lifted one out of ot the playing field during the week Fla Flagstead of ot Boston collected H 24 bases with Ith his safeties In the Am- Am American American Am American to lead both leagues VII Viii son son of ot Chicago topping top the Na- Na National National Na National with 22 to his credit Ruth nuth ran up a n total of ot 11 nuns nans In the Yankees games game Sand of ot Phila Phila- Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia delphia faring best In th National James Ith 10 runs to his hl credit Mueller of the St St Louis Loul Cardin Cardinals als led the th way In base bar stealing pilfering four In eight tight games Frisch of New v York slipped by for three In National contests while players In both circuits made mado two each without assistance With the th new v sacrifice rule In effect there were a large largo number of such hits In the tho opening series of ot the tho Yankees and French ot of the Athletics led with four each cach several National leaguers hitting sacrifices three times |