Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-08-15 | Page 21 | Hornsby Faces Tough Task to Hold Swat Title

HORNSBY FACES TOUGH T TASK ASI TO HOLD SWAT TITLE ST LOUIS Aug Aur It If 14 It Roc flog no ers Hornsby the th mighty Rajah of at Rap is to continue his hi string of National league batting charn- charn this season rason he h will have c to start a real spurt shortly With Ie hose les than two months rc- rc ot of the tho th regular campaIgn i Rogers finds f T himself more mor than 11 20 points behind the th leaders leader And d 20 points Is l quite quit a distance to tomake tomake o make up specially when the th pace pAce- pacesetters setters otters arent aren't showing any out out- outward outward ward vard signs ot of faltering in the tho stretch Oft Off to a 0 poor start tart Rogers hL has been boen running amuck plenty o of tough luck all season ason His Ills man man- duties plus Injuries have hav c Jept ept him from bustinG the leath leath- or cr at This time tim last lait year Hornsby Horneby was leading the tho th procession by a II corn com corn margin He H wu was wa hItting close to 00 His Hit only real com coin competitor competitor was JIm Jini Bottomly Bottomley a Rogers easily die dis distanced Bottomley though and for tor forthe forth the last lart few weeks simply breezed In ThIs Thi year ye r there Are arc everal bent beat benton beaton benton on halting the Cards sensational batting regime r Lulu Lester Bell also a teammate is II l one jell Bell has ht been clouting clouting- the th agat agate In a 0 consistent manner all year yeat and may bo be b hard ti t to dIslodge Then there thero th r are ar Pie PI Traynor Rube nube Bressler George Georgo Hazen Hazan Cuyler Eddie Brown Drown and Ed Routh noush among others other That's Thata a pretty tough and formIdable field to wade ad through Two years year agO aco Hornsby came camo especially strong during the th last lut few tew weeks week of ot the cho chase chae e finishing with the th remarkable average aveni of at Last season eaon he h fail hll f ll down tn in inthe the latter stages mainly because he wasn't pushed and had no ree- ree rec ord ord incentives Incentive What the th D jah will viii do during the next few week weeks I Is I a matter of conjecture ot of course He lie mo may blue blaze A a victorious trail and add addone addone addon one more mor crown eron to hits his hi already long list lilt But It he h ll is to maintain hi lilt triumphs triumph hs he h will hue have hueto to get rt going at ot once one For Por his Its's h got goL goLa gota ota a tough touch task tak ahead 00