Show Heinie Sand Leads Major League Stars In Babe Ruth Trails Veteran Athletes Heilman Leads American Loop Sluggers Cobb Is Up In Race CHICAGO April By 3 The Associated Fres strange faces appear among the group or oC leading major league hitters In n the first week or of the tho season Cason with some of the tho regulars Babe Cabo Ruth far down th the row players have better figures at bat than Ruth according to the averages complied compiled tOday IncludIng Ing games flub Dut flog flog- ers era Hornsby Is his ROg 1 sture to the Giant fans and stands third with the surprising percentage ot or compared with 33 for Ruth Buth Harry Heilmann the American merican league eague batting champion starts ort ott the tho season In front or of his con con- contenders contenders tenders with a a. mark or of for forthe forthe the first week So ar the Amen Ameri- American can league can boast of ii 11 bat bat- batters batters In the class while wh the league has ten Both New clubs lead their h leagues In team batting averages the having a mark for their nine games while the giants have hare batted 30 In eight contests The two ChIcago teams lead their leagues In fielding they are at or to the bottom th In both circuits In batting Detroit ranks next to the Yan- Yan keea kee In batting but Connie lacks Macks aged aggregation Is a strong third Both the Yankees and Detroit have team batting averages over whilo wh In the tho National league I the Giants tho Phillies and the PIrates are are- all over the I mark J STARS Among the leading league sluggers whose averages a have withstood the tho witherIng heat ot the tho summer mid Bubbles Hargrave or of Cincinnati one or of last years year's leaders Is Just within the tho first ten for the tho open open- openIng opening Ing week or of 1927 Cuyler ot of the Pirates another regular stands eighth while Heinie Sand ot of the tho holds the first po- po position position with the tho heavy hitter bitter I ot of the major leagues for seven games Old Cy Williams or of the Phil Phil- Phillies lies Is the temporary leader or of the major league home run hitters with three In tames games Including Wednesday while Hornsby Hack and Earl Webb ot of Chicago and Harper ot of New York have two apiece Tyson or of the Giants leads the National league base stealers with four and ho also has haa the largest collection ot of acquired with the bat 6 26 bases on it 19 hits which Included three doubles and two triples There are 16 l National league pitchers with clear records so far seven having won von twice and the tho others one game In point or of In- In Innings innings pitched Fitzsimmons ot of New York leads tho league and andIs andis Is the only twirler except Mog- Mog ridge and smith ot of Boston to ap- ap appear appear pear In more than two games Temporarily leading Harry Heilmann In the American league parade parado ot of heavy hitters Is Pat Collins catcher ot of the tho New York Yankees with seven hits In five games three or of them two His IBs Is Gehrig eusel and or of the tho Yan- Yan kees Al AI Simmons or Of Philadelphia Goose Coose Goslin or of Washington and George or of the St. St Louis Browns are old timers among the tho leading ten hitters bitters ot of the Amen Ameri- American can league In the tho first week all hitting or better while the pitchers pitchers' arms are cold and stiff S TWI LE Manush 1 ot of Detroit Ty Cobb Speaker and Eddie Collins are aro around tho marIe manIc where they hover throughout the tho year Gehrig and Simmons are the tho only American leaguers with two homo home runs to their credit Ruth nuth having but one among his slim collection ot of seven hits in 30 trips to the home plate has started out with an early season lead In his specialty or of stolen bases scoring five In seven games Twelve American an league pitch pitch- pitchers ers era have perfect records to date with two scalps scalp and the tho others with ono one victory Waite Hoyt and Dutch ot of the tho Yankees aro at the toP with 1101 lie lis Thurston ot of Washington the third to have o two to wins Lefty Grove ot of Is again the theIron Iron man the twirler twirler- boo be- besides sides Rubber Arm George Con Con- Connally nally ot of Chicago to appear In four games but Grove Is way ay In Innings pitched The Tho baby ot of the Western Vestern league Amarillo leads the tho league In field field- fielding ing ng In the tho first weeks week's averages Including game ot of Wednesday and Is second to Denver only a fv points back In team bat bat- ting mg DIX DS Compton Denver Demer outfIelder nil bit the pill phi for tor an avern average e or of In his first five fl games making 16 hits In 26 trips to the tho plate In- In Including chiding two doubles and two home runs rune Wano Vano ot of Wichita batted In ono one loss game and third place goes to a newcomer Comorosky ot of Wichita who with l percentage ot of In four games Despite Comptons Compton's heavy hitting Davis ot of Omaha led for thet week eek In crossinG the plate making nine runs rUM to eight for tor Compton Davis Davis' four runs doubtless gave him the tho edge lie leads the league in circuit drives Base stealing wu was neglected In Inthe Inthe the first week tour four men get get- getting ting two apiece Ketley ot of Ama Ama- rillo Brausen ot of Des Moines olnes strong ot of Omaha and Joe Joo Rabbit of Omaha Blaeholder ot of the tho Tulsa one ot of last lut years year's leading pitch pitch- ens en who went up to the tho majors majora thin sprIng and was sent back again jumped Into the lead In vic vic- victories tories the tho first week with two Campbell ot of Wichita Is the tho only other Western Vestern twirler with two one a a. relief job Lahaie ot of Oklahoma City pitched two vie vie- tories but lost ono one game Steve Ellis Elils ot of Oklahoma City III s the tho acting strike out king with 1 12 victims to his credit |