Show Harry Heilmann Is After Swat Crown Cl a Detroit Outfielder Lead- Lead Leading Leading Leading ing American j League CHICAGO Aug 27 Wy Dy By The ric As- As Associated CHICAGO C Press flarry Harry Hellmann Detroit veteran is well on his way to his fourth batting championship of the American league eague He has today the only average a among the ma ma- major major major jor league regulars gained during De De- Detroit's troit's record breaking b- b winning streak of Starting s thirteen i n with victories 1921 in l Hellmann eft a row aO has ha I Iwon won the title rith his bat every ery other I year and his eXtorts efforts to repeat this year seem due to win in the reward He passed the of or Al Simmons of the I Athletics in figures compiled today including Wednesdays Wednesday's games Hell Hell- Hellmann's manns mann's gain in percentage this week was 21 points The day the Yankees broke the Tigers' Tigers winning streak Wed Wed- Wednesday Wednesday Harry had a perfect day at bat four Zour times up four singles Instead of the home run twins hins Ruth and nd Gehrig it was Tony Lazzeri who broke up that game with a mighty drive e which cleared off the crowded sacks That was Tonys Tony's homer of the season while Ruth and now have hare 40 each cach STANDS STA DS THIRD Dutch and Waite Hot Hoyt who have dominated the American league pitching list for some time were poin- poin ed today by Wiley Wilcy Moore l Manager Huggins' Huggins latest find Moore stands third in the number of games ranked only by the veteran relief lingers Cliff Marberry and Lefty Grove but Moores Moore's percentage is far higher than those two veterans with 14 wins and 6 losses Ted Lyons still Ull stands out as the leader in games won with 19 victories for a second division club Hot Hoyt has hu 17 wins George Sister still sUll hovering ho Just be below be- be below low the first ten in batting honors continues in front in base stealing his hla weekly theft raising his total now to 24 Leading hitters of the American league arc Hellmann Detroit Simmons Philadelphia Gehrig New York Ruth New York Speaker Washington gill Detroit New York St st. Louis Cobb Philadelphia Goslin Washing Washing- Washington ton having ing failed to crack the Pittsburg of National league batting honors Frankie Frisch dropped back to the give his rival rl Rogers Hornsby a II chance Hornsby today is 18 but one point back of Clyde CIde Barnhart the low lowman lowman lowman man of the three Pirates s at the top of the column while Frisch dropped six points to fifth place Brother Lloyd Llod Waner growing more accustomed to the atmosphere up around the top moved up from eighth place to sixth in the list of the first ten so ro it may not be long until the Three Musketeers become a tet Lloyd is only twelve twel points back backof backof backof of WILSON LEADS Three in one day shot Hack Wil Vil Wilson's Wilsons sons son's home run record up on par with the 23 mark set by Cy Williams some sometime sometime sometime time back blek and since Ince unchanged Hornsby has gathered two t this week In his drive to recapture the National league batting crown he wore for six straight years Rogers now has 22 homers I His Ills slump at bat gave I few few- fewer cr er opportunities for base stealing but buthis buthis buthis his total of 33 is 13 still D 0 I better than Hendrick of Brooklyn IkI Cuyler who ho ho used to hold the base stealing honors is now third with a 0 mere 19 Lee Specs Meadows Mea is back in the first place among the National league pitchers but his partner Carmen Hill is down in sixth rank Benton of the Giants got cot bumped in his start this week and dropped back to sec eec ond The Cardinal veterans Jess Haines and Alexander come next but Charlie Root of the faltering Cubs tops them all in victories with 1 th 22 With half hat of the first ten hitters in inthe Inthe inthe the league wearing Pirate it is no wonder that Pittsburg has the best team Learn batting mark in the majors today Even the slugging Cubs are hitting only fourth in the team figures with Leading rational league hitters P. P Waner Warier Pittsburg Harriss Pittsburg Pitts- Pitts burg Barnhart Hornsby New York Frisch St. St Louis Stephenson Chicago L. L Waner Pittsburg Harper New York Traynor Hendrick Brooklyn |