Show Heilmann l Is Swat King Oct 3 By By The Asa Asso- elated cla d Press Harry Press Harry Hellmann of the Tigers who sells insurance dur dur- during durIng during ing the winter and plays right field in inthe inthe the tho summer has bas won his fourth American league batting champion champion- championship ship thus saving So for his team the title that was won last year ear by his fellow fielder Heinle Heinie Manush Hellmann who won the individual honors In 1921 1821 1923 and 1925 InS finished with an unofficial mark of 01 which not only was the best batting In the American league but also excelled the best bat fig fig- figures figurea ures urea in the National league where Paul Waner of Pittsburg hit to ain his circuit championship It was the seventeenth se time since the formation of the American league in 1900 that a Detroit outfielder has has topped the league in batting No other oth oth- other other er team has been able even en to approximate approxImate approximate this record the nearest being Cleveland eland with four batting titles the contributions of Napoleon La Jole Joie and Tris TI-is Speaker Detroit's Individual batting supe supe- superiority superIority superiority in the circuit is attributed chiefly however to Ty Cobb who ho won the title lithe 12 times limes This year Cobbs Cobb's first In any but a Tiger uni uni- uniform uniform uniform form he batted fifth In the league being next to his teammate Al AI Sim Sim- Simmons Simmons mons the most dependable batter for forthe forthe forthe the Athletics Simmons ranked next to Hellmann with |