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Show PITCHING 3 AVERAGES oS Johnson, Demaree and $ McQuillan Hold on j With .833 Deubert ijf: Climbing up as a Bat-Ifjj Bat-Ifjj ter Cobb and Jack-c5 Jack-c5 son Fall Down Mil Chicago, Aug. 9. Jake Daubcrt, Brooklyn s brilliant first baseman, is "climbing steadily toward the top ItOp among the batters of the National league For nlnnv-turpp c.imcs. near "1 ly as many aB h)B club has played Ml Daubcrt has hit at a rate of 348, t vhlch glvee him a rank of sixth The 1 five ahead of him are Ylnqllng of H Brooklyn, with 393, Charles McDon Oil ald: Boston, with Mb: Ibson, Pitts Ml burg, .364, Hatt Pittsburg, .362, and t R. Miller. Philadelphia, .359. m Walsh of Philadelphia ranks sev- ja enth In the National with an average kw6t .346 Then comes Cravath. Phila-ifodelphla. Phila-ifodelphla. .340; W Collins. Boston RHJ33, and Kling, Cincinnati, who winds ! H Up the first ten with 3L'V Both Jackson and Cobb, whose race tD hap featured the battinc of the Ameri-40 Ameri-40 can league. hae at last fallen be-inflow be-inflow the 400 rate The Cle eland slue lifer still leads with .393, while Cobb Djj ll close on his heels with 3X9. Th- next eight are Speaker Bos'on. ,367 igjDan Murphy. Philadelphia. 362; Fd-t Fd-t K die Collins. Philadelphia. 354, Hen-;. Hen-;. y rixsen, Boston. .351; Lajole, Cleve- lw land .348. Mclnnis, Philadelphia 14 1 Baker, Philadelphia, .329, and Gandi!. Washington, 328 Unofficial records show Boehlinc leading th American league pitchers with eleven games won and two lo. up to date of compiling the averages That gives him an average of .84G. The net four are. Won Lost. PC. Johnson fWash.) ....26 5 B33 Brown (Philadel.) ... 14 5 .737 Bender ( Thlladel ) . 16 f 7 16 Wood (Boston) 12 5 70S The first five pitchers In the National Na-tional league stand as follows Won. Lost. PC Demaree (N Y ) 1" 2 83.3 McQuillan (Pittsburg) 5 1 .833 Mathewson (N Y ) L9 6 760 Alexander (Philadel,) .15 7 .750 Humphries (Chicago). 9 3 .750 There are twenty-two "300 hitters' in the National league, according to this week's averages, against thlr teen In the American. |