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Show JACKSON LEADS IN THE BATTING Chicago. Aug 2 The pace set by Joe Jackson proved too swift for Ty Cobh this week and the Detroit slug-cer slug-cer fell behind in the American league batting averages Jackson pounded his percentage up to .408 but t'obb dropped to .396 Jackson bas played In 93 games, while Cobb has been In only 69 Dan Murphy Philadelphia, is third in the kmerican league with 379 Then comes Speaker. Boston, with 371; Caldwell, New York .355 Hen-riksen, Hen-riksen, Boston. 351. Collins, Philadelphia. Phila-delphia. 348. Mclnnes. Philadelphia 333. Gandill Washincton 332; and La Jole. Cleveland who ranks tentn with 331. Charles McDonald Boston. continues con-tinues to be the j-eal leader In the National leageu with .371, though E"arl Yingling. Brooklyn for 23 games. Is hitting .393 Hvatt. Pittsburg, is third with 362. R Miller Philadelphia, Philadel-phia, fourth with 359. and Daubert, Brooklyn, fifth with .349 Then comes Walsh, Philadelphia .346; Cravath. Philadelphia 341. Y Collins. Boston 883 Zimmerman, Chicago. .318. and Hest- Boston, 317. Pitching records to date show ' agner of Brooklvn, the only unde-leated unde-leated hurler in the National league, with two games to his credit, though he has taken part In eleven. Hum- phrles, Chicago, and Demaree, Ner. York, are tied with 9 wins and 2 defeats de-feats Mathewson, New York is next with eighteen victories and five de feats, while Marquard. New York, is fifth with 14 wins and five defeats Boehllng of Washington who suffered suf-fered his first defeat the other day. 18 ahead among the -mencan league pitchers with 11 victories and one i.cfe;.! up Im the time ul , ,-,,;n ; I he I unofficial averages lor the week. HfPfl teammate. Walter Johnson, ntnkg M next with 23 games won and five lost Then comes Bender. Philadelphia, w ith 16 won and flee lost Plank, Philadelphia, with fifteen and five and Brown, Philadelphia, with 13 andM |