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Show TY COBB CLOSE 10 Willi YEAR'S BAITING CHAMPIONSHIP Speaker Still Leads the League With Cobb Nine Points Behind Be-hind Daubert Holds Lead in National League Carey in Front With 45 Stolen Bases. Chicago, Sept. 2. Ty Cobb is making mak-ing a galhint spurt to win the year's batting championship in the Ameri can league. Averages printed here today to-day show the Detroit player has increased in-creased his. percentage by five points, while Speaker, still leading the league lost nine in the last week, so tha Cobb is now only nine points behind Cobh has taken the lead in run. J; scored with SS and holds the bast I v . . stealing lead with 48. Jackson Is in Jftv. front in total bases with 243; "Weav- ' , er, Chicago, and Chapman. Cleveland. Ky In sacrifice hits with 34 each; Pipp. New York, in home runs with nine, fcV and Detroit in team hitting with .22C. The league batters: WgjL. Speaker, Cleveland, 397; Cobb, De- ImP'1 troit, .38G; Jackson, Chicago, .350; mW! Strunk, Philadelphia, .308; Gardner, mW'f i Boston, .300; Roth, Cleveland, .303; Wftv Sisler, St, Louis, .301; Fclsh, Chicago, tt&j- . .300; Nunamaker, New York, .292; MUSS lilgn, xsew iorK, Kv-1 Leading pitchers for 21 games: K W. L. Pet. E.R. EV Cullop, New York ....12 3 .800 2.10 frnW Morton, Cleveland ...12 5 .706 2.51 BfsSfr: H. Coveleskle, Detroit 19 9 .678 1.79 MB. Faber Chicago 12 6 .667 2.37 Bk-P' Koob, St. Louis 8 4 .667 2.12 Rp' Russell, Chicago 14 8 .636 2.5S Hr Benz, Chicago 7 4 .636 2.01 Groom, St. Louis 12 7 .631 2.67 p, ', Johnson, Washington ..27 16 .628 1.94 m , Daubert holds the lead in the Na- Jp tional. Carey, Pittsburg, is still in m " front in stolen bases with 45; Flack, Chicago, in sacrifice hits with 34; t Williams, Chicago, in homtf runs with 10; Wheat, Brooklyn, in total bases with 198; Burns, New York, in runs scored with. 77, and Brooklyn in club batting with .261. Leading batters: Daubert, Brooklyn, .325; Wagner, Pittsburg, .318; Hornsby, St. Louis, .317; Robertson, New York, .316; Wheat, Brooklyn, .314; Chase, Cincinnati, Cin-cinnati, .311; Long, St. Louis, .304; Hinchman, St. Louis, .302; Zimmerman, Zimmer-man, Chicago-New York, .297; Stock, Philadelphia, .296. Leading pitchers for 21 games: W. L. Pot, E.R. Hughes, Boston 15 3 .833 2.30 Marquard, Brooklyn ... 9 3 .750 1.53 Alexander, Phila 25 9 .735 1.45 Rixey, Philadelphia ...16 6 .727 2.01 Cheney, Brooklyn 15 6 .714 1.5S Pfeiffer, Brooklyn 19 9 .679 2.11 Mamaux, Pittsburg ...17 9 .654 2.26 Rudolph, Boston 15 8 .652 2.23 |
