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Show Chicago, Sept 9. Speaker drew away slightly from Cobb this week in the race for premier batting honors hon-ors in the American league, his average aver-age after Wednesday's games being twelve points better than his rival's 1 a gain of three points. Cobb added six stolen bases to his 'record, now j amounting to 54. Weaver, Chicago, ' leads in sacrifice hits with 35; Plpp New York, In home runs, with 10;' Jackson, Chicago, In total bases,, with 258; Cobb in runs scored, with 93, and Detroit in club batting, with .26o! Leading batters who havo played in half or more of their team's games are: i Speaker, Cleveland, .378; Cobb, De- fi trolt, .366; Jackson. Chicago,. .350; ' Strunlc, Philadelphia, .311; Gardner, Boston, .306; Slsler, St, Louis, .300 ' Roth, Cleveland, .296; Felsch, Chicago Chica-go .294; Nunamaker, New York, .292 E. Collins, Chicago, .291. ' Hal Chase is Jake Daubert's clos- "1 est rival for the batting honors or 1 the National league, notwithstanding only three points behind. Carey, I Pittsburgh, leads in stolen bases with I 4S; Flack, Chicago, in sacrifice hits, 1 with 34; Williams, Chicago, in home I runs, with 12; Wheat, Brooklyn, in I total bases, with 214; Burns, New I York, in runs scored, with SO, and i Brooklyn In team hitting, with .259. Leading batters: Daubert, Brooklyn, .323; Chase, Cincinnati, .820; Wagner, Pittsburgh, Pitts-burgh, 31S; Wheat, Brooklyn, .31S; Hornsby, St. Louis, .317; Hlnchman, Pittsburgh, .30S; Stack, Philadelphia, .305; Robertson, New York, .303; Zimmerman, Chicago-New York, .293; Long, SL Louis, .292. Butcher, Denver, leads the Western West-ern league batters with .356; Watson, Sioux City, leads In stolen bases, with 38; Krug, Omaha, In sacrifice hits, with 34; Butcher In total bases, with 258; Miller, Omaha, in runs scored, with 104; Dyer, Denver, in home runs, with 16, and Denver In team hitting, with .291. Leading batters, including Tuesday's games: Butcher, Denver, ,356; R, Miller, Omaha, .341; Oakes, Denver, .334; Johnson, Lincoln, .333; Gilmore, Sioux City, .331; Kruger, Omaha, .o38; Kirkham, St. Joseph, .322; Gray, 1 Wichita, .318; Watson, Sioux City, 8 .314; Connolly, Sioux City, .313. |
