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Show EDR0US00UT ' FOR BATTING ; CHAMPIONSHIP CHICAGO. Aug. 30. Ed Roush. one of the batting stars in Cincinnati's pennant drive, is flirting with the batting bat-ting championship of the National league. Unofficial averages released today show he is tied for second place with an average of .326 with "Oavvy' Cravath, manager of the Philadelphia club, topping the league hitters with 340 Cutshaw or Pittsburgh continues to lead the base stealers with 31, with Bigbee, a loam male, and .lack Smith of St. Louise tied for second with twentj -six. With the close of the season a month away, Ty Cobb is in no apparent ap-parent danger of boms dethroned as tho champion hatter of the Amoriean' league. The Detroit star is safely in the lead with an averase of 380. Yeach Cobb's team mate, is in second place, with 35G. Babe-' Ruth, the sensational slug ger with Boston, who Is striving to break the major leasu- home run rec-lord rec-lord of twenty-five established by' Buck Freeman of tho Washington Na-tional Na-tional league In 1899. has shattered! i the American league record with twen- Ity -three, backing four in his last six I games. Ruth also has scored a total Ol eighty runs in 105 games. Eddie Collins, the Chicago second , baseman, is pressing George Bisler of I St. Louis for honors in base stealiner. I Msier with twenty-six ha ing a margin mar-gin of two. rir |