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Show I BATTERS SWING ! INTO FINAL PATH Sisler Leads American League By Good Margin; Hornsby i Tops National CHICAGO, Sept. 2 5 As the major league clubs swing Into the final two weeks of the pennant race. George Sisler, Sis-ler, star first baseman with St Louis, seems certain of taking the lit JO bat- ling championship of the American league Mslcr. according to figures complhd today, has an average of .405, wiiii 'frts Speaker of Cleveland six points betitnu- Joe JacKson of Chicago la tnird with .381 and Eddie Collins, captain of tne Chicago club, fourtu with ,371. The averages include games of Wednesday. "Babo Hum. the home run monarch, who gathered his fiftieth and flfty-flr t home runs Friday, Clings lo nfih place, in the list With an average of .367. Mice of Washington is In no danger I of Deng deposed us the leading base il stealer. He has f5 thefts, while Sisler Sis-ler is next with thirty even. Other leading baiters: Jacobson, fcii Louis, .316, IUce, Wasnlngton, 34 1; Judge, Washington, .3-tu, Toblh, BC Louis, . 33S. Weaver, Chicago, .till FeiSCh, Chicago, .834; Meusel, .New iork, .333, Cobb, Detroit.' m The scramble for the batting chain-' I plonship of the National league has developed Into a race between Roger J Hornsby of St. Louis and Nicholson! j of Pittsburg, with Hornsby leading with .366. Nicholson, who led a week, ago. Is a point behind the St Loulej Snigger Young, ol New Vork, Ik third Hi with .352 and Roush of Cincinnati r fourth w 1th 340. ! 1LLIAMS HOMER ST.YK. Cy Williams, of Philadelphia lead-; ! ing home run hitter of the league, con-, nected with another long drive, Hj bringing his total to fifteen. In base1 stealing Max Carey, of Pittsburg, con-1 tinues to show the way with forty-eight forty-eight Other leading batters. J. I j Smith, St, Louis. . 32y; Wheat, Brook-(I Brook-(I lyn. .325. Williams, Philadelphia. 1 319. Scott, St. Louis. .318; Hollocher, H Chicago, .318, Konetchy, Brooklyn. 313. Fournler, St. Louis, 309. , J Wilbur Good of Kansas City, batted jj his way to second place in tho race for the American Association cham-S; cham-S; pionship, getting fourteen hits In seven i games. He has an average of 333, i while Hartley of Columbus, continues 4 to top the league with .851. The av-H av-H c rages Include games of Wednesday Bunny Brief, of Kansas City, and H Hargrave of the championship St. Paul H club are again tied for home runs, 3 each having twenty-two. In base stcal-4 stcal-4 lug, Rapp of St. Paul, went into i tie with Dreasen, his team mate, each having 40 theft X Other leading batters. Rondeau, J Minneapolis, .333. Hargrave, St. Paul, m 331; Tlncup. Louisville, .331. Rapp. .1 St Paul, .327; Wlckland, Toledo. 327; 4 Kirke, Louisville. 326. Miller, Si Paul. .322; Brief, Kansas City. 3U. .rl Final averages of the Western 'H Jue show Carl East of Wichita as Hi the 1920 batting champion. In 93 games he poled 1ZJ hits for an average av-erage of .37". Yaryan, a team mate, finished second with .367- Yarvan also was the leading home run hitter, having bagged 41. Lee. of Omaha, I out-distanced the league In base stealing, steal-ing, finishing with lhlrt-nlne. Other leading batters- Tlernov, Tulsa. 31" Bogart, Joplln, 332; Beck. Wichita 332; Walker. St. Joseph, .331, Lin (llmore, Oklahoma City, .330; Pit! Oklahoma City. 32, J'lalt, Omaha. I 314; Moeller, Des Moines, 311. ti'i- |