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Show IM - 11 '1(1 Batting Title In National Clinched By Hornsi I CARDS' MARVEL I FAR AHEAD OF I ALL BIS RIVALS Rogers' String of 32 Home Runs Best Ever Made In League H CHICAGO, Sept. 2. (By The Asso- kf ciatcd Press. Rogers Hornsby. lead- Ing the National h-ague In individual H batting and home run hitting, today Is so far In advance of his challenger:;' that rallies ant body may make to over-take over-take him Will not seriously threaten h; drive for th 19 22 championship. 1"" The St. Lou's marvel, with the close of the season .lust five week away, today to-day has a 26 point margin over his rivals and is bafrlng stronger as the rnco draws to a close Instead of going Into a slump In his last seven nuim s, Horn-bv made 13 hits last wee, win li shot his average up to .389 Mis string cf 32 home nine Is the best performance perform-ance In the history of the National league. Orimes of Chicago, rrnwded Blgbec iof Pittsburg out of second place bonders. bon-ders. KOlng into the runner-up position iwlth an average cf T'Ol as u result ot bagging eight hits in his last two games. Isigbee is batting .35$, with IHollocher of Chicago fourth with 356. 'The averages Includes gurues of Wednesday. V Carey of PitUburg continues !to . the class of tht league in base 'Stealing, having his string up to 3S. Other leading batters for 9T or more games: Miller. Chicago. .351. Walker Phila- -WM delphla 314; Daubi-rt Cincinnati, 343, M'arey Pittsburg. 34 2 Kelley. New -'York. .311. Harper, Cincinnati, .334. j SISLKR LEADS COBB The race between Cobb and Sisler in the American league, is dragg.n? B .along with very little change, as each lis traveling at about the same pace. Sislcr is out in front with an average , ;of .413. while Cobb Is trailing With The St. Louis star smashed out 13 I hits In his last seven games, and Cobh. 'playing in only six games, poled 11. iThe pair is sticking with the .400 mark BBBal and tftve promise ot fini-hing tin. sea-' I son above this figure. Slelcr, who has been leading the I base stealers almost all season, increased in-creased his total to 4 2 bases, his closest clos-est rival being his teammate Ken Wll-'llams. Wll-'llams. who is second with 33. Tlllle Walker and K n Williams are itied for the home run honors, each i Jhavlng cracked out 22. W alker smash-1 ied out a brace during the week while rWUllams failed to Increase bis mark! of a week ago. Babe Ruth also con- neetefl with a brace of four baggers, iand is only four behind the pair. With, ihls 28 round trip blows, Ruth's ad-(m!rers ad-(m!rers are confident that he will overtake over-take the pair before the windup. Other leading batters for 00 or more (games: Speaker. Cleveland, .370, Heilman. !"Detrolt, 357: S'iiang. New V'.rk. .339: 'Tobln, St. Louis. 33T, ; E. Miller, Phll-j ladelphia, 333. Galloway, Philadelphia.! ,.328; Williams, St. Louis, .325; Bass-! ller Detroit, .325. |