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■ames, he isi and Simons ob Meusel of in no danger tting homers twenty-eight.tivity among ihnny Mostillues to showPhi'adeiphia 4-7; eDtroit 2-3. New York 4: St. Louis 2.Cleveland 6; Boston 5.* ( -WILBUR GOOD TOPSISOUTHERN HITTERSs: H. Rice,Detroit, .366; ,amar, Fhila-1, Cleveland, 47; Coombs.Philadelphia,Veteran Pelican HurlersiLeadingLeagueinBoxHonors;Cullope C ardinals,Home Run King.on hitter, is 5. He lacksingthe .400 St. Louis aseman, Jim ner-up with will retain, n the league rovement in rfy'» Mclnnis chultze andATLANTA, Sept. 19.—(By( A. P.) ,—As the season neared a close todayWilbur Good, hitting ace of the champion Cracker club, showed the way to batters of the Southern Association with a mark of .380 as shown by official figures inc’udir.g Wednesday’s game. Tom Gulley, of Little Rock, was a close second with a percentage of 377 and Cunningham of, the Lookouts, came third with a card , Id we 3’ -the of 372 I*51,50 and .o they havei 100 games.Dodgers is g with .355, the veteran e.ax Carey,engaged in ase stealingig w ith 37,mate.his 37th ready to hrruns: Cuyler,St. Louis,46; Harper, Pittsburg,340; J. Wii-,0; Stock, klyn, .330.With 235 safeties to his credit, ;Good has crossed the pan 129 times land registered a total of 339 bases. The Cracker slugger had hit for the jcircuit on ten occasions. iThe mighty N:ck Cullop, of Atlanta, was king of thz circuit, with 29 four base blow- carded, leading Riley of Mobile Bears by two. Bige-! jw of Chattanooga, set the pace for triples with 27 and Tucker, of the !t lt;£,myPelicans, was leader in the doublesI\ Wm/gmv......VJPIMildred W picked by Pbest-looking jtered in the c “Miss Americolumn with a total of 44.On a whole team basis Nashville with a total of 1,628 safe blows, led the circuit in batting with a percentage of .308, while Atlanta comes in for second honors with an average of .306.Stuffy Stewart of the Barons,whose ycrloining activities were at a standstill during the w-eek, still has th* major figure in bases registered j by theft of 52.The Pelicans handled the sphere - with the most perfection, showing j Wofford ! only 201 errors for percentage of 967. ’The Crackers also ranked second in Mry Ann6this department with an average of, also witl964, which is just one better than Little Rock.Joe Martina, veteran New Orleans twirler, ieads the league for mound honors with 24*wins and 14 losses for a mark of .032. Cavet, of Atlanta, with 15 victories and 9 defeats for a percentage of .625, is ceond; Moss,Memphis and Kell;- of the Pelicans, with 16 and 10 each for an averageof 615 are tied for third position.drawn, charg sional beauti* lected as the in the Atlanlt. 19.—V. ird College * to record0 0 if last eiled. Theast season1 Terriers,eld the vis-FAVORi last year, is now, byDEFEATthe seasonmeet lastOld Rivals!-o*ICRACKERS EASE UP!in Singhi far fromginia Po’y-! take the nst Lyneh-of the sea-iled to suf-ipg in the rs will pre-onsiderableBOW TO BARONS INFRIDAY TILT. 7-5DecideSeventh♦IJiaU-Moodyirmingharnt Birming-jte.!ATLANTA, Sept. 19—The SouthernAssociation pennant flag today wasdipping at high mast over the Cracker lot as the champions sailed leis- 1aurely through the final stretch ofthe season. iThe ( rackers, with a change inthe line.up showing several “ponies’' on the field, bowed to the Birmingham Barons yesterday, 7 to 5 in thesecond game of the scries. The Barons used three twirlers to defeatAtlanta while Dell went the wholeWill session for the Crackers. Gregg ofL W* «■!« I the 1t:licans hurled his team to aby Ninth 7 to 6 victory over Mobile in a closely contested match.Mobile twirlers were less effective in finding the pan and issued a number of free passes.Nashville strengthed their grip on pionship has Johthird honors by trouncing Little master the tailRock to the tune of 5 to 2 in agame featured by a pitchers battle.Sikes of the Volunteers, hit for circuit in the final frame.A four-sacker by Barrett, of theRouts and j Chicks in the tenth inning, scoringlied to ex- j a runner head decided a contestbetween Memphis and Chattanoogo,The score was a to 3,(By A.iter-weightCalifornia ir training ip bout atlay night, aunds yes-rictory in-FOREST HILL: (By A. P.)—BillBill Johnston a the annual tour tiona! tennis tit! i in preliminary t halves of the dri be in the title r sixth time in eev In reality it straight battlein 1923, whpn th cast them in thlt; match in the slt; real climax of t THden, victor j against his CaliJ the deciding ma make it six et 1919 when he wlayed con-nll go 15the final tourra two years Tilt straight sets.Both rivals yes finals elim-inatec team mates. Jc comeback of R.while T lden vac rival, Vincent R!
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