August, 1920 Brooklyn Royal Giants 1st In Eastern League

As of August 14^th the Detroit Stars move on top of the Chicago American Giants in the national league by .004 percentage points. Monarchs Bullet Rogan now has 10 pitching wins and a 2.03 era to go along with his 4 home runs and 28 RBI.

August 20, 1920, Association Park, Kansas City, MO. Monarchs 6, Stars 3. Hurley McNair has now hit homers in his last three contests giving him 7 on the season. Bullet Rogan picks up his 11^th win on the year pitching a complete game: 1 ER, 7 hits, 3bb and 10 K. Jose Mendez was 2-3 on the day with a double and 2 RBI. Gunboat Thompson pitched 7 solid inning but took the loss: 4 hits, 0 BB, 1 K. He's now 6-1 on the year.

We now have completed August and are some 58 games into a 80 game season. The Chicago American Giants are still on top of the national league and the Brooklyn Royal Giants the independent eastern league. Oscar Charleston is now on top of the batting board at .391, Charlie Blackwell .388, John Henry Lloyd .366 and Cristobal Torriente at .342. Charleston is also RBI leader at 59, Hurley McNair still has a leading 7 homers. Bullet Rogan has 5. Rogan also is leading the league in striking out opponents at 96. Dizzy Dismukes has 13 wins for Indianapolis.