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LBOB j t BOB FELLERj FELLER J Jin In strikeouts Johnson JohnsonapPolIlted Johnsonlappointed Johnsonjappomted apPolIlted lappointed ! more batsmen batsmenf batsmenI 1 I other pitcher who ever everied evered everfaned ed 3497 3 497 batters m In his 21 21eer 21ear 21eer | eer ear an average of 167 aMicr a aner aller ied ner ller has totaled 712 stril strll e eenomenal ephenomenal cnomenal y , enomenal average of 1 8y 8andlcaps 8 8andicaps [ anmcaps.first andlcapsfirst andicaps anmcaps andlcaps andicapsI I .first first . first four seasons in m the theleague theleague thefa league Johnson fanned fannedrs fanneds s though he appeared inore m in more inore ore games than the Cleve Cleveiber Cleveher iber ber her too that m in Johnson s sItcher setcher siitcher Itcher etcher was favored by all allFeller allFeller alls Feller is working workmg underondit under underondlt underiondit ondlt ondit ons ens and under many manydlcaps manydicaps manydicaps dlcaps dicaps than the pltche1j pitches pitchesof pitcher , , of ofago ofago ofago ofagoI agog ago I g Tram Train never struck out outn n 14 men in m n ne mnmg inning mnmgeller inningeller inningFeller eller has beaten that one- one onekeout onerikeout - * . keout rkeout ! record three times timesby timesby timessd by str king kmg out 15 menck menek men menck ck ek a short time tlIne later and and1 7 then established a newrecord newrecord new new'ecord 'ecord ecord record ' by fanning 18 IB menlosing men men10smg menlosing 10smg losing day of the 1938 sea seaisn seaisn isn t break ng h s arm by byg byg byng g to set a new record recordces recordces recordnces ces . are .are a hundred to one onew onew onew w H Ii it never reach Johnson s sPltchmg sPitching sPitching Pltchmg Pitching has been made madecult madecult madeScult cult and not even Fellcr Feller Fellcrfor Fellerfor Fellerfor for 21 years of action meagucs meagucsT m in meagues ineagues eagues eaguesr T r d difference lerence bet veen John JohnFeller JohnFeller Johnreller Feller is the tact fact that John JohnI Johned Johnid I \ ed almost entirely on his hisspeed hisspeed hisspeed speed He never developed developedcurve developedcurve curve one'pfcurves oneapfcurves Bob throws one'pf onepf oneapf oneptcurves ' , curves in m baseball and by long bylong with a change of pacein pace pacen n ball games without set setstr setstr setstr str keout records and can canpun canpun canpun pun shment to his armGreat arm armGreat Great Tor ? ' Records > r > ' Mathewson has the second secondme secondme secondwe me strikeout strikcout record He HeI Hes.399 Hes399 I Iye . 399 hitters hltter8 m in 17 yearsve years yearsve ve ye been other pitchers who whoabbshed whoablished whoablished abbshed ablished remarkable rec recthemselves themselves recthemselves In 1904 Rube fanned famed Rubefanned Rubefamed 343 men But hest hest he het st t Almost 5 years ago agoL"ICW agoLICW thew agothew " Baltib K Kiroy Klroy lroy of the Balti Baltistruck Baltistruck Baitifo b struckout struck out a total of 505 505pwever 505pwever 505owever pwever the d stance from'MS fromMS from fromcr fromen ' cr en s box to the plate iny In Inys inys ys 601,2d 60Vd was 50 feet It Its s 601,2 6012 60V 60nd % , d that extra difference differenceWhale differencewhale differencewhale Whale ; of a d ffcrence lIerence Terence ffcrencee lIerencee Terencee ? leagueonly e broke into b g league league'only 'only only ' one American league leaguehad had the edge Bob on int in t , Newhlch InNaturally Naturally th s is New NewLca New4N 4N 4Nhlch hlch offrom Lca "as as has bas " won seven out olirom of from the Iowa boy boyhae boys _ _ . hae s becn been 1- 1 1le - > / - - - execptlonally exceptionally wild wilde ofh le e Yankees passing 99 of of"e h Ie le stIlkmg striking out 110 He Hethe Hel l the "e e " champions 80 runs 15 15"cuie 15cuie i bemg being 15bemg 15being 1938contest " to 111 m one game in 1938 1938ontc5t 1938ontest hitsked hitsM ontc5t ontest he allowed 15 hits hitsed M thatott thatIf thatft ed ednine nine Obviously that If ft day tor for him his worst worstrmg worstrmg worsttcring rmg toe the league leagueice leaguece ice ce ha\e ha e hae hale ha\ ha \ e 10 runs or more more"ed moreed morered " red against Feller ThaI That ThaIugust Thatugust That'August ThatAugust ' ugust 26 1938 the same same.which samewhich . which samewhich gathts gatbis the Yankees gath gatb ts is and nme nine passes Te The TeScored Thescored ! : . cored Scored ScoredeIght ( eight runs in a Bainst aalnst aainst alnst ainst Bob last season seasoni 3 |