Show rill alm am V DAVE AVE FEn RISS the merlin ol of the mound the ex airman with the boston red sox is now after big game meaning the star pitch ing records of the last 40 years when you ore are le velling with dead aria airn on such past stars as lefty grove christy mathewson carl hubbell grover alexander smoky joe W woo 0 0 d ed walsh spud chand let ler and a few others you have to adjust your tights sights to an unusual angle ko for in these 40 10 years of big league baseball there have T been others who I 1 nave have set up a number of incredible marks that the bril arll dave ferriss llant ferriss must look athale to face or figure to figure here are just a feel few among non those who have won more than 20 games game s in any given season robert moses grove athletics 1931 won 31 lost 4 pet smoky joe wood red sox 1012 won 34 lost 6 5 pot lefty gomez gomel yankees 1935 won 20 lost 5 pet walter johnson senators 1013 1913 won 36 lost at 7 pet spud chandler yankees 1943 won 20 lost 4 pet carl hubbell giants 1930 won ag 26 lost 6 pet dizzy dean cardinals 1935 won on SO 00 lost 7 eddie cicotte Cl cotte white sox won 29 lost 7 pet christy mathewson Matli ewson giants 1009 1909 W won on 25 lost 6 pet the above are the high ranking percentage records since 1904 ed walsh won 40 and lost 15 in 1908 for alexander won 31 and lost to 10 in 1915 for bob fellers best year was 1939 when he won 24 and lose 9 for quite a target it is lefty groves record mark set in 1931 that now becomes the main ferriss target heres quite a target no matter how keen a sharpshooter you may happen to bewon 31 LOST 4 PCT only smoky joe wood of the red sox in 1912 has even approached these miracle figures and joe was 14 points away at which Is no part of a bust or a flop to beat lefty groves grovels 1931 mark ferriss will have to win 31 games and drop only 1 3 eliat miracle dave will have to win 14 out of his next 16 15 starts you will have to admit this is quite an order this hits reminds us that lefty grove the silent mountaineer had the 6 0 greatest consecutive years any pitcher has ever known in 1928 in in 1930 in 1931 in 1932 and anT in 1933 in 1930 and 1931 lefty won 59 games and loston lost only lyD 0 try and match that 1 combination for to rom something ething over for two straight seasons there are those perennial pessimists who live in ancient history as they stroke their mossy beards who have this to say this Is a softly soft year ear for pitchers they are only facing a bunch of minor leaguers most of them tarro class 13 find and class C this is din an off aff year it count Bu just a few seconds why arent the re rest st of the pitchers mapp mopping mapping u up P as ferriss Is of the tigers Is one of the best from many seasons but though working for a much better ball club he been able to follow the ferries pace vo no real support and looking back to groves big year has ferriss another jimmy foxx or another at al simmons batting in runs for his gidej alde simmons hit ado that season and jimmy foxx hain hammered SO 30 home runs over the wa wall llAnil and there were others connie mack had a 2 world series team that year back in 1931 dont forget that grove drew tar far better defensive and offensive support than the 1945 Red sox can odor without ferriss the red sox would be in seventh plates place badly 0 outclassed by every team in the american league except the bath i athletics leave out alie the ferriss record and the red lied sox would hive have only 25 victories against the 12 42 they held after bun sundays days list dont forget again that lefty grove and joe wood were working with two pennant winning two world series teams while F ferries has be been n pitching itching for a team that without N him would be next to last among a lot of bad ball clubs ills infield and outfield support has been nothing to compare with the support grove and woods knew brother ind and better years footballs F oot balls Coming Boom this will be the greatest war season football has known remarked steve owen coach of the new york giants 1 I am not referring alone to the pro game I 1 am also speaking for or the colleges we have been getting in a number of reports lately from rom our scouts ive heard from I 1 number of college coaches and they tell me their material will vin bg be much better than it was a year ago abey wont be beating army or I 1 tavy but they will still be go good od 11 |