Show RECORDS GIVE NATIONAL EDGEIN EDGE EDGEIN IN PITCHING PIT CHING Hitting Heavier Header in iii can l I More rc Slab Artists l Used Use The Thc records s of or the tho major league Pitchers for lor ho tho season of or 11 1919 show that tho iho National league pitchers were more successful In out outguessing batters than Lhnn were the Iho hurlers in Ban Dnn Johnsons Johnson's circuit Tho The hitting In tho the American Amerle n league was heavier and the managers were forced to change chango pitchers In championship games rames more often oCten than I v Were ere the leaders lenders in John lle or or- In tho the National league only ono one pitcher Lee Meadows participated participated par par- In tort forty games Jame but ut In tho the rival rhal lel league no I less MS than eight broke broIc into at least forty box scores and two o of ot tho eight worl worked ed In forty- forty four Cour games ames I ort Record Those who performed often oCten in the American lea league were Shaw of or the Senators who pitched In four forty games gaines Russell of or tho the Yankees and amI later of ot the tiro Red Bed Sox x who like lIko Shaw worked In four forty battles Covel s- s klo kio of or Cleveland three forty games sames Kinne Kinney of ot Philadelphia three forty-three Williams 1 of or the White Sox and Shawkey Shaw Shaw- l key hey e of or tho Yankees each one forty games James Cicotte of the White Whito Sox and ond Sothoron of ot the Browns who each brol broke e Into forty cont contests Although Sha Shaw and Russell appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap peare in moro more games Sames than an any other hurler neither was the most Industrious industrious Indus indus- pitcher in the thc league The Thereal Thereal real iron man of ot the circuit was Eddie Ed Etl- die Cicotte who In his tort forty games ames pitched a total of ot frames Crames Shaw hurled hurle ZD innings an and Russell 11 The same sarno is true In the tho National lea league ue Meadows pitched in two twenty two games bames as a a. member of or tho the Cardinals Cardinals' pitching staff and when whon ho he went to Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadel Philadel- phia appeared In eighteen games s bo- bo fore forc ore the season closed In these battles battles bat bat- tics ho no hurled Innings s. s but several se pitchers who did not tal take part in as asi i n flany games ganc ames as he did pitched more frames Jim Vaughn hn of ot the tho ho Cubs took part In thirty eight contests contes and I Pitched more frames than an any other lea leaguer Ho lie was wason ason as' as on the slab for or rounds tho the same number pitched by b- tho American leagues league's s Iron Ironman Ironman ironman man of ot the year Hoth Second ont Inci Incidentally and au Vaughn hn the overtime o performers in their the thc Ica leagues each aro are rated second on the lists Tho The Cubs' Cubs southpaw hoover how how- over has an ed edge c on tho star of oC the Whito N hito Sox Soc in tho the number of or earned runs allowed a n. nine inning contest Yau Vaughn hn held the opposition down to tallies a n. game and was waa found for runs a contest Vaughn won twenty one games and was charged with fourteen defeats and in tho the 30 rounds round he lie pitched he was found for tor a total of or I base basc hits Ho lie struck out HI batters and walked sixt six- six t ty Cicotte while witHe ho pitched was as found for tor 56 hits hils struck out men and passed forty nine Sitt ono Sixty ono runs were earned ot off the tho member of ot the Ule Cubs and two sixty two earned tallies were ere recorded off ort pitching |