Show M t f t Backseat L N v J 0 I j jL L' L j By FRANK K SAKER BAKER BAKER- T m Sports Editor Boasting the most enviable record since Joe Sewell was wa wasing wasing ing ping third base for the Cleveland Indians Debs Garms Garm the he hardest man to strike out in the National league summer ummer The e Pittsburgh third baseman who won the league batting I struck out only six times all last summer out o of to the plate in games This means that he was ed by a third strike only once in every chances Needless to say this sort of performance compares favory favor- favor jr Yo with the record Sewell set in whiffing only four times ing a season Another player who was hard to fan was Johnny who gave up pitching about 10 years ago in favor f center fielding The Boston Bee Dee outfielder struck out my nine times out of chances in games This knack of avoiding a third strike doesn't always alway aduce fancy batting averages however Just take the thee theof e of Buddy Hassett for instance The Bee infielder uck out only once in every 30 trips to the plate but he hed d a hard ahard time hitting the ball safely hence his batIg bat- bat ng Ig average left him well of the league pace Then there was Burgess Whitehead of the Giants who as surpassed only by Garms and Cooney as a strikeout but was only a batter for the season The Car- Car Is I Jimmy Brown fanning only once every 32 times but And his teammate Mickey Owen who has been traded to Brooklyn this winter barel barely managed a b batting Hatting average although he struck out but once in every at the plate Most of the players hardest to retire on strikes however top top flight hitters Moreover the keen-eyed keen individuals loj i seldom fanned were frequently more effective than a batting average would indicate because they could U wally Tally ly be relied upon to hit the ball somewhere That hat is a great faculty in a pinch It gives runners a chance Score score on flies to the outfield frequently advances a runner Infield outs and at least puts the situation squarely up to the the's thes s 's defense Lots of winning runs get home on infield I I long ong flies to the outfield and opposition errors Figuring four times up as an average quota for a ball ballme ballme m me Garms figured as a strikeout victim only once in int out t 16 games The rest of the time he would hit the thell ll 11 somewhere or else draw a base on balls or perhaps sac- sac ice Ice The e top 10 tough to fan hitters hitters' in the National league t I season are as follows Times Strike Ga Up Outs Ave mis ts s Pittsburgh 00 6 may y Boston 9 New York 17 iw i St. St Louis 15 Boston 16 t ardi Cincinnati 14 Brooklyn 21 i S Chicago 24 Pittsburgh 25 n en St St St. Louis 13 1 Boulder Colorado 1 December 5 1940 U it Mr Baker Perhaps it has been overlooked but Colorados Colorado's past foot- foot I season after we let Coach Bunny Oakes go through campus and a departmental conspiracy was a big disappoint- disappoint ot nt Early Iy in the fall we expected the greatest season since ich Oakes and White collaborated their talents a years back Utah beat us the first time in six years and Colorado lost fIrst homecoming game in many a year Denver tied us in inset upset set Thanksgiving day in the big traditional game lea leav- leav vin v- v Ks us in a tie for second in the Big Seven conference The year Coach Oakes led his sophomore team to the cone con- con ince e championship With those same men all back as exi ex- ex i ced juniors and the squad strongly reinforced with a al l of fine new sophomore talent the least we expected was inference o championship But in addition to losing that we wel wet t Bosses losses from Texas 7 39 and Missouri 21 l This result of a certain series of events needs relating N JI about it Signed Bill Stall |