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Show m THH Hl Ll KTiN, BINGHAM gfr CANYON, VTA H IK THERE are any upsets, any reversals of form, in baseball this season, the same will come from the pitching side. For example, If anything happens to the Boston Red Sox. the trouble won't come from their infield or outfield. It will jcome from a pitching staff that is still uncertain. Last season Dave Ferriss, Tex Hughson and Mickey Harris ' won many Will' pitched games. But H. Newnoui er they also won i flock of games that only savage Tilting and run - making saved, games in which they were ham-mered into pulps, Tex Hughson. before the war, was rated as one of baseball's best. Last season, Tex needed the help of Red Sox bats to save him, game after game and so did Dave Ferriss. In the season's opener, the Red Sox gave Hughson a 6-- 0 lead, and yet he wouldn't finish. It is more than probable that Joe "ronin will need some extra help from some of his younger pitchers, if ' he is to win again, even if he has more good ballplayers on his team than any other rival by a two to one ratio. Red Sox pitching hardly belongs In the same class with Cardinal or Tiger pitching. These are the two strong staffs in baseball, well be- - yond any other collection of right and left arms. j Newhouser is the best pitcher in baseball today. Bob Feller Is sure to have a good year. But he isn't sure to have a great year, as great a pitcher as he has been in the past. The Tigers have at least four high-grad- e pitchers who also have strong supporting aides. So have the Car-dinals. Durable Ilurlers When Red Mtinger opened his new season, with a well-pitche- d game, you could almost hear Eddie Dyer's sigh of relief drift In from the Mid-west. For Munger, over 6 feet, weighing 200 pounds, is the type that can work in 35 or 40 games. He is also the type that might win 25. This means that such slender and somewhat fragile workmen as Pol-le- t, Brecheen and Dickson can get all the rest they need. It is quite possible that, with the addition of Allie Reynolds and the showing of young Johnson, the Yankees' pitching staff will be the strongest section of the squad. If they are to get anywhere It will have to come through with better than average pitching. As far back as 1906, the White ox, known as the Hitless Wonders, proved what good pitching could do. Their team batting average was .228. Yet, Ed Walsh, Nick Altrock and Doc White carried the team to a pennant, and then to a world series victory over the powerful Cubs. The White Sox. starting from last or near last place, won 19 straight in their (lag drive. Pitch-ing did it. In 11)14, Rudolph, Tyler and James pitched the Braves from last place to the pennant, and then a four-gam- e sweep in the big series. In each case you'll notice that three pitchers did most of the work, Few pitchers today get half enough work. A good pitcher should he worked every fourth day, to keep his condition and build up his con-trol. Credit for Connie Mack's star teams of some 40 years ago was always given to his brilliant infield. I'd give even greater credit to Bend-er, Plank and Coombs, three of baseball's best. His infield wasn't great enough to protect an only average pitching staff. Worked 45 Games All you need, to discover what the power of good pitching means, Is to look through past world series records, and see what happened to Ty Cobb, Hans Wagner and many other stars up through Ted Williams and Stan Musial. Giant pitchers held even the mighty Babe to a mark of .118 in one world series. Most of the great pitchers of base-- I ball, those with the stronger arms, could work through 45 or 50 games a year. This list includes Cy Young, Matty, Johnson, Alexander, Walsh, Chesbro, Feller, Newhouser and Dizzy Dean. The tendency today is to lift a pitcher the moment be begins to wobble a trifle. This Is often a nec-- I essary move. But It doesn't help the pitcher's confidence oor bring him the work he needs. In past seasons, looking well back, good pitchers were allowed to stick. This accounts for the fact that many of them were able to win from 3D to 40 games a season. Matty, A-lexander and Johnson turned this trick at least twice. Feller insists that the heavy pres-sure he put on his arm last year from January to December had no harmful effect. Everyone hopes Bob is right. But there is also such a thing as overwork. M V Br "Mother, I thought I saw a box of candy in the J living room last night." BOBBY JZM'fp J V Lfc Marty Links 1 ft J Iff ? 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I:' I HLOQT V glfll knBriF REGGIE D fH ON MOM'S WOULD MAKE A I ! c T, rlFT'T RECG,E ' ) v O- r fv. f f (v- - - (v-- fv. fv. r. v. fv. (.. I ASK ME A S ANOTHER t ' ? A General Quiz r.. fv. r ( o c o o fv. o- r e-- C-- - r-- The Questions 1. How far below the surface of the earth do earthquakes start? 2. What is white gold? 3. How long does it take an or-chid to bloom? 4. Did the Italians invent maca-roni? 5. What word in the English lan-guage has the most definitions? 6. Bobby Feller was clocked as throwing a ball at what speed? 7. When was the Dominion of Canada established? 8. Which Italian city is known as the "Bride of the Sea"? 9. What is the area of the Sa-hara desert? 10. Is a peacock's beautiful train of feathers his tail? The Answers 1. No more than 6 or 8 miles down. 2. Gold combined with nickel and zinc. 3. Ten to twelve years. 4. No, the Chinese did. It was introduced into Europe by the Ger-- ! mans, who taught the Italians how to make it. 5. The word "set." In Webster's New International dictionary it has 235 major definitions. 6. At 98.fi miles per hour. 7. July 1, 1867. 8. Venice. 9. Approximately 3'.2 million square miles. 10. No. The "eye" feathers that make up the fan are technically called tail couvcrts. They grow over the bird's real tail. AND JEFF, By Bud Fisher J ' c eff; what are 7 I hair? what the I f " U . hm 4 uNG?;iikj?1 HAIR f 1 D0N'T SBE mL muttTmav? "em- i 7coMBiNGBp4: on MY I ANY HAIR' Wm4 I Vou NO ll afeAR FELLERS By Gene Byrnes BfA MLITT r"-rt- . AN Wo'kSUKE UUiT LEMMlT PPZ1Jjv THAT, M J H J f FouMB PUP JtHATO, HflV A f fi poodubahM V in that one man's J ) g& r( amm y Ejj Rigid Arm Punch on End Of Swing Barred in Boxing A punch never used before nor since by a professional pugilist was employed by George Le Blanche in a bout with the first Jack Dempsey in San Francisco in 1889, says Collier's. With his right arm held out rigidly from the shoulder, Le Blanche whirled completely around and knocked out Dempsey with such force that the brutal punch was thereafter barred for all time. GIL By Len Kleis MM ' - N r 1 rAV 9P0THEC S HJWOWTTAK6MIM K VOL) TAKE-- UIMIMTM' |