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Show . Cft tAND tANDCE " . //CE CE / ? / CEi WHEN Tommy Holmes of the theBoston i Boston Braves passed Roger RogerHomsby * . Hornsby s consecutive hitting record recordof recordof of 33 games the time seemed to tobe tobe be about right tor for your correspondent correspond , ent to look up a few notable notablerecords notabii * records that might last tor for genera generatlons generatlonsOne tions generations tionsOne One of these is Joe DiMaggio * , consecutive hitting record tor for bothleagues both bothleagues leagues that totaled totaledi 58 56 contests Thlt Thlttook Thi ' took place in 1941 1941DIMaggio 1941DiMaggiobegan DIMaggio began col collectmg coliectmg lectmg base hits onMay on , * % % f . May 15 and finallyceased finally * , . A ceased firing firmg on the the16th theJewl V 16th of JulyAny July July8J Any record can be bebeaten 8J beJ beaten but this willbe will \ be a tough one tocrack to toS S crack There are aretwo aret JaSa two other almostGrantiandRice almost almostGrantlandRIce GrantiandRicephantom GrantlandRIce GrantiandRice Phantom targetsthat targets targetsthat that may never be besurpassed b bsurpassed surpassed One is Lou Gehrig s con consecutlve consecutive secutlve game record that carried carriedon on tor for a matter of 14 years and more morethan morathan than 2000 contests It will take a astronger astronger stronger combination of steel and andconcrete andconcrete concrete than we have ever seen so sofar sotar far in one oue human system to pass passLou passLou Lou Gehrig s mark This must muststand muststand stand among the incredible incredJble features featuresof of sport Lou began his long march in 1925 1925and 1925and and finally came to the end of his hiscareer hiscareer career in 1939 The second untouch untouchable untouchable able mark belongs to Babe Ruth and andhis andhis his count of 60 home runs piled plied up upin upIn in 1927 1927There There Is another pretty fair ball ballplayer ballplayer player br bv the name of Tyrns Tyrus Ray Raymond Raymond mond Cobb who has to his hL9 credita credit a different set of figures that no one onenow onenow now living will ever see equaled equaledThIs equaledThis ThIs record Includes a lifetime total totalof totalof of 2 244 2ft rims runs and 4 191 hitsJunmy hits hitsJimmy Jimmy Junmy Foxx and Hank Greenberg Greenbergalmost Greenbergalmost almost caught up with Ruth s home homerun homerun run accumulation of 60 in a season seasonbut , , but no other ball playr player has even evencome evencome come close to Cobb s double mark mark.This markThis . . This same record also Includes 892 892stolen 892stolen stolen bases well beyond Eddie EddJe Col Colins Colllns ins ! turn of 744Cobb 744 744Cobb Cobb Ruth and Gehrig all aU Ameri American American can Leaguers complete the trio that thatoffers thatoffers/ thatoffers thatoffersthe offers / ; the toughest targets on the thebatting thebatting batting side of the game . . And when whenyou whenyou you mention the two greatest ball ballplayers ballplayers players of all time tlrDe Cobb and Ruth Ruthdraw Ruthdraw draw most of the votes although althoughHans althoughHans Hans Wagner still has a stout follow following following ing that refuses to be shaken looseMel loose looseMel Mel Ott is the most redoubtable of ofthe ofthe the National League record holders holdersat holdersat at bat-and bat and bat - and Mel Me ! is still under underway underway way and increasing mcreasmg his h1S lead Mel Melsets Melsets sets a record of some sort every everytime everytime time he gets another hit or steps mto mtoanother intoanother another home run-insofar run insofar run - insofar as the theNatIonal theNational NatIonal League is concerned concernedStand Stand Out Pitchers Pltchers PitchersWalter Walter Johnson another American AmericanLeaguer AmericanLeaguer Leaguer is the pitcher that stands standsout standsout out as the main mam all time target to toknock toknock knock over But for all that even evenOld evenOld Old Barney isn t so tar far in front of ofCy ofCy Cy Young In fact looking a trifle trifledeeper trifledeeper deeper into the matter Young < . mark may outlive outllve all others It con conSISts consists SISts largely of these figures-games figures games figuresgamespltched906 figures - gamespitched pltched-906 pltched 906 - 906 games won-510 won 510 won - 510 When Whenyou Whenyou you figure that Walter Johnson is m msecond insecond second place 97 winning wmnmg games gamesaway gamesaway away at 413 you get a better Idea Ideaof ideaof of ' Cy's Cys ' miraculous contribution to tothe tothe the art of piling up victories victories-One victories One . - One of Johnson s top marks Is the thecount thacount count of 56 consecutive scoreless scorelessinnings scorelessinnlces innings compiled In 1913 That Thatmeans Thatmeans means somethmc somethmg better than six sixstraight sixtraifht straight ( shutouts For a career run runJ runJohnson J olmson also sets up two other tar- tar tarI'ets tar-pets tar pets - - I'ets Iets : ' with 3 497 strikeouts and 113 113shutouts 113shutouts shutouts 23 beyond Grover Alexand Alexander er s totalBut total totalBut But Old Pete must be drawn into intothis Intothis this select society with the pltchmg pitchinghe pltchmghe he offered in 1918 1916 That season seasonworkIng seasonworking workIng in m Philadelphia a s bandbox bandboxbaU bandboxball baU park where a looping fly fiy was wasusually wasusually usually a * homer Alextnder Alexander turned turnedin turnedIn in 18 16 shutouts-more shutouts more shutouts - more shjtouts sh.ltouts shltouts . in one oneseason oneseason season than most pitchers can call callwmnmg callwinning wmnmg gamesThe games gamesThe The two marks of 19 consecutIve consecutIveVIctories consecutivevictories VIctories established by Tim Keefe Keefeand Keefand * and Rube Marquard of the th Gianu Gianuform Giantform * form another elusive tar target et that thatmany thatmany many have fired at through the theyears th thyears years in m vainThere vain vainThere There was no record ever . let .et et that thatcan thatcan can t be broken But thoia thole referred referredto to in these brief bnef dispatche dIspatches * are aresomething ar arsomething something more than record recorda * The Theyare , . are landmarks Even purinc p * rin ( into intothe Intothe the future what batter fa I then there to toI topue topile I pue up 4 4191 191 base hits hlt t ? Or what whatpitcher whatpitcher pitcher can ever hope to win : 510games no nogames games ? Or what iron man cn e.n en * . out out- outlast outlast - last Gehrig s 14 seasons of ot consecu consecuUve conseculive Uve play ? These are the th three threetoughest taretoughest * toughest of them all U to .batter batter . batt r or ordrive ordrive drive away a.ay aay . from the record pace pacelFor . For all an three call c U not orJy orJr for ex extreme extrema treme skill but also for the th amaz amaz- amazIng amazing - ing stamina that few ever poiseii pOlSelS poiseiiElsenhower Elsenhower llsenhower ! : , Ball Player PlayerDear Dear Grant-I Grant I Grant - I just checked over overan overin an old Reach Guide 1910 and nd found foundthis foundthis this concerning a player by the thename thename name of Wilson General Eilenho\\ Eilenho Eilenhoer Elienhower \ er s alias while playing playinc with Abilene AblleneIn Abilenein in the Central Kansas League sea season ieason son of 1909A 1903 1909 1903A A SB Errors FA FA29 29 20 31 941 941A 941A A B Runs Hits B A P 0 0219 219 43 63 288 461 461Bchael 461"Michael 461Michael \Bchael Bchael \ " E BashFlushing Bash BashFlushing Flushing N Y . |