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" ' " Walsh Spud Chand Chandv Chandler v 'fI-t- 'fI fI t 'fItler ' - : i4 ler lcr and a few oth 0th others ' ) , .4 4 . / . / ? ers you have to ad adjust < just your sights toan to toyS an unusual angle angleFor yS fSSSuM For inthese in these 40 4O yearsf yearsl yearsX years l X ' fof t S ot of big league base basetry base1 i anglei f basef { < try fr frK -K K - \ . f 'Wa Wa ' bal1 ball there have havebeen havebeen been others who whohave { \ . have set up anum a mum numher anumt " " t J . . .w w . .wber , ber bar of mcredible mcrediblemarks mcredIblemarks incrediblemarks marks that the br bril brilDave brilDave Dave Fernss FerrIss hant lIant lrant Ferriss mustlook mustlook must mustlook look at at , , , face ( ace to tofa toface toface fa face ce or figure to figureHere figureHere figure figureHere Here are just a fe fev v among amongthose amongthose amongthose those who have won more than 20 20games 20games 20games games in any given seasonRobert seasonRobert season seasonRobert Robertloses Robert ! \ Moses \loses loses Grove Athletics Athleticst Athletics1S31 11 1931 > 31 Won 31 lost 4 pet pct 88GI 88GSmoky 886Smoky 886 88G I t / Smoky Joe Wood Red Rcd Sox SO'l SOl ' : 1912 1912SS 1912tton SS \ \ on 34 lost 5 pot po ( 872Lefty 872Lefty 872 872Lefty Lefty Gomez Tankees Yankees 1935 1935Won 1935Won 1935Won Won 26 lost 5 pet pct 839Walter 839 839tt Walter tt \ alter Johnson Senators 1913Won 1913 1913Won 1913Won Won 36 lost 7 pet pct 837Spud 837Spud 837 837Spud Spud Chandler Tanhees Yankees 1943 1943Son 1943flon Son \ % on 20 lost 4 pet pct 833Carl 833Carl 833 833Carl Carl Hubbell Giants 1936 WOI1 Won Won26 26 lost 6 pet pct 813DIzzy 813Dizzy 813 813Dizzy Dizzy Dean Cardinals Cardmals 1935 Won Won20 30 lost 7 pet pct 811rddle 811Eddie 811 811Eddie : Eddie rddle Cicotte Clcotte White SVhite Sox Sax 1919 1919Won 1919flon Won \ on 29 lost 7 pet pct 806Christy 806Christy 806 806Christy Christy Mathewson Giants 1909 1909SSon 1909Won SSon \ on 25 lost 6 pet pct 806The 606The 806 606 806The The aboe abol abo\ abo abot \ e a are the h gh rankmg ranking rankmgpercentage rankingpercentage rankingpercentage percentage records s nee nce 1904 Ed EdWalsh EdWalsh EdWalsh Walsh won 40 and lost 15 In 1908 for tor727 727 Alexander won 31 and lost 10in 10 10In 10in In 1915 tor for 756 Bob Feller s best bestyear bestyear bestyear year was 1939 when he be won 24 and andlose andlose andlose lose 9 tor for 727Qutte 727 727Quite Quite Quae Qutte a Target TargetIt Tar et It is Lefty Grove s record mark markset markset markset set in m 1931 that no v becomes the themam themain themain mam main Ferriss target Here s quite a atarget atarget atarget target no matter ho v keen a harp- harp harpshooter harpshooter harp-shooter harp shooter - - shooter you may happen to be- be beWON beWON be beWON - - WON 31 LOST 4-PCT 4 PCT 4 - PCT 886 886ani 886Only 886Onl ani Only > ) Smoky Joe Wood of the Red RedSO'l RedSox RedSox SO'l SOl Sox ' : in 1912 has even approached approachedthese approachedthese approachedthese these m racle rack figures and Joe was14 was 14 po nts away at 872 which is no nopart nopart nopart part ofa of a bust or a flopTo flopTo flop flopTo To beat Lefty Grove s 1931 mark markFernss markFerriss markFerriss Fernss Ferriss will wlll have to win WID 31 games gamesand gamesand gamesand and drop only 3 This means that thatMIracle thatMiracle thatMiracle MIracle Dave will have to win WID 14 14out 14out 14out out ot of his next 15 starts You wIll wIllhave willhave willhave have to admit this is quite an orderThIs orderThis order orderThis This reminds remmds us that Letty Lefty Grove Grovethe Grovethe Grovethe the silent mountaineer had the 6 6greatest 6greatest 6greatest greatest consecutive years any anypltcl anypitel anypitcl pltcl pitel er has ever known 7SO 750 in 1928 - 769 In 1929- 1929 1929848 1929 - 848 In 1930- 1930 1930886 1930 - 886 in in1931 1931- 1931 1931714 - 714 in 1932 and 750 In 1933 1933In 1933In 1933In In 1930 and 1931 Lefty won 59 games gamesand gamesand gamesand and lost only 9 Try and match that thatcombmatlon thatcombination thatcombination combmatlon combination for somethinc somethmg something over 870 870for 870for 870for for two straight seasonsThere seasonsThere seasons seasonsThere There are those perennial perenmal pessl pessi pesslmJsts pessimists pessimists mJsts mists who live in ID ancient history as asthey asthey asthey they stroke their mossy beards beardswho beardswho beardswho who have this to sayThIs sayThis say sayThis This is a soft year tor for pItchers pItchersThey pitchersThey pitchersThey They are only facing facmg a bunchof bunch of ofmmor ofminor otminor mmor minor leaguers most of them class classB classB classB B and class C This Is an off year yearIt yearIt yearIt It shouldn t countBut countBut count countBut But wait walt just a few seconds Why Whyaren Whyaren Whyaren aren t the rest of the pitchers mopping mop moppmg mopping pmg ping up as Ferriss Ferrrss Is is7 ' Newbouser Newhouser Newhouserot Newbouserof Newhouserof of the T gers is one ol of the best from frommany frommany frommany many seasons seaSODS but though working workingfor workingfor workingfor for a much better ball club he hasn t tbeen tbeen tbeen been able to follow the Ferriss Fernss paceNo pace paceVo Vo No ? Real Support SupportAnd And looking lookmg back to Grove s big bigyear bigyear bigyear year has Fernss FerrIss another JImmy JImmyI JImmyFoxx JimmyFoxx JimmyFoxx Foxx or another Al Ai Simmons bat battmg battmg batting I tmg in m runs for his sIde side7 ' SImmons SImmonshIt Simmonshit Simmonshit hIt 390 that season and Jimmy JimmyFoxx JimmyFoxx JimmyFoxx Foxx hammered 30 20 home runs runsover runsover runsover over the wall And there were oth 0th others 0thers others ers Connie ConDIe Mack had a world se serles sertes senes , rles rtes team that year back in ID m 1931 1931i 1931Don 1931Don 1931Don i Don t forget that Grove drew far farbetter farbetter tarbetter better defensive and offensive sup support support support port than the 1945 Red Soi SO'l SOl Sox ' : can offQrI offerWithout offer offQr offerMithout I Mithout nlthout Without Ferriss Ferris Ferrhs > s the Fed red SO'l SOl Sox Soxwould Sotwould ' : would be In seventh place badly badlyoutclassed badlyoutclassed badlyoutclassed outclassed by every team In the theI theAmerican theAmerican I AmerIcan League except the Ath Athletlcs Athekes AthIctics ] letlcs ekes Leave out the Ferriss Ferrtss record recordand recordand recordand and the Red Sox SO'll SOll ' : would have only onlyI only25 I 25 victories against the 42 they held heldafter heldafter heldafter after Sunday s hstDon listDon list hst listDon Don t forget again agam that Lefty Leftyano LeftyGrove LettyGrove ' Grove and ano ; ! Joe Wood were .ere ere . workingwith worklDg working worklDgwIth workingwith wIth two pennant penndnt w nning nnmg two world worldserIes worldseries worldseries serIes teams while Fernss Ferriss has been beenpItchmg beenpitching pitching pItchmg withouthim tor for a team that wllhout without wllhouthIm withouthim hIm would be next to last among a alot alot alot lot of bad ball clubs H s infieldand Infield Infieldand infieldand and outfield support has been noth nothIng nothlag nothing Ing lag to compare with the support supportGrove supportGrove supportGrove Grove and Woods knew in other and andbetter andbetter andbetter better yearsfootball's years yearsFootball's Football's Footballs rootball's rootballs ' Coming Commg BoomThis Boom BoomThis This will be the greatest war sea season season seaEon son football has known remarked remarkedSteve remarkedSteve remarkedSteve Steve Owen coach of the New York YorkGiants YorkGiants YorkGiants Giants I am not referring rcferrIDg alone tothe to tothe tothe the pro game I am also speakingor speakingtor speaking tor [ or the colleges coIleges We have been get getling getting : ling in a number of reports lately latelytrom latelyfrom latelytrom trom from our scouts I ve ye heard beard fromt froma from a . number of college coIlege coaches and andthey andthey andthey they tell me their material will be bemuch bemuch bemuch much better than it was a year ago agorhey agorhey agothey , rhey won t be beating Army orVavy or oravy . 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