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Show Ix I GPQNTI GPQNTIRCE , R/CE R CE / ' ; T-tAVE T tAVE - AVE FERRISS the Merlin Merl1n ot othe o ; \ D ) the ( he mound the ex cx airman wit witthe will\ will willhe t \ \ Boston Red SO So-t So t ' " - is now aftebg ] the ( he the shr star . . tch tching bg game ? ame meaning iiiviiniiia iiiviiniiia"i * -"i- "i i - "iy " - ' * * * p y njng ing ingrecords records of the last 40 yearsvhen ) years yearsen cars ; 'hen hen vhen ' en ) you ou are levell leveling ng . with v.lth vlth deaci smi ? ? on such past stars as Left LeftGrove LeftyGrove : Grove ve Cl CI CJ rist risty ) Mithevvson M'1the\\son M'1the M1the son Mathewson ' \ \ CarlHubbell Carl CarlJIubbcll Carlffiibbell JIubbcll Hubbell Grover Alexander SmokyJoe SmokyJoe Smoky . 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" , . : , ber .of of tot . of 10crcdlblemalks incrediblemarks incredible 10crcdlble incrediblernaiks rnaiks malks marks that the bnl bril bnlDafe brilDave bnlDave Dafe Dave Fernss FerrIss ( Iiant hant rant Fernss Ferriss mustlook mustlook must mustlook look at at , , face toI toface to toface toace figureI face ( or figure llgure to figureJIere figureJIere figure I ) pert JIere are just a few among amongthose amongj amonghose amongthose those thoseho ( hose \ who \\ho ho have won more than 20games 20 j - games ( ames in ID any given seasonRobert seasonRobert season ' Robert RIoses Ioses Moses Grove Athletics Athletics1931 1931 { flonSI Son on 31 lost 4 pet pct 886Smok 886Smoky 886 886Smok Smok Smoky ) Joe ' flood 'hod hod Wood Red Sox 1912 1912Won 1912Won 1912ffoa Won 34 lost 5 pet 872Lefty 872Lefty 872 872Lefly Lefly Lefty Gomez 1 . lankees Iankees ankees 1935 1935Won 1935Ifoa 193SIVoa Won Ifoa 26 lost 5 pet pct 839Walter 839Walter 839 839Waller Waller Walter Johnson Senators 1913 1913"on 191311an 1913flon "on on 11an " 36 lost 7 pet pct 837Spud 837Spud 837 - Spud Chandler 1 . lankees ankees Iankees 19U"on 1943Sion 1913 19U 1943 1913Bon " Bon "on on Sion 20 lost 4 pet pct 833Carl 833 833i \ Carl Hubbell Rubbell Giants Gaants Grants 1936 Wor SVor Wot26 2 26 $ lost last 6 pet pct 813DIzzy 813Dizzy 813 813Dizzy Dizzy Dean Cardinals Cardmals 1935 Wor Wor3D WorW 3D 30 lost 7 pet pot 811Eddie 811Eddie 811 811Eddie Eddie Cicotte ClCotte White tVhite Sox 1919I 1919 I " ( ffon Won 29 lost 7 pet pct 806ChrIstv 806Christy 806 806Christv Christv Christy ! Mathewson llathewson Giants 1909 1909Won 1909ffon Won 25 lost 6 G pet pct 806The 806The 806 806The The ahoe aboe ahoi aho\ aho \ e are the high ranklO ranking . i 1 1percentage . percentage records since smce 1904 ReWalsh Ec Re EcWalsh ECWalsh Walsh won lIon aon 40 and lost 15 m 10 1908 fOI for foi27 27 Alexander AleJ.ander AleJander . won 31 and lost l l ( 1in ( ID m 1915 tor for 756 Bob Feller s bestj bestt best f t ; ) year ear was 1939 when he won 24 and andlose andlose andlose lose 9 for 727Quite 727 727Quite Quite a Target Tarfet TargetIt { It ) is s Lefty Grove s record mark mark , , , set in ID m 1931 that now becomes thE ther themain th < f fmain r main Fernss Ferriss target Here s quite qwte a : atarget atarget target . , , no matter how bow keen a sharp sharp- sharpshooter sharpshooter - . shooter you may happen to be- be be'liON beION be bell - - 'liON liON ll ' ION ON Sl 31 LO LOST < ; T 4-PCT 4 PCT 4 - PCT 886Only 886 886Only 886Only Only Smoky Joe Wood of the Red RedSJx RedSox RedSox approaehecI SJx Sox ! in m 1912 has even approachec approaehec approaches approaehectnese I ( ' tnese these miracle mJracle figures and Joe wa wa14 14 po nts away at 872 which is ncf nc ncs f s part of a bust or a flopTo flopTo flop flopTo To heat beat Lefty Gro\ Gro Grov Gro\e Gro e Groe \ e s 1931 mark markFerr markFerris markrerrss Ferris Ferr 55 will have to win WIO wm 31 game gameand gameand gameand and drop only 3 This means tha thaMlJ"acle thaMiracle thaMiracle MlJ"acle MlJacle Miracle " Dave will have to win WID 14 14out 14out Hout out of his next 15 starts You wll wry wllbave wryhave wilhave bave have to admit this is quite quote an orderThis orderThis order orderThis This reminds remmds us that Lefty Grove Grovethe Grovethe Grovethe the s lent mountaineer mountameer bad had the t t \ t 4 tgreatest 4greatest peatest greatest consccotive consecutive years an anp anp anp p tcher teher has ever known 750 in 192 1921 192169 192169 19269 } -69 69 - " m in 1929- 1929 1929848 1929-848 1929 848 1929 - - 848 In 1930- 1930 193088G 1930-886 1930 886 1930 - - 886 88G Ir it if1831-714 if1831 714 1931- 1931 1931m 1931-714 1931 714 - m In 1932 and 750 In 1933 1933In 1933In 1933In In 1930 and 1931 Leftywon Lefty won 59 game game- games gameand gamessod gamend * - -nd nd and sod - lost only 9 Try and match that thatcomb thatcomb thaicomb comb nation nahon for something over 87 87for ( for two straight seasonsThere seasonsThere seasons seasonsThere There are those perennial perermlal pessimists pessi pessimIsts pessimists mIsts who live lJve in 10 m ancient history a a1hey athey athey 1hey they stroke their tbelr mossy beards beardswho beardswho beardswho who have this to say'TIlls say sayThis pitchersThey ' This 'TIlls TIlls Thus is a soft ) year ear tor for pitchers They are only facing facmg a bunch 0 o 0mInor ominor ominor mInor leaguers most ot of them clasrB clasl clasr clasiB 11 B and class C This is an off 011 offear y ) ear earIt earIt earIt It shouldn shouidn t countBut countBut count countBut Buta But \\a a wa a \ a t just a few seconds WbJ WbJaren Wh Wh3aren ) aren anon t the rest ot of the pitchers mopping mop moppmg mopPi"e mopPie pmg ping " up as Fernss Ferrrss Ferriss is is9 ? ' Ne.housel Nehousel Newhousei Newhouseiof Ne.houselof . of the T gers is one of the best from frommany frommany fromWiny workingfor workinifor many seasons but though workini working for a much better ball club he hasn I Ibeen l . , teen been able to follow the Fernss Ferriss paceNo pace pacer * r iVo No Real Support SupportAnd And looking lookmg back to Grove s bl big bigyear biyear ( year has Fernss FerriSS another JlmmJ Jrmm3 JimmyToxx JlmmJFoxx Jrmm3Foxx Foxx or another Al'Simmons AlSimmons Al-Slmmons Al Slmmons AlsSimmons - ' battlng batbag bat < , tng tlng bag in m runs for forhis forhls , his side side9 ? ' Simmons { ( h "t t JimmyFoxx " t 390 that season season and Jimmy - Foxx hammered 20 30 home rum runt rumover rumi-over rumi over . _ - .over over . over the wall . . . And thereere there \ Mere \\ere ere were \ oth 0th 0there others ! ers ere * " Connie Comic Mack had a world ser se seres seI 1931Don res r es team that ) year car ear back in 1931 Don Dont t forget that Grove drew tai fal far ; "etter etter better falbetter farbetter " defensive and offensive supr support sup r Port than the 1945 Red Sox can orrerWithout offerWithout offer orrer offerWithout SOlI Sost Without Ferriss the Bed Red Son SOl Sos Soswould I t [ "ould ould would , " onld be in ID seventh pl3 place e badli badi badl ; , ( ntclatied outclassed utclassed by every team In thl tbt tbti tb ( i ! ( tbtAmerican American Arnriean Arn riean League except e\.eept e.eept e .eept eept ' \ . the Ath , tehe Athtehe Athleticg leticg ' " " 'S S ' , Leave out the rerriss rerrlss Ferriss record recori"H recoriH only25 1111 & " d the ( he Red Sox would have onl only 25 25Ylctone 25victories rtctories Ylctone victories , against the 42 they heldafb heldalii held alii afb * " ' r Sunday s $ list Ilst 0 ' 0f f r Pon ] font "nt nt " t forget again that Left Lefts Left ) ) I ' GI'I'Jve GIIJve Give "t"ve tve " ' " workmiWit working'k and Joe Wood . were v.ere vere working workmi Wit 'k k ' ' tti ! ( two pennant winning winnmg two worle'eIps worlcaeflee work worle worlc workc 'eIps eIps aeflee * ' c > , lf > 8 teams while whlle Fernss Ferriss has beet beerP beetP : p wIthoubul withouhuh I ' hing bIng for a team that withou , bul huh " "n n " } would be to sIe aIN next last among t s a eld.aM infieldahd Ie IN " > ' Of bad hart baJl ball hull clubs nl.A nlA . , vs His . l1l infield , nfi.l nfil eld . "ld ld .aM aM ahd . " .aMoutfield ahdoutfield nothIng nothkg outfield tupport support has been b en noth notht Ing kg supportGrove to compare with \ Ith the suppor1 support t GrOVe wove ind and Woods knew in other ano ano"etter anoetter better anobetter " yearstoot years > football's footballs toot otball's otballs ball ' ' s Coming Commg BoomTTds Boom | This TTds will be the greatest war sea sean season | son ' -n n - football footbaJl has remarkedStee known remarked remarked"e Stee YorkG eve Owen coach of the New York Yorkth Yorkants G tothe a/Jts a Jts ants / I am not referrmg referring alone to toe th thaJts the "e e " e speakingor Pro eame game I am also speakin speaking ( or getng getting the COlleges We have been get- get - - ting ng In a number of reports late ] h " ' om m our scouts I 1 Ive ve ye heard fro ironnumber I a DUmber number ol of college coIlege coache coaches * an < they " " tell me their material wiU will b bmuch bi'eh bieh mUch " " ' better than it was a year agoey ago They agoThey : ey Won t be beatJDg beating Army o Navy oNavy " avy y but they will still be good . 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