Show I R CE WHEN HEN Tommy Holmes of the v Boston Braves passed Rogers Hornsby's consecutive hitting record of 33 games the time seemed tobe to tobe tobe be about right for your correspondent correspond ent to look up a few notable records that might last for genera One of these Is Joe DIMaggio's DIMaggio DiMagg o consecutive hitting record for both leagues that totaled 56 58 contests This 7 took place in 1941 DIMaggio began col base hits on May 15 and finally ceased firing on the i of Jul July y Any record can be bey beaten but this willbe will willa willbe y a be a tough one to tor i r 4 crack There are J a two other almost Grantland Rice ph phantom i 1 ant 0 m targets that may never be surpassed One is Lou Gehrig's consecutive consecutive consecutive con con- game record that carried on for a matter of 14 years and more than 2000 contests It will take a stronger combination of ot steel and concrete than we have ever seen so far in one in-one one human system to pass Lou Gehrig's mark This must stand among the Incredible features L Lof L. L of sport Lou began his long march In 1925 and finally came to the end of his his his' career in 1939 The second untouchable I able mark belongs to Babe Ruth and his count of 60 home runs piled up in 1927 There is another pretty fair ball ballplayer ballplayer player by the name of Tyrus Tyros Raymond Ray Ray- Raymond mond Cobb who has to his credit a different set of figures that no one now v living will ever see equaled This record Includes a lifetime total of 2244 runs and hits bits Jimmy Foxx and Hank Greenberg almost caught up with Ruths Ruth's home run accumulation of 60 in hi a season but no other ball player has even come close to Cobbs Cobb's double mark This same record also Includes stolen bases well beyond Eddie Collins Collins Collins' Collins Collins' Col Col- lins lins' turn of Cobb Ruth and Gehrig all American American American Ameri Ameri- can Leaguers complete the trio that offers the toughest targets on the batting side of the game And when you mention the two greatest ballplayers ball ballplayers ballplayers players of all aU time Cobb and Ruth draw most of the votes although Hans Wagner still has a stout following following following follow follow- ing that refuses to be shaken loose Mel Ott is the most redoubtable atthe ol of the National League record holders at bat bat and and Mel Melis Is still underway underway underway under under- way and increasing his lead Mel sets a record of some sort every time he gets another hit or steps into another home borne run run insofar insofar as the National League Is concerned Stand-Out Stand Pitchers Walter Johnson another American Leaguer is the pitcher that stands out as the main time all target to knock over But for all aU that even Old Barney isn't so far in front of ot Cy Young In fact tact looking a trifle deeper into the matter Youngs Young's mark may outlive all others It consists consists consists con con- largely of at these figures games figures games pitched pitched games won won When you figure that Walter Johnson Is in second place 97 winning games away at you get set a better idea of Cys Cy's miraculous contribution to the art of piling up victories One of Johnsons Johnson's top marks Is the tho count of 56 consecutive scoreless Innings compiled in 1913 That means something better than six straight shutouts For a career run Johnson also sets up two other targets targets targets tar tar- gets with strikeouts and shutouts 23 beyond Grover Alexander's Alexanders Alexanders Alexander's Alexanders Alexander's Alexand Alexand- ers er's total But Old Pete must be drawn into this select society with the pitching he be offered in hi 1916 That season working in Philadelphia's bandbox ball park where a looping fly ity was usually a homer Alexander turned hi in n 16 shutouts shutouts more more shutouts in one season than most pitchers can call winning games The two marks of 19 consecutive victories established by Tim Keefe Keele and Rube Marquard of the Giants form another elusive tar target ct that many have fired Ored at through the tho years in vain vaia There was no record ever set that cant can't be broken But those referred to in these brief dispatches are something more than records They are landmarks Even peering into the future what batter is fa there to pile up base hits Or what pitcher can ever hope to win games Or what iron man can outlast outlast outlast out out- last Gehrig's 14 seasons of consecutive consecutive consecutive tive play These are th the th three toughest of them all to shatter or drive away from tram the record pages pares For all aU three call caU not only for extreme extreme extreme ex ex- ex- ex skill but also for the amazing amazing smallIng small small- I ing stamina that few ever possess |