| Show T TIME IME supposed to be endless also can work in a hurry it can make or break you in a week or a month or even in a day in the course of a year it can turn everything upside down especially in hi baseball this thought happened along as we looked over the records of 0 1946 and 1917 1947 as the roulette wheel of fate kept spinning for one example a year ago mickey vernon of the senators t ors led both big leagues with a batting average it vernon was reported that larry lany macphall had offered for vernons Vcr Ver contract its as at that time the yankees had no hard hitting first baseman in sight vernon is now around 40 place among american league th hI hitters P tiers not including over 50 hitters in the N L which would leave mickey in a spot close to the mark A year ago there were wordy arguments as to whether bob feller of cleveland or hal of detroit wits the greater pitcher bob feller is now in about place among the winners and hal new houses ho users ranking Is in A year ago dave berriss was on his way to winning 25 games at this writing dave occupies the spot on the pitching side bide A year ago howie rollet pollet and blurry dickson were the two cardinal stars close to the top pollet was a 20 game winner currently dickson has been in the slot and pollet down as low as place among those who throw a baseball tor for a living these are just a tefol matly many examples to show what the old doe doc with the sharp scythe can slip you when he feels in the mood he can lift you up and he can also yank you down at even greater speed he seem to care they go vp and down old doe doc time is a temperamental mug he bother about names or reputations he lets nature take its course I 1 interviewed him once and this is all he had to say As this old world goes roun and roan round some go up and some go down this can happen in baseball more than any game I 1 know up and down down ari dUp A ye year arago ago vernon hit above and george geofge mcquinn was around now with vernon at mcquinn has been cl close to most of the year A combined shift of some points even more but there are always a few who hang hame on looking the old doe doc in the eye one of these Is ted williams of the red sox box there seems to be a vague ue idea around that ted has taken a dip this season id like to take the same brand of dip they have built up a defense against williams that was supposed to wreck him he may not be the annihilator of other seasons but he is still up there challenging tor for the home run title in the A L the e batting leadership and the runs batted in honors I 1 would say that lq irl on an off year for so BO many stars ted williams is doing a great job other old timers so is joe dimaggio DiMagg lo in spite of numerous ailments joe DiMagg lo is still the top artist in baseball A few of those who starred last season are still delivering one of these is kiner of the pirates who led the national league in the home run roundup a year ago and is likely to lead it again johnny mize always a power powe r hitter is still shooting his salvos so is hank greenberg but so KO far 1917 1947 has been featured by stars unknown a year itar ago one Is ewell blackwell of the reds with a 20 gime game season in his pocket 0 ket blackwell has been rated far abo above v e feller and liand with a weaker ball bait club the 1 tall and lanky one the human no fo 1 iron has been the pitcher of the year another leading star is harry walker of the phillies eddie dyer one of baseballs smartest traded him bun to the phillies in exchange for ron northey at which point harry walker dixie walkers brother brother promptly took charge of the batting mark in both leagues working with a tall erid end ball club walker has been one of the seasons star performers performer s so bo has blackwell you heard few rumors about blackwell and harry walker a year ago but they have driven the stars itara ol of 1946 into the gravel ditch |
