Show J 1 l Rt i r i t G RICE T THOUGH HOUGH the tumult and the turmoil tur- tur turmoil moil of this years year's world series is isI well over they still turn back to I lithe the odd season preceding it I 11 i And a good part of the talk concerns conf con- con f cerns terns the pitching records from the two leagues records that were somewhat unusual in m the number of game 20 winners I As a rule game 20 winners are I scarcer than winners at a race racetrack racetrack track after the day is over The star pitcher of the year without any question was Spurgeon Chandler Spud of the Yankees Yankees- i I with with 20 victories f l. l 1 j jI I a against only 4 defeats an unearned unearned unearned un un- t earned record below below be be- J OS low 1 O for for the 1 first time since F i 1919 That happens happens hap hap- 4 t pens pen s to b be e 2 24 4 years e ago a J. J But now the argument argument ar ar- arf f boils up l' l and over ove as to the 4 i pitcher in m second u d place Dizzy Dean DeanThis DeanThis This argument is not so easy to settle in what you might night call a jiffy Here are some of the leaders 1 Spud Chandler Yankees 20 2 Morton Cooper Cardinals 21 3 Rip Sewell Pirates 21 4 Dizzy Trout Tigers 20 5 Elmer Riddle Cincinnati 21 These all belong to the game 20 winning list This doesn't make them the best five pitchers th For Fot r there's theres a fellow i by the name of Whit Wyatt of the Dodgers who developed a sore arm and a sore leg and a few other sore soYe ligaments I know Leo Durocher counted on Wyatt for at least 22 games But after all his ills and ailments had t laid him low Wyatt came back to tor r win 10 straight In condition Wyatt even with a third place club could have turned in from 20 to 25 victo victo- ries Mort Coopers Cooper's record with a club that ran away with the pennant doesn't quite rate with Rip Sewell Elmer rElmer Riddle or Dizzy Trout They had no Cardinals around them But Morts Morts Mort's record in having a pair of 20 game years years 1942 1942 and 1943 shows 1943 shows c a greater consistency than most of the others Big Mort is out there winning win win- win win- Wing ning his share Other pitchers who had big seaS seans sea- sea S pons ons ns include Shoun of Cincinnati Brazle St. St Louis Murphy J Yankees Smith Cleveland 1696 Haefner Washington Lanier Cardinals not forget- forget r mg ing Wyatt Dodgers World Series Nerves P Pitchers react differently to the tension of the series For example Spud Chandler who looks calmer a Y than the surface of a summer lake sis is is always highly keyed up a bundle Jf of f nerves that call for stout control 0 pi In fact one of Chandlers Chandler's few weak spots is that in the past he has tried to put more on the ball than i any anyone one arm could deliver r I 1 used to think Spud was trying to knock off my glove Bill Dickey a once nce told me 5 Bill Johnson while rookie a seems i 3 t to o have little trouble curbing nerves erves l- l Bill ill is as keen to win as any anyone one pise else but he is the type that can e ven even take a first world series in his stride Astride without bothering too much Few rookies ever get the idea that a world series series game is just another ball game I fp J The calmest and most confident Ive I've ever seen in any world series r. r series wan Dizzy Dean rb i a q I recall the day he was warming t up in Detroit to face the Tigers 1 cSome one came up and said the odds ere 9 to 5 on the Cardinals for the yr opening game d db Them gamblers is sure smart b Lt rd eople people Dizzy said with a broad grin rin They know a sure thing when VE hey see it Dizzy actually wanted to p pitch t. t that hat entire series I was talking i about bout this with Ole Diz a while ago xi I didn't figure I could win four p 1 a row he said but I sure fig- fig to te fared I could win four out of five i Who'll holl Who'll Be Left They are still wondering how many will be left for 1944 f i The general feeling is that few playing laying this summer will be on hand Tor for any spring practice f r With the fathers' fathers draft already in most of those still left ill all be called at some early date I It is possible that there will be benough benough nough left who have been deferred start the 1944 campaign But there wont won't be so many of hese lese J It is believed that over 80 per ent of those in this last series will wille e e in uD uniform orm before mid t C I The same goes for pro football I Ing tile long arm of the draft has alID aly al- al ng ID I'D y begun to lilt lift stars from sev- sev o rag ral teams and there are sure to be II many changes before the season h halo in December There will be enough left to finish t gut put t the season season- The fall campaign of Ili is too far away to launch any 1 redactions predictions in that direction lt ata f Changes and shifts may be even ore lore vital in the college whirl When such men as Bertelli are ailed into active service through aval laval graduation the blow wont won't all lightly on any football coach ii j |