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Show finish is up to pitchers I JIM BAGBY OF THE INDIANS IS ONLY HURLER OF BOTH LEAGUES WHO HAS CHANCE TO TURN IN THIRTY VICTORIES u i BY DEAN SNYDER, A mediocre ball club can swish through the schedule for B pennant if t gets good pitching. Vnother thing as a rule a team I that can boast of a pltc'he. who wins '30 or more games In a season can (count it6 chickens in. There are a few exceptions, how- ' r The case of Cy Younr, the Ohio agriculturist. Is one of them. Cy pulled pull-ed this feature pitching stunt five dlf- jterent seasons, three times for the Cleveland club and twice for the Ked I Sox, but neither of these clubs came home In front during his triumphs M VTTY'S RECORD. I Christy Muthewson turned the trick of piling up 30 or more victories lor the Giants four times. New York, won two pennants nnd finished second a pal. of times while Matty was Setting these lccords. The famous Iron man, Joe McOinnlty, helped Christy pitch the McGrawites to pennants In 1904- 1905 by also winning over So games each of these years. Another veteran mound ace, Grover Cleveland Alexander, ranks next to Cy i Young and Christy Mnthewson in accumulating ac-cumulating strings of 30 or more lc- jtories In a season. Alex won 9-1 games la 1915. 1916 and 1917 for the Phillies-Philadelphia Phillies-Philadelphia won its firxt National league pennant in 1915 and came In second the following two yean Jack Coombs won 31 games for the pennant-winning Athletics in l9io. Smoky" Joe Wood pitched 3- wins foi the Red Sox In 1912 and gave Boston Bos-ton the muslin. HAt.RY IS ACE. This year the theory that a club i which has a pitc her who can cop 30 'or more games generally takes the p in: ml may be tested by the Cleveland Cleve-land Indians. Jim Bagbj h.ol put .7 games In the Ice-box for Trls Speaker! UP to Sept 12. With t wo more weeks I to go the Cle v eland ace should ic.ich ithe 30 mark, li he falls down the Indians' In-dians' ennuces to land a pennant may I go along wiiii it Cpvelsskie und Caldwell have help- ed Bag by 10 carry the Tribe's pitching I 1 urden. Carl Mays is Ihe Yankees' best win-Ir.er. win-Ir.er. with Qulnn. Shiwkev and Collins trailing in th, amount of good accomplished. accom-plished. j For the White Sox "Lefty" Kerr I iheads their pitching procession, al-' though WilliicFiis, 1-aber, rind Icotte have ull won more games, but, also. thcv have lost more. Brooklyn's b'd for the pennant. - hieh is becoming stronger every day i ow, is centered around a great pitching pitch-ing staff. Wllbert Robinson, once a! great catcher, knows how to develop! a-.nd keep his mouhdsmen in too con-ditJon con-ditJon j i urleigli Grimes is the Dodgers main tower of strength. Pt' lte,, M ,r. Quard, Mitchell, Mamaux and Cadore are also all in great form to come cown the stretch If thc Platbush! boys do win out they'll be a good bet-iing bet-iing lrojc,slt i.m ir the iii xt world-., c hampions with such an array of aeav-l ers. REDS' WEAKNESS. Poor pitching has made the Clm ln-natl ln-natl Reds a questionable ball club all lyear. If their pitchers. who were i.'.uch bright stars a year ago, had kept' It up this ear Pal Moran would al-' k ril 7-- LUQU i.i. ijrJk.... . ai ready be distributing the fall seriesli pasteboards But his pitchers hi c tall- ' i en down miserably At that the ai-(klinK ai-(klinK Brooklyn a run for ihelr money! and might yet upset the DbdgprS' dope U Lntiue is the leading hill-top per- i former for the Itcdlegs ESHer, Keu-I thci. Fisher and Hlng have b id a hardli time to win more than naif their gumefl - couple of youngsti r.;. Nuplerh and Bressler, have each won a pair of i games for their first starts, which all help! Tone. Nehf Barnes and Douglas hi.ve done most to keep. Ihe GftrntS i Stock booming Renfon hrs been a losing proposition. The team behind Lheni la a young one, and, although (cry brilliant at times, is hardly of liber to -op this your Johnny Ev-is Ev-is has put a hit of hustle in them, hut they have only an outside chance to noe out the Dodgers unless rule ru-le Wilbert's pitchers should all break their legs or something pise between now and Ictober 3 PES M' TURNPIKE. club with good pitching always lias an excellent chance to progress in the pennant turnpike. The club , 1 Ithat has one or more pitchers who cati w'in 3o games in a season is an odds on favorite But Bagby of the Indians Is the only pitcher of both ieiigues who has .a chance to feature with BUCh S strlnir this year Alexander of 'he Cubfl Is Bag by a runner-np, but the Chicago 'chin ii already out of t; n flag fight With three clubs In both leagues staging blanket 8 ptemoei finishes the 'mound work from no a on will tell htfcc story." The two clubs which get the best of !t will do the big series (advertising In October. |