| Show PITCHERS ANNEX THIRTY GAMES A YEAR 4 M A Q k 0 7 J 7 4 I 1 3 aj rm some pitching stars manager bill donovan of 0 the new york americans declares that ray caldwell will win 30 games this sea boason while one must admit that caldwell Is a grand pitcher and donovan isan excellent judge of pitching ability we wonder it if the new yorks man ager realizes the task he Is imp aing upon caldwell does donovan know that there are but six pit pitchers chersin in tho the game at the present time who have been able to turn in 30 victories in a a season and that four of them are lu to pitch in that number of games J lua year now much less turn in victories in 30 or more contests alexander the great and walter johnson are the only hurlers in base are likely to reach that fi gurd figure aga his wondern wonderful dl pair ot of have only been able to reach the 30 mark once and both needed quite a lot of help from their teammates the veteran A lat hewson leads the tha modern modem pitchers in this respect having won more than 30 games in four seasons the other hurlers now lowi t in the game though not twirling often are jack coombs who won 31 games in 1910 joe wood captured 34 in 1912 and ed walsh who reached the wonderful mark of 40 victories in 1908 it is out of the question to think that matty wood coombs or walsh will ever perform the feat again and unless washington can score more runs for johnson the idaho wonder ably will never reach the 30 mark again only two pitchers have been able to keep the opposing team below an average of earned runs per game in getting their 30 victories which shows how much help a pitcher needs from his teammates johnson and alexander were the two hurlers who went below this mark each bich cutting the average below two earsch runs per game with the yankees struggling along in the second division caldwell has three times gone through the season allowing less than two earned runs per game but has never been able abla to turn in 25 victories vic |
