Show I 1 speaking ing of 01 sports veteran feller aller can celebrate I 1 he reaches 21 by ROBERT mcshane pd T HOUGH bob reller feller reached A mins mans estate desiate only recently the iowa farm boy ha has s been doing a mans work for or the cleveland in di lins since he was 17 years old I 1 publicized young ster ter who had to take time oft off from thi the major leagues to return for or his high school schoot diploma is just 21 but already hes i a veteran of the pitchers mound bobs birthday in n no way disrupted e d the ealm calm routine of the feller 1 family on the farm at van meter iowa mrs william feller attractive mother of the pitching see ace I 1 get at an all excited about the event to bobs friends in van meter hes the he same popular likeable lad who bo left home three years year ago to write new pages paces in the history of f baseball though bob is one of the best known ban ball players in the game today it Is generally conceded that he Is just star starting tinga a career which will rank him with base baseballs baUs immortals chere are afew a few of his bis achievements before he reached mans status in 1936 at the extremely advanced age of struck out 17 philadel s 11 al i 1 I 1 kz 7 1 1 or BOB FELLER greets sister marguerite phia batters to tie the major majar league single game strikeout strike out record during that thai season he be won five games and lost three on april 24 1937 after fanning 11 men inthe in the first six fix innings he buffered an arm injury that hat was to plague him throughout the balance of f t the h e season however he won nine and lost seven twice striking out 12 1 yankees later at that same sam season on he be put down 16 boston bed att by the strike out route fans 18 batters the next season reason he be established a major league record by fanning if 28 detroit batters though he lost the game 4 to 1 two other records established when he struck out 28 batters in two consecutive games 38 batters in three consecutive gardies gari games ies he won 17 games end and lost 11 in 1929 1939 american league fans were q quick nick to acclaim bob as the hero of the allstar all AU star game lu in which he allowed only one hit in aj 3 innings he relieved tommy bridges who had loaded the bases and forced arky vaughan hait to bit into a double play during the he season he tanned fanned batters the largest number dumber since walter johnson struck out in 1912 he won 24 games and lost I 1 only nine feller id by no means the fastest pitcher of an all time some ball players swear that jack wilson of the red bed sox sost throws a speedier ball others claim van marigo h has as more mor speed altheir at their prime crime lefty grove G k and walter johnson pitched smokier balls B but ut bob is plenty fast even his critics will admit that dangerous curves batters know full well how fast bob serves up op his pitches and are fearful of digging in at the plato plate and ad of belig being set to knock the ball iver over the fence feller is wild and one of his bis wild pitches la Is likely to brain i a batter his speed coupled with makes him the most feared p pit It cherIn the league he has hai always studied himself determining I 1 what he must learn to cb constantly n improve he has and has always had a remarkable ability to see and understand his own problems and to up sp ply himself to the s solving of those problems unlike altogether too many players eri hes always alwais eager to learn he lias has too the ability to see gee the fundamentals dament als back of the box score records records he harlost has hai lost games that pleased him inore more than victories even in victory hes he Is not satisfied with himself 1 always feeling that some somewhere i or other becot he could dd and should have done better the 30 game stamp shimp which tris speaker pla placed cedon on bob two seasons season ago may may be a reality inthe in the next couple of years and you can be sure that he will have earned every game sport shorts BILLY ILLY CONN has rejected a de cember 15 fight with dob bob pastor because he Is losing weight too rapidly in training for his lils light heavyweight title defense against gus lesne alch h the new vo york r k boxing commission has recognized lou as top challen challenger gei f tor r the vacated ba ban n title oze simmon sammons ff iolas former great negro back is now iya iy A playing tor for the pat erson panthers in oze simmons the american F football cot association LOU gehrig may be voted into baseballs hall of fame and rogers hornsby and rube waddill waddell are likely lakely candidates northwestern and yale are two s schools barring portable radios from rom the stands they cause too much confusion A head linesman covers more than four miles working a single football game eters show ohio state football teams have averaged about spectators per game in the 40 odd they have played under coach francis schmidt bowling pin spots are 12 inches apart measuring from center to center A texas high school game played on friday october 13 was decided when a player wearing no 13 drop kicked the thirteenth and winning point emmett crowe the last of s seven e e brothers to compete in athletics at notre dame la is playing professional football with the columbus ohio Bu baillis illis |