Show or MAND W WHEN LIEN tommy holmes of 0 the boston braves passed rogert rogers Horns bys consecutive hitting record of 33 games the time seemed to be about right for or your correspondent to look up a few notable records that might last lor for generations one ot of these Is joe Di DiMaggi Magglos ot consecutive hitting record for or both leagues that totaled 50 56 contests this 1 took place in 1941 3 DiMagg dimaggio lo began collecting base hits on may 15 and finally ceased firing on the of july any record can be beaten but this will be a tough one to crack there are ara two other almost phantom targets that may never be surpassed one Is lou Geh rigs consecutive game record that carried on for a matter ot of 14 years and more than 2000 contests it win will take a stronger gt ronger combination of steel and concrete than we have ever seen so 10 tar far in one human system to pass pas lou Geh rigs mark this must stand among the incredible features 0 of sport lou b began egan his long march in 1923 1925 and finally came to the end of his career in 1939 the second untouchable mark belongs to babe ruth and his count of 60 home runs piled up in 1927 there Is another pretty fair ball player by the name of tyrus raymond cobb who has to his credit a different set of figures that no one now flow living will ever see equated equaled this record includes a lifetime total of 2244 runs and hits jimmy foxx and hank greenberg almost caught up with ruths home run accumulation of 60 in a season but no other ball player has even come close to cobbs double mark tills this same record also includes stolen bases well beyond eddie col uns turn of cobb ruth and gehrig all american leaguers complete the trio that offers the toughest targets on the tha batting side of the game and when you mention the two greatest ball players of all time cobb and ruth draw most of the votes although hans wagner still has a stout following that refuses to be shaken loose mel ott Is the most redoubtable of the national league record holders at bat and mel Is still underway and increasing his lead mel sets a record of some sort every time he gets another hit or steps into another home run insofar as the national league Is concerned standout stand out pitchers walter johnson another american leaguer is the pitcher that stands out as the main all time target to k nock knock over but for or all that even old barney so far in front of cy young in tact fact looking a trifle deeper into the matter youngs mark may outlive all others it consists is largely of 0 these figures games pitched games won when you figure that walter johnson is in second place 97 winning games away at you get a better idea of cys miraculous contribution to the art ot of piling up victories one of johnsons Jolin sons top maiks maik S Is the count of 56 consecutive scoreless innings complied compiled in 1913 that means something better thin than six straight shutouts shu touts for a career run johnson holmson also sets up two tuo other targets with strikeouts eouts and shutouts shu touts 23 beyond grover alexanders total but old pete must be drawn into this select society with the pitching he be offered in 1916 that season working in philadelphian Phila delphias bandbox ball park where a looping fly was usually a homer alexander turned in 16 shutouts shu touts more shutouts shu touts in one season than most pitchers can call winning games the two marks of 19 consecutive victories established by tim keeta keefe and rube marquard of the giants form another elusive target that many have fired at through the tha years in vain there was no record ever set tha that t cant be broken but those referred to in these brief dispatches dispatch ei are something more than records they are landmarks even peering into the future what batter li Is there to pile up base hits or what pitcher can ever hope to win games or what iron man can outlast Geh rigs 14 seasons of consecutive play these are the three toughest of them all to shatter or drive away from the record pages for all three call not only for or extreme skill but also tor for the ing stamina that few ever possess poi eisenhower ball player dear grant I 1 just checked over an old reach guide 1910 and found this concerning a player by the name of wilson general ers alias while playing with abilene in the central kansas league season of 1909 A errors ra F A 29 20 31 AB runs hits ats BA PO P 0 43 63 michael E bash flushing N Y |