Show baseballs iron horse HE iron horse of baseball who tasters Ta answers to the name of lou gehrig has apparently got his bis second wind when he be steamed past the 2000 consecutive ball game mark recently he looked as tf if he was good for several hundred more in a row Geh rigs amazing record has never been approached in baseball ever since he got his first chance me kl n A W ir i A LOU GEHRIG as a pinch hitter back in 1925 he missed a game in which the yankees have been involved the closest any player in history has come to his record was the 1307 consecutive game mark set by everett scott between 1916 and 1925 gehrig had scotts record beat back in 1933 in addition to his consecutive game record gehrig has broken seven major league records and tied one other among his records are these most consecutive years or more games 12 most consecutive years games or more 11 most home runs with the bases loaded 20 most years or more runs batted in 7 most years or more total bases 12 and most years or more runs driven in 12 the record he tied was babe ruths mark of having scored or more runs 12 seasons in succession gehrig has seen great teams come and go since he joined the yanks in 1925 only three men besides himself survive the original team he joined 13 years ago they are business manager ed barrow earl combs now a coach and col jacob ruppert the club owner this spring has been Geh rigs most disagreeable in baseball he reported in rather stale physical shape after his movie venture and it has taken him longer than usual to hit his stride his batting was rather pitiful in the beginning but he has been belting the ball again lately pitching standouts Stan douts W WHEN HEN it comes time to pick the pitchers for this years allstar all ail star game joe mccarthy who will manage the american leagues nine is likely to be embarrassed not be 4 N bob grove vernon kennedy cause of lack of pitching talent but because of an oversupply it is difficult to see how he can leave such mound artists as bob feller and johnny allen alien of cleveland off the staff and its even harder to see how he can help picking lefty grove of the boston red sox and vernon kennedy of the detroit tigers both these latter pitchers have taken a new lease leas e on life grove who overcame a pitching injury that threatened his career a few years ago has been a sensation so far this year kennedy who came to the tigers from the white sox has never looked better grove says he is a far more skillful workman than he used to be in his youth he was another feller relying on speed alone now he is sly and foxy a master of the art kennedy has undoubtedly been improved by manager mickey cochrane who has made him concentrate on his overhand delivery 0 western newspaper balon |