Evening star., 1926-05-02

The world record for games played
is 2,785. neld by Honus Wagner. IA
NOUS Pirate shOrtstop. At the end of
1925 Cobb had played in 2,725 games.
Hence he need but appear 80 times
this year to equal Wagner's mark,
and the Tigers sixty-first appearance
VIII set new record for the base ball
world.
But Ty is not the only one Iris
Speaker placed the world two-base
hit record at 675 last year. Every
tWo-bagger iris adds this season will
put the world record total just one
notch higher.
So with Babe Ruth and his home
runs. At the end Of 1925 Babe had
accumulated 300 circuit clouts No
other man ever hit so many four
baggers, and perhaps no other man
VIII ever hit so many. And mean
While every homer that Babe adds
constitutes a new record for the
world.
In sacrifice hits Eddie Collins is also
world record holder Eddie has
sacrificed 486 times. Every time Ed
die adds a sacrifice to that total look
ers-on are witnessing a record-break-
ing performance.
Ray Schalk is likewise destined to
break a world record. Having al
ready caught 1625 big league games
dnore than are credited TO any other
backstop) Ray has merely to put on
his pad and his shin guards in order
to set new top-notch figure.
Johnson Has Double Chance.
Walter Johnson has a double
| chance at new high figures. At the
close of last season he had famed
| 1924 men and had pitched 110 shut
out games. No other pitcher ever
accomplished so much. Walter start
ed the season of 1926 with shutout,
| in which he famed nine men. That
| double headed performance set two
| new world records for himself. And
| from now on every time he fans a bat
| ter and every time he holds the
| other fellows runless for nine innings,
/ Walter is pushing his records farther
! from the reach of ambitious young
| men who pitch for living.
| Cy Young pitched a total Of s73
| games, whereas Walters record at the
| start of this season was ISL. Johnson
may never equal Cy's total. but he
| has already outranked all pitchers,
Cy included. in the number of games
pitched in any one league. Cy, you
remember, worked in both the Ma
JlOndI ana American. JOhnSOnS s I0l
games pitched in a single league and
for the same team is the topmost
| total.
Hornsby Faces Opportunity.
The National League has no vet
/ Grams in the Cobb-Speaker- Collins ct
| al. class. But it has one young man
| who needs only to hit 400 this year
| to set a totally new mark. Rogers
| Hornsby has already hit 400 three
| times. Thereby he tied Jess Burkett
| and Ty Cobb. But no player in the
world ever hit 400 in three consec-
utive years. That possibility is open
| to Brother Hornsby. It's a great
/ chance that the young Cardinal man.
| ager faces.
One big-league, long distance hit
| ting record is probably safe forever,
! Although Cobb, Speaker and Ruth are
| sitting on top the base hit, twobase
hit and home run figures. the biggest
| total of three-base hits belongs 10
Samuel Wahoo Crawford, now retired.
Sam made 312 triples. Cobb comes
next with 2S1-31 shy. Inasmuch as
triples require deep fields and fast
running the crop of three -baggeTS
nowadays is not heavy. Whether Ty
has still 81 of them in HIS system
remains to be seen. In the last three
years Ty has made 90 triples. At that
rate the record made by Crawford is
safe until 1929. and Will then be in
danger provided only that Cobb is
able to outrun the nemesis of all ball
plaXerS-a Ced Father Time