The Washington times., 1930-09-03
Lyons,
NARBERRY .
STAND OUT
BY BABE RUTH


NEW YORK. Sept. 81 think
That the pitching in the American
league this year has been quite
q little better than 1t was a year
ago. And / think. too, that the
National League is having an of
year in pitching. l say this With
out any prejudice as an American
Leaguer. There are years when
our league drops behind the Ma
Aional In one thing or anothe:,
as it has this year In young play
ers. I pointed that out In a re-
cent article. !.
I had little discussion about
pitchers the other day with Will
bert Robinson when we met in a
golf tournament held by the base
ball writer's. Robbie didn't agree
with me. He said the pitching
had been plenty tough in his
league, but he couldn't name q
pitcher for me who is likely 10
win IS games this season.
It's q cinch that Wesley
:. Ferrell win win rs, and prob
> ably more, unless he suffers
I, an injury. Lefty Grove Is an
= !. other who should finish with
2K or more. George Earn =
!. shaw also has good chance
Of reaching that mark. Just
think how many Ted Lyons
would have now II he were
with q first division bah club.
ssI think, too, that Fred Mar
berry, of Washington. would be
IN lire for this honor II, he had
not broken a bone in his hard
about q month ago. He was
pitching wonderful ball at the
time. Sam Jones was also out
for q month or he would be
acfowding twenty right now. Earl
sWFhitehill is another pitcher IN
our league who is doing great
work. He Just finished win
ming streak Of II games In which
he wasn't taken out Of the box
Eonce.
& These rate now among the best
In our league and think all be.
long to the best 10 pitchers OF
the year. Pat Malone, Of the
Cubs, is about the best in the
National League, but he won't
win 25 games, and he is with q
first place team, at that. AT
least four pitchers in our league
have won more games than Pat.
The best pitching, Of course,
As: not always found with clubs
in. the pennant fight. Lyons and
..Whitehill are examples in the
American League. When you fig.
tire the teams they are with.
such pitchers as Harry seiboio
of the Braves and Remy Kremer
of the Pirates rate among the
best pitchers of the year.
M I think the big test Of
pitching these days is being
- able to 80 nine innings. The
pitchers I have named have
= ali distinguished themselves
y in being able to finish their
Fl own games. George Uhle, Irv-
wing Hadley, WalIy Stewart
ftfand Milton CASTOR are all
fssup among the leaders in
complete games even though
II they have not starred ~
! much as the pitchers named !,
n 4 earlier.
s-gs
e5s / notice that pitchers have been
changed q lot more frequently in
tie National League than In the
American. Another thing en-
.Dlnasized in my little friendly ar
0llment with Robbie was the num-
ber of teams hitting above 300.
Last year about this time the Ma
tional League had three teams in
this class, with the Phillies leading
AL 500. Now six of the eight
teams are hitting above 800 and
the two hers above .280. Only
three teams in our league are hit
ting 3 n I. -yc have ..lree clubs
under $50. Match them by posi-
tion in the standing and see how
much higher the National ] a:ue
teams are.
.5s 'eTh..t's because we have bet
Ter hitters," |" Robbie insisted.
IN Then he started to talk Of Terry
and Herman and Klein and
D'Doll, and Cuyler and Waner and
% lot more. He talked ike set OF
batting averages.
tasI asked him did he ever hear OF
Ei1mmons ard Gehrig and Coch-
rane and Manush and few more.
Ti-e argument ended a stand
off, With verybody happy. But ]
still think our league has an edge
on the pitching this season.
Gcopyrikht. 1880. by the Christy
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