The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-22

coming October. He is around 8
feet 4, weighing 30 pounds.
He began unwilling his right arm
in DanviIle in 1927, Is years ago.
In 1888 st. Louis traded Paul to Gin
cinnat for Leo Durocher and others
now unknown. Both teams got star
men.
Mandarin Durocher, now guarding
the destinies of the Dodgers, would
Just as soon that Derringer had been
traded to another club, preferably
Brooklyn.
The Serious athlete
Paul is what you would call a
serious athlete. There is no great
amount of levity in his nature.
Those who don't know him might call
him surfy or sulky, but he isn't.
Quiet people are often thrown into
this class, when they should be
awarded chaplets of laurel or wild
apple blossoms.
Outside of baseball he likes to
hunt and he doesn't mind being
alone.
Today Paul Derringer comes close
to being the best al-around pitcher
In baseball. He is certainly the
smartest.
Six years after he turned IN his
206 average with the Reds he gave
the same city winning average
OF .78l. This upward leap of SIS
points is close to the high-jump rec
ord of all time. But it still belongs
to Paul Derringer.
He was on his way over the high
hill seven years ago. He had made
three World series starts and had
lost them all. He had taken more
than his share of hammering. But
a year ago in his older age he won
25 games and he'll win 25 or more
this season.
His main specially seems TO be
one and two-hitters. He has been
closer to more no-hit games than
any pitcher IN the trade.
Unless some peculiar series Of cpl
sodes takes place, the same Der
ringer viii be heard from In loud
tones In the next World series.
Another Entry
You can add the name of Freddy
Fitzsimmons to this aIl-star list.
Freddy was 80 years old on Sum
day. The Dodger star began pitch
ing for Muskegon IN the Central
league just 20 years ago. He stuck
with the Giants for Is years until
Bill Terry decided there was no
longer any winning stuff left IN
Freddy's right arm
So Terry traded him to Brooklyn.
This season, after 20 years Of
pitching, Fitzsimmons has already
won 10 games for Brooklyn against
a lone defeat He has the highest
pitching percentage in baseball.
Having packed away 202 major
league victories, Fitz is just warm
ing up. He has an all-time life aver
age around 800, which is nothing to
leer at after you have been around
since 1920.
Fitz is one of the fine characters
of baseball. He is one of the main
credits to the game that has car
ried him along into middle age
middle age as far as active eompeti-
ton is concerned.
And with 10 out of IL for 1910 he
is now headed for his greatest year.
Those Who Come Back
The most somber line ever writ
ten In sport was this: They don't
come back"
Nothing was ever farther from the
truth. No other line has ever had
a more depressing effect on some
stars.
The true fact is they keep on COM
ing back. We have just related the
two cases Of Derringer and Fitz-
simmons. Then there is Schoolboy
Rowe.
The Tiger giant was given up for
lost some time ago. He had his big
year in Detroit six years ago-back
In 1934-when he won "a games.
In 1888 Rowe never won a Tiger
game. He was pitching for Beau
mont. He had been skidding In a
hurry. Last season he won 10
games and lost IL for the Tigers.
But the Schoolboy is another man
this season. He has been one of
Detroit's winning factors with the
best season he has known In many
summers. Life isn't all a bed of
violets or a long list of winning
days.