Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-28

! (UI 1T was 80 years ago
that Rube Waddell, Connie
Mack's eccentric southpaw,
hung up the modern strikeout
record of 343 for one season. No
one since has seriously threatened
WaddellS mark but young corn
fed boy from Iowa named Bob Eel
! ler is almost certain to go past
| the 800 mark this season and he
may flirt with WaddellS mark.
In 1874 innings in "a games Feller
! has famed ia batterS, the only
pitcher in the majors who's passed
the century mark. The Indians have
only so games left to play but Fell
Ter is certain to get in quite a few
of them. It's entirely possible that
the Cleveland fireballer will pitch
in from 3I5 TO 325 innings.
Feller has no equal in the majors
at overpowering hitter with his
speed His Strikeout record this
season reveals how far he out
classes the rest of the field. No
one else is close to him. Buck New
som, of the Tigers. is the American
league runner-up with "a, Whit
Wyatt. Dodgers is the National
league Strikeout leader with 81,
less than half the Cleveland aces
figure.
Feller wasn't striKeout conscious
Yesterday as he pitched his 18th
triumph, 1872 victory over WASH
ington. He famed only four Sem
ators placing his emphasis on con-
troll He didn't walk a single batter,
the first time since joining Cleve-
land in 1886 that he's pitched a
complete game without issuing at
least one pass. He yielded eight
hits.
The Indians slugged out 20 hits
for a total of 33 bases off Montea-
guido and Krakauskas. a new high
for the tribe this season. Ken Kelt-
ner hit two triples, driving in five
runs. and Lou Boudreau had a
perfect day. "a for A
George Caster, the majors top
loser with IA defeats, hurled the
Athletics to a IA victory over the
league-leading Tigers, thereby trim
ming Detroit's lead to half game.
1t was Casters 4th win. The AS
raped Tommy Bridges out of the
box in the fifth.
The Boston Red Sox slammed out
| 10 hits off five st. Louis pitchers
and rung up AT victory over the
Browns last night before 1867 fans
| to hold their one-game margin over
the fourth-place Yankees. Ted Will
liams hit two homers and Jim
Tabor and Joe Cronin one each.
Spud Chambers pitching and
hitting put an end to the White
Sox seven-game winning streak last
night as the Yankees triumphed
1912 before 48,104 at Comiskey Park
Chandler not only stopped the
White Sox with five hits but in
sured his seventh victory of the
year by slamming two homers and
a single TO drive in six runs. His
second homer came with the bases
full in the ninth. Only Joe Kuhel's
two-run homer spoiled Chambers
shutout. .....
The Cincinnati Reds heightened
their winning streak to seven games
and their National league lead to
812 games by defeating the Phillies
9-5, before 6,211 at Shibe park last
night. Paul Derringer won his 14th
victory although Joe Beggs pitched
the last three frames. Frank Nc
Cormick hit homer No. IL with two
on in the ninth for the Reds while
Bob Bragan and Joe Marty each
hit one for the Phils.
The Dodgers and Cardinals bat
tied to a 3-3 tie halted in the last
half of the tenth by rain. Terry
Moore's two homers and Enos
Slaughter's ninth inning triple ac-
counted for the Cards runs. Lon
Warneke blanked the Dodgers for
six innings but had to retire after
the seventh because of the heat
The tie will be played off as part of
a doubleheader today.
Larry French pitched and batted
the Cubs to victory over the feeble
Giants, AL.
Ken Heintzelman southpawed the
Pirates to 80 shutout over the
Bees. allowing only five hits.