The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-20
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 United Press Staff Correspondent New York, July 20-(UP)-Codld have (B6c) Ferriss, the pitching paragon of the Boston Red Sox, win as many games with good Ma tional League team as he has against opponents in the American this sea- son?
 Evidence compiled today with the help of comptometers, calipers and a fugitive from a summer school mathematics class, indicates that he probably would have had his
 By the same token his brother Bostonians, Tommy Holmes n d Chuck Workman of the Braves might have had difficulty in rapping out Is homers apiece had they been doing their swinging all season in the American League.
 An odd transformation is taking place in the Majors, one which has ended, at least temporarily, the tra- dition that the American League is the power circuit and the National, the pitchers loop.
 The trend began the first season after Pearl Harbor but this year it Is more apparent than ever. And If some of tt-e new stars in both leagues make good in peace time competition, it may continue. Showing the efficiency of Aneri- can League pitchers in cutting down on the long range hits, check of the records reveals that there have been 26 fewer home runs hit in the circuit to date this season than at the corresponding time a year ago. But what is even more striking is the fact that the National league has hit 52 more homers from the be- ginning of the season through yes- terday's games than for the same stretch in 1914.
 To date there have been 37 horn- CTS in the National as compared with only 2lD in the American, a margin of IF more. Every National
 League club either is even with 1914 or ahead. The Braves with Workman and Holmes pacing the league are up q from their 1944 pace with 60 this year against 39 then. The Giants and Phillies are up nine from last year, the Pirates and Dodgers show an increase of six each, the Cubs are up one and the Cards and Reds are exactly even.
 In the American, only the lead- ing Tigers show an increase over last year and they are only up three. The Red Sox are even and the Athletics are short one, the White Sox two, the Senators three, the Browns five and the Indians and Yankees nine apiece.
 But the evidence on the pitching side is all ir favor of the American League. Led by Young Dave Ferriss, who has won 16 games and lost only two, there are a number of out standing records including those of Hal Newhouser of the Tigers (14-6, Dutch Leonard of the Senators (10-3>, Russ Christopher of the Athletics Q1-6), Steve Gromek of the Indians t1i-5) Thornton Lee Df the White Sox (10-D, and Hank Borowy of the Yankees (10-5).
 The best mark in the National be- longs to Hank Wyse of the Cubs with 13 wins and five losses. Other standouts are Charley Barrett of the Cardinals 12-6), Hal Gregg of the Dodgers Gl-O. Rip Sewell of he Pirates (11-D, Claude Passeau of the Cubs Q0-3, and Bill Voiselle of the Giants Q1-8.
 Those seven American Leaguers who have won 10 or more games have total of 82 victories against 34 defeats. The six tional Leaguers have compiled only 6S wins against 34 losses.
 But things may get gack to norm- al again when those premier Amer ican League hitters. Joe DiMaggio, Charley Keller, Ted Williams and their clan become civilians again. That should be about the same time that such star fingers as Johnny Beazley, Howie Pollet. Johnny Van- der Nicer. and HI Bithorn return in thA National