Bob Feller Voted Player GRAPHICCOLE Of Year
Year By Baseball Writers' Association
ROBERT WILLIAM Andrew Feller, or just plain Bob Feller, who can rear back and throw a baseball with more speed than any other moundsman in baseball, is the player of the year and maybe the player of the era, if it comes to that, writes George Kirksey from New York.
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Officially. however, the New other two titles most shutouts. York chapter of the Baseball with two others, and failed only Writers' Association of America to win the precntage crown, thi- has voted the player of the year" ishing third to Schoolboy award for 1940 to the Cleveland and Buck Newson. fireballer and will present a pla-; que to him at their annual -
quot,
The only black mark on Feller's
1940 record was the fact that he didn't improve one whit all year.
He pitched a no-hit, no-run game
White
STABLES
MOVED
TO WILTSHIRE
RACING CIRCLES AT HOME are humming with reports of a surprise move by one of its most distinguished owners, Lord Glanely.
He is said to be sending a number of his best young horses to Wiltshire to be trained by Joe Law-
to get son.
Feller was voted the award over the year's two most valuable play in the opener against the PTS Hank Greenberg 102 the Sox, and never was able American League and Frank Me- that good again. However, he Cormick in the National League pitched a one-hitter, a two-hitter, and the veteran of the year, Fred-ihree three-hitters and two four- dy Fitzsimmons, Dodgers' grand hitters.
old pitcher who recorded 16 vic- tories and two defeats.
Greatest Pitcher
of
And with it all Feller conduct- ed himself with unassuming dig- nity even through the period the rebellion against Oscar Vitt, ing
he was a minor figure. Baseball has no greater figure than
Having added pulse, and control | which to his blazing fast ball, Feller has developed into the game's great-the blue-eyed, smooth-skinned boy est pitcher. Although he's been from Van Meter, Iowa.
pitching in organised baseball only
five seasons, all of them with the
Cleveland Indians, Feller already
Previous Winners
of the
is beginning to draw comparisons Previous winners
New)
with Walter Johnson, Grover York Baseball Writers' "player of Cleveland Alexander, Christy Ma- the year" award follow. thewson and other mortals.
pitching im-
Oldtimers may shudde and say "Tonumy Rot... There'll never be another Johnson or Ma- thewson," but when they do they ignore Feller's record achieved with a lively ball.
Despite the fact that he was just a callow youth off an owa farm! and had to wrestle with the pro- | blem of
arm in the bar-į gain. Feller hit the high road m his third season with the Indians! at the age of 20.
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Fellers' records by years follow:
W. L. Pct. E.R. Avg.
Year
1936
5
3 .625
3.34
1937
$
7 .563
3.38
1938
17
11 .607
.08
1939
24
9 .727
2.85
1940
27
11 .711
2.62
Total
82
41 .667
who didn't reach his 22nd birth- day until Nov. 3.
1931-Bill Terry. 1932-Lou Gehrig. 1933 Herb Pennock.' 1934-Carl Hubbel. 1935-Dizzy Dean. 1936--Hank Greenberg. 1937 -Tony Lazeri, 1938--Joe DiMaggio. 1939-Jimmy Foxx. 1940-Bucky Walters.
SCHMELING REFUSED
LEAVE
J
Feller's victories outnumber hist Max Schmeling, former defeats exactly 2 to I, which is heavyweight champion of a pretty fair gait for a youngster the world, was recently For instance, denied a furlough by the Walter Johnson, in his first ve Nazi army years in the American League.
SO that he able to win only half his might accept a challenge games, wimming 40 and losing 40. by Heinz Lazek, of Vien- Struck Out 973 na, for the heavyweight
title of Europe.
was
JOCKEY CLUB DECIDES TO HOLD MEETINGS
The Jockey Club, at its meeting last month, decided to run most of the principal races during the first half of the present season, thus, the rumours that there would be no racing in England this
not
аге year, correct. Among the principal races are The Grand National at Liverpool and the Derby at Epsom. Fleet News.
GUNNERS' RUGBY
TEAM
For the last two years Lord Glanely's horses have been trained by Basil Jarvis at Newmarket, but since the summer break Mr. Jar- vis has had no runners. The stable jockey, Tommy Lowry, is in the R.A.F.
Richards Fans
Interested
If the change-over takes place un interesting sequel could be the revival of an old and successful association between Gordon Richards and Lord Glanely when the champion jockey's commit- ments make it possible for him to ride Manton horses.
Gordon won "Legers" for Lord | Głanely on Singapore and Chulm- leigh and the Oaks un Rose of England..
of
But it is not only Gordon fans who will be watching with inter- est developments in the present situation.
If it happens it
does not, course, mean Mr. Jarvis is retiring from training, but as he is not ac- tively concerned in National Hunt sport he is unlikely to turn out any runners until the return of Flat racing next spring.
It is hoped the National Hunt Committee take o census of ow- ners' and trainers' opinions on the advisability of centralising racing this winter, and, if possible, ex-
ARMS VS BODY
ACTION
12.27
ARM VS. ARM AND
BODY ACTION
By BEST BALL From the above illustrations it is not difficult to view the power and precision which comes from employing body motion as compared to the use of arm and hand action only. The lower player, with his feet so wide apart as to pre- vent body turn or any weight transference, is solely depend- ent for his clubhead velocity, on the momentum his arms and wrists can generate. Fur- thermore the swing is such that the arc of the clubhơač comes down abruptly and rises abruptly. making it necessary that the ball be hit at the lowest point for the shot to be successful,
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Jimmy Thomson, upper figure, on the other hand uses the full power of his body, in addition to hand and arm action. This body turn allows a rather flat arc, the clubhead travelling close to the ground and able to contact the ball at · any point with considerable success. Because of the com- bined body and arm action, the clubhead is travelling with great momentum when it contacts the ball.
Next Article:-Gaining Good Wrist Action.
BIG CHESS
UPSET
(BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT)
tending it more to Southern tracks. The first major upset Not Only Instance in the current Colony Lord Glanley's decision to migrate Open Chess Champion- to-ship occurred last night wards the West country is not an when L. Karpovich, mak-
his racers from Newmarket
isolated instance of this move
westward, and we shall hear more ing his first appearance in the Tournament, de-
of animals going West and North if the National Hunt Committee
and Jockey Club feel it is incum-feated C. M. Sequeira, bent on them to continue keeping Colony champion on six
race
their fixtures from the South.
In the opinion of one occasions.
follower every Saturday Sequefra. having the black Mondays should be pieces, played the Niomzowich de- as fixture dates,lence to white's queen's pawn
should
lake opening. A weak move shortly National Hunt sport before
In five seasons Feller has struck
In their rugby match *against out 973,
sixty-three more than
Royal Scots at 3 p.m. to-day at Johnson did
The army announced that S.- Sockunpoo. Royal Artillery will over a like period.
and most Bullet Bob has led the American meling's "parachute training has be represented by:
utilised 2/Licut. League in strikeouts for the past reached a stage that demands ex-
Fairclough; Sergt.
Cheltenham treme exertion and most intense March. Capt. Skipwith, Gnr. Kee-and three years, notching 261 just sea-
He was easily the donin- concentration." This was inter-¡ble, L/Bdr. Richards; Capt. Hook. the place in ant pitcher last season, leading his preted in sports circles as mean-Gur. Dobbinson; 2/Lieut. Bompas, held by Newmarket on the flat and Thursday night placed him at a
ing that extensive operations by Sergt. Hicks, Gar.
fair Cook: L/Bdr. have league in seven statistical depart-Nazi parachute troops are in the Evans, 2/Lieut. Delderfield; L/Bdr. week fixtures, each of two days.
son.
ments, including most games won,
earned runs, strikeouts, most in- offing.
nings pitched, most Conplete Schmeling's wife said "Max will games, most games and most bat-fight soon but not in the boxing ters faced. He shared one of the ring."
MacDermott, 2/ Lieut. Eddison, 2/Lieut. Heath,
Reserves:-Gnr. Turner, Gnr. Easterbrook, 2/Lieut, Claque.
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C. INGENOHL'S CIGAR STORES
“La Perla del. Oriento“
the adjournment last
sprinkling of mid-positional disadvantage, and Kar- povich made the most of the situa- There is no doubt about the tion to secure a pawn, popularity of steeplechasing at
A forced exchange lost Sequeira Cheltenham, where the attendance
a second pawn and eventually, a at a recent meeting was the third. Playing brilliantly in an most satisfactory and noteworthy end game of four pawns against since the restart of sport-under either code.
"VARSITY "B" AGAIN BEAT CHINESE "Y"
Chinese Y.M.C.A. lost to Uni- versity "B" 3-0 in the “A” Divi- sion of the Badminton League at Bridges Street last night:
lost, to K. B. Low and S.
Amplavanar
seven, each player also having a rook, Scqueira managed to reduce the pawn margin to one but could not stop a passed pawn.
The game, played in two ses- sions, lasted 64 hours.
Karpovich, now leads. in the tournament after two rounds, be- ing the only player to win both. his games. E. Zimmern has 12 points, Sequeira and. Coxhend one each, D. E. Carvalho and K, Weiss 0.
CIVIL SERVICE. TEAMS
c. Au and H. Koh (Chinese
beat M. P. Yoong and Y. P.
Yoong
...21 lost to C. K. Lee and S. L.
1st XI v Indian R.C. (Home)- Yong
.12-21 J. E. Richardson (Capt.), K. J. At- twell, F. Baker, W. H. Colledge, 14-21 TV.N. Fortescue, B. C. K. Haw- (Chinese kins, R, H. Griffiths, D. McLellan, A. E. Perry N. Whitley and A. M. 9-21 J. Wright. 21--24 2nd XI v Kowloon C,C. (Away): beat Law and Amplavanar, 23-21 —H, E, Strange (Capt.). G. Ain- TC Leo and P. H. Wông slie, 3. Barrow, H. Harper, F. :(Chinese "y"),
The following will represent the Civil Service CC, at Lengue cric-. 8 ket on Saturday:
F. Koh and C. Y. Yung "Y").
lost to Yoong and Young lost to Lee and Yong.
lost to Yoong and Yoong lost to Lee and Yong
est Low and Amplavantár
E. Lawrence, J. Mitchell, J. F. 18-21 | MacGowart, T. Lockhart, N. Las 1-21 Smith, & Stone to Welson, 21-12 KRVI.-G. Davidson,