Winning 16 games in a row is an American League pitching record that has been equalled only twice in 22 years. In Washington last week a tall young man with small blue eyes and big red ears walked to the middle of the diamond, started to pitch for the Detroit Tigers. Pitcher Lynwood (''Schoolboy") Rowe needed one more game to tie that record.
Born in Texas 22 years ago to a crippled circus acrobat, Lynwood Rowe is 6 ft. 4 in. tall. He was the best player on all his high-school teams. Instead of going...
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