Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-03
MAJOR LEAGUES CRAB
IRON MEN OF MINORS
Pitching and Winning Thirty Games
Season Severe Test OF
Hurlcr'S Ability.
RECORD TO PACIFIC COAST
Erickson, Of San Francisco, Given
Leading Place OF Games Won.
Thormahlcu and Thompson Top
1ntS-Euright Goes South.

That tho feat OF winning thirty
games in q campaign is hard to &C
conplisl IS shown b5. the fact that just
two pitchers in the country were able
10 do Il las. year, ons OF the mcu.--
Eric GcorS Erickson, of San francisco.
, formerly with 1.-The CiiantS--be:nE in a
league that has a lso-same schedule
Erickson. who is % be with the Tigers
this year, figured in thirty-one
triumphs out on the coast. and won
more games than any other boSman
in minor or major league Grover
Cleveland .tlcxa ndcr. Cub chattel nov.
was on the winning end Of thirty con
trovcrsie-.
The major leagues have taken about
all the. slabmen who were the bisses.
winners the most tircless workers and
last year.
Erickson was tho country's busiest
twirlcT. working III AS and two-thi.ds
| innings for the Seals. He accu,nu-
lated so s,rikeouts. his star perform
anco in this line being the tanning OF
fourteen of the Nernon3 in Il nine
inning game on Juno 10.
Inc biggest winners in the Interaa-
tlonal League were Hcrby Thormahlcn.
Of Baltimore. who finished the season
son. Of Toronto. who. bought by Wash.
ngton. has enlisted. Ed ticrncr,, OF
Montreal. hardest worker. will be with
cincinnati: Vcan Gregg. of Providence.
s,riNeont king. with Connie Mack. and
| Jack Enrisht. OF Richmond. most gem
! erous individual. will go South with
tho Yankees.
Strikeout King a wcxterner.
The strikcout king of the country
was q Western Leaguer-Paul Musser.
MONIES. n ..y.;
! VINO VIII be with the White SoZ In
1918. .tusser claimed $50 s,rkeout
! victims III BAG innings. and not only
| led the Western in tanning men. hu,
/ &c" II in the number OF innings
I pitched.
All four OF the Southern Association
t"pnotchers move up. Carmen HIT.
or birmingham, youth who wears
srec,acles like Henry Lee Meadows
or the Cards. led the Dixie orsanza-
ton in victories. Pittsburgh gets him
Cincinnati takes Brcsslcr of Atlanta
I VINO ala more pitching than any one
else. The Cubs acquire Walker, OF
! New Orleans. who showed the wav in
strilieouts and passes. Robinson. OF
Little Rock. the biggest loser In Cos,t.-
iand. will be with the Cardinals
Grover Loudermilk. of Columbus,
Who M VIII be with tho Browns, and
who will be either with Pat Moran or
! Uncle Sam. landed most OF tho honor.
in the American Association. They
tied for the winning laarels: the
American Lacquer was the hardest
worked and tanned more men than
any orc else, and the National Lea Sucr
iranHed the greatest number OF on
| ponents.
From the New York State LeaEu.
the Cardinals have taken Tucrc. Of
| likes Barre. the organizations; chief
tanning artist. and the Phillies Icsa
| Buckcls. OF Scranton. that body's
biggest loser and higgcs. do!cr out ,f
| passes.
out OF the Eastern League the Am
| Iesics obtain I:oicine Naylor OF New
raven. Who turned in more wins than
any one else and the Superaas acquire
Dick burning, OF Portland. who figured
III more defeats than any OF his con-
Temperatures.
Snipe, Comley. Of Dallas. strikeout
ENG and biggest winner of the Texas
LeaEuS. IS a Red acquisitions
LED Torhelson. OF Marsha!ltowu,
the Central Associations pacc-setter
IN trIumphs. ended the campaign with
! INC indians this year. having enlisted