New-York tribune., 1918-01-27
Erickson Beat
Grand Record
OF Alexande,,
Tiger Recruit Won 31C,a,n..
One More Than Bagsed
by Star Of Cubs

DETROIT. Jan. 2s.-Tbe,.
only two pitchers in the .ou.. "."
last season able to compile tbi,tv ..ls @
tories-Grover Cleveland Alexand., AZ '.
the Phillies, who figured in iu.t ~. "
number of triumphs. and Eric ~, s'
son, OF San Francisco (recalled \, IN ~
Tigers). who participated in th,,ts vac
successes. '"e
Most Of the big winners in tn. ~.
leagues have been acquired By fast ~.
teams. The Browns got Grover c,.ss
land Lowdermilk, Of Columbus. and !,
Phillies Frank (Dixie) Davis. Of rnr;' ~
vile, this pair tying for the homo, =,
winning the most games in IN. go
citation. There was dead bea+ : AZ
international between Herb Tborn.s
len' or bai1imore, who finished the ses.
son wltn the Ianks, and Harold Thomn.
son, OF loron!o' who would have start.
so lne campaign with Clark Griffith u
he hadn't decided to enlist with Irn.il ~ =
Sam. '" ohcis
Among the Others
me o0uthern KING. Carmen Hill. ~
birmingham, comes back to the pir..."'s "s
tor whom he has worked before.
Cincinnati grabbed Snipe con,..
who did some Rube Marquardish var, vc.E
Tor Dallas, and drafted the CENT,
Leagues monarch-Carpenter, Of Grand
Rapids|only to turn him back. Pitt
burgh had Carpenter in 1916. ''''-
Red (Talkative) Torkelson. oae. Ga.
ho
wound up the year with Cleveland ~;
he is working for Uncle Sam now hs
ing a member Of the coast artiilerv
at San Francisco.
Naylor, of New Haven, the Easterr,.
pitching prince, finished the sesson
with Connie Mack and the Tall Taet;.
clan has not yet sold him to Harrv
Frazee or released him to Baltimore
Earl Howard, Of Hagerstown. han.
ner performer in the Blue Ridge. ia.
Cardinal acquisition.
Some of the Losers
The big fellows did not overloos =.
few of the big losers in the hinteriand
Jess Buckles, of Scranton, most M
successful of the New York Stat.
League artillerists, is on the Phill;s
reserve list. He was once the properly
of the Cubs and pitched a few innipss
for the Yankees against the Indiana Il
1916. -
Ebbets, of Brooklyn, took back Did
burning, Of Portland, who tied v;ts
Keifer, Of Worcester, and Trautma,
Of Hartford, for the greatest numhs
of losses in the Eastern. Durninp.
southpaw, once belonged to Mack, and
he pitched an inning or two for Brook.
lyn last year.
The minor league pitchers who lost
the most games-twenty-si Hsr.
ry Krause, of Oakland, formerly With
i Cleveland and the Athletics: Raw
Mitchell, of Vernon, once with ths
Browns, and Jess Buckles, of Scrap.
ton, who did his only big league vork
with the Yankees in 1915.
These were the big winners and M.
big losers in the sixteen leagues which
got out averages last season:
Biggest Winners in 1917
F-ichsnn Ssn s,uo s,a E,lg league. tories.
Alexander Philadephia. National. "a "a
Sisotte. Chicago. American L................. Is
Merz. Omaha. Western. ................ =
IN. Birmingham. southern -................. e
Thompson. Toronto. International. .......... 8
1rhormahlet. Baltimore. International.
I y
Iowdermilk. Columbus. American A......
Howard. HagerstowD. Blue Ridge .......,.
Carpenter, Grand Rapids. Central L..,,....,..
lorkelson. Marshalltowl. Central A............s
Eayor. New Haven. Eastern rrl..................
Grimm. Rockford. Three Eye-..................
Meader. Charleston South Atlantic ..,.....
Clark. Great Falls, Northwestern. .........
II. Gardner. Great Falls Tacoma Northwestern. i.
Biggest Losers in 1917
Pitcher. club and league fsu
Buckles. Scranton, New York State 4
Mitchell. Vernon. Pacific Coast. t........,......, q
krause. Oakland. Pacific Coast t....,,.....1 1
Duffy. Shreveport Houston, Texas ............, IS
Thomas. Minneapolis American A............. a
Scharht. Rochester. Internafiona ..........,,.
Il. Wright Hutchinson. Western. .........,,.., 2l
Itixey. Philadelphia. National. al................ q
Barnes. Boston. National. nsl.....................
Sothoron, st. Louis. American L............. 10
Ainsworh. Richmond. Central L.............,.
Rowan. Dayton. Central L....................
Shelter South Bend Dayton Central L..
Robinson. Little Rock. Southern. ............ II
Roberts. Fort Wayne. Central L.............., Il
King. Frederick. Blue Ridge. ge......-.e......,..
kefer. Worcester. Eastern. rn...............,.,.,.
Trautman. Hartford. Eastern. ............s..., u
Burning. Portland. Eastern. rn....................
Stolz. La Crosse. Central A........-..s....... A.
Haid. Col. Aug. Charleston South ANaltio..,.
Gipe. Vancouver. Northwestern ............,s. u
Trllansker. Bloomington Alton. Three-ESe..s u