Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-05
N. PITCHING
SHORT IN II
Only 3 Hurlers Stuck
Through Is Com
plete Games
By NORMAN z. BROWN

Ray, alias "Woz' Kremer, Pirate
pitcher, once more basks in the pitch
ing limelight by virtue of the recog-
milton given him as most effective
hurler in the National league for
1927.
Kremer topped the National league
hurlers in 1926 in victories and per-
centage OF games won.
Kremer is one of those blessed Ito
the manager) athletes who appre-
ciates the fact that they are hired
to play ball in their regular positions
and proceed 10 do so, without
branching out as after-dinner speak
ers, literary geniuses or assistant
managers.
Kremer held the opposing batters
to 2.47 earned runs per game.
In palmer language, he allowed
the boys less than five runs in a
pair of games, which IS considerable
pitching.
The 1927 campaign apparently
wasn't a banner year for pitchers in
the National league, despite the fact
that the old circuit is recognized as
a pitchers league"
Only three pitchers in the league
managed 10 weather the onslaught OF
batters through % complete games
These three fingers were old cam
paigners-Dazzy Vance, Lee Mead
ows and Jess Haines. Charley Root
who led the league in the number OF
innings pitched, and in victories won
failed TO ride through that many
complete contests. Root hurled sos
innings, or a little better than 81
contests. He won rs games.
Only four other hurlers in the
league were able TO win 20 or more
games. In addition to Root, Vance
and Haines, Carmen Hill and Grover
Alexander broke into this list. Mead
ows. despite his diligent efforts
could not reach the 20 mark.
Is the cagey Mr.. Richard doing a
neat bit Of publicity work for his
Madison Square Garden corporation
in discussing the boxing situation in
the various classes and the prospects
for 1925? Maybe so.
Mr. Richard is known TO specialize
in heavyweight and light heavy,
weight fracases. He ran Mr.. Jacl
Dempsey from a shoestring to a mil
lion, picked Mr.. Tunney when the
latter WIS ripe and filled in th'
off w~eek-ends with various and as
sorted tournaments and elimination
battles of the bigger boys-allegeC
heavyweight prospects, one nigh
say.
The last big heavyweight affair a
Chicago, and its outcome, put a TEN
porary crimp in the heavyweight
market. Nothing running around il
the woods that looks mean enough
10 scare Mr.. Tunney.
And now We have Mr.. Richard dis
cussing. enthusiastically. the chance
Of five championships changing
hands in 192s-and .he heavy an
light heavyweight ranks not includes
in the group.
Mickey Walker, middleweight kine
4 due to fall, says Richard. Wake
is managed by Jack Kearns, long
playmate Of Dempsey until the tw
Jacks broke off diplomatic relations
and one Of the greatest b~allyhoers i
the game.
Walker gave himself some standin.
in the boxing community last seaso'
by licking Tommy Milligan, BIRTHS
m~iddleweight star, in a title bout 4
dear OF London. This internations
tinge still makes good publicity 70
Mickey.
There IS more or less criticism stiI
heaped on Mickey's shoulders becaus
Of the questionable way in which Nj
Kearns kidded the late Tiger Flower
into granting Mickey a crack at tn
crown the negro wore.
All of which would help drum u
interest in a series Of battles bull
around Walker.
The lightweight division Is due 70
an upheavel and the passing o
Sammy Mandell as champion, opine
Kickard.
There's nothing new in this proph
esy. Mandell did not do anything
last year to stamp him as a grea
| champion. although he is a popula
lad personally. But the prospects o
| seeing the major battles for his it'll
20 to Chicago. the Pacific coast. O
even Cleveland. does not please Mr.
Richard. Therefore. he hops on th'
wagon.
Sid ferris. one OF the three out
standing ~contenders, Is a New Yorl
boy, and popular. Billy Wallace
Cleveland aspirant. once gave Terri:
a beautiful trimming in Sidney's owr
baiIiwick. and everybody but the
iudpes admitted il. This makes fol-
good ballyhoo.
McLarnin is q vesterner. and how
the New York boys like TO see the
home talent trounes the visitors