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1 Cp. Hughes' DAILY sports HARTNETT SIGNS Chlosga, Jan. 27 A few mlnatea after Hip Collins' contract had been received in the mall, Charles (Gabby) Hartnett, a Chira(o resident, strolled into the Cabs' offlrea her yesterday, and handed hi signed contract to Charles Weber, club secretary. Larry French another Cub already signed. COLUMI Ml 20 NEW YORK CITY, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1937 Dutton Blasts Schriner for Americans' Slaughter Well, It's the Way Benny Leonard Thinks Star's Play Shoddy As Chicago Sets New High Scoring Mark Leonard Gives Pastor Good Chance YOU CANT find many, but Benny Leonard is one of them who gives Bob Pastor more than an outside chance against the dreaded Joe Louis Friday night.

"Don't sell this Pastor boy short on this thing," declared Benny to a coterie of rallbirds at Stlllman's Gym yesterday. "He's liable to surprise every one who thinks It's Just a warmup for Joe. "I know that on form he doesn't figure to win, and his record doesn't begin to compare to Louts'. But here's an angle that few people consider, perhaps because it's one that only a fighter understands. Fighters suddenly 'find themselves' In a certain bout, become a different sort of ringmen altogether.

For a long while or It may be a comparatively short one a fighter plods along In a ordinary way. Then, as if by magic, from Just another scrapper he becomes a real fighter, capable, even of whipping a champion. "That was the way it was with me," illustrated the former lightweight champion. "I went along for more than three years without doing anything sensational. I met some pretty good boys, beat many of them and got licked a few times myself.

I boxed pretty well but 1 didn't seem to be much of a puncher, although I knocked out some of my men at that. By HAROLD PARKOTT It looked for awhile last night as if they'd have to turn out the lights in the Garden to keep those Black Hawks from Jumping a 9 to 0 score any higher on the dear, dead Americans. But after it was over, Red Dutton didn't turn out any lights; the embittered manager of the star-shirts put his team on the spot much as they do in the police lineup, and turned the glare on what he thought was the main flaw. "High-priced stars!" snorted the manager. "Why blame Lome Chabot for those first two goals? They were Schriner's fault.

He was loafing, looking for points like a couple of lP Ik By Ed Hughes Ht' KNCAAJ CUT 06E. TTiger Recruit Crop May Challenge Vets for Starting Spots he suggests the National League's leading slugger, Joe Medwick. Manager Cochrane, plagued by glandular trouble all last season, doesn't know whether he'll be able to come back back as a first-string catcher. Ray Hayworth, his veteran understudy, doesn't hit much. Which gives txorge Tebbetts a great chance behind the bat, Tebbetts is a New Hampshire lad who came up from Beaumont, Texas, last Fall.

Mickey will be looking for pitchers to help his veteran standbys Schoolboy Rowe, Tommy Bridges and Elden Auker. His most impressive sounding newcomers are Clyde Hatter, right hander from Milwaukee; Bob Logan, left hander from Indianapolis, and George Gill, right hander from Beaumont. There are two Sullivans on the Detroit roster and both are left-handed pitchers. Joe i Lefty) Sulli van was a bull-pen flipper for the Tigers all last season. Paul (Lefty) Sullivan comes up from Toledo.

This will undoubtedly cause considerable confusion in the South this Spring until the boys find out that Paul, although six years younger than Joe, is four inches taller. Paul stands six feet, three Inches. bolf BC. The LiCT 1X1 JW. ery IxoiOAftc TomaMakesHit In U.S.

Debut At Broadway European Bantamweight Scores Technical Kayo Over Li Brandi in 6th By HAROLD CONRAD Aurel Toma, the little Roumanian who holds the bantamweight championship of all Europe, made his debut in this country last night and looks like he'll do after his kayo performance against Richard Li-Brandi in one of the co-features at the Broadway Arena. Toma, who gets around with the ease and the grace of a Fred As- taire, is really a masterful boxer and although his fists don't pack a lot of dynamite, he should go a long way on his sheer boxing ability. LIBrandl's face looked like a fresh cut of rare roast beef when Referee Andy Griffin halted the proceedings the sixth round, and although the Bensonhurst boy made a splendid attempt, he Just wasn't in a class with the European. Toma swarmed all over his opponent in the first two rounds, piling up points with a very effective left jab which knocked LIBrandi oft balance three or four times. A few stiff Jolts to the chin, plus some aggressiveness won the third round for Dick, but by the fourth, Toma's assortment of stinging Jabs and hooks started to take their toll and a streak of crimson started to pour down LIBrandl's chin from a cut nose.

Aurel won this round handily, but the referee took it away from him for an Intentional low blow. The local boy's face was in bad shape when the Roumanian got through with him in the fifth and along the middle of the sixth, Griffin wisely stepped in and awarded Toma a technical kayo. The bout was scheduled to go eight rounds. In the other feature eight, Irish Johnny Clinton scored a three-round knockout over Tommy Bland uf Toronto. BLvid wa.s substituting for Mickey Serrian, whom the commission ruled unfit because of a cut eye suffered during training.

The Canadian shaped up as a suitable opponent as he had already battled Serrian to a draw, but Clinton caught him coming in with a right, crossed with a well-timed left hook right on the button and it was all over. Jim Forman, whose only claim for distinction is that he Is a colored gentleman with red hair, made a very dismal showing in one of the sixes against Andy Miratello. Andy won the election although Forman's continued holding didn't give him much of a chance to fight. Murray Kravitz outstepped Lou Fortuna in the other six. The two fours wound up in technical knockouts.

Jimmy Cutrone stopping Joey Fedz in the third and Frantcie Castiglia halting Freddie Lewis in the second. CASEYS HOLD BOLTS The Columbus Council, K. of will stage its first boxing show of the year at the Columbus Club tonight. Jack Sheehan, director, and Joe Conklln, chairman of the com mittee in charge of the bouts, have arranged a card of 15 bouts, which will include 147, 160 and 175-pound boxers. Charley Dressen Has Promising Rookies on Reds' 1937 Roster The bout in which I 'found my- self was with Joe Mandot.

Before meeting Joe, who was a ranking lightweight and a dangerous one, I had flattened three fellows. But they didn't have much reputation, so I didn't feel I had done anything startling. However when I spilled Cissell May Come Through For Mack's A's Once Tabbed at 000, Infielder May Yet Show the Goods There's been more than a little talk both pro and con these days concerning Bill Cissell, drafted from Baltimore for second base duty with the Athletics this year. Some think the ex-Oriole infielder is washed up, through. Others insist he's improved with age.

Whatever the truth may be, Roy Mack, vice president of the A's, isn't deeply disturbed about "Frankly, I dont see how we can miss on Cissell," he says. "Look at It this way: Once he brought M5.000 and two players. We paid the draft price of $7300. That's not a gamble. Any player who once commanded that dough is worth the Investment." Young Mack knows the ClsseU case Inside and out.

For many years Roy was secretary of the Portland Club of the Pacific Coast loop and that's where the hardhitting second sacker first attracted attention. The late Danny Long scouted Cis sell for the White Sox and he was so favorably Impressed with him that he told Boss Charlie Comiskey no amount was too excessive to pay. "There were many conferences between President Wilson of Portland and the White Sox representa tives," says Mack, "and I can tell you the exact details because I was there. "This is how the deal was closed: Comiskey paid the Portland club exactly (75,000 in cash and handed over Pitcher Bob Cole and Outfielder Ike Boone in addition. Those two men would have brought on any market.

It was a lot of dough to turn over, but Cissell was wanted by several other big league clubs and Comiskey had to meet their best obbers." As a matter of fact, every time Cissell was moved in the earlier Continued on 2d Sports Pace College foul shooters is burly Al sometimes Coach Rody him the team is leading by only star, carries IS clubs, but that new 14 club limit doesn't bother him he says he'll Just throw away his driver he hasn't used it in years anywy, preferring a brassle Ralph Guldahl is one of golf slowest and Harry Cooper, one of the fast, nervous type, hates to be paired with him Incidentally, they've prohibited Sunday golf in Manchester, England Lou Gehrig told this one about Joe McCarthy at the latter a feed t'other nlte when Marse Joe managed the Cubs he called 'em together for a talk about the bad effects of liquor he dis played two glasses, one filled with gin, the other with water he dropped a live worm into the water it wriggled then he dropped it into the gin It curled up and died "Now," said Joe triumphantly, "what does that prove "It proves," yelled back Hack Wilson, "that If you drink gin you won't have worms!" ZEIDLER, no as a Mandot for the full count in th seventh round I got a very different impression of myself. I knew then that I could hit. From that moment one could make me think I wasn't to become the lightweight cnampion of the world. Same With Pastor I DIDNT continue knocking the 1 brains out of every opponent I met. A lot of them went the limit, but I always won and I was scoring more knockouts than I ever did before.

A little later I began developing a real knockout string. Among these victims was Ritchie Mitchell, tough a near-champien as you could find. Mitchell went out in seven. In my next bout I got -Freddy Welsh in nine rounds and with it the lightweight championship. I became a real fighter, found my true stride, the night I stretched out Joe Mandot.

"Now it may be that way with this boy Pastor. As I say, fighters often find themselves in one fight. Maybe Pastor 'found himself in the Impellltiere scrap. You can say that Imp was no wonder. But don't forget he was a big guy, a giant, with a pretty good reputation.

And Pastor made a good job of it knocking that fellow out. You can't bat giant like Imp helpless without getting the idea you've got a wallop and that you're something of a fighter. It's probably made Pastor think he's a big -timer and that's a mighty good way for any fighter to feel. "Pastor is a dead game guy and I don't think he's coming Into the ring scared of Joe as so many of Louis' Opponents have been. That's going to be in his favor, too.

If he gives the best he's got he may sur-. prise himself, Joe Louis and everybody else. When I think along this line I don't know why I should be surprised if Pastor stays the limit with Joe. And if he does that he might even beat him." About Braddock BENNY paused for breath and looking up in the ring observed heavyweight champion Jim Brad-dock scoring bone-crushing wallops on a phantom sparring partner. "Now there's another exampls of what I was talking about," piped Benny.

I think after all those years Jim 'found himself when he beat Max Baer. Look at him, now. Doesn't he move around with the air of a champion? Well, he is a cham-now now. "And don't make any mistake, he's a smart fellow who knows what it's all about. If he ever meets Louis there's going to be one whale of a bout.

Anyone who thinks Brad-dock a pushover for Joe is crazy, He knows, now, that he was good enough to whip Baer and that he had to be considerable of a fighter to do it, no matter what kind of fight Baer made. As a matter of fact It was Braddock's 6klll that made Baer look bad and nothing else. "Tunney was a lone while reallv finding I think the fight in which he convinced himself fully inai ne was a great fighter was the night he knocked out Tom Gibbons. Anyhow, he certainly never fought better than when he took the title from Dempsey, which wasn't long after that." Apostoli-Oberlin THE gabble about and interest in the Louis-Pastor nimnin hps drawn attention from what looks like a lively middleweight row at the Hippodrome tonight. The principals are Fred Apostoll and Ken Overlin, both bearcats in their di vision.

Apostoll is something of an idol on the Pacific Coast, where he has whipped such as Paul Pirrone, Babe rusKo ana iiou Brouillard. Call-fornlans claim he is the coming middleweight champion. Apostoll has been scrapping but two years. He was stopped by champion Freddy oieeie one or nis early fights, but that Is his one reverse. Since then he has been cleaning up.

nposiou is iavored in the betting to beat Overlin tonight. But there may be a surprise on tap. Al Long, trainer of Freddy Steele, who should know something, told me yesterday that Overlin is a very smart fellow and that he rated at leasi an even chance to beat the highly touted Apostoll. Bouts Last Night Washington Howard (Cowboy) Scott, 136, Washington, outpointed Irish Eddy McGeever, 138, Scranton. (10).

St. Petersburg, Fla. Amos Tiger, 157, Sapula, outpointed Ray Lvlc, 158, Akron, Ohio. ilO). Los Angeles Abie Miller, 147 LoS tiu Billy Barnes, 142, Salt Lake Cltv UOi.

Houston, Salvadore, 147, Houston, knocked nut Jackie Burke, 14(i, Osden, Utah, 6 Denver-Joe jaramillo. Denver, outpointed Toots Bernstein. Mtlwau. kee (10). (Both welterweights-weights unnvatlnhlci Jersey City -Irish Mr.

Hale, 14a, Brooklyn, outpointed Gas. pare Abruizl, U8'a, Brooklyn, in. other point-hungry fellows on the I Ciuu. ne whsii ucrn.i.i..ft. Chabot was blamed In most quarters for letting nine pucks plop Into his net-the highest shutout, the most complete whipping In modern hockey annals.

"I wouldn't blame Chabot any more than the rest," disagreed Dutton. "ArA when I saw we were beaten, at 5 to 0, I figured Id let the score go up let these fellows be humiliated; It might teach 'em a lesson, might get 'em mad." So you didn't mind the big score, Red? "I wouldn't have cared If it was 50 to 0," said the star-shirts' skipper. "If you lose It's Just as bad whether it's by one or 41 in the standing of the clubs." AMERKS' PLAYOFF HOPES VANISH Last night's whipping just about wiped away the last vestige of the Americans' playoff hopes. As for the Hawks, they gave up long ago. They're out of it.

But they're tops In goal production for the year in a single game their previous high was five and last night they broke their own record. Before last night's game the seven goals they gave to Detroit In a 72 defeat was a record for looseness. The A's are the only team in the league that hasn't beaten Chicago. Last night's game was a stunning blow to MaJ. Frederic McLaughlin, eccentric owner of the Hawks.

McLaughlin had announced earlier this week that he was through with Canadian hockey players, that he would call his team the Yankees next year and fire anybody off the payroll who was not u. a. Dorn. How emDamssing, tnen, nave Regis i Pep) Kelly, a North Bay, product, shoot three goals, lead the Hawks to hockey's most talked of triumph of the season! And Paul Thompson, who bagged two goals, is a man from the Provinces too! It had been thought that the outraged Canadians on the Chicago club would begin a sit-down strike for the- rest of the year; but they rose, instead, in their wrath and smote the A's. McLaughlin, of course, is a famed Canuck hater.

Not long, ago he started a movement to have Federal authorities prohibit Canadian hockey officials irom crossing the bsrder Into the United States! The Major wanted referees, and that was his way of trying to force them on the league. There are those who insist that the assumption of the name "Yankees" put the Chicago entry in a slugging, record-breaking mood, like the famed American Leaguers but Major McLaughlin is convinced today his anti-Canadian plan was to blame. It looks as if he'll have to scrap the whole idea after last night. FOt'R AMERICANS IN HAWK LINEI He has only four American-born men on his present squad, and of these only Mike Karakas, the goaler, who turned In a magnificent effort for his sixth shutout of the sea.1 on, had any part in the triumph. Mike was born in Aurora, Howie Tru-dell, a wing, was born in Salem, Alex Levinsky was born in Syracuse, N.

and Doc Romnes was born In White Bear, Minn. Doc hasn't played in months becau.se of a bad knee. There wa.s a glimmer of hope for the Major's "Buy American" hockey plan last nightor so it seemed when Pete Pelangio, a big, black-haired Italian boy, scored the eighth goal. Here at last was a U. I star, the DiMageio of the new The Hawks had even bought him from the St.

Louis Flyers. But Pete owned' up after the game! Do you know his Job in the off season? He and his brother, who live in the North Bav country, operate a bus line up to Callander. handling the traffic that wants peek at the quintuplets. So the Major, if he's consistent, will have to fire Pete, and Pep Kelly. and Thompson, and Yes, and would Dutton be glad, afier what happened last night! Yankees Release Three Players The New York Yankees today announced the release of three players: Outfielder Jack Glynn, with Oakland lan year; P.cher Al Piechota to the Newark Club on option, and Catcher William Raimondl to the Oakland club on option.

Raimondl was on the voluntary retired list last year, having been injured during the early part of the season. The signed contracts of two Yank flingers were also in Colonel Ruppert's stronghold today. They were inked by Steve Sundra and Frank Makofsky, ZEIDLER, it in 4 i 'to Xsc W. Squash Racquet Title to City; Crescents Win New Yorkers Clinch CI tilt Championship With Eighth Straight By virtue of its eighth straight triumph last night, the unbeaten City A. C.

squash racquets team clinched the Group 2 title of the Eastern Association. The important victory came over Jackson Heights, and it was an easy one, 5 to 0. Bay-side Tennis Club, which lost to New York A. 3 to 2, holds second place with five victories and three setbacks. In the other team match, the Crescent A.

C. gained possession of third place by triumphing over Block Hall, 3 to 2. The Crescent summaries: Gilbert Moriie. Crewont. drftati-d Ed.

Lc. 15- 10. 1215, 18 17. l.V-; Perry L. Crecem, drfrmed A U.

Stevens, 15 4. 8 15 15-5. 15 -5: How. rd T. Kadelberi, Biork Hall, defriued Edward U.

Gray, 15 fl. 15 13 -15. 9 15. 15- 9: Genrtce Could, Crrscent, defeated William ,1. Griffin.

17-14. fl-15. 15 8. 15 7, J. Minuet.

Bayside, defeated Thomas Bishop, 1512, 1510, 1215, 15, 15--13. Short Hills, N. Jan. 27-Mlss Charlotte Darling, defending champion, and Mrs. Ary J.

Lamme will clash today in the final round of the women's New Jersey squash racquets championship. The pair scored two victories each here yesterday to gain the final bracket. Miss Darling defeated Miss Barbara Williams and Mrs. Edith Hahs Beotty, while her rival eliminated Mrs. Katherine Evans and Mrs.

Roger Dunn. mariner of the PhiladelDhla operation forced him to the the very best pitchers in the average of 2 82 per game, struck out 10b men and fanned only 50. Born In Faber, Thomas was signed right off the sandlot-s by the Washington Senators in 1932 After Clark Griffith had fanned him out to Youngstown, Chatty nnoga and Wheeling, he was finally sold outright to Atlanta In 1934. His pitching record follows: Yf.ir t'liili SOBBW PCT ERA 1912 YwtinM.Tl .30 125 61! 20 7 I.N 1H1.1 trtn'ua 2 1 an 35 3 .213 S.04 Wlirdln 11 ,11 20 6 3 B7 1,13 11)14 Atlnnlr (1 in 20 2 1 4 (10 VV port 9 Ml II '2 54 1915 Allnni 40 123 20 10 3 74 V)M Allium 41 inn so ih 2.B3 TOMMY HOLMES. Pitching Staff to GainT Most When Newcomers Start Training By TOMMY HOLMES Two more major league rasters for 1937 have reached this department.

That of the Detroit Tigers Is colored a tasty orange and lias a cover adorned with a picture of a prowling Jungle cat. You might expect a bewhiskered Bolshevik with a hatchet in one hand and a smoking bomb in the other but the roster of the Reds merely points out that Cincinnativwas the first professional baseball club in America and that it introduced night baseball to the major leagues and lets it go at that. Thirty-six athletes are to work out under the eyes of Manager Charley Dressen at the huge Tampa fair grounds this Spring. In addition to certain tried and true vet erans, the Reds will look at a number of impressive rookies, most of whom are graduates of the extensive Cincinnati farm system. More and better pitching will be one of Dressen's aims this year.

Left-handed Johnny Vander Meer, a strikeout sensatio.i at Durham of the Piedmont League last season, is the most highly touted rookie on the squad, but it's possible that a right hander namd Bill Posedal is nearer ready for the majors. Posedel is 27, worked for Portland of the Pacific Coast League last year. Portland was ready to release him in June when he went on a whale of a pitching spree, grabbing 19 victories in 22 games. He finished with 20 won and 10 lost. Lloyd Moore, who won 20 and lost only 5 for El Dorado in the Cot ton States League and Is only 22 years old, Is another striking right- handed prospect.

And then there Is Richard Oliver Barrett, formerly of the Athletics and the Boston Bees, back for another whirl and Steve Le Oault. Le Oault is a right hander, six feet, six inches high and native of Rodeo, the home town of Vernon Gomez. Plenty of Catchers The Reds are well stocked behind the plate with three experienced catchers in Ernie Spud Davis and Ollly ftampbeU. A new comer Is Dee Moore from Macon. Moore is a gentleman of varied ac onmplishments ala Mike Ryba, the one-man ball team of tne uaroinais He can also play Infield and outfield positions.

The infield of the Reds may be a real battle ground for Jobs. Les A'ex Kampourls, Lew Riggs and Billy Myers, more or less the quartet last reason, all mu.it fight off the challenge of new mn. Frank MeCormlck, 1930 batting champion of the Piedmont Lcnguc, crowded Scarsella off first bafe three years ago at Beckley and has a chance to do it again. Eddie Miller, a slick fielder from Toronto, threatens Kampourls. Jimmy Outlaw, Nashville third baseman, is rated a real chance to dispossess Riggs, and Myers, forced out'of ac- Chiozza Signs Giant Contract The 20th Giant to sign was Lou Chiozza, the handyman from the Phillies, whom Bill Terry has definitely assigned to third base.

Lou's papers arrived yesterday from Memphis, where he is a Winter fellow-townsman of his new boss. Steve Sundra and Frank Makosky, both Newark farmhands, were the first to sign with the Yanks, and their contracts arrived yesterday. Sundra, who came here with Monte Pearson in the Johnny Allen deal, led the International League pitchers who turned in more than 10 complete games, with an earned-run average of 2.84. PARROTT. tion by an abdominal operation last July, must come back all the way to keep the shortstop Job from falling to Eddie Joost from the San Francisco Missions.

Cincinnati has impressive new talent In the outfield, too. Hardhitting Phil Weintraub is up for another whin and may stick this time, johnny Rothrock, unquestionably a big league ball player, is back. Then the Reds nave joe Dwyer from Nashville and Lee Gamble from Macon. Both were terrific hitters in the minors. The holdover Red outfielders are Hazen Cuvler.

Ival Goodman, Harvey Walker and our old flrend, Babe Herman. Tiger Rookies Good Detroit plans to take 34 ball play ers to their training camp at Lakeland, Fla. The Tigers have com paratively few rookies Dut tneir young men who are trying to break in are extremely nign graae. If Hank Greenberg hasn't recov ered sufficiently from his wrist ln- lurv of last year to win back his first base Job, Rudy York will play the bag. York, a Cherokee Indian from Georgia, has been one of the bi-st clubbers in the minors for the last two years.

Even if Greenberg rleht. York may play first base for Manager Mickey Cochrane Is toying with the Idea of using Hun-Hank in the outfield. Chester Laabs, 22 years old, is the only rookie listed among the Detroit outfielders. Standing five feet, eight inches, Laabs is the shortest nlaver on the squad, But the rookie is tremendously stronsr and a really dynamic right-handed hitter. In every action on tne ncid, GARIBALDIS IN ACTION Olno and Ralph Garibaldi will tackle Matros Klrllenko and John Swenskl.

respectively, In feature wrestling matches at stauch's Coney Island Arena Friday ignk Sportpourri Cooney Makes Bad Eye Pay What? Flat Feet and No Cops? Best 43f the St. Francis Lenowicz he's tossed In 18 out of 23 this season but it happens that he's so near-sighted he can't even read Pen Shots at Rookies Connie Mark Dips in Georgia Crarkor Barrel and l'p Conies a Pileher the scoreboard from the floor! I Connie Mack, the ancient Athletics, did all right for himself and the Sleenvtown stock holders last year when he brought Harry Kelley up out of Cooney kids him along, tells a couple of points and Al plays his heart out trying to push his club far ahead only to discover at the end of the game that it led all the time by 10 or 12 points I Cooney, by the way, is a bit indisposed he fractured a couple of ribs last Sunday playing for Morris Park Don hang your head If the doc tells you you've got flat feet according to two N'Yawk chiropodists, Helen Jacobs, Dorothy Round and even Jesse Owens have 'em and they say flat feet are common to athletes Lake Carnegie at Princeton will probably get the American Henley ivgatta held for 32 years on the Schuylkill River at Philly the Schuylkill Is becoming too shallow for rowing You can't argue that Jimmy Dykes hasn done a swell Job boss ing the White Sox they fin lshed last in 1934, when Dykes succeeded Lew Fonseca during the season In '35 they pulled up to fifth, and last year came in third 1 1 Charley Kocsls, Michigan goll rtuania. until an appendicitis Kelley was one of Ainn.an ijeanue. And so Connie ls out to force his lurk. He has dipped into the Atlanta cracker barrel lor a rishthanded flipper.

Mr. Dither Baxter Thomas, familiarly knmn a.s Bud, isn't as old as Keiicy, who was a real veteran the minor leaaue wars before he reeeived his first 1-asue chance with the A's. Bud Thomas mere stripima of 26. nut jiul- HiK in his Southern Association performances the iat two years he may be ready to up here. Over a two.

year -stretch' in Dixie, Thomas has won 38 games while losing 24, Last season, his record was 18 victories nnd only eight defeats. He had the low earned run.