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Show Herb Thormahlen. P,y NORMAN E. BROWN i lK-rb Thormahlen, most effective pitcher on the Yankee roster lust year with the excoption of Carl Mays who ! Joined the club in midseason, Is counted count-ed on by Muggins to be worth more this season than last. Thormahlen, when he is right, is a very effective and dependable hurl-er. hurl-er. He must be handb-d carefully, however, as he loses his effective- j noJs from overwork. He isn't a very) sturdy brother, either. Last year he was handicapped by, Illness. He par- t f t ol in fnlvfv fnmmi lmu'Ai'ni' j and held theoppOHitiou to' 2.62 earn-j ed runs a game. While the official I dope on his won and lost record isn't' I at hand, he won thirteen and lost I nine battles, according to unofficial j figures. I The acquisition of Carl Mays and j the expected return to form of Ernie1 j Shore will give Huggins a better! chanoo to handle Herb In the proper i manner this year, with good results. I Herb was born In Jersey City July 5, 1397, and notified his folks the next day that he wanted to pitch for the ! Yankees. Washington was the first I big league club to notice Herb. The I Nationals signed him in 1915 and let him go at Hackensack. He served lime at Richmond, Baltimore and Chambersburg before the Yanks! bought him from Baltimore, August I 25. 1917, for $7500. He got credit for! I pitching one game that year losing jit. In 191 S he won seven and losti three. |