Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-12-29 | Page 9 | Youthful Warneke Tops National Loop Hurlers

Iy Youthful Warneke Tops National Loop Hurlers Youngster nr Breaks aks Monopoly of Veteran Pitchers in Senior Loop Lonnie Supreme in Earned I Runs Hubbell Betts Among Leaders NEW YORK Dec Dee 29 W Lonnie Warneke a tall taU lan lanky y youngster from Arkansas who has plent plenty of or whip in his right richt W arm has stepped out to break what was becoming a monopoly of the veteran pitchers of or orthe s. s the N National a tiona league c Warneke Warncke pitch pitching ing his first full fuU season in big r league eague b a a. a is s B v c made himself B s double champion I and gathered in a 1 afew few other od odds and ends in the victory lin line during the 1932 season t the complete compete hurl hurl- Warneke i ing records released today reveal He outshone the oldsters in effectiveness ef ef- ef allowing only earned runs per nine-inning nine game won 22 games ames more than any other pitcher in the league and having only ony six defeats charged against him gained I Ithe the he highest p percentage He also tied led for the shutout lead with four a d was one of three pitchers to hurl hurll more than 20 complete games cames i VETS LOSE OUT I In past seasons the veterans have finIshed at the top of the earned run average column with southpaw Bill Walker of New York and right- right handed Vance of Brooklyn dividing the honors for tor the past four years Both Both of oC these vet veterans rans slumped badly adly last season Allowing more snore than han four runs per game and failing falling tu to o pitch the ten complete games required re re- for tor a place pace in the top divi sion Ion sion of oC hard working pitchers they hey both were pl placed ced on the grading grad ing block Walker going to StLouIs Carl Hubbell another New York southpaw southpaw- finished second in in the earned run ratings for tor the second straight year year- with a mark of Walter Huck Lucas of Cincinnati among the regulars also allowed fewer ewer than three e earned runs a game DEAN LEADS I Jerome Herman Dizzy Dean of St. St Louis grabbed another share of the he honors for the younger younger- generation genera genera- tion ion of ers He tied with and Warneke Warncke for sh shutout tout honors led them all in strike outs with pitched the great greatest est cst number of innings innings- and faced laced the thc longest list of batsmen numberIng numbering number number- in ing 1203 The leagues league's greybeard ard Jack JackQuinn JackQuinn JackQuinn Quinn of Brooklyn turned in the only record breaking mound performance perform ance finishing 31 games cames in his duties as a 1 relief pitcher Wild Bill Hallahan of St. St Louis blushingly tied another record by making three wild pitches in one inning against the Dodgers