The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-16
Echoes of the Past Baseball Sea-
son.
Events of an Unusual Nature On
the Diamond.
STAR TWIRLING FEAT
IL Was Made by Hahn Who
Denied Phfllies a Hit.
Only One Triple Play Recorded
For Season.

A list of the remarkable events-in q
playing sense onIy-which have taken
place in the National league during the
past season may prove or more than or
binary interest to the fans. These de-
tails show clearly that the pitchers had
sovereignty during the year, and that
fat batting records were the exception
rather than the rule.
Not one batsman managed to make
six hits in single game. Those who
made five hits in one battle were eight
IN number-Lajoie. Flick. Wolvertqn,
Slagle, Reezley, Donlin. O'Brien and Bill
Clarke. Four Of the eight We're Phiia-
delphians. and made the hits on the
buzzer- haunted Quaker grOunds-hence
a legitimate doubt as to their honesty
Many batsmen made four hits, but
not as many as in previous years. Those
making four hits more thas once We're
Lajoie. five times. Hamilton. Delehanty,
Beaumont, Ritchey, Burkett, Van Hal
tren and Barrett, three times: Wagner,
Mccain. Collins, Long. Flick, Beckley,
Kelley, Slagle, Dahlen, Stahl, DAILY,
Green and Crawford, two times Those
who raped out four singles Just once
were Jones. Mccormick, Irwin, Dolan,
Gleason, Monte Cross, Red Donahue,
Powell, Mcfarland, Fred Clarke, Tame
hill. Camel. Davis, Keller, Donovan.
Mcbride, Strang, McGraw, Corcoran,
Clements, Sullivan. Tenney, Farrell.
Steinfeldt.
The heaviest club batting of the year
was done by Pittsburg, July 81; 26 hits
off Kennedy, NOps and Howell, the
Brooklyn stars. Cincinnati made 20 hits
off Young and Hughey, August 20. Sep
TENDER u. in six innings, Boston made
is runs and is hits off Johnny Powell.
Only one triple play is recorded. The
Reds made it April Is. Nobody was
guilty Of five errors during the season
Clingman, Irwin. Lowe and Ritchey
each made four bungles in one game.
The star pitching feat OF the year was
achieved July y by Noodles Hahn, who
shut out the mighty Philadelphians
without hit. One-hir ShutOutS were
pitched by Nops. Kitson and Fraser.
Two-hit whitewashes were twirled by
Lever (twice). Powell, Nichols, Ken
nedy and Callahan. Three-hit blanks
were pitched by CheSbro. Nichols, Jones,
Young and Hawley. Four-hit shutouts
were credited to Donahue, Philippe,
Chesbro Willis twice., Powell, Lever,
Griffith, Newton. Young, Kitson and
Waddell- The most remarkable pitching
of the season. on both sides was that
in the Chicago Pittsburg game of June
19. won by Chicago. 1 to 0, Griffith
against Waddell, Griffith tanning out
men and WaddeH r. The strike-out
record for nine innings was achieved by
Cy Young on the opening day Of the
year. when he famed nine of the Pitts
burgs.
April 19-Young shut out Pittsburg
with hits, giving no bases on balls and
striking out men. Lajoie made hits.
Hamilton made 4 hits
April civilians and Wagner made
hits each.
April 25-McGann made hits.
April 23-Waddell shut out Cincinnati
with hits. giving no bases on balls and
striking out 6 men
April 24-Donahue shut out Brooklyn
with hits.
April 25-Collins. Flick and Mccormick
each made hits. Cincinnati made
triple play
April 2T-Delehanty. Irwin and Beck
ley each made 4 hits. Irwin made
errors
April 26-Beckley made hits. Cling
man made 4 errors.
April 2S-Lajoie and DOlan made
hits each.
April sO-GIeason and Monte Cross
made hits each.
May 1-L.ajoie made hits.
May 4-Flick made 2 home runs and
a 2-bagger.
May 5-Hamilton. Freeman. Collins
and Red" Donahue each made hits
May Ivan Ha1tren made hits,
Lowe made 4 errors.
May 11-Siagle and Crawford made
hits each
hits.