The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-22
SENSATIONAL PITCHING FEArs,
Tvirlers Who Have Shut Out Opponents
Without a Hit.


Without a tilt,
ST. Louis Glope Democrat
Christie MathewsonB sensational per
formAuco Monday, whom he humhled the
st, Louis players without safety or tally,
rs tho record OF lottcr dag baseball, hut
updcnmbly great as Is the feat, It has been
accomplished much oftcner than most per
sons and writer's think. ON October 6.
1850, Mat iilruy the Same Mat whom Tom
l.oftus rcsurrceled a couple OF years ago
aud tried 10 plAy regularly IN his Right
AleEhcuies In smokeStllc, rwonty nine
hatsmcn faced hllroy, ami eleven OF them
were retired on strikes, During the season
Of 1872 "RumpuS Jones; then With the
out u hit, though the hcatcn team mau'
aged TO score run. In 1898 Theodore
Bretensteiu, tho well known ST. Lculglan,
Who In HIS day was che peer of all south
paws, eclpsed all or his sensational per
lofuNnces by retiring the Pirates without
hit or run, That WIS "rhe'sN hrst seaRnn
game shortly after the championship sea-
son hat heon lnNuguratG0.
Jimmy HMyn Is probably the only pro
tesdona pitcher who has accomplished tho
feat twice The Worcester tMNssl team
,Was the hrst 70 mlss completely ont ON
SaiNlns nen1er% Ihlt was whlle ne was
q member az the Buffalo clubs pitching
corps. -Four wears later Calvin blauked
the heavy hlttue DetrClts without hit.
/ "AdWiS' Ferry Ire Old Rroullyp slahman,
~ another who accomplished the feat In
the association days "SNcr" King, q st.
| Louis product, and now Ia business In this
civ let the brooklyn Players league ieum
uoWn WIN banka In tts run aud hit col
umns In 1870 King was pitching for chi
cage thAt year, hpVlul lett the employ ~
Non Der Abe together with charley Comis,
fey ana ethtr sciniilHnlS "Scrappy Mu'
Joyce ana John Ward were With ArnoRlyu
| thAt season, peculiar feature ~ the
game was that Chicago made four hits vh
Y ~ ffnI mia
goose eggs" while erors gave Brooklyn
a tally aud a victory,
Deacon Philippe who IL twirllng ggaud
hhll for flttsbprg this summer, was win
ioNlrNille then, and M game against New
hNrA on May 70 ne disposed VI an the Dat-
made OF his shoots Several months Later.
August |, the elongated Victor Willis, VIVA
| w,,Hlyea sound dmhhlng from tho local
9MlHtps yesterday, made monkeys Of the
Washington Senators aud didn't hermit A
tH even though that misNt aggregation
t,ecgslstVtsq = run, wills passed four hat
/ coupled with Wild throw hy poor
,Ma,rlN BERGEN, Noted the, Segators thN,
AlhKle score. last season "N0VAlpsN Hahn
t!1nel the trick against Phnedelphla, whit
noe,, ANGLE, pitching for iiuiaio IA the
annitlea9 lsagWe WIS Just es snceess nj
ship game This season Earl Mrarr, who
deserted Donovan aud tie National Tor
MheAleer and re American. Ment nine IN
ht.HtH akeltNN w" NhAtNkN MhltN SiurkinEs
! without allowing a hit but thr0ugh snuie
loose work by Moore's 6eidcrs Comlskcy 4
aggregation nlade II tie score aud by
getting pniF of satellites ia the tenih wpn
| out,
| Frank Pears IL the third ST Louis pro-
fessional to tnrn the wonderful feaI lie
was memhcr " the ste. rhhmHs tuan-
adNl club IN lSA, and he thanked thnt
/ ham Without hit or count sam Crawford
j the smuggling right ielder Of tho Cinrn,
natl Reds, and "Old Hosa' rNsnchnm.
with the Browns In 1904 were Rtn,,,s ths