Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-07-22
SENSATIONAL PITCHING FsArs.
Twirlers Who Have Shut Out Oppo.
ponents Without a Hit.

p%onents Without a Hit.
christie MathewsOn's sensational per-
Torrance Monday. when he humbled
the st. Louis players without safety
or tally Is the record of the latter-day
baseball. but undeniably great as the
feat, IL has been accomplished much
oftener than most persons and writ
ers think. On October 6, 1856, Mat
Kilroy. the same Mat whom Tom LOT
tus resurrected a couple of years ago.
and tried to play regularly in his
right garden, so disposed of the old
Pittsburg AllegneDies in Smokeville.
Twenty-nine batsmen faced Kilroy,
and eleven of them were retired on
strikes. During the season Of 1892
"Bumpus" Jones. then with the Gin
cinnati Reds, let Pittsburg down with.
out a hit. though the beaten team man
aged to score a run. In 1898 Theodore
Breitenstein, the well-known st.
Louisian. who in his day was the peer
Of all s%outhpaws. eclipsed all OF his
sensational performances by retiring
the Pirates without hit or run. That
was "The's" first season in Cincinnati.
and he took part in that game short
ly after the championship season had
been inaugurated.
Jimmy Calvin is probably the only
professional pitcher who has accom-
plished the feat twice. The Worcester
tMass.D team was the first to miss
completely out on Galvin's Blenders.
That was while he was a member of
the Bufalo clubs pitching corps. -Four
years later Calvin blanked the heavy
hitting Detroits without n hit. "Adon-
is" Terry, the old Brooklyn slabman,
is another who accomplished the feat
In the association days. Silver" King,
a st. Louis product, and now In bust.
ness in this city, let the Brooklyn
Players league team down with
blanks in its run and hit columns in
1890. King was pitching for Chicago
that year. having left the employ OF
Won Der Abe together with Charley
Comiskey and other scintillants.
'Scrappy Bill" Joyce and John Ward
we're with Brooklyn that season. A
peculiar feature of the game was that
Chicago made -four hits OF Gus Wey-
Kings delivery and drew nine goose
eggs while errors gave Brooklyn a
tally and a victory.
In 1889 there were two no-hit games.
Deacon PHILIPPE, who is twirling
grand ball for Pittsburg this summer.
was with Louisville then. and in a
game against New York on May 20 he
disposed OF all the batters without
having a single drive made on his
shoots. Several months later, August
Z. the elongated Victor Willis. who re-
ceiyed a sound drubbing from the To-
cal athletes yesterday. made monkeys
Of the Washington Senators and didn't
permit a hit, even though that misft
aggregation registered a run. Willis
passed four batters, two In the open
ing round, which, coupled with a Wild
throw by poor Marty" Bergen, net
ted the Senators their single score.
Last season Noodles" Hahn turned
the trick against Philadelphia. while
Doc Amole, pitching for Buffalo In
the American league. was Just as sue
against Detroit In the opening
championship game. This season
carl Moore, who deserted Donovan
and the National for McAleer and the
american. went nine innings against
he Chicago White Stockings without
allowing u hit, but through some loose
work by Moore's ielders Comiskey's
aggregation made II q tie score n by
getting a pair OF safeties In the tenth
won out.
fIduh ItdIo II inc thhu ~ isouio
professional to turn the wonderful
Feat. He was a member of the st.
Thomas tCanada) club in 1899, and he
banked Chatham without hit or
count. Sam Crawford, the smuggling
tight fielder of the Cincinnati Reds,
md "Old Hoss" Twineham. with the
Browns in 1895, were among the
players who opposed Pears that day.
Globe Democrat.