Evening journal., 1910-10-13
TWO HURL GAMES
WITHOUT BINCLE
Joss and Bender Share HOnOrS
Of Holding Their OppO-
nentS HitleSS
THIRTEEN GAMES
WITH ONE HIT

Twice In the season just closed
American League pitchers have held
their opponents without run or base
hit in full nine inning games, there
by writing their names permanently
on the pages of baseball dope" Ad-
die Joss OF Cleveland and Chief Ben
der of the champion Athletics were
the lucky men. for II requires much
luck, as well as swell pitching, TO
turn this unusual trick.
Joss performed the feat this year on
April 20 against Chicago's White Sox.
The tall Cleveland hurler already had
placed his name in the no hit list In
1908, and did It at the expense OF the
former White Sox. In that game he
also tied the perfect pitching record
of the world by not allowing an op-
ponent to reach first base during nine
innings. This year he was not as
successful as that Bender did not
allow Cleveland a hit on May 12 Of
this year, and It was the first perform
auce Of the kind for him.
No NO-Hit Game In 1909.
Last season there were no games
in which team failed to make at
|
four OF them In general the games
ia which few hits have been regis
tered have been more numerous than
last year. Thirteen times in the race
lust closed a pitcher held his oppo-
nehts to one hit in nine rounds.
There were only seven such games
IN 1909 and five in 1908. This year
there have been twenty-eight games
in which only two hits were made by
team, compared to twenty-five such
battles last season.
Johnson of Washington has pitch
ed two one hit games this year. one
of them against Philadelphia and the
other against St. Louis. Frank smith,
before be was traded, Ed Walsh, and
Fred Olmstead are the White Sox
pitchers who broke into the one hit
class this season Smiths victim was
ST. Louis, Walsh's was Boston, and
Olmstead's was St. Louis. Warhop of
New York has the hoodooed record OF
pitching a one hit game ana losing
II. The White Sox were the team
that won IL. They beat the psuedo
Indian on June 3, although he allow
ed only one safe rap.
Two TwO-Hit Games Lost.
Twice pitchers have held their OPP
ponents to two hits in game and lost
IL. Morgan had that hard luck against
Boston in May. Irving Cy Young and
Jim Scott OF the White Sox collabor-
ated I'm that feat against Washington
in August Young was held responsi-
BILE for the defeat. Ed Walsh pitched
two hit games twice in the season,
| Washington and St. Louis being his
| victims. Two pitchers have been rob
bed of possible two hit games by the
contests being stopped inside OF nine
innings. Iange OF the SoN held Phil
adelphia to two hits In FIVE innings
II and the game went no farther. Wal
ker of Washington allowed only two
hits in six inning game agains
New York.
There have been forty-two games II
which only three hits were made OF
a pitcher, not including three battles
of less than nine innings In which
the feat was performed Coombs o
the Athletics allowed the White SoS
only three hits in sixteen innings here
in August. The same Coombs held
Cleveland TO three hits in an eleven
inning draw last month. Kaler and
Link of Cleveland also have allowed
only three hits in eleven innings. Kar'
ger of Boston has ten inning game
to his credit In which only three hits
were made
Ten Lost on Three Hits.
Ten times this year pitchers have
been defeated after allowing only
three safeties in q full game. The
freak Of the lot was on September 5
when Morgan, Plank, Dygert and Ben
der were used in one game agains
New York and we're beaten 5 to 2, al
though only three hits were made of
the four Of them. White SoX pitchers
have been beaten four times this yea
after pitching three hit games. TIT
roster of low hit performances for th'
year follows.
No Hit Games.
April 2O-Joss, Cleveland, VS.. Chi
cago.
Cleveland.
One Hit Games.
April i4-smith, Chicago. VS.. st
Louis.
April 14-Johnson. Washington, VS.
Philadelphia.
June warhop. New York, vs.
Chicago,
June 6-Walsh. Chicago. VS., Boston
June 10-Walker. Washington, vs.
Chicago
July ls-Ford. New York, VS.. s.
Louis.
July 2s-summers. Detroit, vs.
r Chicago.
August. 27-Hall, Boston, VS.. cleve
3 land.
August sO-collins. Boston, VS.. Chi
, cago.
d September s-olmstead. Chicago. VI
j., st. Louis.
September 11--Mitchell. Clevelan,
{ VS.. St Louis.
+ September 25-Johnson. Washing
. ton, vs.. st. Louis.
B September 27-Morgan, Philade
phia, VS. St. Louis.
Two Hit Games.
April s0-white. Chicago. VS.. d.
troit.
May s-winett, Detroit. VS.. CHI
d cago.
T May s-Krause. Philadelphia. v
= Boston.
I MAY 6-Friil, New York. VS.. Bostor
i May 16-Coombs, Philadelphia, v
Chicago.
May 27--Johnson. Washington. v
Detroit.
= May s-Mullin-Browning, Detroi
VS.. Chicago.
r May SO-Ford. New York. VS.. wasl
ington.
May s1AMorgan. Philadelphia. v