The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-20
Only Twenty One Times
Has 1t Been Accom-
plished in II Years.
YOUNG AND JOSS
SCORE TWO EACH
But No Man-to-First Games Are
Rarer Yet, the Same Two
Slablnen Being the Only
Ones to Accomplish This
Feat in Twentieth
Century.

"a e ASA 10 4 nO-nlt
gameF The clamor OF the crowd, the
hero-worshipers Of their idol. the star
pitcher of the hum team" is ever
thug Half dozen. two. even one hit.
less inning, and the fans are up on
their toes shouting for a column or
csphers In the II part Of the invad-
ers' box score
And do these same fans realize the
magnitude of the task they are de-
handing and what 1T means to the
pitcher Seldom 1t means fame and
glory 10 the pl;cher-that his name
VIII go down in baseball history as
one OF the greatest of them all II
means that he will be one among the
otAer twenty-one VINO have accom-
plished the feat since the advent If
we twentieth century-an average Of
less than one year in each OF the
Dig leagues And consider the great.
pitchers who have never turned the
trick,
When Joe Wood twirled 2 no-bit
game against tho St Louis Browns IN
the last series between the Boston Red
sox and the cellar champions of the
American League. many passed over
the performance with the remark:
on. there's nothing wonderful In do
ing that to the Browns" T~ese peo-
PIE are mistaken. There is somethin q
wonderful In doing that 20 the Browns
or any other team for that matter.
Every year the champion clubs have
met the tall -endcrs. The. best have
opposed the worst some twentv-osS
times each season. And yet not once
a year, on the average. has the under
dog failed 70 register his.
woods no hit game at s. ro,i,
broke tie between the two leagues
that had existed since NAV 10 Of ,e a.
year when Chief" Bender. Of the
Athletics. pitched hitiess ball against
Cleveland Woods performance nada
the count during the last twelve se,-
sons eleven for the American "a
against ten for the National.
Hahn, OF Cincinnati. was the FIRST
pitcher Of the century to be credited
with no-hit game. He did It against
the Phiilies on July l2. 1900 Ne,t
year came Christy Mathewson then
IN his teens" who retired tho st
Louis Cardinals without a binele.
No National Lacquer achieved the
feat in 1902. but in 1903 Chick Fra
ger. of Philadelphia, made the Cubs
victims of a perfect exhibition of slab
craft Mathewson repeated his 1901
performance IN 1905. and 1906 saw
Billy Lush. OF Ph.ladelph,a, and Nal
Eason. of Brooklyn. enter the honor
list. IN 1907 Fred PfeTer. Of Boston,
and Maddox, of Pittsburg, were the
heroes. George Wiltse. of the New
York Giants held the Phillies hitless
for ten innings in July. 1908. and Wap
Ruoker, OF Brooklyn, was the per-
former IA the last no-hit game pitched
in the National League, when he
downed the then fairly strong Boston
team on September 5, 1908.
Jimmy Callahan. of the Chicago
White so1. was the first hit pitch
err of the American League. The man
who IL now hailed as the greatest
Comeback" in baseball history was
then In his prime. and he did the deed
against the Detroit Tigers in 1902.
Two years later. grand old Cy Young
duplicated the performance and
limelight Connie Mack's Athletics
were the venquished in this game.
After Jesse Tannehili. also Of the Red
sox, and Henley. of Philadelphia, had
turned the trick IN 1904 and 1905.
Young came back In 1908 and repeat
ed. Addie Joss, OF Cleveland (now
dead). shared the 1908 honors with
Young and again pitched no-hit
game in 1910. That same year Bender.
of philadelphia, hung up his record
performance. IT WAS the last no-hit
game until Woods recent great exhi-
bition.
Among these twenty-one stars. only
three have achieved a no-hit game
more than once in their careers They
are Mnthewson, Young and Joss. each
of whom uncorked two spotless per-
formances.
Several times this year pitchers have
done faultless work for q number OF
innings, so that It seemed moro than
likely that a no-hit game would re-
suit. Exactly q month ago George
(.'Hooks") wi1tse, OF the New York
Giants, held the ST. Louis Cardinals
hitless fer six innings. Then Roger
NBresnahan came to bat and cracked
out q wo-bagger that spoiled an 9TH
erwise perfect performance. A day
later Nap Ruclser, OF Brooklyn. prob
ably the greatest southpaw in the
game to-day. opposed Cincinnati. For
eight innings he kept the hard hitting
red-legs from counting safe clout
In the ninth. gigantic Larry Mclean
was first at bat. He struck out. So
did pitcher Frank Smith. Bobby
Bescher's' turn came next and tile
Dodger fans were preparing to score a
no-hit game for Ruoker. Bescher was
all that stood between him end She
coveted honor What did Bescher do ?
He knocked a slow one over second
base that the sluggish Brooklyn, in
feeders could not reach. and Fuckers
remarka BILE work was set at naught SO