Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-31

The great American outdoor game
base ball-was not without Its RECORDS
during 1911, although they were not So
plentiful as in years gone Dy- 1he
chief interest lay in the worlds series
Of games between the two Dig IhaJoi
l.asues-American and Nauohai-tiie
philadelphia Athletics, under the aoie
Leadership of Connie Mack, de1ea'ihs
the New York Giants of the Na'ioiiai
a under John J. McGraw' Tour
cames of six played. 1t was tne
5I ,,ctory of the kind Tor ConIiIo
Nack's Athletics. The ar. ,inder
record was broken. attend-
1so, 900 for the series OF games go
$50 while the receipts amounted go.
81 The biggest single da! 49,
ance was also broken, lnele nsnins
sS.2s1 paid admissions al inc
game in New YORK xx-h,te Sox
"a walsh of the Chicago Wn1te 81
81 Toe wood of Boston each scoi "a
@ no-hit game during the season, 49,
walsh also broke the record Ior taat
,;t|;ny driving the bail 4I9 ieee
inches beating Mike
"" Snr,stv Mathews son of the Giants
etched only ninety eight pairs 49, in
he beat the Philadelphia 'ea"
ei srsna Rapids and Battle creek
,,,,I1ed off two triple plays in one gam me
Ehich was something unhearo VI
fore. ,,,camme1, of the
unarb,lI team of the New Ensiaho
1.aSue tied Jiggs Donohues reco ,.E,,t
Toins through an entire game "i'hoN'
"a put-out- ,,.a,no1;s club
~ Safely consecutively in tWentse
ny rames and Outfielder Lyons OF
the Hopkinsville tky) tea" n,"uo
seven hits In one game, .;neton went
eleven innings without either team
earring or making a safe hit D,,,,
pitrber Marty O'Toole of the st. Paui
taam famed seventeen MI" 60 On
batsmen in one game; e. 500 ZOO
sold TO the Pittsburgh clue 1or s-|'o"0'
lord nrice for a ball player.
unusual plays during the season ioA-
low: Tho Ros.
ton Nationals broke the shut-oul To-
o oDd in base bali, defeating the local
, osa a. to o. Providence held the
nreyious record which was go, ~
made against Philadelphia In 1859 81.
,sss ball record. said to be unequaled.
was made in the game between ag,e
,,reek of the South Michigan LeaS SO
and the Grand Rapids team Wmeh 49, W.
~rin,e nlays were executed. Ihe mrs.
as made when the catcher caught
,,unt threw to second and hrst' any
-%a second when the shortstop caugh.
a line drive, retiring runners a' ''o
and first. Ma. ,-o+is
.-ivmer OF the Minneapolis A. A. team
broke the worlds record Tor hitIins
In consecutive games. having hit sale-
~ IN twenty-eight contests. On t.ret
Raseman McCammell of the Haverhili
team of the New England League tieu
tho worlds record made py 'is
Donohue, when he went through q .u,
put-out He only had one assist Dono,
hue'e record was made IN the game
with New York May 23. 1906
Hopkinsville. KY, May 2S-outneluo
team is believed to have broken
worlds record when he made seven
hits out of seven times up. HIS s"als
totaled fourteen bases-two Triples
three doubles and two singles.
Huntington. w. Va. June S-What rs
said 20 be new worlds record In
base ball was established in game
between Charleston and Huntington OF
the Virginia state League LETT, "f fea
eleventh inning. Baumgardner twirled
for Huntington and Nithaus for
ST. Paul. Mimi. July e-Pitcher
Marty O'Toole Of the Saints famed
innings.
Los Angeles. Cal, July 1s-Walter
Carlisle, centerfelder of the vernon
club. made an unassisted Triple Pias
against the Los Angeles CLUB IN game
won by Vernon to 4.
Burlington. la. July 21-Pitcher
Brown of the Burlington team estap-
iished worlds record by striking out
seven Keokuk batters In succession
Minneapolis. Mimi, July 22-Barney
Dreyfuss. president of the Pittsburgh
club of the National League, purchased
Marty O'Toole. st Paufs spltball
pitcher. for So 500, the highest price
paid for a bail player in the history of
organizes base ball.
Boston. Mass, July 2e-Joe WOOD OF
Boston twirled a no-hit game against
ST. Louis. winning by score or . 10
Los Angeles. Cal. July 30-Flame
Delhi. premier pitcher of the Los An
geles Coast League team. pitched sew
enty-fve balls in nine-fnning game
with Portland, against 1913, the former
record
Flint. Mich. July 29-Sa ginaw won
both games OF a double-header from
Flint Cornes of Saginaw pitched both
games and struck out twenty-five men
in nineteen innings.
Brooklyn. n. Y, August 16-Elmer
Steele of Pittsburgh broke the record
made by Flame Delhi recently. pitch
ing only seventy-two balls in nine in
nings against Brooklyn.
Chicago, August 2I-Ed Walsh of
Chicago White Sox shut out Boston
club without a hit In a nfne-inn1ng
game
Tulsa. Okla. September Pitcher
g NJ Marion OF the newsboys' team of
the Twilight Association struck out
fourteen men I'm a ive-inning game.
Philadelphia, Pa, September i
Chrfsty Mathewson pitched only nine
ty-six balls when he beat the Phillies
IN eleven innings. to 2.
Sacramento, Cal, September 10-The
Portland base ball teams
played a twenty four-inning tie game
OF to /. when darkness stopped il.
Los Angeles, Cal. September 15-The
twenty-one inning game between Los
Angeles and Sacramento ended in tie
of to A.
Chicago. September Bed Walsh
broke the worlds record for fungo
hitters. knocking the ball 419 feet s
inches
San Francisco. Cal. October %
Orvie Overall. pitching for the Modesto
Reds, shut out Stockton, to o. He
allowed but four hits and famed six
teen men
UHLAN IS BEST