New-York tribune., 1912-03-03
NO-H|T GAMES SCARCE
Hall of Fame for Pitchers Closed
to the Yankees.
NINE MISS BY ONE SAFETY
Murphy Spoils Ford's Best
Chance for the Honor in Ninth
Inning of a Game.

While no member Of the hurllng staff OF
the Yankees has ever been able to get his
portrait In the pitchers hall OF fame by
letting his opponents down without
safety, nine OF them, three of whom are
members Of the present staff. have almost
succeeded in doing so. The nine twirlers
who almost became no-hit heroes and who
are credited with having limited their OPP
ponents to one wee safety in games OF
regulation length are Russell Ford. Jack
Warhop and Jack Chesbro, of the present
CORPS; Joe Lake, who will be with the st.
Louis Browns this year; Joe Doyle, Louis
Brockett, Bill Wolfe and Al Orth, who no
longer are in fast company, and Billy
Hogg, who died three years ago.
Ford came nearer to pitching no-hit
game than any of his rivals. On the Hill
top. on July 10, 1910, facing the ST. Louis
Browns, he pitched hitless ball for nine
and third innings. and then Danny
Murphy. an old team mate, manifested an
ugly disposition and got scratch single,
aided and abetted by Wilbur Roach, who
misjudged the ball slightly.
Chesbro twirled his one-hit game against
the Senators on April %. 1904. that also
being the date on which ne started his run
Of fourteen straight victories. Kip Sell
bach, once a Giant. spoiled Happy Jacks
bid for place among the no-hit pitchers
Jack Warhop had the Chicago White Sox
at his mercy 10 such an extent on June g.
1910 that they made only one safety. but
that smash. CLEANED by f. Albi Walsh
gave the game to the Western team by a
score of TO /. The pseudo Indian cannot
arrogate to himself the credit OF being the
only Yankee artillerist who has twirled
one-hit game and lost it, for Al Orth, on
June 10. 1906, did the same thing, and did
II against the same team. Fielder Jones
made Chicago's bachelor bingle that after
noon, and It gave the Hitless Wonders the
verdict by a score of to 0. Bill Wolfe
and Joe Lake had better luck when they
held the White Sox to a single. each man
winning his game. The hits in these two
contests, the dates of which were June IL.
1903 and September "a, 1908, were made by
slattery and Dougherty.
The other one-hIt games credited 10
Yankee pitchers were reeled of by Billy
HogC against Boston and by Joe Doyle ana
Louis Brockett against Washington, the re-
spective safeties being manufactured by
Freddy Parent, Mlque Kahoe and Jack
Lelivelt.
The list Of the one-hit games twirled by
the Hilltop pitchers follows:
juno Il, 1903, Wolfe against Chicago (slat-
tery); April %, 1904 Chesbro against Wash
ington (selbach); May /, 1906, Hogg against
Boston ParenD; June 10, 1906. orth against
Chicago Gones); September 10. 1907, Doyle
against Washington (Kahoe); September "a,
1905. Lake against Chicago DoughertO;
September H. 200. Brockett against Wash
ineton QellvelO; June s. 1910, Warhop
against Chicago CWalsh); July le, 1910. Ford
against ST. Louis QIoffman).
The Yankees have thrice been held to one
safety. the pitchers who turned the trick
being Fred Glade of the ST. Louis Browns,
and Addle Joss and Heinie Berger. OF the
Cleveland Maps. Oddly enough. the two
Cleveland pitchers who twiried single
safety games against the men from the
Hilltop did so on successive afternoons
Hal Chase kept Glade out OF the no-mt
class, Danny Hoffman made himself un-
popular with Joss by singing and Norman
Elberfeld broke up Bergcr's bid Tor glory
Elberfeld was an added starter in the con-
fiict In which Berger almost gained lasting
renown. being delegated to do a pinch MT
ting trick Tor Chesbro in the ninth inning
He hammered the first ball pitched to sate
territory. The dates of the one-hit games
against the Yankees were as follows
September H. 1906, Glade, of st. Louis
Chase): September 5 1907, Joss. OF Cieve'
land Hoffman); September 9s. 1907. Berger,
OF Cleveland (Elberfeld).