The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-01-08
OF Four Major League Hitless
GANGS, Big Georges Is
the Greatest
TWO OF THE FOUR WE'RE
PLAYED ON NAVIN FIELD
Dubuc Came Near to Equaling
Mullins Feat Just Week
After 1t
BY RALPH Z. YoNKER.


Out OF 2.464 major baseball games
played last season only four were no
hit contests.
Out OF these four three were played
In the American league.
Out OF these three, two were played
In Detroit, the Tigers opposing the st.
Louis Browns on both occasions.
The only one In which the winning
pitcher had an untainted record was
that won by George Mullin, the vet
Gran Tiger.
Mullin pitched himself into tie hall
of fame by letting down the st. Louis
Browns without a hit here in celebra-
ton of Independence day and on his
own SD birthday.
On Aug. 20, Carl Cashion pitched
a six-inning. no-hit game for WASH
ington against Cleveland.
Earl Hamilton, OF the Browns, fol-
lowed Mullins feat by a no-hit game
against the Tigers here on August 30.
In the National league, Jeff Tesreau
was the only no-hit twirler. with his
hitless game against the Phillies on
September 6.
or these four games, that OF George
Mullin was the only uftainted one and
by far the most sensational. 1t VIII
be remembered that waivers had been
asked on George only a few days be-
fore the Fourth OF July. Mullin had
donned rubber and flannel shirts, had
devoted himself to oozing on pound
ace. The result Ii history.
Cashion's feat will not stand scrut-
iny because he held his opponents hit.
less for only six innings. In fact IL Is
a mere techincality that gives him the
right to say that he has pitched no
lift game. He might have been
knocked out OF the box In nine In
nings
Hamilton, while holding the Tigers
hitless without doubt, was scored on
because of pass and errors, which
furnishes his brilliance.
Tesreau comes the nearest to los
ing the no-hit honor The Official
scorer actually had to change deci-
sion OF his in order to give big Jeffs
enemy q row OF blanks In the hit col
umn.
The first batsman to face Tesreau
Dode Paskert, lifted little pop to the
right OF the box which either Merkle
or Wilson could have handled from
first base or the catcher's position.
Afraid of humping each other, they
were apparently going to let II drop
untouched when Merkle stuck out
mitt and just muffed the ball. Ii was
flrst called q hit but later changed to
an error.
Mullin won his game, Z to o; Cash.
ion won his, 20; Hamilton won 5-l;
Tesreau won, 80.
Mullins great achievement VIII not
soon be forgotten by the Tigers and
Tiger fans. The Tigers fought like
men mad to give their veteran one or
the ambitions of his life. In the sew
onth inning, when the team and the
crowd understood that baseball his
tory was being made on Navin Field,
they became tense. The Tigers were
strained. tight-nerved. The crowd was
hushed. II kept Its cheering until
after plays.
Thousands of anxious eyes followed
Mullins as he watched Cobb speed
after Jantzen's liner far to right IN
the ninth inning. AS Big George
leaned unsteadily forward as IL to get
a better view Of the feet Georgian,
thousands of trembling spectators
,eaned with him.
What seemed hours later taut
nerves sagged and left their owners
weak as Cobb completed the game In
the same inning by a pretty catcn OF
Pratts liner that stretched to him
like a frightened string.
Mullin had his no-hit game.
Cobb made two catches that might
have been hits.
Louden contributed pretty catch
OF Pratt Bush pulled down two diff
fcult pops. Mullin himself started y
play that looked like a triple but be
cause the umpires didn't see II that
way resulted in double. Mullin got
two hits, double and single.
st. Louis used three pitchers against
Detroit-Adams, Hamilton Ind Nit
chell Mullin passed five men, hit one